diff --git a/src/test-go.bats b/src/test-go.bats
index 56f599c..9deed0a 100755
--- a/src/test-go.bats
+++ b/src/test-go.bats
@@ -511,6 +511,96 @@ testHelloCGO() {
   assert_output --partial "PKG_CONFIG=$(xx-info triple)-pkg-config"
 }
 
+testHelloCGOZig() {
+  if ! supportZig; then
+    skip "Zig not supported"
+  fi
+  export CGO_ENABLED=1
+  export XX_GO_PREFER_COMPILER=zig
+  add zig
+  run xx-go build -x -o /tmp/a.out ./fixtures/hello_cgo.go
+  assert_success
+  run xx-verify /tmp/a.out
+  assert_success
+  if ! xx-info is-cross; then
+    run /tmp/a.out
+    assert_success
+    assert_output "hello cgo"
+  fi
+}
+
+@test "native-hellocgo-zig" {
+  unset TARGETARCH
+  testHelloCGOZig
+}
+
+@test "amd64-hellocgo-zig" {
+  export TARGETARCH=amd64
+  testHelloCGOZig
+}
+
+@test "arm64-hellocgo-zig" {
+  export TARGETARCH=arm64
+  testHelloCGOZig
+}
+
+@test "arm-hellocgo-zig" {
+  export TARGETARCH=arm
+  testHelloCGOZig
+}
+
+@test "ppc64le-hellocgo-zig" {
+  export TARGETARCH=ppc64le
+  testHelloCGOZig
+}
+
+@test "riscv64-hellocgo-zig" {
+  if ! supportRiscVCGo; then
+    skip "RISC-V CGO not supported"
+  fi
+  export TARGETARCH=riscv64
+  testHelloCGOZig
+}
+
+@test "loong64-hellocgo-zig" {
+  if ! supportLoong64CGo; then
+    skip "LOONGARCH64 not supported"
+  fi
+  if [ -f /etc/alpine-release ]; then
+    # FIXME: loong64-hellocgo issue on alpine < 3.21
+    #  ld.lld: error: unknown emulation: elf64loongarch
+    #  ld.lld: error: /loongarch64-alpine-linux-musl/usr/lib/gcc/loongarch64-alpine-linux-musl/14.2.0/crtbeginS.o:(.text+0x0): unknown relocation (102) against symbol
+    #  error: unknown target triple 'loongarch64-alpine-linux-musl', please use -triple or -arch
+    alpineRelease=$(cat /etc/alpine-release)
+    if ! grep PRETTY_NAME /etc/os-release | cut -d '=' -f 2 | tr -d '"' | grep -q "edge$" || [ "$(semver compare "$alpineRelease" "3.21.0")" -lt 0 ]; then
+      skip
+    fi
+  fi
+  export TARGETARCH=loong64
+  testHelloCGOZig
+}
+
+@test "386-hellocgo-zig" {
+  export TARGETARCH=386
+  testHelloCGOZig
+}
+
+@test "arm64-cgoenv-zig" {
+  if ! supportZig; then
+    skip "Zig not supported"
+  fi
+  export TARGETARCH=arm64
+  export XX_GO_PREFER_COMPILER=zig
+  export CGO_ENABLED=1
+
+  add zig
+  # single/double quotes changed in between go versions
+  run sh -c "xx-go env | sed 's/[\"'\'']//g'"
+  assert_success
+  assert_output --partial "CC=zig cc -target $(xx-info zig-triple)"
+  assert_output --partial "CXX=zig c++ -target $(xx-info zig-triple)"
+}
+
 @test "wrap-unwrap" {
   target="arm64"
   if [ "$(xx-info arch)" = "arm64" ]; then target="amd64"; fi
@@ -535,3 +625,10 @@ testHelloCGO() {
   assert_success
   assert_output "$nativeArch"
 }
+
+@test "clean-packages" {
+  if ! supportZig; then
+    skip "Zig not supported"
+  fi
+  del zig
+}
diff --git a/src/test_helper.bash b/src/test_helper.bash
index 3675d78..6f3b256 100644
--- a/src/test_helper.bash
+++ b/src/test_helper.bash
@@ -142,3 +142,7 @@ supportLoong64CGo() {
 supportRC() {
   command -v llvm-rc >/dev/null 2>&1
 }
+
+supportZig() {
+  [ -f /etc/alpine-release ] && versionGTE "$(xx-info os-version | cut -d'.' -f1-2)" "3.20"
+}
diff --git a/src/xx-go b/src/xx-go
index 6e777e7..eb4bc3f 100755
--- a/src/xx-go
+++ b/src/xx-go
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ for l in $(xx-info env); do
   export "${l?}"
 done
 
