diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index ac368a9..1b2bf20 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@
       # Zig versions.
       # <https://ziglang.org/download/index.json>
       zigv = _pkgs.callPackage ./versions.nix {
-        zigSystem = zig2nix-lib.resolveSystem system;
+        zigSystem = zig2nix-lib.zigDoubleFromString system;
         zigHook = zig-hook;
       };
 
       # Converts zon files to json
       zon2json = let
-        target = zig2nix-lib.resolveTarget null {config = system;} true;
+        target = zig2nix-lib.resolveTarget { nix = system; musl = true; };
       in _pkgs.callPackage tools/zon2json/default.nix {
         zig = zigv.master;
         zigBuildFlags = [ "-Dtarget=${target}" ];
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@
         #!     access: (zig-env {}).thing
 
         # Solving platform specific spaghetti below
-        runtimeForTarget = config: let
-          parsed = (zig2nix-lib.elaborate {inherit config;}).parsed;
+        runtimeForTarget = target: let
+          system = zig2nix-lib.mkZigSystemFromString target;
           env = {
             linux = {
               LIBRARY_PATH = "LD_LIBRARY_PATH";
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@
           };
           bins = {};
         in {
-          env = env.${parsed.kernel.name} or {};
-          libs = libs.${parsed.kernel.name} or [];
-          bins = bins.${parsed.kernel.name} or [];
+          env = env.${system.kernel.name} or {};
+          libs = libs.${system.kernel.name} or [];
+          bins = bins.${system.kernel.name} or [];
         };
 
         _linux_extra = let
diff --git a/lib.nix b/lib.nix
index 205be0b..90568af 100644
--- a/lib.nix
+++ b/lib.nix
@@ -4,58 +4,84 @@ with builtins;
 with lib;
 
