diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 7007bce33..32ba56f3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -99,8 +99,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           rustup target add aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
           rustup target add aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
+          rustup target add aarch64-apple-darwin
           cargo run -- build --no-sdist -i python -m test-crates/pyo3-pure/Cargo.toml --target aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu --zig
           cargo run -- build --no-sdist -i python -m test-crates/pyo3-pure/Cargo.toml --target aarch64-unknown-linux-musl --zig
+          cargo run -- build --no-sdist -i python -m test-crates/pyo3-pure/Cargo.toml --target aarch64-apple-darwin --zig
 
   test-alpine:
     name: Test Alpine Linux
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1ad1fe35f..409f75d59 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -234,9 +234,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cargo-zigbuild"
-version = "0.5.3"
+version = "0.5.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "713fc3be70832f404d4538b8100306cc579bdb47ae8269c38245af67a553bc9c"
+checksum = "e147af71d647d7d7705be89ae6786085d8de813888b07ae0537c89da4a2ec217"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "fs-err",
  "rustc_version",
  "semver",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "target-lexicon",
 ]
 
@@ -323,9 +325,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "3.1.1"
+version = "3.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6d76c22c9b9b215eeb8d016ad3a90417bd13cb24cf8142756e6472445876cab7"
+checksum = "5177fac1ab67102d8989464efd043c6ff44191b1557ec1ddd489b4f7e1447e77"
 dependencies = [
  "atty",
  "bitflags",
@@ -360,9 +362,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_derive"
-version = "3.1.0"
+version = "3.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5fd1122e63869df2cb309f449da1ad54a7c6dfeb7c7e6ccd8e0825d9eb93bb72"
+checksum = "01d42c94ce7c2252681b5fed4d3627cc807b13dfc033246bd05d5b252399000e"
 dependencies = [
  "heck 0.4.0",
  "proc-macro-error",
@@ -1408,9 +1410,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro-crate"
-version = "1.1.2"
+version = "1.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9dada8c9981fcf32929c3c0f0cd796a9284aca335565227ed88c83babb1d43dc"
+checksum = "e17d47ce914bf4de440332250b0edd23ce48c005f59fab39d3335866b114f11a"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
  "toml",
@@ -2349,7 +2351,7 @@ version = "2.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e4ca5e22593eb4212382d60d26350065bf2a02c34b85bc850474a74b589a3de9"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro-crate 1.1.2",
+ "proc-macro-crate 1.1.3",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 63036c096..3ac01ebde 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ base64 = "0.13.0"
 bytesize = "1.0.1"
 glob = "0.3.0"
 cargo_metadata = "0.14.0"
-cargo-zigbuild = "0.5.3"
+cargo-zigbuild = "0.5.4"
 cbindgen = { version = "0.20.0", default-features = false }
 flate2 = "1.0.18"
 goblin = "0.5.1"
diff --git a/src/build_context.rs b/src/build_context.rs
index 8596b998b..84ceae3b3 100644
--- a/src/build_context.rs
+++ b/src/build_context.rs
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ pub struct BuildContext {
     pub module_name: String,
     /// The path to the Cargo.toml. Required for the cargo invocations
     pub manifest_path: PathBuf,
+    /// Directory for all generated artifacts
+    pub target_dir: PathBuf,
     /// The directory to store the built wheels in. Defaults to a new "wheels"
     /// directory in the project's target directory
     pub out: PathBuf,
diff --git a/src/build_options.rs b/src/build_options.rs
index c5e0b2fdd..f4eeb8381 100644
--- a/src/build_options.rs
+++ b/src/build_options.rs
@@ -334,6 +334,13 @@ impl BuildOptions {
             );
         }
 
+        let target_dir = cargo_extra_args
+            .iter()
+            .position(|x| x == "--target-dir")
+            .and_then(|i| cargo_extra_args.get(i + 1))
+            .map(PathBuf::from)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| cargo_metadata.target_directory.clone().into_std_path_buf());
+
         Ok(BuildContext {
             target,
             bridge,
@@ -342,6 +349,7 @@ impl BuildOptions {
             crate_name: crate_name.to_string(),
             module_name,
             manifest_path: manifest_file,
+            target_dir,
             out: wheel_dir,
             release,
             strip,
diff --git a/src/compile.rs b/src/compile.rs
index f568e1fda..094182b68 100644
--- a/src/compile.rs
+++ b/src/compile.rs
@@ -105,7 +105,18 @@ fn compile_target(
     python_interpreter: Option<&PythonInterpreter>,
     bindings_crate: &BridgeModel,
 ) -> Result<HashMap<String, PathBuf>> {
-    let (zig_cc, zig_cxx) = if context.zig && context.target.is_linux() {
+    let target = &context.target;
+    let target_triple = target.target_triple();
+    let zig_triple = if target.is_linux() {
+        match context.platform_tag {
+            Some(PlatformTag::Manylinux { x, y }) => format!("{}.{}.{}", target_triple, x, y),
+            _ => target_triple.to_string(),
+        }
+    } else {
+        target_triple.to_string()
+    };
+    let (zig_cc, zig_cxx) = if context.zig && !target.is_msvc() && target.host_triple != zig_triple
+    {
         let (cc, cxx) =
             prepare_zig_linker(context).context("Failed to create zig linker wrapper")?;
         (Some(cc), Some(cxx))
@@ -163,7 +174,7 @@ fn compile_target(
     let macos_dylib_install_name = format!("link-args=-Wl,-install_name,@rpath/{}", so_filename);
 
