diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/llvm/ffi.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/llvm/ffi.rs
index c95148013eb..53d97f35201 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/llvm/ffi.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/llvm/ffi.rs
@@ -2249,7 +2249,7 @@ pub fn LLVMRustDIBuilderCreateDebugLocation<'a>(
 
     pub fn LLVMRustHasFeature(T: &TargetMachine, s: *const c_char) -> bool;
 
-    pub fn LLVMRustPrintTargetCPUs(T: &TargetMachine);
+    pub fn LLVMRustPrintTargetCPUs(T: &TargetMachine, cpu: *const c_char);
     pub fn LLVMRustGetTargetFeaturesCount(T: &TargetMachine) -> size_t;
     pub fn LLVMRustGetTargetFeature(
         T: &TargetMachine,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/llvm_util.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/llvm_util.rs
index 71fe8d36132..1baef931ff9 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/llvm_util.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/llvm_util.rs
@@ -330,11 +330,9 @@ pub(crate) fn print(req: PrintRequest, sess: &Session) {
     let tm = create_informational_target_machine(sess);
     match req {
         PrintRequest::TargetCPUs => {
-            println!(
-                "Default CPU for this target:\n    {}",
-                handle_native(sess.target.cpu.as_ref())
-            );
-            unsafe { llvm::LLVMRustPrintTargetCPUs(tm, handle_native(sess.target.cpu.as_ref())) };
+            let cpu_cstring = CString::new(handle_native(sess.target.cpu.as_ref()))
+                .expect("failed to convert to cstring");
+            unsafe { llvm::LLVMRustPrintTargetCPUs(tm, cpu_cstring.as_ptr()) };
         }
         PrintRequest::TargetFeatures => print_target_features(sess, tm),
         _ => bug!("rustc_codegen_llvm can't handle print request: {:?}", req),
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_llvm/llvm-wrapper/PassWrapper.cpp b/compiler/rustc_llvm/llvm-wrapper/PassWrapper.cpp
index b6578034275..03e76380c24 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_llvm/llvm-wrapper/PassWrapper.cpp
+++ b/compiler/rustc_llvm/llvm-wrapper/PassWrapper.cpp
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ static size_t getLongestEntryLength(ArrayRef<KV> Table) {
   return MaxLen;
 }
 
-extern "C" void LLVMRustPrintTargetCPUs(LLVMTargetMachineRef TM, &Char[]) {
+extern "C" void LLVMRustPrintTargetCPUs(LLVMTargetMachineRef TM, const char* TargetCPU) {
   const TargetMachine *Target = unwrap(TM);
   const MCSubtargetInfo *MCInfo = Target->getMCSubtargetInfo();
   const Triple::ArchType HostArch = Triple(sys::getDefaultTargetTriple()).getArch();
@@ -323,16 +323,14 @@ extern "C" void LLVMRustPrintTargetCPUs(LLVMTargetMachineRef TM, &Char[]) {
     printf("    %-*s - Select the CPU of the current host (currently %.*s).\n",
       MaxCPULen, "native", (int)HostCPU.size(), HostCPU.data());
   }
-  for (auto &CPU : CPUTable)
-
+  for (auto &CPU : CPUTable) {
     printf("    %-*s", MaxCPULen, CPU.Key);
-    if (CPU.Key == Target->getTargetTriple().getArch()) {
-      printf("  default target\n");
+    // Compare cpu against current target to label the default
+    if (strcmp(CPU.Key, TargetCPU) == 0) {
+      printf("   - this is the default target cpu for the current target");
     }
-    else {
-      printf("\n");
-    }
-  printf("\n");
+    printf("\n");
+  }
 }
 
 extern "C" size_t LLVMRustGetTargetFeaturesCount(LLVMTargetMachineRef TM) {