diff --git a/src/cfg/opt.c b/src/cfg/opt.c
index 97dbc02..dd624c9 100644
--- a/src/cfg/opt.c
+++ b/src/cfg/opt.c
@@ -15,16 +15,47 @@ static GHashTable* args = NULL;
 
 static Dependency *new_dependency();
 
+const char* ARCH_X86_64 = "x86_64";
+const char* ARCH_I386 = "i386";
+const char* ARCH_ARM = "arm";
+const char* ARCH_THUMB = "thumb";
+const char* ARCH_MIPS = "mips";
+
+const char* SUB_V5 = "v5";
+const char* SUB_V6M = "v6m";
+const char* SUB_V7A = "v7a";
+const char* SUB_V7M = "v7m";
+
+const char* VENDOR_PC      = "pc";
+const char* VENDOR_APPLE   = "apple";
+const char* VENDOR_NVIDIA = "nvidia";
+const char* VENDOR_IBM    = "ibm";
+
+const char* SYS_NONE   = "none";
+const char* SYS_LINUX  = "linux";
+const char* SYS_WIN32  = "win32";
+const char* SYS_DARWIN = "darwin";
+const char* SYS_CUDA   = "cuda";
+
+const char* ENV_EABI   = "eabi";
+const char* ENV_GNU     = "gnu";
+const char* ENV_ANDROID = "android";
+const char* ENV_MACHO   = "macho";
+const char* ENV_ELF    = "elf";
+
 const char* find_string(const char* haystack, const char** options, size_t size)
 {
     const static char* found = NULL;
 
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < size/sizeof(const char*); i++)
+    if (haystack != NULL)
     {
-        if (strstr(haystack, options[i]))
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < size/sizeof(const char*); i++)
         {
-            found = options[i];
-            break;
+            if (strstr(haystack, options[i]))
+            {
+                found = options[i];
+                break;
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -191,6 +222,7 @@ TargetConfig* default_target_config() {
     config->lld_fatal_warnings = FALSE;
     config->gsc_fatal_warnings = FALSE;
     config->import_paths = mem_new_g_array(MemoryNamespaceOpt, sizeof(char*));
+    config->triple = NULL;
 
     return config;
 }
diff --git a/src/cfg/opt.h b/src/cfg/opt.h
index d09de6b..cb2cb3f 100644
--- a/src/cfg/opt.h
+++ b/src/cfg/opt.h
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ typedef struct TargetConfig_t {
     char *archive_directory;
     // binary driver for executable generation
     char *driver;
+    // system to compile code for
+    // LLVM triple, see: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/CrossCompilation.html#target-triple
+    // in case this is empty this will be the native platform
+    char* triple;
     // mode of compilation
     TargetCompilationMode mode;
     // number between 1 and 3
@@ -126,33 +130,33 @@ typedef struct Option_t {
     bool is_opt;
 } Option;
 
-const char* ARCH_X86_64 = "x86_64";
-const char* ARCH_I386 = "i386";
-const char* ARCH_ARM = "arm";
-const char* ARCH_THUMB = "thumb";
-const char* ARCH_MIPS = "mips";
+extern const char* ARCH_X86_64;
+extern const char* ARCH_I386;
+extern const char* ARCH_ARM;
+extern const char* ARCH_THUMB;
+extern const char* ARCH_MIPS;
 
-const char* SUB_V5 = "v5";
-const char* SUB_V6M = "v6m";
-const char* SUB_V7A = "v7a";
-const char* SUB_V7M = "v7m";
+extern const char* SUB_V5;
+extern const char* SUB_V6M;
+extern const char* SUB_V7A;
+extern const char* SUB_V7M;
 
-const char* VENDOR_PC      = "pc";
-const char* VENDOR_APPLE   = "apple";
-const char* VENDOR_NVIDIA = "nvidia";
-const char* VENDOR_IBM    = "ibm";
+extern const char* VENDOR_PC;
+extern const char* VENDOR_APPLE;
+extern const char* VENDOR_NVIDIA;
+extern const char* VENDOR_IBM;
 
-const char* SYS_NONE   = "none";
-const char* SYS_LINUX  = "linux";
-const char* SYS_WIN32  = "win32";
-const char* SYS_DARWIN = "darwin";
-const char* SYS_CUDA   = "cuda";
+extern const char* SYS_NONE;
+extern const char* SYS_LINUX;
+extern const char* SYS_WIN32;
+extern const char* SYS_DARWIN;
+extern const char* SYS_CUDA;
 
-const char* ENV_EABI   = "eabi";
-const char* ENV_GNU     = "gnu";
-const char* ENV_ANDROID = "android";
-const char* ENV_MACHO   = "macho";
-const char* ENV_ELF    = "elf";
+extern const char* ENV_EABI;
+extern const char* ENV_GNU;
+extern const char* ENV_ANDROID;
+extern const char* ENV_MACHO;
+extern const char* ENV_ELF;
 
 const char* extract_arch_from_triple(const char* triple);