diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 983ce1933f5cddbfaff8f28ebdb8604f2a737dbb..8e0d8ea0b76ecb2afb49863b65112bbafe011268 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -602,6 +602,17 @@ elseif(ZIG_HOST_TARGET_IS_ANDROID)
   else()
     set(ZIG_HOST_TARGET_ABI "-android")
   endif()
+else()
+  check_symbol_exists(__GLIBC__ "features.h" ZIG_HOST_TARGET_IS_GLIBC)
+  if(ZIG_HOST_TARGET_IS_GLIBC)
+    if(ZIG_HOST_TARGET_ARCH MATCHES "^arm(eb)?$" OR ZIG_HOST_TARGET_ARCH MATCHES "^thumb(eb)?$" OR ZIG_HOST_TARGET_ARCH MATCHES "^powerpc(le)?$")
+      set(ZIG_HOST_TARGET_ABI "-gnueabihf")
+    elseif(ZIG_HOST_TARGET_ARCH MATCHES "^mips(el)?$")
+      set(ZIG_HOST_TARGET_ABI "-gnueabi")
+    else()
+      set(ZIG_HOST_TARGET_ABI "-gnu")
+    endif()
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 set(ZIG_HOST_TARGET_TRIPLE "${ZIG_HOST_TARGET_ARCH}-${ZIG_HOST_TARGET_OS}${ZIG_HOST_TARGET_ABI}" CACHE STRING "Host zig target triple.")