diff --git a/lib/std/build.zig b/lib/std/build.zig
index 83e30b278f..d338aef4fb 100644
--- a/lib/std/build.zig
+++ b/lib/std/build.zig
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ pub const CheckFileStep = @import("build/CheckFileStep.zig");
 pub const CheckObjectStep = @import("build/CheckObjectStep.zig");
 pub const InstallRawStep = @import("build/InstallRawStep.zig");
 pub const OptionsStep = @import("build/OptionsStep.zig");
+pub const RunCompareStep = @import("build/RunCompareStep.zig");
 
 pub const Builder = struct {
     install_tls: TopLevelStep,
@@ -3604,6 +3605,7 @@ pub const Step = struct {
         translate_c,
         write_file,
         run,
+        run_and_compare,
         check_file,
         check_object,
         install_raw,
diff --git a/lib/std/build/CheckObjectStep.zig b/lib/std/build/CheckObjectStep.zig
index b807e1de45..be1e741ce6 100644
--- a/lib/std/build/CheckObjectStep.zig
+++ b/lib/std/build/CheckObjectStep.zig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const CheckObjectStep = @This();
 const Allocator = mem.Allocator;
 const Builder = build.Builder;
 const Step = build.Step;
+const RunCompareStep = build.RunCompareStep;
 
 pub const base_id = .check_obj;
 
@@ -37,6 +38,16 @@ pub fn create(builder: *Builder, source: build.FileSource, obj_format: std.Targe
     return self;
 }
 
