diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 6398859..130bc27 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ case ${1} in
 	fi;
 	BUILD_PACKAGES_RESTART="$(echo ${ARG_RESTART} | sed "s/,/ /g")";
 	shift; ;;
-host_toolchain|native_toolchain|runtime|lib_packages|leaf_packages|minipix|devroot|world)
+host_toolchain|native_toolchain|runtime|lib_packages|leaf_packages|minipix|dev|devroot|world)
 	BUILD_TARGETS_META="${BUILD_TARGETS_META:+${BUILD_TARGETS_META} }${1}"; ;;
 *=*)	set_var_unsafe "${1%%=*}" "${1#*=}"; ;;
 *)	exec cat etc/build.usage; ;;
diff --git a/subr/build.subr b/subr/build.subr
index 91c0335..1ce52c3 100644
--- a/subr/build.subr
+++ b/subr/build.subr
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ set_env_vars_with_sep() {
 subst_tgts() {
 	while [ ${#} -ge 1 ]; do
 	case "${1}" in
+	dev)
+		echo "${DEV_PACKAGES}"; ;;
 	devroot)
 		echo "${DEVROOT_PACKAGES}"; ;;
 	world)	echo "${WORLD_PACKAGES}"; ;;
diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index ec2c4a5..b5e7d5e 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -595,6 +595,17 @@ LIB_PACKAGES_PREFIX="${PREFIX_NATIVE}";
 : ${PKG_LLVM_HOST_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL:=DESTDIR=${PREFIX}};
 
 #
+# Build target dev_packages
+#
+DEV_PACKAGES_CFLAGS_CONFIGURE="${LIB_PACKAGES_CFLAGS_CONFIGURE}";
+DEV_PACKAGES_CONFIGURE_ARGS="${LIB_PACKAGES_CONFIGURE_ARGS}";
+DEV_PACKAGES_LDFLAGS_CONFIGURE="${LIB_PACKAGES_LDFLAGS_CONFIGURE}";
+DEV_PACKAGES_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL="${LIB_PACKAGES_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL}";
+DEV_PACKAGES_PACKAGES="
+ncurses ncursesw coreutils bash libz git make sed grep findutils m4 flex bison diffutils patchutils gzip tar";
+DEV_PACKAGES_PREFIX="${LIB_PACKAGES_PREFIX}";
+
+#
 # Build target leaf_packages
 #
 LEAF_PACKAGES_CFLAGS_CONFIGURE="${LEAF_PACKAGES_CFLAGS_CONFIGURE_DEFAULT:+${LEAF_PACKAGES_CFLAGS_CONFIGURE_DEFAULT} }--sysroot=${PREFIX_NATIVE}";
@@ -1031,7 +1042,8 @@ MINIPIX_PREFIX="${PREFIX_MINIPIX}";
 # Build meta-targets
 #
 DEVROOT_PACKAGES="host_toolchain native_toolchain runtime";
+DEV_PACKAGES="host_toolchain native_toolchain runtime dev_packages";
 WORLD_PACKAGES="host_toolchain native_toolchain runtime lib_packages leaf_packages minipix";
-ALL_TARGETS="host_toolchain native_toolchain runtime lib_packages leaf_packages minipix devroot world";
+ALL_TARGETS="host_toolchain native_toolchain runtime lib_packages leaf_packages minipix devroot dev world";
 
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