diff --git a/recipe/bld.bat b/recipe/bld.bat
index 77220c77..0aac8361 100644
--- a/recipe/bld.bat
+++ b/recipe/bld.bat
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ cmake -G "Ninja" ^
     -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=ON ^
     -DLLVM_INCLUDE_UTILS=ON ^
     -DLLVM_INSTALL_UTILS=ON ^
+    -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="X86;AArch64" ^
     -DLLVM_USE_SYMLINKS=OFF ^
     -DLLVM_UTILS_INSTALL_DIR=libexec\llvm ^
     -DLLVM_BUILD_LLVM_C_DYLIB=ON ^
diff --git a/recipe/build.sh b/recipe/build.sh
index c3128ec0..e50cc56a 100644
--- a/recipe/build.sh
+++ b/recipe/build.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ elif [[ "$target_platform" == osx-* ]]; then
   # https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/llvmorg-16.0.6/llvm/tools/llvm-shlib/CMakeLists.txt#L82-L85
   # currently off though, because it doesn't build yet
   # CMAKE_ARGS="${CMAKE_ARGS} -DLLVM_BUILD_LLVM_C_DYLIB=ON"
-  true
+  CMAKE_ARGS="${CMAKE_ARGS} -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=\"X86;AArch64\""
 fi
 
 if [[ "$CC_FOR_BUILD" != "" && "$CC_FOR_BUILD" != "$CC" ]]; then