diff --git a/config.example.toml b/config.example.toml
index a5ef4022d39d5..098811195d7c9 100644
--- a/config.example.toml
+++ b/config.example.toml
@@ -829,6 +829,11 @@
 # target triples containing `-none`, `nvptx`, `switch`, or `-uefi`.
 #no-std = <platform-specific> (bool)
 
+# This is an array of the codegen backends that will be compiled a rustc
+# compiled for this target, overriding the global rust.codegen-backends option.
+# See that option for more info.
+#codegen-backends = rust.codegen-backends (array)
+
 # =============================================================================
 # Distribution options
 #
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/compile.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/compile.rs
index 64bef2d301582..9d7f88a9d42ba 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/compile.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/compile.rs
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ impl Step for Rustc {
 pub fn rustc_cargo(builder: &Builder<'_>, cargo: &mut Cargo, target: TargetSelection, stage: u32) {
     cargo
         .arg("--features")
-        .arg(builder.rustc_features(builder.kind))
+        .arg(builder.rustc_features(builder.kind, target))
         .arg("--manifest-path")
         .arg(builder.src.join("compiler/rustc/Cargo.toml"));
 
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ pub fn rustc_cargo_env(
         cargo.env("CFG_OMIT_GIT_HASH", "1");
     }
 
-    if let Some(backend) = builder.config.default_codegen_backend() {
+    if let Some(backend) = builder.config.default_codegen_backend(target) {
         cargo.env("CFG_DEFAULT_CODEGEN_BACKEND", backend);
     }
 
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ pub fn rustc_cargo_env(
     // build. If we are in a check build we still go ahead here presuming we've
     // detected that LLVM is already built and good to go which helps prevent
     // busting caches (e.g. like #71152).
-    if builder.config.llvm_enabled() {
+    if builder.config.llvm_enabled(target) {
         let building_is_expensive =
             crate::core::build_steps::llvm::prebuilt_llvm_config(builder, target).is_err();
         // `top_stage == stage` might be false for `check --stage 1`, if we are building the stage 1 compiler
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ pub(crate) const CODEGEN_BACKEND_PREFIX: &str = "rustc_codegen_";
 fn is_codegen_cfg_needed(path: &TaskPath, run: &RunConfig<'_>) -> bool {
     if path.path.to_str().unwrap().contains(&CODEGEN_BACKEND_PREFIX) {
         let mut needs_codegen_backend_config = true;
-        for &backend in &run.builder.config.rust_codegen_backends {
+        for &backend in run.builder.config.codegen_backends(run.target) {
             if path
                 .path
                 .to_str()
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ impl Step for CodegenBackend {
             return;
         }
 
-        for &backend in &run.builder.config.rust_codegen_backends {
+        for &backend in run.builder.config.codegen_backends(run.target) {
             if backend == "llvm" {
                 continue; // Already built as part of rustc
             }
@@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@ fn copy_codegen_backends_to_sysroot(
         return;
     }
 
-    for backend in builder.config.rust_codegen_backends.iter() {
+    for backend in builder.config.codegen_backends(target) {
         if backend == "llvm" {
             continue; // Already built as part of rustc
         }
@@ -1732,7 +1732,7 @@ impl Step for Assemble {
         // to not fail while linking the artifacts.
         build_compiler.stage = actual_stage;
 
-        for &backend in builder.config.rust_codegen_backends.iter() {
+        for &backend in builder.config.codegen_backends(target_compiler.host) {
             if backend == "llvm" {
                 continue; // Already built as part of rustc
             }
@@ -1817,7 +1817,7 @@ impl Step for Assemble {
             }
         }
 
-        if builder.config.rust_codegen_backends.contains(&INTERNER.intern_str("llvm")) {
+        if builder.config.llvm_enabled(target_compiler.host) {
             let llvm::LlvmResult { llvm_config, .. } =
                 builder.ensure(llvm::Llvm { target: target_compiler.host });
             if !builder.config.dry_run() && builder.config.llvm_tools_enabled {
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/dist.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/dist.rs
index f50026368dabd..6d56492e41b56 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/dist.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/dist.rs
@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ impl Step for CodegenBackend {
     }
 
     fn make_run(run: RunConfig<'_>) {
-        for &backend in &run.builder.config.rust_codegen_backends {
+        for &backend in run.builder.config.codegen_backends(run.target) {
             if backend == "llvm" {
                 continue; // Already built as part of rustc
             }
@@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@ impl Step for CodegenBackend {
             return None;
         }
 
