diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1628929c..8601ab6b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+* Passing `--target` to build command when cross-compiling.
+
 ### Changed
 
 ### Removed
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 63849fed..b9f9b82f 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -258,6 +258,11 @@ impl Config {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Check whether the host is the specified string
+    pub fn host_matches(&self, target: &str) -> bool {
+        self.host.as_ref().expect("host should have been filled in") == target
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn has_asm_support(&self) -> bool {
         static ASM_SUPPORTED_ARCHS: &[&str] = &[
             "x86", "x86_64", "arm", "aarch64", "riscv32",
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 6b27ba41..b1f74d85 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -170,18 +170,44 @@ pub fn default_any_file_filter(path: &Path, config: &Config) -> bool {
 
 /// The default per-file config used by `run_tests`.
 pub fn default_per_file_config(config: &mut Config, _path: &Path, file_contents: &[u8]) {
-    // Heuristic:
-    // * if the file contains `#[test]`, automatically pass `--cfg test`.
-    // * if the file does not contain `fn main()` or `#[start]`, automatically pass `--crate-type=lib`.
-    // This avoids having to spam `fn main() {}` in almost every test.
+    config.program.args.push(
+        match crate_type(file_contents) {
+            CrateType::ProcMacro => "--crate-type=proc-macro",
+            CrateType::Test => "--test",
+            CrateType::Bin => return,
+            CrateType::Lib => "--crate-type=lib",
+        }
+        .into(),
+    )
+}
+
+/// The kind of crate we're building here. Corresponds to `--crate-type` flags of rustc
+pub enum CrateType {
+    /// A proc macro
+    ProcMacro,
+    /// A file containing unit tests
+    Test,
+    /// A binary file containing a main function or start function
+    Bin,
+    /// A library crate
+    Lib,
+}
+
+/// Heuristic:
+/// * if the file contains `#[test]`, automatically pass `--cfg test`.
+/// * if the file does not contain `fn main()` or `#[start]`, automatically pass `--crate-type=lib`.
+/// This avoids having to spam `fn main() {}` in almost every test.
+pub fn crate_type(file_contents: &[u8]) -> CrateType {
     if file_contents.find(b"#[proc_macro").is_some() {
-        config.program.args.push("--crate-type=proc-macro".into())
+        CrateType::ProcMacro
     } else if file_contents.find(b"#[test]").is_some() {
-        config.program.args.push("--test".into());
+        CrateType::Test
     } else if file_contents.find(b"fn main()").is_none()
         && file_contents.find(b"#[start]").is_none()
     {
-        config.program.args.push("--crate-type=lib".into());
+        CrateType::Lib
+    } else {
+        CrateType::Bin
     }
 }
 
@@ -520,6 +546,15 @@ fn build_command(
         cmd.arg("--edition").arg(&*edition);
     }
 
+    if let Some(target) = &config.target {
+        // Adding a `--target` arg to calls to Cargo will cause target folders
+        // to create a target-specific sub-folder. We can avoid that by just
+        // not passing a `--target` arg if its the same as the host.
+        if !config.host_matches(target) {
+            cmd.arg("--target").arg(target);
+        }
+    }
+
     // False positive in miri, our `map` uses a ref pattern to get the references to the tuple fields instead
     // of a reference to a tuple
     #[allow(clippy::map_identity)]
@@ -574,6 +609,12 @@ fn build_aux(
 
     default_per_file_config(&mut config, aux_file, &file_contents);
 
+    match crate_type(&file_contents) {
+        // Proc macros must be run on the host
+        CrateType::ProcMacro => config.target = config.host.clone(),
+        CrateType::Test | CrateType::Bin | CrateType::Lib => {}
+    }
+
     // Put aux builds into a separate directory per path so that multiple aux files
     // from different directories (but with the same file name) don't collide.
     let relative = strip_path_prefix(aux_file.parent().unwrap(), &config.out_dir);
@@ -1281,7 +1322,7 @@ fn test_condition(condition: &Condition, config: &Config) -> bool {
         Condition::Bitwidth(bits) => get_pointer_width(target) == *bits,
         Condition::Target(t) => target.contains(t),
         Condition::Host(t) => config.host.as_ref().unwrap().contains(t),
-        Condition::OnHost => target == config.host.as_ref().unwrap(),
+        Condition::OnHost => config.host_matches(target),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/integration.rs b/tests/integration.rs
index d1b5e4ef..4b414290 100644
--- a/tests/integration.rs
+++ b/tests/integration.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     config.filter("program not found", "No such file or directory");
     config.filter(" \\(os error [0-9]+\\)", "");
     config.filter("note: rustc 1\\..*", "");
+    // Cross compilation paths contain an additional target directory name
+    config.stderr_filter(
+        "(/target/ui/tests/integrations/[^/]+).*debug/deps",
+        "$1/debug/deps",
+    );
 
     let text = ui_test::status_emitter::Text::from(args.format);
 
diff --git a/tests/integrations/basic/tests/ui_tests.rs b/tests/integrations/basic/tests/ui_tests.rs
index 321f7c84..45129138 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/basic/tests/ui_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/integrations/basic/tests/ui_tests.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ fn main() -> ui_test::color_eyre::Result<()> {
     config.stderr_filter(r"[^ ]*/\.?cargo/registry/.*/", "$$CARGO_REGISTRY");
     config.path_stderr_filter(&std::path::Path::new(path), "$DIR");
 
+    if let Ok(target) = std::env::var("UITEST_TEST_TARGET") {
+        config.target = Some(target);
+        config.output_conflict_handling = OutputConflictHandling::Ignore;
+    }
+
     // hide binaries generated for successfully passing tests
     let tmp_dir = tempfile::tempdir_in(path)?;
     let tmp_dir = tmp_dir.path();