diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index abf59fa007..3ea4424d1b 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *Builder) !void {
     test_step.dependOn(tests.addAssembleAndLinkTests(b, test_filter, modes));
     test_step.dependOn(tests.addRuntimeSafetyTests(b, test_filter, modes));
     test_step.dependOn(tests.addTranslateCTests(b, test_filter));
-    test_step.dependOn(tests.addRunTranslatedCTests(b, test_filter));
+    test_step.dependOn(tests.addRunTranslatedCTests(b, test_filter, target));
     // tests for this feature are disabled until we have the self-hosted compiler available
     // test_step.dependOn(tests.addGenHTests(b, test_filter));
     if (!skip_compile_errors) {
diff --git a/test/src/run_translated_c.zig b/test/src/run_translated_c.zig
index c544bcbb2c..06990241cc 100644
--- a/test/src/run_translated_c.zig
+++ b/test/src/run_translated_c.zig
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ pub const RunTranslatedCContext = struct {
     step: *build.Step,
     test_index: usize,
     test_filter: ?[]const u8,
+    target: std.zig.CrossTarget,
 
     const TestCase = struct {
         name: []const u8,
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ pub const RunTranslatedCContext = struct {
         });
         translate_c.step.name = b.fmt("{} translate-c", .{annotated_case_name});
         const exe = translate_c.addExecutable();
+        exe.setTarget(self.target);
         exe.step.name = b.fmt("{} build-exe", .{annotated_case_name});
         exe.linkLibC();
         const run = exe.run();
diff --git a/test/tests.zig b/test/tests.zig
index 09001b02a1..250c1cc4ea 100644
--- a/test/tests.zig
+++ b/test/tests.zig
@@ -434,13 +434,18 @@ pub fn addTranslateCTests(b: *build.Builder, test_filter: ?[]const u8) *build.St
     return cases.step;
 }
 
-pub fn addRunTranslatedCTests(b: *build.Builder, test_filter: ?[]const u8) *build.Step {
+pub fn addRunTranslatedCTests(
+    b: *build.Builder,
+    test_filter: ?[]const u8,
+    target: std.zig.CrossTarget,
+) *build.Step {
     const cases = b.allocator.create(RunTranslatedCContext) catch unreachable;
     cases.* = .{
         .b = b,
         .step = b.step("test-run-translated-c", "Run the Run-Translated-C tests"),
         .test_index = 0,
         .test_filter = test_filter,
+        .target = target,
     };
 
     run_translated_c.addCases(cases);