-        if !builder.config.rust_codegen_backends.contains(&self.backend) {
+        if !builder.config.codegen_backends(self.compiler.host).contains(&self.backend) {
             return None;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/test.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/test.rs
index 1dbda405128ab..0c7e751c8daac 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/test.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/test.rs
@@ -1798,7 +1798,7 @@ NOTE: if you're sure you want to do this, please open an issue as to why. In the
 
         let mut llvm_components_passed = false;
         let mut copts_passed = false;
-        if builder.config.llvm_enabled() {
+        if builder.config.llvm_enabled(compiler.host) {
             let llvm::LlvmResult { llvm_config, .. } =
                 builder.ensure(llvm::Llvm { target: builder.config.build });
             if !builder.config.dry_run() {
@@ -3121,7 +3121,8 @@ impl Step for CodegenCranelift {
             return;
         }
 
-        if !builder.config.rust_codegen_backends.contains(&INTERNER.intern_str("cranelift")) {
+        if !builder.config.codegen_backends(run.target).contains(&INTERNER.intern_str("cranelift"))
+        {
             builder.info("cranelift not in rust.codegen-backends. skipping");
             return;
         }
@@ -3245,7 +3246,7 @@ impl Step for CodegenGCC {
             return;
         }
 
-        if !builder.config.rust_codegen_backends.contains(&INTERNER.intern_str("gcc")) {
+        if !builder.config.codegen_backends(run.target).contains(&INTERNER.intern_str("gcc")) {
             builder.info("gcc not in rust.codegen-backends. skipping");
             return;
         }
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder.rs
index b21ffe868e145..2c4013d78bf68 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder.rs
@@ -1229,7 +1229,7 @@ impl<'a> Builder<'a> {
     /// Note that this returns `None` if LLVM is disabled, or if we're in a
     /// check build or dry-run, where there's no need to build all of LLVM.
     fn llvm_config(&self, target: TargetSelection) -> Option<PathBuf> {
-        if self.config.llvm_enabled() && self.kind != Kind::Check && !self.config.dry_run() {
+        if self.config.llvm_enabled(target) && self.kind != Kind::Check && !self.config.dry_run() {
             let llvm::LlvmResult { llvm_config, .. } = self.ensure(llvm::Llvm { target });
             if llvm_config.is_file() {
                 return Some(llvm_config);
@@ -1991,7 +1991,8 @@ impl<'a> Builder<'a> {
             };
 
             if let Some(limit) = limit {
-                if stage == 0 || self.config.default_codegen_backend().unwrap_or_default() == "llvm"
+                if stage == 0
+                    || self.config.default_codegen_backend(target).unwrap_or_default() == "llvm"
                 {
                     rustflags.arg(&format!("-Cllvm-args=-import-instr-limit={limit}"));
                 }
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
index 4c64850c0e04b..05b9c73401814 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
@@ -577,6 +577,7 @@ pub struct Target {
     pub wasi_root: Option<PathBuf>,
     pub qemu_rootfs: Option<PathBuf>,
     pub no_std: bool,
+    pub codegen_backends: Option<Vec<Interned<String>>>,
 }
 
 impl Target {
@@ -1135,6 +1136,7 @@ define_config! {
         wasi_root: Option<String> = "wasi-root",
         qemu_rootfs: Option<String> = "qemu-rootfs",
         no_std: Option<bool> = "no-std",
+        codegen_backends: Option<Vec<String>> = "codegen-backends",
     }
 }
 
@@ -1840,6 +1842,24 @@ impl Config {
                 target.profiler = cfg.profiler;
                 target.rpath = cfg.rpath;
 
+                if let Some(ref backends) = cfg.codegen_backends {
+                    let available_backends = vec!["llvm", "cranelift", "gcc"];
+
+                    target.codegen_backends = Some(backends.iter().map(|s| {
+                        if let Some(backend) = s.strip_prefix(CODEGEN_BACKEND_PREFIX) {
+                            if available_backends.contains(&backend) {
+                                panic!("Invalid value '{s}' for 'target.{triple}.codegen-backends'. Instead, please use '{backend}'.");
+                            } else {
+                                println!("HELP: '{s}' for 'target.{triple}.codegen-backends' might fail. \
+                                    Codegen backends are mostly defined without the '{CODEGEN_BACKEND_PREFIX}' prefix. \
+                                    In this case, it would be referred to as '{backend}'.");
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        INTERNER.intern_str(s)
+                    }).collect());
+                }
+
                 config.target_config.insert(TargetSelection::from_user(&triple), target);
             }
         }
@@ -2222,8 +2242,8 @@ impl Config {
         self.target_config.get(&target).map(|t| t.rpath).flatten().unwrap_or(self.rust_rpath)
     }
 
-    pub fn llvm_enabled(&self) -> bool {
-        self.rust_codegen_backends.contains(&INTERNER.intern_str("llvm"))
+    pub fn llvm_enabled(&self, target: TargetSelection) -> bool {
+        self.codegen_backends(target).contains(&INTERNER.intern_str("llvm"))
     }
 
     pub fn llvm_libunwind(&self, target: TargetSelection) -> LlvmLibunwind {
@@ -2242,8 +2262,15 @@ impl Config {
         self.submodules.unwrap_or(rust_info.is_managed_git_subrepository())
     }
 
