diff --git a/lib/std/Target.zig b/lib/std/Target.zig
index b60a478de14b..12b2653ae5ec 100644
--- a/lib/std/Target.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Target.zig
@@ -146,6 +146,18 @@ pub const Os = struct {
             };
         }
 
+        pub inline fn isMinGW(tag: Os.Tag, abi: Abi) bool {
+            return tag == .windows and abi.isGnu();
+        }
+
+        pub inline fn isMuslLibC(tag: Os.Tag, abi: Abi) bool {
+            return tag == .linux and abi.isMusl();
+        }
+
+        pub inline fn isWasiLibC(tag: Os.Tag, abi: Abi) bool {
+            return tag == .wasi and abi.isMusl();
+        }
+
         pub inline fn isGnuLibC(tag: Os.Tag, abi: Abi) bool {
             return (tag == .hurd or tag == .linux) and abi.isGnu();
         }
@@ -2022,7 +2034,15 @@ pub fn libPrefix(target: Target) [:0]const u8 {
 }
 
 pub inline fn isMinGW(target: Target) bool {
-    return target.os.tag == .windows and target.abi.isGnu();
+    return target.os.tag.isMinGW(target.abi);
+}
+
+pub inline fn isMuslLibC(target: Target) bool {
+    return target.os.tag.isMuslLibC(target.abi);
+}
+
+pub inline fn isWasiLibC(target: Target) bool {
+    return target.os.tag.isWasiLibC(target.abi);
 }
 
 pub inline fn isGnuLibC(target: Target) bool {
diff --git a/src/Compilation.zig b/src/Compilation.zig
index c3e2758bd0f2..7a774bd18a03 100644
--- a/src/Compilation.zig
+++ b/src/Compilation.zig
@@ -1770,7 +1770,7 @@ pub fn create(gpa: Allocator, arena: Allocator, options: CreateOptions) !*Compil
                     }
                     // Loads the libraries provided by `target_util.libcFullLinkFlags(target)`.
                     comp.link_task_queue.shared.appendAssumeCapacity(.load_host_libc);
-                } else if (target.isMusl() and !target.isWasm()) {
+                } else if (target.isMuslLibC()) {
                     if (!std.zig.target.canBuildLibC(target)) return error.LibCUnavailable;
 
                     if (musl.needsCrtiCrtn(target)) {
@@ -1802,7 +1802,7 @@ pub fn create(gpa: Allocator, arena: Allocator, options: CreateOptions) !*Compil
                         .{ .glibc_shared_objects = {} },
                         .{ .glibc_crt_file = .libc_nonshared_a },
                     });
-                } else if (target.isWasm() and target.os.tag == .wasi) {
+                } else if (target.isWasiLibC()) {
                     if (!std.zig.target.canBuildLibC(target)) return error.LibCUnavailable;
 
                     for (comp.wasi_emulated_libs) |crt_file| {