+# XX_GO_PREFER_COMPILER defines the compiler to use if supported
+: "${XX_GO_PREFER_COMPILER=clang}"
+
 export GOOS="${TARGETOS}"
 export GOARCH="${TARGETARCH}"
 
@@ -76,26 +79,33 @@ if command -v "$XX_TRIPLE-g++" >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
   cxx_set=1
 fi
 
-if command -v clang >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
-  triple=$(xx-clang --print-target-triple || true)
-  if [ -n "$triple" ]; then
-    export CC="$triple-clang"
-    export CXX="$triple-clang++"
+if [ "$XX_GO_PREFER_COMPILER" = "clang" ]; then
+  if command -v clang >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+    triple=$(xx-clang --print-target-triple || true)
+    if [ -n "$triple" ]; then
+      export CC="$triple-clang"
+      export CXX="$triple-clang++"
+      c_set=1
+      cxx_set=1
+    fi
+  fi
+  if command -v "$XX_TRIPLE-ar" >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+    export AR="$XX_TRIPLE-ar"
+    ar_set=1
+  fi
+  if command -v "$XX_TRIPLE-pkg-config" >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+    export PKG_CONFIG="$XX_TRIPLE-pkg-config"
+    pkgconfig_set=1
+  fi
+elif [ "$XX_GO_PREFER_COMPILER" = "zig" ]; then
+  if command -v "zig" >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+    export CC="zig cc -target $XX_ZIG_TRIPLE"
     c_set=1
+    export CXX="zig c++ -target $XX_ZIG_TRIPLE"
     cxx_set=1
   fi
 fi
 
-if command -v "$XX_TRIPLE-ar" >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
-  export AR="$XX_TRIPLE-ar"
-  ar_set=1
-fi
-
-if command -v "$XX_TRIPLE-pkg-config" >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
-  export PKG_CONFIG="$XX_TRIPLE-pkg-config"
-  pkgconfig_set=1
-fi
-
 if [ -z "$GOBIN" ] && [ -n "$GOPATH" ] && [ -n "$GOARCH" ] && [ -n "$GOOS" ]; then
   export PATH="${GOPATH}/bin/${GOOS}_${GOARCH}:${PATH}"
 fi
diff --git a/src/xx-info b/src/xx-info
index 0cecfd7..84686c6 100755
--- a/src/xx-info
+++ b/src/xx-info
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 : "${XX_RHEL_ARCH=unknown}"
 : "${XX_OS_VERSION=}"
 : "${XX_TRIPLE=unknown-unknown-none}"
+: "${XX_ZIG_TRIPLE=unknown-unknown-none}"
 : "${XX_VENDOR=}"
 : "${XX_LIBC=}"
 
