diff --git a/recipes/libs/openssl1/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/openssl1/recipe.toml
index 5442e10c..8711e4be 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/openssl1/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/openssl1/recipe.toml
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ template = "custom"
 script = """
 DYNAMIC_INIT
 ARCH="${TARGET%%-*}"
+OS=$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f3)
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/Configure"
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
     threads
     no-dgram
-    "redox-${ARCH}"
+    "${OS}-${ARCH}"
     --prefix="/"
 )
 
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/tls/openssl3/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/tls/openssl3/recipe.toml
index 6ce485ee..7b4acf98 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/tls/openssl3/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/tls/openssl3/recipe.toml
@@ -11,17 +11,24 @@ dependencies = [
 script = """
 DYNAMIC_INIT
 ARCH="${TARGET%%-*}"
+OS=$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f3)
 export ARFLAGS=cr
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/Configure"
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
     no-tests
     no-unit-test
-    shared
     zlib
     enable-zstd
-    "redox-${ARCH}"
+    "${OS}-${ARCH}"
     --prefix="/usr"
 )
+
+if [ "${COOKBOOK_DYNAMIC}" = "1" ]; then
+    COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(shared)
+else
+    COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(no-shared)
+fi
+
 "${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE}" "${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS[@]}"
 "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" -j1 # bug in make/ar
 "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" install_sw install_ssldirs DESTDIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"
diff --git a/src/cook/cook_build.rs b/src/cook/cook_build.rs
index 8bac2f1c..6d95bb7d 100644
--- a/src/cook/cook_build.rs
+++ b/src/cook/cook_build.rs
@@ -229,12 +229,16 @@ pub fn build(
             logger,
             &sysroot_dir,
             target_dir.join("sysroot.tmp"),
-            &dep_pkgars,
+            if name.is_host() {
+                &dep_host_pkgars
+            } else {
+                &dep_pkgars
+            },
             source_modified,
             deps_modified,
         )?;
     }
-    if recipe.build.kind != BuildKind::Remote && dep_host_pkgars.len() > 0 {
+    if recipe.build.kind != BuildKind::Remote && !name.is_host() && dep_host_pkgars.len() > 0 {
         build_deps_dir(
             logger,
             &toolchain_dir,
@@ -347,6 +351,8 @@ pub fn build(
             command.env("COOKBOOK_SYSROOT", &cookbook_sysroot);
             if let Some(cookbook_toolchain) = &cookbook_toolchain {
                 command.env("COOKBOOK_TOOLCHAIN", cookbook_toolchain);
+            } else if name.is_host() {
+                command.env("COOKBOOK_TOOLCHAIN", &cookbook_sysroot);
             }
             command.env("COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS", cli_jobs.to_string());
             if cli_verbose {
diff --git a/src/cook/script.rs b/src/cook/script.rs
index 5b48fabb..7aa5818f 100644
--- a/src/cook/script.rs
+++ b/src/cook/script.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ function DYNAMIC_INIT {
             ;;
         "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu")
             ;;
+        "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu")
+            ;;
         *)
             [ -z "${COOKBOOK_VERBOSE}" ] || echo "WARN: ${TARGET} does not support dynamic linking." >&2
             return
@@ -202,6 +204,11 @@ COOKBOOK_CMAKE_FLAGS=(
     -DENABLE_STATIC=True
 )
 function cookbook_cmake {
+if [ "$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f3)" = "linux" ]; then
+    SYSTEM_NAME="Linux"
+else
+    SYSTEM_NAME="UnixPaths"
+fi
     cat > cross_file.cmake <<EOF
 set(CMAKE_AR ${GNU_TARGET}-ar)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER ${GNU_TARGET}-g++)
@@ -214,7 +221,7 @@ set(CMAKE_PLATFORM_USES_PATH_WHEN_NO_SONAME 1)
 set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH, ${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT})
 set(CMAKE_RANLIB ${GNU_TARGET}-ranlib)
 set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SONAME_C_FLAG "-Wl,-soname,")
-set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME UnixPaths)
+set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME ${SYSTEM_NAME})
 set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR $(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1))
 EOF
 
@@ -262,7 +269,7 @@ function cookbook_meson {
     echo "glib-compile-schemas = 'glib-compile-schemas'" >> cross_file.txt
 
     echo "[host_machine]" >> cross_file.txt
-    echo "system = 'redox'" >> cross_file.txt
+    echo "system = '$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f3)'" >> cross_file.txt
     echo "cpu_family = '$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)'" >> cross_file.txt
     echo "cpu = '$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)'" >> cross_file.txt
     echo "endian = 'little'" >> cross_file.txt
diff --git a/src/recipe.rs b/src/recipe.rs
index 317e1465..f3204a6d 100644
--- a/src/recipe.rs
+++ b/src/recipe.rs
@@ -208,8 +208,30 @@ impl Recipe {
 }
 
 impl CookRecipe {
-    pub fn new(name: PackageName, dir: PathBuf, recipe: Recipe) -> Result<Self, PackageError> {
+    pub fn new(name: PackageName, dir: PathBuf, mut recipe: Recipe) -> Result<Self, PackageError> {
         let target = package_target(&name);
+        if name.is_host() {
+            let thisname = name.name();
+            let fn_map = |p: PackageName| {
+                if p.is_host() {
+                    if p.name() == thisname { None } else { Some(p) }
+                } else {
+                    Some(PackageName::new(format!("host:{}", p.as_str())).unwrap())
+                }
+            };
+            recipe.build.dependencies = recipe
+                .build
+                .dependencies
+                .into_iter()
+                .filter_map(fn_map)
+                .collect();
+            recipe.build.dev_dependencies = recipe
+                .build
+                .dev_dependencies
+                .into_iter()
+                .filter_map(fn_map)
+                .collect();
+        }
         Ok(Self {
             name,
             dir,