diff --git a/lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig b/lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig
index c82846a640..85257b9560 100644
--- a/lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ kind: Kind,
 major_only_filename: ?[]const u8,
 name_only_filename: ?[]const u8,
 formatted_panics: ?bool = null,
-// keep in sync with src/link.zig:CompressDebugSections
-compress_debug_sections: enum { none, zlib, zstd } = .none,
+compress_debug_sections: std.zig.CompressDebugSections = .none,
 verbose_link: bool,
 verbose_cc: bool,
 bundle_compiler_rt: ?bool = null,
@@ -67,13 +66,12 @@ installed_headers: std.array_list.Managed(HeaderInstallation),
 /// created otherwise.
 installed_headers_include_tree: ?*Step.WriteFile = null,
 
-// keep in sync with src/Compilation.zig:RcIncludes
 /// Behavior of automatic detection of include directories when compiling .rc files.
 ///  any: Use MSVC if available, fall back to MinGW.
 ///  msvc: Use MSVC include paths (must be present on the system).
 ///  gnu: Use MinGW include paths (distributed with Zig).
 ///  none: Do not use any autodetected include paths.
-rc_includes: enum { any, msvc, gnu, none } = .any,
+rc_includes: std.zig.RcIncludes = .any,
 
 /// (Windows) .manifest file to embed in the compilation
 /// Set via options; intended to be read-only after that.
diff --git a/lib/std/zig.zig b/lib/std/zig.zig
index fa70ef7fc7..4c0203b83d 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig.zig
@@ -377,6 +377,19 @@ pub const Subsystem = enum {
     pub const EfiRuntimeDriver: Subsystem = .efi_runtime_driver;
 };
 
+pub const CompressDebugSections = enum { none, zlib, zstd };
+
+pub const RcIncludes = enum {
+    /// Use MSVC if available, fall back to MinGW.
+    any,
+    /// Use MSVC include paths (MSVC install + Windows SDK, must be present on the system).
+    msvc,
+    /// Use MinGW include paths (distributed with Zig).
+    gnu,
+    /// Do not use any autodetected include paths.
+    none,
+};
+
 /// Renders a `std.Target.Cpu` value into a textual representation that can be parsed
 /// via the `-mcpu` flag passed to the Zig compiler.
 /// Appends the result to `buffer`.
diff --git a/src/Compilation.zig b/src/Compilation.zig
index c6734aa3e7..3076cfdc6d 100644
--- a/src/Compilation.zig
+++ b/src/Compilation.zig
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ self_exe_path: ?[]const u8,
 dirs: Directories,
 libc_include_dir_list: []const []const u8,
 libc_framework_dir_list: []const []const u8,
-rc_includes: RcIncludes,
+rc_includes: std.zig.RcIncludes,
 mingw_unicode_entry_point: bool,
 thread_pool: *ThreadPool,
 
@@ -954,17 +954,6 @@ pub const RcSourceFile = struct {
     extra_flags: []const []const u8 = &.{},
 };
 
-pub const RcIncludes = enum {
-    /// Use MSVC if available, fall back to MinGW.
-    any,
-    /// Use MSVC include paths (MSVC install + Windows SDK, must be present on the system).
-    msvc,
-    /// Use MinGW include paths (distributed with Zig).
-    gnu,
-    /// Do not use any autodetected include paths.
-    none,
-};
-
 const Job = union(enum) {
     /// Given the generated AIR for a function, put it onto the code generation queue.
     /// This `Job` exists (instead of the `link.ZcuTask` being directly queued) to ensure that
@@ -1680,7 +1669,7 @@ pub const CreateOptions = struct {
     c_source_files: []const CSourceFile = &.{},
     rc_source_files: []const RcSourceFile = &.{},
     manifest_file: ?[]const u8 = null,
-    rc_includes: RcIncludes = .any,
+    rc_includes: std.zig.RcIncludes = .any,
     link_inputs: []const link.Input = &.{},
     framework_dirs: []const []const u8 = &[0][]const u8{},
     frameworks: []const Framework = &.{},
@@ -1730,7 +1719,7 @@ pub const CreateOptions = struct {
     linker_tsaware: bool = false,
     linker_nxcompat: bool = false,
     linker_dynamicbase: bool = true,
-    linker_compress_debug_sections: ?link.File.Lld.Elf.CompressDebugSections = null,
+    linker_compress_debug_sections: ?std.zig.CompressDebugSections = null,
     linker_module_definition_file: ?[]const u8 = null,
     linker_sort_section: ?link.File.Lld.Elf.SortSection = null,
     major_subsystem_version: ?u16 = null,
diff --git a/src/link.zig b/src/link.zig
index ce1d2a68f6..c0a8facb77 100644
--- a/src/link.zig
+++ b/src/link.zig
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ pub const File = struct {
         tsaware: bool,
         nxcompat: bool,
         dynamicbase: bool,
-        compress_debug_sections: Lld.Elf.CompressDebugSections,
+        compress_debug_sections: std.zig.CompressDebugSections,
         bind_global_refs_locally: bool,
         import_symbols: bool,
         import_table: bool,
diff --git a/src/link/Lld.zig b/src/link/Lld.zig
index d9c25f641d..6b8307fa1a 100644
--- a/src/link/Lld.zig
+++ b/src/link/Lld.zig
@@ -95,11 +95,12 @@ pub const Elf = struct {
     soname: ?[]const u8,
     allow_undefined_version: bool,
     enable_new_dtags: ?bool,
-    compress_debug_sections: CompressDebugSections,
+    compress_debug_sections: std.zig.CompressDebugSections,
     bind_global_refs_locally: bool,
     pub const HashStyle = enum { sysv, gnu, both };
     pub const SortSection = enum { name, alignment };
-    pub const CompressDebugSections = enum { none, zlib, zstd };
+    /// Deprecated; use 'std.zig.CompressDebugSections' instead. To be removed after 0.16.0 is tagged.
+    pub const CompressDebugSections = std.zig.CompressDebugSections;
 
