diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 9129944..15c90d5 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ grabber = find_program('scripts/grabber.sh')
 c = run_command(grabber)
 sources = c.stdout().strip().split('\n')
 
+# Well this isn't pretty
+rust_target = get_option('rust-target')
+
 custom_target('cargo-build-gxi',
                         input: sources,
                         output: ['gxi'],
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ custom_target('cargo-build-gxi',
                                   '@OUTPUT@',
                                   meson.current_build_dir(),
                                   'gxi',
+                                  rust_target,
                                   gxi_plugin_dir,
                                  ])
 
@@ -58,6 +62,7 @@ custom_target('cargo-build-syntect',
                                   '@OUTPUT@',
                                   syntect_releasebin_path,
                                   'xi-syntect-plugin',
+                                  rust_target,
                                  ])
 
 synctect_assets = ['assets/Makefile.toml', 'assets/YAML.toml', 'manifest.toml']
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ffe3ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+option('rust-target', type : 'string', value : '', description : 'Has to be set to RUST_TARGET for cross compilation')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/cargo.sh b/scripts/cargo.sh
index 1dc00a3..457377d 100755
--- a/scripts/cargo.sh
+++ b/scripts/cargo.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-export GXI_PLUGIN_DIR=$5
+export GXI_PLUGIN_DIR=$6
 
-cargo build --manifest-path $1/Cargo.toml --target-dir $3 --release && cp $3/release/$4 $2
\ No newline at end of file
+cargo build --manifest-path $1/Cargo.toml --target-dir $3 --release && cp $3/$5/release/$4 $2
\ No newline at end of file