diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-aarch64-zig.yaml b/.github/workflows/linux-aarch64-zig.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d33577af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-aarch64-zig.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+name: Linux-aarch64-zig
+
+env:
+  DEBUG: 'napi:*'
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: stable - aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu - node@16
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - run: docker run --rm --privileged multiarch/qemu-user-static:register --reset
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Setup node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: 16
+          check-latest: true
+          cache: 'yarn'
+
+      - name: Install
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          toolchain: stable
+          profile: minimal
+          override: true
+          target: aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
+
+      - name: Install aarch64 toolchain
+        run: rustup target add aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
+      - name: Install ziglang
+        uses: goto-bus-stop/setup-zig@v1
+        with:
+          version: 0.9.0
+
+      - name: Cache NPM dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: node_modules
+          key: npm-cache-linux-aarch64-gnu-node@16-${{ hashFiles('yarn.lock') }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile --ignore-platform --registry https://registry.npmjs.org --network-timeout 300000
+
+      - name: 'Build TypeScript'
+        run: yarn build
+
+      - name: Cross build native tests
+        run: |
+          yarn --cwd ./examples/napi-compat-mode build --target aarch64-unknown-linux-musl --zig
+          yarn --cwd ./examples/napi build --target aarch64-unknown-linux-musl --zig
+
+      - name: Setup and run tests
+        uses: docker://multiarch/alpine:aarch64-latest-stable
+        with:
+          args: >
+            sh -c "
+              apk add nodejs yarn && \
+              yarn test
+            "
diff --git a/cli/package.json b/cli/package.json
index a388be94..00b255fe 100644
--- a/cli/package.json
+++ b/cli/package.json
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     "chalk": "4",
     "clipanion": "^3.1.0",
     "debug": "^4.3.3",
+    "env-paths": "^3.0.0",
     "fdir": "^5.1.0",
     "inquirer": "^8.2.0",
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
diff --git a/cli/src/build.ts b/cli/src/build.ts
index 0aea66f4..7f1c6710 100644
--- a/cli/src/build.ts
+++ b/cli/src/build.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 import { execSync } from 'child_process'
-import { existsSync } from 'fs'
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs'
 import { join, parse, sep } from 'path'
 
 import { Instance } from 'chalk'
 import { Command, Option } from 'clipanion'
+import envPaths from 'env-paths'
 import { groupBy } from 'lodash-es'
 import toml from 'toml'
 
 import { getNapiConfig } from './consts'
 import { debugFactory } from './debug'
 import { createJsBinding } from './js-binding-template'
-import { getDefaultTargetTriple, parseTriple } from './parse-triple'
+import { getCpuArch, getDefaultTargetTriple, parseTriple } from './parse-triple'
 import {
   copyFileAsync,
   mkdirAsync,
@@ -117,6 +118,10 @@ export class BuildCommand extends Command {
     required: false,
   })
 
+  useZig = Option.Boolean(`--zig`, false, {
+    description: `Use ${chalk.green('zig')} as linker`,
+  })
+
   async execute() {
     const cwd = this.cargoCwd
       ? join(process.cwd(), this.cargoCwd)
@@ -160,6 +165,34 @@ export class BuildCommand extends Command {
         CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_LTO: false,
       })
     }
+
+    if (triple.raw.includes('musl')) {
+      let rustflags = process.env.RUSTFLAGS ?? ''
+      if (!rustflags.includes('target-feature=-crt-static')) {
+        rustflags += '-C target-feature=-crt-static'
+        additionalEnv['RUSTFLAGS'] = rustflags
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (this.useZig && triple.platform === 'linux') {
+      const paths = envPaths('napi-rs')
+      const cpuArch = getCpuArch(triple.arch)
+      const linkerWrapper = join(paths.cache, `zig-cc-${triple.abi}.sh`)
+      const zigTarget = `${cpuArch}-linux-${triple.abi}`
+      mkdirSync(paths.cache, { recursive: true })
+      writeFileSync(
+        linkerWrapper,
+        `#!/bin/bash\nzig cc \${@/-lgcc_s/-lunwind} -target ${zigTarget}\n`,
+        { mode: 0o700 },
+      )
+      const envTarget = triple.raw.replaceAll('-', '_').toUpperCase()
+      Object.assign(additionalEnv, {
+        TARGET_CC: linkerWrapper,
+        TARGET_CXX: `zig c++ -target ${zigTarget}`,
+      })
+      additionalEnv[`CARGO_TARGET_${envTarget}_LINKER`] = linkerWrapper
+    }
+
     execSync(cargoCommand, {
       env: {
         ...process.env,
diff --git a/cli/src/parse-triple.ts b/cli/src/parse-triple.ts
index c09e40bd..8d824509 100644
--- a/cli/src/parse-triple.ts
+++ b/cli/src/parse-triple.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ const CpuToNodeArch: { [index: string]: NodeJSArch } = {
   armv7: 'arm',
 }
 
+const NodeArchToCpu: { [index: string]: string } = {
+  arm64: 'aarch64',
+  ppc: 'powerpc',
+  ppc64: 'powerpc64',
+  x32: 'i686',
+  x64: 'x86_64',
+}
+
 const SysToNodePlatform: { [index: string]: NodeJS.Platform } = {
   linux: 'linux',
   freebsd: 'freebsd',
@@ -125,3 +133,7 @@ export function getDefaultTargetTriple(rustcfg: string): PlatformDetail {
   }
   return parseTriple(triple)
 }
+
+export function getCpuArch(nodeArch: NodeJSArch): string {
+  return NodeArchToCpu[nodeArch] || nodeArch
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 036fa3ee..fb79d492 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2636,6 +2636,11 @@ env-paths@^2.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/env-paths/-/env-paths-2.2.1.tgz#420399d416ce1fbe9bc0a07c62fa68d67fd0f8f2"
   integrity sha512-+h1lkLKhZMTYjog1VEpJNG7NZJWcuc2DDk/qsqSTRRCOXiLjeQ1d1/udrUGhqMxUgAlwKNZ0cf2uqan5GLuS2A==
 
+env-paths@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/env-paths/-/env-paths-3.0.0.tgz#2f1e89c2f6dbd3408e1b1711dd82d62e317f58da"
+  integrity sha512-dtJUTepzMW3Lm/NPxRf3wP4642UWhjL2sQxc+ym2YMj1m/H2zDNQOlezafzkHwn6sMstjHTwG6iQQsctDW/b1A==
+
 envinfo@^7.7.4:
   version "7.8.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/envinfo/-/envinfo-7.8.1.tgz#06377e3e5f4d379fea7ac592d5ad8927e0c4d475"