diff --git a/src/driver/slbt_driver_ctx.c b/src/driver/slbt_driver_ctx.c
index c733bfc..fcac8a8 100644
--- a/src/driver/slbt_driver_ctx.c
+++ b/src/driver/slbt_driver_ctx.c
@@ -691,6 +691,13 @@ static int slbt_split_argv(
 			*cargv++ = argv[i];
 			*targv++ = argv[i];
 
+		} else if (!(strcmp("target",&argv[i][1]))) {
+			*cargv++ = argv[i];
+			*targv++ = argv[i++];
+
+			*cargv++ = argv[i];
+			*targv++ = argv[i];
+
 		} else if (!(strncmp("-sysroot=",&argv[i][1],9))) {
 			*cargv++ = argv[i];
 			*targv++ = argv[i];
diff --git a/src/skin/slbt_skin_default.c b/src/skin/slbt_skin_default.c
index 9dd372e..e904e84 100644
--- a/src/skin/slbt_skin_default.c
+++ b/src/skin/slbt_skin_default.c
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ const struct argv_option slbt_default_options[] = {
 	{"output",		'o',TAG_OUTPUT,ARGV_OPTARG_REQUIRED,0,0,"<file>",
 				"write output to %s"},
 
-	{"target",		0,TAG_TARGET,ARGV_OPTARG_REQUIRED,0,0,"<target>",
+	{"target",		0,TAG_TARGET,ARGV_OPTARG_REQUIRED,
+				ARGV_OPTION_HYBRID_SPACE,0,"<target>",
 				"set an explicit (cross-)target, then pass it to "
 				"the compiler"},