diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c14a938353..e677ee0947 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ endif()
 
 set(ZIG_TARGET_TRIPLE "native" CACHE STRING "arch-os-abi to output binaries for")
 set(ZIG_TARGET_MCPU "native" CACHE STRING "-mcpu parameter to output binaries for")
+set(ZIG_TARGET_DYNAMIC_LINKER "" CACHE STRING
+  "Override the dynamic linker used by the Zig binary. Default is to auto-detect the dynamic linker.")
 set(ZIG_SINGLE_THREADED off CACHE BOOL "limit the zig compiler to use only 1 thread")
 set(ZIG_AR_WORKAROUND off CACHE BOOL "append 'ar' subcommand to CMAKE_AR")
 
@@ -897,12 +899,16 @@ if(ZIG_STATIC AND NOT MSVC)
 else()
   set(ZIG_STATIC_ARG "")
 endif()
-
 if(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE OR ZIG_PIE)
   set(ZIG_PIE_ARG "-Dpie")
 else()
   set(ZIG_PIE_ARG "")
 endif()
+if("${ZIG_TARGET_DYNAMIC_LINKER}" STREQUAL "")
+  set(ZIG_DYNAMIC_LINKER_ARG "")
+else()
+  set(ZIG_DYNAMIC_LINKER_ARG "-Ddynamic-linker=${ZIG_TARGET_DYNAMIC_LINKER}")
+endif()
 
 # -Dno-langref is currently hardcoded because building the langref takes too damn long
 # To obtain these two forms of documentation, run zig build against stage3 rather than stage2.
@@ -918,6 +924,7 @@ set(ZIG_BUILD_ARGS
   ${ZIG_PIE_ARG}
   "-Dtarget=${ZIG_TARGET_TRIPLE}"
   "-Dcpu=${ZIG_TARGET_MCPU}"
+  ${ZIG_DYNAMIC_LINKER_ARG}
   "-Dversion-string=${RESOLVED_ZIG_VERSION}"
 )