diff --git a/implementations/rust/preserves-schema/src/compiler/mod.rs b/implementations/rust/preserves-schema/src/compiler/mod.rs
index acf0479..67a9ae0 100644
--- a/implementations/rust/preserves-schema/src/compiler/mod.rs
+++ b/implementations/rust/preserves-schema/src/compiler/mod.rs
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ use preserves::value::Set;
 use std::convert::TryFrom;
 use std::fs::DirBuilder;
 use std::fs::File;
+use std::io;
 use std::io::BufRead;
-use std::io::BufReader;
-use std::io::Error;
-use std::io::ErrorKind;
+use std::io::Read;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ impl CompilerConfig {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn load_schemas_and_bundles(&mut self, inputs: &Vec<PathBuf>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    pub fn load_schemas_and_bundles(&mut self, inputs: &Vec<PathBuf>) -> io::Result<()> {
         for i in inputs {
             let mut f = File::open(&i)?;
             let mut src = IOBinarySource::new(&mut f);
@@ -61,9 +60,11 @@ impl CompilerConfig {
 
             if let Ok(s) = Schema::try_from(&blob) {
                 let prefix = i.file_stem().ok_or_else(
-                    || Error::new(ErrorKind::InvalidData, format!("Bad schema file stem: {:?}", i)))?
+                    || io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+                                      format!("Bad schema file stem: {:?}", i)))?
                     .to_str().ok_or_else(
-                        || Error::new(ErrorKind::InvalidData, format!("Invalid UTF-8 in schema file name: {:?}", i)))?;
+                        || io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+                                          format!("Invalid UTF-8 in schema file name: {:?}", i)))?;
                 self.bundle.insert(vec![prefix.to_owned()], s);
                 continue;
             }
@@ -75,24 +76,38 @@ impl CompilerConfig {
                 continue;
             }
 
-            return Err(Error::new(ErrorKind::InvalidData,
-                                  format!("Invalid schema binary blob {:?}", i)));
+            return Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+                                      format!("Invalid schema binary blob {:?}", i)));
         }
         Ok(())
     }
 }
 
-pub fn expand_inputs(globs: &Vec<String>) -> Result<Vec<PathBuf>, Error> {
+pub fn expand_inputs(globs: &Vec<String>) -> io::Result<Vec<PathBuf>> {
     let mut result = Vec::new();
     for g in globs.iter() {
-        for p in glob(g).map_err(|e| Error::new(ErrorKind::InvalidData, format!("{}", e)))? {
+        for p in glob(g).map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, format!("{}", e)))? {
             result.push(p.map_err(glob::GlobError::into_error)?)
         }
     }
     Ok(result)
 }
 
-pub fn compile(config: &CompilerConfig) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+fn write_if_changed(output_path: &PathBuf, contents: &[u8]) -> io::Result<()> {
+    if output_path.exists() {
+        if let Ok(mut f) = File::open(output_path) {
+            let mut existing_contents = Vec::new();
+            f.read_to_end(&mut existing_contents)?;
+            if existing_contents == contents {
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    let mut f = File::create(output_path)?;
+    f.write_all(contents)
+}
+
+pub fn compile(config: &CompilerConfig) -> io::Result<()> {
     for (k, v) in config.bundle.iter() {
         let mut output_path = config.output_dir.clone();
         output_path.extend(k);
@@ -174,10 +189,8 @@ pub fn compile(config: &CompilerConfig) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
         }
 
         {
-            let mut f = File::create(&output_path)?;
-            for line in lines {
-                write!(f, "{}\n", line)?;
-            }
+            let contents = lines.join("\n");
+            write_if_changed(&output_path, contents.as_bytes())?;
         }
 
         {
@@ -186,14 +199,12 @@ pub fn compile(config: &CompilerConfig) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
             let mut lines = if !mod_rs.exists() {
                 Set::new()
             } else {
-                BufReader::new(File::open(&mod_rs)?)
-                    .lines().collect::<Result<Set<String>, Error>>()?
+                io::BufReader::new(File::open(&mod_rs)?)
+                    .lines().collect::<Result<Set<String>, _>>()?
             };
             lines.insert(format!("pub mod {};", &module_name));
-            let mut f = File::create(mod_rs)?;
-            for line in lines {
-                write!(f, "{}\n", line)?;
-            }
+            let contents = lines.into_iter().collect::<Vec<String>>().join("\n");
+            write_if_changed(&mod_rs, contents.as_bytes())?;
         }
     }
     Ok(())