diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/aarch64_apple_ios_sim.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/aarch64_apple_ios_sim.rs
index de4c6b44368..e594ceec1b7 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/aarch64_apple_ios_sim.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/aarch64_apple_ios_sim.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,16 @@ use crate::spec::{Target, TargetOptions};
 
 pub fn target() -> Target {
     let base = opts("ios", Arch::Arm64_sim);
+
+    // Clang automatically chooses a more specific target based on
+    // IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET.
+    // This is required for the simulator target to pick the right
+    // MACH-O commands, so we do too.
+    let arch = "arm64";
+    let llvm_target = super::apple_base::ios_sim_llvm_target(arch);
+
     Target {
-        llvm_target: "arm64-apple-ios-simulator".to_string(),
+        llvm_target: llvm_target,
         pointer_width: 64,
         data_layout: "e-m:o-i64:64-i128:128-n32:64-S128".to_string(),
         arch: "aarch64".to_string(),
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/apple_base.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/apple_base.rs
index 3b458962b3d..23f1357af16 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/apple_base.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/apple_base.rs
@@ -54,14 +54,16 @@ pub fn opts(os: &str) -> TargetOptions {
     }
 }
 
-fn macos_deployment_target() -> (u32, u32) {
-    let deployment_target = env::var("MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET").ok();
-    let version = deployment_target
+fn deployment_target(var_name: &str) -> Option<(u32, u32)> {
+    let deployment_target = env::var(var_name).ok();
+    deployment_target
         .as_ref()
         .and_then(|s| s.split_once('.'))
-        .and_then(|(a, b)| a.parse::<u32>().and_then(|a| b.parse::<u32>().map(|b| (a, b))).ok());
+        .and_then(|(a, b)| a.parse::<u32>().and_then(|a| b.parse::<u32>().map(|b| (a, b))).ok())
+}
 
-    version.unwrap_or((10, 7))
+fn macos_deployment_target() -> (u32, u32) {
+    deployment_target("MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET").unwrap_or((10, 7))
 }
 
 pub fn macos_llvm_target(arch: &str) -> String {
@@ -84,3 +86,12 @@ pub fn macos_link_env_remove() -> Vec<String> {
     env_remove.push("IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET".to_string());
     env_remove
 }
+
+fn ios_deployment_target() -> (u32, u32) {
+    deployment_target("IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET").unwrap_or((7, 0))
+}
+
+pub fn ios_sim_llvm_target(arch: &str) -> String {
+    let (major, minor) = ios_deployment_target();
+    format!("{}-apple-ios{}.{}.0-simulator", arch, major, minor)
+}
diff --git a/src/doc/rustc/src/platform-support.md b/src/doc/rustc/src/platform-support.md
index 641650b5b09..ef8fe480fc4 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustc/src/platform-support.md
+++ b/src/doc/rustc/src/platform-support.md
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ not available.
 target | std | host | notes
 -------|-----|------|-------
 `aarch64-apple-ios-macabi` | ? |  | Apple Catalyst on ARM64
-`aarch64-apple-ios-sim` | ? |  | Apple iOS Simulator on  ARM64
+`aarch64-apple-ios-sim` | ? |  | Apple iOS Simulator on ARM64
 `aarch64-apple-tvos` | * |  | ARM64 tvOS
 `aarch64-unknown-freebsd` | ✓ | ✓ | ARM64 FreeBSD
 `aarch64-unknown-hermit` | ? |  |