-    pub fn default_codegen_backend(&self) -> Option<Interned<String>> {
-        self.rust_codegen_backends.get(0).cloned()
+    pub fn codegen_backends(&self, target: TargetSelection) -> &[Interned<String>] {
+        self.target_config
+            .get(&target)
+            .and_then(|cfg| cfg.codegen_backends.as_deref())
+            .unwrap_or(&self.rust_codegen_backends)
+    }
+
+    pub fn default_codegen_backend(&self, target: TargetSelection) -> Option<Interned<String>> {
+        self.codegen_backends(target).get(0).cloned()
     }
 
     pub fn git_config(&self) -> GitConfig<'_> {
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/sanity.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/sanity.rs
index 5f1ca5de74afb..1dce8d8ac7184 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/sanity.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/sanity.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process::Command;
 
 use crate::core::config::Target;
-use crate::utils::cache::INTERNER;
 use crate::utils::helpers::output;
 use crate::Build;
 
@@ -88,19 +87,19 @@ pub fn check(build: &mut Build) {
     }
 
     // We need cmake, but only if we're actually building LLVM or sanitizers.
-    let building_llvm = build.config.rust_codegen_backends.contains(&INTERNER.intern_str("llvm"))
-        && build
-            .hosts
-            .iter()
-            .map(|host| {
-                build
+    let building_llvm = build
+        .hosts
+        .iter()
+        .map(|host| {
+            build.config.llvm_enabled(*host)
+                && build
                     .config
                     .target_config
                     .get(host)
                     .map(|config| config.llvm_config.is_none())
                     .unwrap_or(true)
-            })
-            .any(|build_llvm_ourselves| build_llvm_ourselves);
+        })
+        .any(|build_llvm_ourselves| build_llvm_ourselves);
 
     let need_cmake = building_llvm || build.config.any_sanitizers_to_build();
     if need_cmake && cmd_finder.maybe_have("cmake").is_none() {
@@ -190,13 +189,16 @@ than building it.
         if !build.config.dry_run() {
             cmd_finder.must_have(build.cxx(*host).unwrap());
         }
-    }
 
-    if build.config.rust_codegen_backends.contains(&INTERNER.intern_str("llvm")) {
-        // Externally configured LLVM requires FileCheck to exist
-        let filecheck = build.llvm_filecheck(build.build);
-        if !filecheck.starts_with(&build.out) && !filecheck.exists() && build.config.codegen_tests {
-            panic!("FileCheck executable {filecheck:?} does not exist");
+        if build.config.llvm_enabled(*host) {
+            // Externally configured LLVM requires FileCheck to exist
+            let filecheck = build.llvm_filecheck(build.build);
+            if !filecheck.starts_with(&build.out)
+                && !filecheck.exists()
+                && build.config.codegen_tests
+            {
+                panic!("FileCheck executable {filecheck:?} does not exist");
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/lib.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/lib.rs
index 0e9a9791fb251..121ed88c92fea 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/lib.rs
@@ -731,12 +731,12 @@ impl Build {
     }
 
     /// Gets the space-separated set of activated features for the compiler.
-    fn rustc_features(&self, kind: Kind) -> String {
+    fn rustc_features(&self, kind: Kind, target: TargetSelection) -> String {
         let mut features = vec![];
         if self.config.jemalloc {
             features.push("jemalloc");
         }
-        if self.config.llvm_enabled() || kind == Kind::Check {
+        if self.config.llvm_enabled(target) || kind == Kind::Check {
             features.push("llvm");
         }
         // keep in sync with `bootstrap/compile.rs:rustc_cargo_env`
@@ -1561,7 +1561,8 @@ impl Build {
                         || target
                             .map(|t| self.config.profiler_enabled(t))
                             .unwrap_or_else(|| self.config.any_profiler_enabled()))
-                    && (dep != "rustc_codegen_llvm" || self.config.llvm_enabled())
+                    && (dep != "rustc_codegen_llvm"
+                        || self.config.hosts.iter().any(|host| self.config.llvm_enabled(*host)))
                 {
                     list.push(*dep);
                 }
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/utils/change_tracker.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/utils/change_tracker.rs
index 0d5e2600b73a9..ec62f9f1f8c1a 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/utils/change_tracker.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/utils/change_tracker.rs
@@ -114,4 +114,9 @@ pub const CONFIG_CHANGE_HISTORY: &[ChangeInfo] = &[
         severity: ChangeSeverity::Warning,
         summary: "A new `optimized-compiler-builtins` option has been introduced. Whether to build llvm's `compiler-rt` from source is no longer implicitly controlled by git state. See the PR for more details.",
     },
+    ChangeInfo {
+        change_id: 120348,
+        severity: ChangeSeverity::Info,
+        summary: "New option `target.<triple>.codegen-backends` added to config.toml.",
+    },
 ];