diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e52f83f1b03a5a46b5cb2207822a0dabaf81da3..c749620654824fd59b4a7f13719a84259f0935b6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ if("${ZIG_TARGET_TRIPLE}" STREQUAL "native")
   endif()
 else()
   add_custom_target(zig_build_zig1 ALL
-      COMMAND "${ZIG_EXECUTABLE}" ${BUILD_ZIG1_ARGS}
+      COMMAND "${ZIG_EXECUTABLE}" "build-obj" ${BUILD_ZIG1_ARGS}
       BYPRODUCTS "${ZIG1_OBJECT}"
       COMMENT STATUS "Building self-hosted component ${ZIG1_OBJECT}"
       WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"