diff --git a/Makefile.config.in b/Makefile.config.in
index 76ce51e22a4..780f35f7269 100644
--- a/Makefile.config.in
+++ b/Makefile.config.in
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ OS=@OS@
 # Target hardware architecture
 ARCH=@ARCH@
 
+# Target triple (cpu-vendor-os) for which we should generate code
+TARGET_TRIPLE=@target@
+
 # Endian-ness of the target
 ENDIAN=@ENDIAN@