diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index b3058a680..68d431141 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -20,3 +20,7 @@ rustflags = []
 
 [env]
 CFLAGS_riscv64gc_unknown_redox="-march=rv64gc -mabi=lp64d"
+
+[target.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu]
+linker = "x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc"
+rustflags = []
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3be770652..2598919cd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1067,9 +1067,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.16.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5419bdc4f6a9207fbeba6d11b604d481addf78ecd10c11ad51e76c2f6482748d"
+checksum = "841d1cc9bed7f9236f321df977030373f4a4163ae1a7dbfe1a51a2c1a51d9100"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6717a8d2a5a929a1a2eb43a12812498ed141a0bcfb7e8f7844fbdbe4303bba9f"
 dependencies = [
  "equivalent",
- "hashbrown 0.16.0",
+ "hashbrown 0.16.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1821,7 +1821,7 @@ version = "0.2.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "85eae3c4ed2f50dcfe72643da4befc30deadb458a9b590d720cde2f2b1e97da9"
 dependencies = [
- "zerocopy 0.8.27",
+ "zerocopy 0.8.28",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2163,9 +2163,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "redoxer"
-version = "0.2.57"
+version = "0.2.60"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2495808593af68ef1267347d23b5c95e682e0260c9512bd7295d6806d0f9237a"
+checksum = "2ef2d308648e7006723774da783dd5d9a6c931387b3dc7f903a10fa1c2026d0d"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "dirs 6.0.0",
@@ -3567,11 +3567,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zerocopy"
-version = "0.8.27"
+version = "0.8.28"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0894878a5fa3edfd6da3f88c4805f4c8558e2b996227a3d864f47fe11e38282c"
+checksum = "43fa6694ed34d6e57407afbccdeecfa268c470a7d2a5b0cf49ce9fcc345afb90"
 dependencies = [
- "zerocopy-derive 0.8.27",
+ "zerocopy-derive 0.8.28",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3587,9 +3587,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zerocopy-derive"
-version = "0.8.27"
+version = "0.8.28"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "88d2b8d9c68ad2b9e4340d7832716a4d21a22a1154777ad56ea55c51a9cf3831"
+checksum = "c640b22cd9817fae95be82f0d2f90b11f7605f6c319d16705c459b27ac2cbc26"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8874c2ddc..62e8eeaa1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pkgar-core = { path = "pkgar/pkgar-core" }
 pkgar-keys = { path = "pkgar/pkgar-keys" }
 redox-pkg = "0.2.8"
 redox_installer = "0.2.37"
-redoxer = "0.2.57"
+redoxer = "0.2.60"
 regex = "1.11"
 serde = { version = "=1.0.197", features = ["derive"] }
 termion = "4"
diff --git a/src/cook/cook_build.rs b/src/cook/cook_build.rs
index 5d5ae6e3d..fde4d0687 100644
--- a/src/cook/cook_build.rs
+++ b/src/cook/cook_build.rs
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ pub fn build(
             command.current_dir(&cookbook_build);
             command.env("COOKBOOK_BUILD", &cookbook_build);
             command.env("COOKBOOK_NAME", name.as_str());
+            command.env("COOKBOOK_HOST_TARGET", redoxer::host_target());
             command.env("COOKBOOK_RECIPE", &cookbook_recipe);
             command.env("COOKBOOK_ROOT", &cookbook_root);
             command.env("COOKBOOK_STAGE", &cookbook_stage);
diff --git a/src/cook/script.rs b/src/cook/script.rs
index 8f9730365..a5b221259 100644
--- a/src/cook/script.rs
+++ b/src/cook/script.rs
@@ -9,11 +9,16 @@ function DYNAMIC_INIT {
         done
     }
 
-    if [ "${TARGET}" != "x86_64-unknown-redox" ]
-    then
-        [ -z "${COOKBOOK_VERBOSE}" ] || echo "WARN: ${TARGET} does not support dynamic linking." >&2
-        return
-    fi
+    case "${TARGET}" in
+        "x86_64-unknown-redox")
+            ;;
+        "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu")
+            ;;
+        *)
+            [ -z "${COOKBOOK_VERBOSE}" ] || echo "WARN: ${TARGET} does not support dynamic linking." >&2
+            return
+            ;;
+    esac
 
     [ -z "${COOKBOOK_VERBOSE}" ] || echo "DEBUG: Program is being compiled dynamically."
 
@@ -97,10 +102,13 @@ export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include"
 export LDFLAGS="-L${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib --static"
 
 # These ensure that pkg-config gets the right flags from the sysroot
-export PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_CROSS=1
-export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=
-export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib/pkgconfig"
-export PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
+if [ "${TARGET}" != "${COOKBOOK_HOST_TARGET}" ]
+then
+    export PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_CROSS=1
+    export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=
+    export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib/pkgconfig"
+    export PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
+fi
 
 # To build the debug version of a Cargo program, add COOKBOOK_DEBUG=true, and
 # to not strip symbols from the final package, add COOKBOOK_NOSTRIP=true to the recipe