     fn init(comp: *Compilation, options: link.File.OpenOptions) !Elf {
         const PtrWidth = enum { p32, p64 };
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index ccb8935972..9606bf2c30 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ fn buildOutputType(
     var disable_c_depfile = false;
     var linker_sort_section: ?link.File.Lld.Elf.SortSection = null;
     var linker_gc_sections: ?bool = null;
-    var linker_compress_debug_sections: ?link.File.Lld.Elf.CompressDebugSections = null;
+    var linker_compress_debug_sections: ?std.zig.CompressDebugSections = null;
     var linker_allow_shlib_undefined: ?bool = null;
     var allow_so_scripts: bool = false;
     var linker_bind_global_refs_locally: ?bool = null;
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ fn buildOutputType(
     var extra_cflags: std.ArrayListUnmanaged([]const u8) = .empty;
     var extra_rcflags: std.ArrayListUnmanaged([]const u8) = .empty;
     var symbol_wrap_set: std.StringArrayHashMapUnmanaged(void) = .empty;
-    var rc_includes: Compilation.RcIncludes = .any;
+    var rc_includes: std.zig.RcIncludes = .any;
     var manifest_file: ?[]const u8 = null;
     var linker_export_symbol_names: std.ArrayListUnmanaged([]const u8) = .empty;
 
@@ -1167,11 +1167,11 @@ fn buildOutputType(
                     } else if (mem.eql(u8, arg, "-install_name")) {
                         install_name = args_iter.nextOrFatal();
                     } else if (mem.cutPrefix(u8, arg, "--compress-debug-sections=")) |param| {
-                        linker_compress_debug_sections = std.meta.stringToEnum(link.File.Lld.Elf.CompressDebugSections, param) orelse {
+                        linker_compress_debug_sections = std.meta.stringToEnum(std.zig.CompressDebugSections, param) orelse {
                             fatal("expected --compress-debug-sections=[none|zlib|zstd], found '{s}'", .{param});
                         };
                     } else if (mem.eql(u8, arg, "--compress-debug-sections")) {
-                        linker_compress_debug_sections = link.File.Lld.Elf.CompressDebugSections.zlib;
+                        linker_compress_debug_sections = .zlib;
                     } else if (mem.eql(u8, arg, "-pagezero_size")) {
                         const next_arg = args_iter.nextOrFatal();
                         pagezero_size = std.fmt.parseUnsigned(u64, eatIntPrefix(next_arg, 16), 16) catch |err| {
@@ -2335,7 +2335,7 @@ fn buildOutputType(
                         if (it.only_arg.len == 0) {
                             linker_compress_debug_sections = .zlib;
                         } else {
-                            linker_compress_debug_sections = std.meta.stringToEnum(link.File.Lld.Elf.CompressDebugSections, it.only_arg) orelse {
+                            linker_compress_debug_sections = std.meta.stringToEnum(std.zig.CompressDebugSections, it.only_arg) orelse {
                                 fatal("expected [none|zlib|zstd] after --compress-debug-sections, found '{s}'", .{it.only_arg});
                             };
                         }
@@ -2523,7 +2523,7 @@ fn buildOutputType(
                     try linker_export_symbol_names.append(arena, linker_args_it.nextOrFatal());
                 } else if (mem.eql(u8, arg, "--compress-debug-sections")) {
                     const arg1 = linker_args_it.nextOrFatal();
-                    linker_compress_debug_sections = std.meta.stringToEnum(link.File.Lld.Elf.CompressDebugSections, arg1) orelse {
+                    linker_compress_debug_sections = std.meta.stringToEnum(std.zig.CompressDebugSections, arg1) orelse {
                         fatal("expected [none|zlib|zstd] after --compress-debug-sections, found '{s}'", .{arg1});
                     };
                 } else if (mem.cutPrefix(u8, arg, "-z")) |z_rest| {
@@ -6787,8 +6787,8 @@ fn accessFrameworkPath(
     return false;
 }
 
-fn parseRcIncludes(arg: []const u8) Compilation.RcIncludes {
-    return std.meta.stringToEnum(Compilation.RcIncludes, arg) orelse
+fn parseRcIncludes(arg: []const u8) std.zig.RcIncludes {
+    return std.meta.stringToEnum(std.zig.RcIncludes, arg) orelse
         fatal("unsupported rc includes type: '{s}'", .{arg});
 }