+/// Runs and (optionally) compares the output of a binary.
+/// Asserts `self` was generated from an executable step.
+pub fn runAndCompare(self: *CheckObjectStep) *RunCompareStep {
+    const dependencies_len = self.step.dependencies.items.len;
+    assert(dependencies_len > 0);
+    const exe_step = self.step.dependencies.items[dependencies_len - 1];
+    const exe = exe_step.cast(std.build.LibExeObjStep).?;
+    return RunCompareStep.create(self.builder, "RunCompare", exe);
+}
+
 /// There two types of actions currently suported:
 /// * `.match` - is the main building block of standard matchers with optional eat-all token `{*}`
 /// and extractors by name such as `{n_value}`. Please note this action is very simplistic in nature
diff --git a/lib/std/build/RunCompareStep.zig b/lib/std/build/RunCompareStep.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e6396e010
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/std/build/RunCompareStep.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+//! Unlike `RunStep` this step will provide emulation, when enabled, to run foreign binaries.
+//! When a binary is foreign, but emulation for the target is disabled, the specified binary
+//! will not be run and therefore also not validated against its output.
+//! This step can be useful when wishing to run a built binary on multiple platforms,
+//! without having to verify if it's possible to be ran against.
+
+const std = @import("../std.zig");
+const build = std.build;
+const Step = std.build.Step;
+const Builder = std.build.Builder;
+const LibExeObjStep = std.build.LibExeObjStep;
+
+const fs = std.fs;
+const process = std.process;
+const EnvMap = process.EnvMap;
+
+const RunCompareStep = @This();
+
+pub const step_id = .run_and_compare;
+
+step: Step,
+builder: *Builder,
+
+/// The artifact (executable) to be run by this step
+exe: *LibExeObjStep,
+
+/// Set this to `null` to ignore the exit code for the purpose of determining a successful execution
+expected_exit_code: ?u8 = 0,
+
+/// Override this field to modify the environment
+env_map: ?*EnvMap,
+
+pub fn create(builder: *Builder, name: []const u8, artifact: *LibExeObjStep) *RunCompareStep {
+    std.debug.assert(artifact.kind == .exe or artifact.kind == .test_exe);
+    const self = builder.allocator.create(RunCompareStep) catch unreachable;
+    self.* = .{
+        .builder = builder,
+        .step = Step.init(.run_and_compare, name, builder.allocator, make),
+        .exe = artifact,
+        .env_map = null,
+    };
+    self.step.dependOn(&artifact.step);
+
+    return self;
+}
+
+fn make(step: *Step) !void {
+    const self = @fieldParentPtr(RunCompareStep, "step", step);
+    const host_info = self.builder.host;
+    const cwd = self.builder.build_root;
+    _ = cwd;
+    std.debug.print("Make called!\n", .{});
+
+    var argv_list = std.ArrayList([]const u8).init(self.builder.allocator);
+    _ = argv_list;
+
+    const need_cross_glibc = self.exe.target.isGnuLibC() and self.exe.is_linking_libc;
+    switch (host_info.getExternalExecutor(self.exe.target_info, .{
+        .qemu_fixes_dl = need_cross_glibc and self.builder.glibc_runtimes_dir != null,
+        .link_libc = self.exe.is_linking_libc,
+    })) {
+        .native => {},
+        .rosetta => if (!self.builder.enable_rosetta) return,
+        .wine => |bin_name| if (self.builder.enable_wine) {
+            try argv_list.append(bin_name);
+        } else return,
+        .qemu => |bin_name| if (self.builder.enable_qemu) {
+            const glibc_dir_arg = if (need_cross_glibc)
+                self.builder.glibc_runtimes_dir orelse return
+            else
+                null;
+            try argv_list.append(bin_name);
+            if (glibc_dir_arg) |dir| {
+                // TODO look into making this a call to `linuxTriple`. This
+                // needs the directory to be called "i686" rather than
+                // "i386" which is why we do it manually here.
+                const fmt_str = "{s}" ++ fs.path.sep_str ++ "{s}-{s}-{s}";
+                const cpu_arch = self.exe.target.getCpuArch();
+                const os_tag = self.exe.target.getOsTag();
+                const abi = self.exe.target.getAbi();
+                const cpu_arch_name: []const u8 = if (cpu_arch == .i386)
+                    "i686"
+                else
+                    @tagName(cpu_arch);
+                const full_dir = try std.fmt.allocPrint(self.builder.allocator, fmt_str, .{
+                    dir, cpu_arch_name, @tagName(os_tag), @tagName(abi),
+                });
+
+                try argv_list.append("-L");
+                try argv_list.append(full_dir);
+            }
+        } else return,
+        .darling => |bin_name| if (self.builder.enable_darling) {
+            try argv_list.append(bin_name);
+        } else return,
+        .wasmtime => |bin_name| if (self.builder.enable_wasmtime) {
+            try argv_list.append(bin_name);
+            try argv_list.append("--dir=.");
+        } else return,
+        else => return, // on any failures we skip
+    }
+
+    if (self.exe.target.isWindows()) {
+        // On Windows we don't have rpaths so we have to add .dll search paths to PATH
+        self.addPathForDynLibs(self.exe);
+    }
+
+    const executable_path = self.exe.installed_path orelse self.exe.getOutputSource().getPath(self.builder);
+    try argv_list.append(executable_path);
+}
+
+fn addPathForDynLibs(self: *RunCompareStep, artifact: *LibExeObjStep) void {
+    for (artifact.link_objects.items) |link_object| {
+        switch (link_object) {
+            .other_step => |other| {
+                if (other.target.isWindows() and other.isDynamicLibrary()) {
+                    self.addPathDir(fs.path.dirname(other.getOutputSource().getPath(self.builder)).?);
+                    self.addPathForDynLibs(other);
+                }
+            },
+            else => {},
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn addPathDir(self: *RunCompareStep, search_path: []const u8) void {
+    const env_map = self.getEnvMap();
+
+    const key = "PATH";
+    var prev_path = env_map.get(key);
+
+    if (prev_path) |pp| {
+        const new_path = self.builder.fmt("{s}" ++ [1]u8{fs.path.delimiter} ++ "{s}", .{ pp, search_path });
+        env_map.put(key, new_path) catch unreachable;
+    } else {
+        env_map.put(key, self.builder.dupePath(search_path)) catch unreachable;
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn getEnvMap(self: *RunCompareStep) *EnvMap {
+    return self.env_map orelse {
+        const env_map = self.builder.allocator.create(EnvMap) catch unreachable;
+        env_map.* = process.getEnvMap(self.builder.allocator) catch unreachable;
+        self.env_map = env_map;
+        return env_map;
+    };
+}