diff --git a/lib/std/target.zig b/lib/std/target.zig
index 5dcbb962be..6457216676 100644
--- a/lib/std/target.zig
+++ b/lib/std/target.zig
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ pub const Target = union(enum) {
             };
             const cpu = switch (arch) {
                 .arm, .armeb, .thumb, .thumbeb => &arm.cpu.generic,
-                .aarch64, .aarch64_be, .aarch64_32 => &aarch64.cpu.generic,
+                .aarch64, .aarch64_be, .aarch64_32 => &aarch64.cpu.baseline,
                 .avr => &avr.cpu.avr1,
                 .bpfel, .bpfeb => &bpf.cpu.generic,
                 .hexagon => &hexagon.cpu.generic,
diff --git a/lib/std/target/aarch64.zig b/lib/std/target/aarch64.zig
index 4639fe6dcc..4d05a94290 100644
--- a/lib/std/target/aarch64.zig
+++ b/lib/std/target/aarch64.zig
@@ -1225,6 +1225,11 @@ pub const cpu = struct {
             .cyclone,
         }),
     };
+    pub const baseline = Cpu{
+        .name = "baseline",
+        .llvm_name = null,
+        .features = featureSet(&[_]Feature{}),
+    };
     pub const cortex_a35 = Cpu{
         .name = "cortex_a35",
         .llvm_name = "cortex-a35",
@@ -1411,6 +1416,7 @@ pub const cpu = struct {
 /// compiler has inefficient memory and CPU usage, affecting build times.
 pub const all_cpus = &[_]*const Cpu{
     &cpu.apple_latest,
+    &cpu.baseline,
     &cpu.cortex_a35,
     &cpu.cortex_a53,
     &cpu.cortex_a55,
diff --git a/src/codegen.cpp b/src/codegen.cpp
index 7ad19fdfcb..123115ba2f 100644
--- a/src/codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/codegen.cpp
@@ -8795,6 +8795,7 @@ static void init(CodeGen *g) {
         target_specific_features = stage2_cpu_features_get_llvm_features(g->zig_target->cpu_features);
     }
     if (g->verbose_llvm_cpu_features) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "name=%s triple=%s\n", buf_ptr(g->root_out_name), buf_ptr(&g->llvm_triple_str));
         fprintf(stderr, "name=%s target_specific_cpu_args=%s\n", buf_ptr(g->root_out_name), target_specific_cpu_args);
         fprintf(stderr, "name=%s target_specific_features=%s\n", buf_ptr(g->root_out_name), target_specific_features);
     }