     // https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3/issues/88#issuecomment-337744403
-    if context.target.is_macos() {
+    if target.is_macos() {
         if let BridgeModel::Bindings(_) | BridgeModel::BindingsAbi3(_, _) = bindings_crate {
             let mac_args = &[
                 "-C",
@@ -190,7 +201,7 @@ fn compile_target(
         // however, we get an exit code 0xc0000005 if we try the same with
         // `/FORCE:UNDEFINED`, so we still look up the python interpreter
         // and pass the location of the lib with the definitions.
-        if context.target.is_windows() {
+        if target.is_windows() {
             let python_interpreter = python_interpreter
                 .expect("Must have a python interpreter for building abi3 on windows");
             pythonxy_lib_folder = format!("native={}", python_interpreter.libs_dir.display());
@@ -222,11 +233,7 @@ fn compile_target(
 
     // Also set TARGET_CC and TARGET_CXX for cc-rs and cmake-rs
     if let Some(zig_cc) = zig_cc {
-        let env_target = context
-            .target
-            .target_triple()
-            .to_uppercase()
-            .replace('-', "_");
+        let env_target = target_triple.to_uppercase().replace('-', "_");
         build_command.env("TARGET_CC", &zig_cc);
         build_command.env(format!("CARGO_TARGET_{}_LINKER", env_target), &zig_cc);
     }
@@ -324,6 +331,8 @@ fn compile_target(
 }
 
 fn prepare_zig_linker(context: &BuildContext) -> Result<(PathBuf, PathBuf)> {
+    use cargo_zigbuild::macos::LIBICONV_TBD;
+
     let target = &context.target;
     let triple = target.target_triple();
     let triple = if target.is_linux() {
@@ -339,6 +348,18 @@ fn prepare_zig_linker(context: &BuildContext) -> Result<(PathBuf, PathBuf)> {
         triple.to_string()
     };
     let (cc, cxx) = cargo_zigbuild::zig::prepare_zig_linker(&triple)?;
+
+    if target.is_macos() {
+        let target_dir = if target.user_specified {
+            context.target_dir.join(triple)
+        } else {
+            context.target_dir.clone()
+        };
+        let profile = if context.release { "release" } else { "debug" };
+        let deps_dir = target_dir.join(profile).join("deps");
+        fs::create_dir_all(&deps_dir)?;
+        fs::write(deps_dir.join("libiconv.tbd"), LIBICONV_TBD)?;
+    }
     Ok((cc, cxx))
 }
 
diff --git a/src/target.rs b/src/target.rs
index b0bb88fed..cff7b5806 100644
--- a/src/target.rs
+++ b/src/target.rs
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ pub struct Target {
     env: Environment,
     triple: String,
     cross_compiling: bool,
+    /// Host machine target triple
+    pub(crate) host_triple: String,
+    /// Is user specified `--target`
+    pub(crate) user_specified: bool,
 }
 
 impl Target {
@@ -110,17 +114,17 @@ impl Target {
     ///
     /// Fails if the target triple isn't supported
     pub fn from_target_triple(target_triple: Option<String>) -> Result<Self> {
+        let host_triple = get_host_target()?;
         let (platform, triple) = if let Some(ref target_triple) = target_triple {
             let platform: Triple = target_triple
                 .parse()
                 .map_err(|_| format_err!("Unknown target triple {}", target_triple))?;
             (platform, target_triple.to_string())
         } else {
-            let target_triple = get_host_target()?;
-            let platform: Triple = target_triple
+            let platform: Triple = host_triple
                 .parse()
-                .map_err(|_| format_err!("Unknown target triple {}", target_triple))?;
-            (platform, target_triple)
+                .map_err(|_| format_err!("Unknown target triple {}", host_triple))?;
+            (platform, host_triple.clone())
         };
 
         let os = match platform.operating_system {
@@ -157,6 +161,8 @@ impl Target {
             arch,
             env: platform.environment,
             triple,
+            host_triple,
+            user_specified: target_triple.is_some(),
             cross_compiling: false,
         };
         target.cross_compiling = is_cross_compiling(&target)?;
@@ -367,6 +373,11 @@ impl Target {
         self.os == Os::Windows
     }
 
+    /// Returns true if the current environment is msvc
+    pub fn is_msvc(&self) -> bool {
+        self.env == Environment::Msvc
+    }
+
     /// Returns true if the current platform is illumos
     pub fn is_illumos(&self) -> bool {
         self.os == Os::Illumos