diff --git a/src/librustc_back/target/mod.rs b/src/librustc_back/target/mod.rs
index 2163a8a1689..99bc2684802 100644
--- a/src/librustc_back/target/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_back/target/mod.rs
@@ -70,20 +70,18 @@ macro_rules! supported_targets {
         /// List of supported targets
         pub const TARGETS: &'static [&'static str] = &[$($triple),*];
 
-        // this would use a match if stringify! were allowed in pattern position
         fn load_specific(target: &str) -> Option<Target> {
-            let target = target.replace("-", "_");
-            if false { }
-            $(
-                else if target == stringify!($module) {
-                    let mut t = $module::target();
-                    t.options.is_builtin = true;
-                    debug!("Got builtin target: {:?}", t);
-                    return Some(t);
-                }
-            )*
-
-            None
+            match target {
+                $(
+                    $triple => {
+                        let mut t = $module::target();
+                        t.options.is_builtin = true;
+                        debug!("Got builtin target: {:?}", t);
+                        Some(t)
+                    },
+                )+
+                _ => None
+            }
         }
     )
 }
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/issue-33329/Makefile b/src/test/run-make/issue-33329/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c53f51d5bf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-make/issue-33329/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+-include ../tools.mk
+
+all:
+	$(RUSTC) --target x86_64_unknown-linux-musl main.rs 2>&1 | \
+		grep "error: Error loading target specification: Could not find specification for target"
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/issue-33329/main.rs b/src/test/run-make/issue-33329/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e06c0a5ec2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-make/issue-33329/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+fn main() {}