diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 145425b..2549ccd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions-rs/tarpaulin@v0.1
         with:
           version: '0.15.0'
+          target: 'x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
           args: '-- --test-threads 1'
 
       - name: Upload to codecov.io
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ See [additional recipes here](https://github.com/actions-rs/meta).
 | Name        | Required | Description                                                                                              | Type   | Default |
 | ------------| :------: | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------ | --------|
 | `version`   |          | The version of `cargo-tarpaulin` that will be installed.                                                 | string | latest  |
+| `target`    |     ✓    | The target to install tarpaulin for i.e. `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu`.                                     | string | latest  |
 | `run-types` |          | The type of tests to run (`Tests`, or `Doctests`). Runs all by default. May be overridden by `args`.     | string |         |
 | `timeout`   |          | The timeout, in seconds, before cancelling execution of a long running test. May be overriden by `args`. | string |         |
 | `args`      |          | Extra command line arguments that are passed to `cargo-tarpaulin`.                                       | string |         |
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 04fd10e..effdae5 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ branding:
   color: black
 
 runs:
-  using: 'node12'
+  using: 'node16'
   main: 'dist/index.js'
 
 inputs:
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ inputs:
     description: 'The version of cargo-tarpaulin to install'
     required: true
     default: 'latest'
+  
+  target:
+    description: 'The target to install for cargo-tarpaulin'
+    required: true
+    default: 'latest'
 
   args:
     required: false
diff --git a/src/args.ts b/src/args.ts
index e35f235..7a8822d 100644
--- a/src/args.ts
+++ b/src/args.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { OutputType } from './config';
 
 export interface ActionInputs {
     requestedVersion: string,
+    target: String,
     timeout: string,
     runType: string,
     opts: string | null,
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ export interface ActionInputs {
 
 export default function getActionInputs(): ActionInputs {
     const requestedVersion = input.getInput('version');
+    const target = input.getInput('target');
     const runType = input.getInput('run-types');
     const timeout = input.getInput('timeout');
     const opts = input.getInput('args');
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ export default function getActionInputs(): ActionInputs {
 
     return {
         requestedVersion,
+        target,
         runType,
         timeout,
         opts,
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 18a3685..5e2cf76 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export default async function resolveConfig(input: ActionInputs): Promise<Tarpau
         releaseEndpoint = process.env.GITHUB_RELEASE_ENDPOINT;
     }
 
-    const downloadUrl = await getDownloadUrl(releaseEndpoint, input.requestedVersion);
+    const downloadUrl = await getDownloadUrl(releaseEndpoint, input.target, input.requestedVersion);
     const type = input.runType ? input.runType : null;
     const timeout = input.timeout ? input.timeout : null;
     const outType = input.outType ? input.outType : "Xml";
@@ -71,19 +71,20 @@ export default async function resolveConfig(input: ActionInputs): Promise<Tarpau
  * @param requestedVersion The Git tag of the tarpaulin revision to get a download URL for. May be any valid Git tag,
  * or a special-cased `latest`.
  */
-async function getDownloadUrl(releaseEndpoint: string, requestedVersion: string): Promise<string> {
+async function getDownloadUrl(releaseEndpoint: string, target: String, requestedVersion: string): Promise<string> {
     const releaseInfoUri = requestedVersion === 'latest' ?
         `${releaseEndpoint}/latest` :
         `${releaseEndpoint}/tags/${requestedVersion}`;
 
     const releaseInfoRequest = await fetch(releaseInfoUri);
     const releaseInfo = await releaseInfoRequest.json();
-    const asset = releaseInfo["assets"].find(asset => {
-        return asset['content_type'] === 'application/gzip';
+
+    const asset = releaseInfo["name"].find(asset => {
+        return asset['name'].startsWith(`cargo-tarpaulin-${target}`)
     });
 
     if (!asset) {
-        throw new Error(`Couldn't find a release tarball containing binaries for ${requestedVersion}`);
+        throw new Error(`Couldn't find ${requestedVersion} release tarball containing ${target} binaries`);
     }
 
     return asset["browser_download_url"];