diff --git a/Sources/Build/XCFrameworkInfo.swift b/Sources/Build/XCFrameworkInfo.swift
index ea9607dc73e..258642e2fe8 100644
--- a/Sources/Build/XCFrameworkInfo.swift
+++ b/Sources/Build/XCFrameworkInfo.swift
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ See http://swift.org/CONTRIBUTORS.txt for Swift project authors
 */
 
 import TSCBasic
+import TSCUtility
 import PackageModel
 import SPMBuildCore
 import Foundation
diff --git a/Sources/PackageLoading/ManifestLoader.swift b/Sources/PackageLoading/ManifestLoader.swift
index d5c07422a27..1870713f2f4 100644
--- a/Sources/PackageLoading/ManifestLoader.swift
+++ b/Sources/PackageLoading/ManifestLoader.swift
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@ public final class ManifestLoader: ManifestLoaderProtocol {
         }
     }
 
+    private static var _hostTriple: Triple?
     private static var _packageDescriptionMinimumDeploymentTarget: String?
 
     /// Parse the manifest at the given path to JSON.
@@ -660,11 +661,15 @@ public final class ManifestLoader: ManifestLoaderProtocol {
 
             // Use the same minimum deployment target as the PackageDescription library (with a fallback of 10.15).
             #if os(macOS)
+            if Self._hostTriple == nil {
+                Self._hostTriple = Triple.getHostTriple(usingSwiftCompiler: resources.swiftCompiler)
+            }
+            let triple = Self._hostTriple!
             if Self._packageDescriptionMinimumDeploymentTarget == nil {
                 Self._packageDescriptionMinimumDeploymentTarget = (try MinimumDeploymentTarget.computeMinimumDeploymentTarget(of: macOSPackageDescriptionPath))?.versionString ?? "10.15"
             }
             let version = Self._packageDescriptionMinimumDeploymentTarget!
-            cmd += ["-target", "x86_64-apple-macosx\(version)"]
+            cmd += ["-target", "\(triple.tripleString(forPlatformVersion: version))"]
             #endif
 
             cmd += compilerFlags
diff --git a/Sources/SPMBuildCore/CMakeLists.txt b/Sources/SPMBuildCore/CMakeLists.txt
index 96d22dca625..c1d686340f0 100644
--- a/Sources/SPMBuildCore/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Sources/SPMBuildCore/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ add_library(SPMBuildCore
   BuildSystem.swift
   BuiltTestProduct.swift
   Sanitizers.swift
-  Toolchain.swift
-  Triple.swift)
+  Toolchain.swift)
 # NOTE(compnerd) workaround for CMake not setting up include flags yet
 set_target_properties(SPMBuildCore PROPERTIES
   INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${CMAKE_Swift_MODULE_DIRECTORY})
diff --git a/Tests/BuildTests/BuildPlanTests.swift b/Tests/BuildTests/BuildPlanTests.swift
index 33937eefc71..72a84e8b0e3 100644
--- a/Tests/BuildTests/BuildPlanTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/BuildTests/BuildPlanTests.swift
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ final class BuildPlanTests: XCTestCase {
         toolchain: SPMBuildCore.Toolchain = MockToolchain(),
         flags: BuildFlags = BuildFlags(),
         shouldLinkStaticSwiftStdlib: Bool = false,
-        destinationTriple: SPMBuildCore.Triple = hostTriple,
+        destinationTriple: TSCUtility.Triple = hostTriple,
         indexStoreMode: BuildParameters.IndexStoreMode = .off,
         useExplicitModuleBuild: Bool = false
     ) -> BuildParameters {
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ final class BuildPlanTests: XCTestCase {
     }
 
     func mockBuildParameters(environment: BuildEnvironment) -> BuildParameters {
-        let triple: SPMBuildCore.Triple
+        let triple: TSCUtility.Triple
         switch environment.platform {
         case .macOS:
             triple = Triple.macOS
@@ -1869,7 +1869,7 @@ final class BuildPlanTests: XCTestCase {
         )
         XCTAssertNoDiagnostics(diagnostics)
 
-        func createResult(for dest: SPMBuildCore.Triple) throws -> BuildPlanResult {
+        func createResult(for dest: TSCUtility.Triple) throws -> BuildPlanResult {
             return BuildPlanResult(plan: try BuildPlan(
                 buildParameters: mockBuildParameters(destinationTriple: dest),
                 graph: graph, diagnostics: diagnostics,
@@ -2313,7 +2313,7 @@ final class BuildPlanTests: XCTestCase {
         ])
     }
 
-    func testBinaryTargets(platform: String, arch: String, destinationTriple: SPMBuildCore.Triple)
+    func testBinaryTargets(platform: String, arch: String, destinationTriple: TSCUtility.Triple)
     throws {
         let fs = InMemoryFileSystem(emptyFiles:
             "/Pkg/Sources/exe/main.swift",
@@ -2458,9 +2458,9 @@ final class BuildPlanTests: XCTestCase {
 
     func testBinaryTargets() throws {
         try testBinaryTargets(platform: "macos", arch: "x86_64", destinationTriple: .macOS)
-        let arm64Triple = try SPMBuildCore.Triple("arm64-apple-macosx")
+        let arm64Triple = try TSCUtility.Triple("arm64-apple-macosx")
         try testBinaryTargets(platform: "macos", arch: "arm64", destinationTriple: arm64Triple)
-        let arm64eTriple = try SPMBuildCore.Triple("arm64e-apple-macosx")
+        let arm64eTriple = try TSCUtility.Triple("arm64e-apple-macosx")
         try testBinaryTargets(platform: "macos", arch: "arm64e", destinationTriple: arm64eTriple)
     }
 
@@ -2594,7 +2594,7 @@ fileprivate extension TargetBuildDescription {
     }
 }
 
-fileprivate extension SPMBuildCore.Triple {
+fileprivate extension TSCUtility.Triple {
     static let x86_64Linux = try! Triple("x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu")
     static let arm64Linux = try! Triple("aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu")
     static let arm64Android = try! Triple("aarch64-unknown-linux-android")
diff --git a/swift-tools-support-core/Sources/TSCUtility/CMakeLists.txt b/swift-tools-support-core/Sources/TSCUtility/CMakeLists.txt
index f10d56bb70d..c0492d11163 100644
--- a/swift-tools-support-core/Sources/TSCUtility/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/swift-tools-support-core/Sources/TSCUtility/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ add_library(TSCUtility
   SimplePersistence.swift
   StringExtensions.swift
   StringMangling.swift
+  Triple.swift
   URL.swift
   Verbosity.swift
   Version.swift
diff --git a/Sources/SPMBuildCore/Triple.swift b/swift-tools-support-core/Sources/TSCUtility/Triple.swift
similarity index 100%
rename from Sources/SPMBuildCore/Triple.swift
rename to swift-tools-support-core/Sources/TSCUtility/Triple.swift