1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/std/target.zig b/lib/std/target.zig
index 1b8e7c1519..65e9f75457 100644
--- a/lib/std/target.zig
+++ b/lib/std/target.zig
@@ -1483,6 +1483,27 @@ pub const Target = struct {
             => return result,
         }
     }
+
+    /// Return whether or not the given host target is capable of executing natively executables
+    /// of the other target.
+    pub fn canExecBinariesOf(host_target: std.Target, binary_target: std.Target) bool {
+        if (host_target.os.tag != binary_target.os.tag)
+            return false;
+
+        if (host_target.cpu.arch == binary_target.cpu.arch)
+            return true;
+
+        if (host_target.cpu.arch == .x86_64 and binary_target.cpu.arch == .i386)
+            return true;
+
+        if (host_target.cpu.arch == .aarch64 and binary_target.cpu.arch == .arm)
+            return true;
+
+        if (host_target.cpu.arch == .aarch64_be and binary_target.cpu.arch == .armeb)
+            return true;
+
+        return false;
+    }
 };
 
 test "" {