diff --git a/lib/std/zig/system.zig b/lib/std/zig/system.zig
index a052c81a7daab71e112f5d8dffc34bbb2140f9b2..ea1e3c87a22623ea588a7f14b98a9da12b2f51d2 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig/system.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig/system.zig
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ const Target = std.Target;
 const CrossTarget = std.zig.CrossTarget;
 const macos = @import("system/macos.zig");
 
-const is_windows = Target.current.os.tag == .windows;
-
 pub const getSDKPath = macos.getSDKPath;
 
 pub const NativePaths = struct {
@@ -26,7 +24,9 @@ pub const NativePaths = struct {
     rpaths: ArrayList([:0]u8),
     warnings: ArrayList([:0]u8),
 
-    pub fn detect(allocator: *Allocator) !NativePaths {
+    pub fn detect(allocator: *Allocator, native_info: NativeTargetInfo) !NativePaths {
+        const native_target = native_info.target;
+
         var self: NativePaths = .{
             .include_dirs = ArrayList([:0]u8).init(allocator),
             .lib_dirs = ArrayList([:0]u8).init(allocator),
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ pub const NativePaths = struct {
             return self;
         }
 
-        if (!is_windows) {
-            const triple = try Target.current.linuxTriple(allocator);
-            const qual = Target.current.cpu.arch.ptrBitWidth();
+        if (native_target.os.tag != .windows) {
+            const triple = try native_target.linuxTriple(allocator);
+            const qual = native_target.cpu.arch.ptrBitWidth();
 
             // TODO: $ ld --verbose | grep SEARCH_DIR
             // the output contains some paths that end with lib64, maybe include them too?
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 668e601475e39a6afa65f6c084b556c1a11c851f..992581fe525a48ba28224804ec4c19cd1d4f0a57 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ fn buildOutputType(
     }
 
     if (cross_target.isNativeOs() and (system_libs.items.len != 0 or want_native_include_dirs)) {
-        const paths = std.zig.system.NativePaths.detect(arena) catch |err| {
+        const paths = std.zig.system.NativePaths.detect(arena, target_info) catch |err| {
             fatal("unable to detect native system paths: {s}", .{@errorName(err)});
         };
         for (paths.warnings.items) |warning| {