diff --git a/crates/uv/src/cli.rs b/crates/uv/src/cli.rs
index 393a6f4a68af7..59a0d8f2fb171 100644
--- a/crates/uv/src/cli.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/src/cli.rs
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ pub(crate) struct PipCompileArgs {
     /// its CPU, vendor, and operating system name, like `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu` or
     /// `aaarch64-apple-darwin`.
     #[arg(long)]
-    pub(crate) platform: Option<TargetTriple>,
+    pub(crate) python_platform: Option<TargetTriple>,
 
     /// Limit candidate packages to those that were uploaded prior to the given date.
     ///
diff --git a/crates/uv/src/commands/pip_compile.rs b/crates/uv/src/commands/pip_compile.rs
index d497c0f43a718..2a704666ed45b 100644
--- a/crates/uv/src/commands/pip_compile.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/src/commands/pip_compile.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn pip_compile(
     no_build_isolation: bool,
     no_build: NoBuild,
     python_version: Option<PythonVersion>,
-    target: Option<TargetTriple>,
+    python_platform: Option<TargetTriple>,
     exclude_newer: Option<ExcludeNewer>,
     annotation_style: AnnotationStyle,
     link_mode: LinkMode,
@@ -195,16 +195,16 @@ pub(crate) async fn pip_compile(
     };
 
     // Determine the tags, markers, and interpreter to use for resolution.
-    let tags = match (target, python_version.as_ref()) {
-        (Some(target), Some(python_version)) => Cow::Owned(Tags::from_env(
-            &target.platform(),
+    let tags = match (python_platform, python_version.as_ref()) {
+        (Some(python_platform), Some(python_version)) => Cow::Owned(Tags::from_env(
+            &python_platform.platform(),
             (python_version.major(), python_version.minor()),
             interpreter.implementation_name(),
             interpreter.implementation_tuple(),
             interpreter.gil_disabled(),
         )?),
-        (Some(target), None) => Cow::Owned(Tags::from_env(
-            &target.platform(),
+        (Some(python_platform), None) => Cow::Owned(Tags::from_env(
+            &python_platform.platform(),
             interpreter.python_tuple(),
             interpreter.implementation_name(),
             interpreter.implementation_tuple(),
@@ -221,11 +221,11 @@ pub(crate) async fn pip_compile(
     };
 
     // Apply the platform tags to the markers.
-    let markers = match (target, python_version) {
-        (Some(target), Some(python_version)) => {
-            Cow::Owned(python_version.markers(&target.markers(interpreter.markers())))
+    let markers = match (python_platform, python_version) {
+        (Some(python_platform), Some(python_version)) => {
+            Cow::Owned(python_version.markers(&python_platform.markers(interpreter.markers())))
         }
-        (Some(target), None) => Cow::Owned(target.markers(interpreter.markers())),
+        (Some(python_platform), None) => Cow::Owned(python_platform.markers(interpreter.markers())),
         (None, Some(python_version)) => Cow::Owned(python_version.markers(interpreter.markers())),
         (None, None) => Cow::Borrowed(interpreter.markers()),
     };
diff --git a/crates/uv/src/main.rs b/crates/uv/src/main.rs
index a6920ac3bb486..4758301178540 100644
--- a/crates/uv/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/src/main.rs
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ async fn run() -> Result<ExitStatus> {
                 args.shared.no_build_isolation,
                 no_build,
                 args.shared.python_version,
-                args.platform,
+                args.python_platform,
                 args.shared.exclude_newer,
                 args.shared.annotation_style,
                 args.shared.link_mode,
diff --git a/crates/uv/src/settings.rs b/crates/uv/src/settings.rs
index 2944050ec96db..198ac0816c713 100644
--- a/crates/uv/src/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/src/settings.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ pub(crate) struct PipCompileSettings {
     pub(crate) src_file: Vec<PathBuf>,
     pub(crate) constraint: Vec<PathBuf>,
     pub(crate) r#override: Vec<PathBuf>,
-    pub(crate) platform: Option<TargetTriple>,
+    pub(crate) python_platform: Option<TargetTriple>,
     pub(crate) refresh: bool,
     pub(crate) refresh_package: Vec<PackageName>,
     pub(crate) upgrade: bool,
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ impl PipCompileSettings {
             only_binary,
             config_setting,
             python_version,
-            platform,
+            python_platform,
             exclude_newer,
             no_emit_package,
             emit_index_url,
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ impl PipCompileSettings {
             src_file,
             constraint,
             r#override,
-            platform,
+            python_platform,
             refresh,
             refresh_package: refresh_package.unwrap_or_default(),
             upgrade,
diff --git a/crates/uv/tests/pip_compile.rs b/crates/uv/tests/pip_compile.rs
index 5605649d06774..8055e1d484c2d 100644
--- a/crates/uv/tests/pip_compile.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/tests/pip_compile.rs
@@ -7892,7 +7892,7 @@ fn no_version_for_direct_dependency() -> Result<()> {
 
 /// Compile against a dedicated platform, which may differ from the current platform.
 #[test]
-fn platform() -> Result<()> {
+fn python_platform() -> Result<()> {
     let context = TestContext::new("3.12");
 
     let requirements_in = context.temp_dir.child("requirements.in");
@@ -7902,13 +7902,13 @@ fn platform() -> Result<()> {
         windows_filters=false,
         context.compile()
         .arg("requirements.in")
-        .arg("--platform")
+        .arg("--python-platform")
         .arg("aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu"), @r###"
     success: true
     exit_code: 0
     ----- stdout -----
     # This file was autogenerated by uv via the following command:
-    #    uv pip compile --cache-dir [CACHE_DIR] --exclude-newer 2024-03-25T00:00:00Z requirements.in --platform aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+    #    uv pip compile --cache-dir [CACHE_DIR] --exclude-newer 2024-03-25T00:00:00Z requirements.in --python-platform aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
     black==24.3.0
     click==8.1.7
         # via black
@@ -7930,7 +7930,7 @@ fn platform() -> Result<()> {
         windows_filters=false,
         context.compile()
         .arg("requirements.in")
-        .arg("--platform")
+        .arg("--python-platform")
         .arg("x86_64-pc-windows-msvc"), @r###"
     success: true
     exit_code: 0