 rec {
-   zigTargetToNixTarget = target: let
-      kernel = {
-         freestanding = l: "${head l}-unknown-none-${last l}";
-         linux = l: "${head l}-unknown-linux-${last l}";
-         macos = l: "${head l}-apple-darwin";
-         windows = l: "${head l}-w64-mingw32";
-         wasi = l: "${head l}-unknown-wasi";
-      };
-      cpu = {
-         powerpc64 = s: "${s}abi64";
-         sparcv9 = s: "sparc64-${removePrefix "sparcv9-" s}";
-         thumb = s: "armv5tel-${removePrefix "thumb-" s}";
-         x86 = s: "i386-${removePrefix "x86-" s}";
-      };
-      split = splitString "-" target;
-   in cpu."${head split}" or (_: _) (kernel."${elemAt split 1}" split);
-
-   nixTargetToZigTarget = target: let
-      kernel = {
-         none = t: "${t.cpu.name}-freestanding-${t.abi.name}";
-         linux = t: "${t.cpu.name}-linux-${t.abi.name}";
-         darwin = t: "${t.cpu.name}-macos-none";
-         windows = t: "${t.cpu.name}-windows-gnu";
-         wasi = t: "${t.cpu.name}-wasi-musl";
+   mkZigSystemFromString = s: let
+      res = tryEval (systems.parse.mkSystemFromString s);
+   in {
+      zig = let
+         parts = splitString "-" s;
+
+         cpu = elemAt parts 0;
+
+         kernel = {
+            "2" = elemAt parts 1;
+            "3" = elemAt parts 1;
+            "4" = elemAt parts 2;
+         }.${toString (length parts)} or (throw "zig target string has invalid number of hyphen-separated components");
+
+         abi = {
+            "2" = "none";
+            "3" = elemAt parts 2;
+            "4" = elemAt parts 3;
+         }.${toString (length parts)} or (throw "zig target string has invalid number of hyphen-separated components");
+
+         nixKernel = let
+            stripped = elemAt (splitString "." kernel) 0;
+         in {
+            freestanding = "none";
+         }.${stripped} or stripped;
+
+         nixAbi = {
+            none = "unknown";
+         }.${abi} or abi;
+
+         system = systems.parse.mkSystemFromSkeleton {
+            inherit cpu;
+            kernel = nixKernel;
+            abi = nixAbi;
+         };
+      in system // {
+         zig = {
+            inherit cpu kernel abi;
+            supportsStaticLinking = system.kernel.execFormat.name != "macho";
+         };
       };
-      cpu = {
-         powerpc64 = s: removeSuffix "abi64" s;
-         sparc64 = s: "sparcv9-${removePrefix "sparc64-" s}";
-         armv5tel = s: "thumb-${removePrefix "armv5tel-" s}";
-         i386 = s: "x86-${removePrefix "i386-" s}";
+
+      nix = let
+         zigKernel = {
+            none = "freestanding";
+            darwin = "macos";
+         }.${res.value.kernel.name} or res.value.kernel.name;
+
+         zigAbi = {
+            unknown = "none";
+         }.${res.value.abi.name} or res.value.abi.name;
+      in res.value // {
+         zig = {
+            cpu = res.value.cpu.name;
+            kernel = zigKernel;
+            abi = zigAbi;
+            supportsStaticLinking = res.value.kernel.execFormat.name != "macho";
+         };
       };
-   in cpu."${target.cpu.name}" or (_: _) (kernel."${target.kernel.name}" target);
-
-   elaborate = system: let
-      target = system.config;
-   in systems.elaborate (system
-         // optionalAttrs (hasSuffix "mingw32" target) { libc = "msvcrt"; }
-         // optionalAttrs (hasSuffix "darwin" target) { libc = "libSystem"; }
-         // optionalAttrs (hasSuffix "wasi" target) { libc = "wasilibc"; }
-         // optionalAttrs (hasInfix "musl" target) { libc = "musl"; }
-         // optionalAttrs (hasInfix "gnu" target) { libc = "glibc"; }
-         );
-
-   supportsStatic = target: let
-      inherit (systems.elaborate target) parsed;
-   in parsed.kernel.name != "darwin";
-
-   resolveTarget = target: platform: preferMusl: let
-      resolved = if target != null then target else nixTargetToZigTarget (elaborate platform).parsed;
-   in if preferMusl then replaceStrings [ "-gnu" ] [ "-musl" ] resolved else resolved;
-
-   resolveSystem = system: let
-      resolved = nixTargetToZigTarget (elaborate {config = system;}).parsed;
-   in concatStringsSep "-" (sublist 0 2 (splitString "-" resolved));
+   }.${if res.success then "nix" else "zig"};
+
+   zigDoubleFromSystem = system: "${system.zig.cpu}-${system.zig.kernel}";
+   zigTripleFromSystem = system: "${system.zig.cpu}-${system.zig.kernel}-${system.zig.abi}";
+   zigDoubleFromString = s: zigDoubleFromSystem (mkZigSystemFromString s);
+   zigTripleFromString = s: zigTripleFromSystem (mkZigSystemFromString s);
+
+   zigTripleFromPlatform = p: let
+      system = mkZigSystemFromString p.config;
+   in {
+      darwin = "${system.zig.cpu}-${system.zig.kernel}.${p.darwinSdkVersion}-${system.zig.abi}";
+   }.${system.kernel.name} or (zigTripleFromSystem system);
+
+   # helper for resolving final target for building a package from derivation attrs
+   resolveTarget = args: let
+      target =
+         if args ? zig && args.zig != null then zigTripleFromString args.zig
+         else if args ? nix && args.nix != null then zigTripleFromString args.nix
+         else if args ? platform && args.platform != null then zigTripleFromPlatform args.platform
+         else throw "either zig, nix or platform must be specified";
+   in if args.musl or false then replaceStrings [ "-gnu" ] [ "-musl" ] target else target;
 }
diff --git a/package.nix b/package.nix
index 3c0b082..66150b2 100644
--- a/package.nix
+++ b/package.nix
@@ -21,10 +21,14 @@ with builtins;
 with lib;
 
 let
-  target = zig2nix-lib.resolveTarget zigTarget stdenvNoCC.targetPlatform zigPreferMusl;
+  target = zig2nix-lib.resolveTarget {
+    zig = zigTarget;
+    platform = stdenvNoCC.targetPlatform;
+    musl = zigPreferMusl;
+  };
   zon = zig2nix-lib.fromZON zigBuildZon;
   deps = runCommandLocal "deps" {} ''${zon2nix}/bin/zon2nix "${zigBuildZonLock}" > $out'';
-  runtime = runtimeForTarget (zig2nix-lib.zigTargetToNixTarget target);
+  runtime = runtimeForTarget target;
   wrapper-args = zigWrapperArgs
     ++ optionals (length runtime.bins > 0) [ "--prefix" "PATH" ":" (makeBinPath runtime.bins) ]
     ++ optionals (length runtime.libs > 0) [ "--prefix" runtime.env.LIBRARY_PATH ":" (makeLibraryPath runtime.libs) ];