@@ -233,10 +234,17 @@ case "$TARGETARCH" in
     XX_ALPINE_ARCH="x86_64"
     XX_RHEL_ARCH="x86_64"
     XX_TRIPLE="x86_64${vendor}-linux-${XX_LIBC}"
+    if [ "$XX_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="x86_64-linux-musl"
+    else
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="x86_64-linux-gnu"
+    fi
     if [ "$TARGETOS" = "darwin" ]; then
       XX_TRIPLE="x86_64${vendor}-macos${MACOSX_VERSION_MIN}"
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="x86_64-macos-none"
     elif [ "$TARGETOS" = "windows" ]; then
       XX_TRIPLE="x86_64-w64-mingw32"
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="x86_64-windows-gnu"
     fi
     ;;
   "arm64")
@@ -245,11 +253,18 @@ case "$TARGETARCH" in
     XX_ALPINE_ARCH="aarch64"
     XX_RHEL_ARCH="aarch64"
     XX_TRIPLE="aarch64${vendor}-linux-${XX_LIBC}"
+    if [ "$XX_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="aarch64-linux-musl"
+    else
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="aarch64-linux-gnu"
+    fi
     if [ "$TARGETOS" = "darwin" ]; then
       XX_MARCH="arm64"
       XX_TRIPLE="arm64${vendor}-macos${MACOSX_VERSION_MIN}"
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="aarch64-macos-none"
     elif [ "$TARGETOS" = "windows" ]; then
       XX_TRIPLE="aarch64-w64-mingw32"
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="aarch64-windows-gnu"
     fi
     ;;
   "arm")
@@ -264,6 +279,11 @@ case "$TARGETARCH" in
       triplearch="armv7"
     fi
     XX_TRIPLE="${triplearch}${vendor}-linux-${XX_LIBC}eabihf"
+    if [ "$XX_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="arm-linux-musleabihf"
+    else
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="arm-linux-gnueabihf"
+    fi
     if [ "$TARGETVARIANT" = "v6" ]; then
       XX_MARCH="armv6l"
       XX_DEBIAN_ARCH="armel"
@@ -273,6 +293,11 @@ case "$TARGETARCH" in
       if [ "$XX_VENDOR" = "alpine" ]; then
         XX_TRIPLE="armv6${vendor}-linux-${XX_LIBC}eabihf"
       fi
+      if [ "$XX_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
+        XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="arm-linux-musleabi"
+      else
+        XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="arm-linux-gnueabi"
+      fi
     fi
     if [ "$TARGETVARIANT" = "v5" ]; then
       XX_MARCH="armv5l"
@@ -283,10 +308,15 @@ case "$TARGETARCH" in
       if [ "$XX_VENDOR" = "alpine" ]; then
         XX_TRIPLE="armv5${vendor}-linux-${XX_LIBC}eabi"
       fi
+      if [ "$XX_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
+        XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="arm-linux-musleabi"
+      else
+        XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="arm-linux-gnueabi"
+      fi
     fi
-
     if [ "$TARGETOS" = "windows" ]; then
       XX_TRIPLE="armv7-w64-mingw32"
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="arm-windows-gnu"
     fi
     ;;
   "riscv64")
@@ -299,6 +329,11 @@ case "$TARGETARCH" in
       triplearch="${RISCV64_TARGET_ARCH}"
     fi
     XX_TRIPLE="${triplearch}${vendor}-linux-${XX_LIBC}"
+    if [ "$XX_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="riscv64-linux-musl"
+    else
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="riscv64-linux-gnu"
+    fi
     ;;
   "ppc64le")
     XX_MARCH="ppc64le"
@@ -306,6 +341,11 @@ case "$TARGETARCH" in
     XX_ALPINE_ARCH="ppc64le"
     XX_RHEL_ARCH="ppc64le"
     XX_TRIPLE="powerpc64le${vendor}-linux-${XX_LIBC}"
+    if [ "$XX_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="powerpc64le-linux-musl"
+    else
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="powerpc64le-linux-gnu"
+    fi
     ;;
   "s390x")
     XX_MARCH="s390x"
@@ -313,6 +353,11 @@ case "$TARGETARCH" in
     XX_ALPINE_ARCH="s390x"
     XX_RHEL_ARCH="s390x"
     XX_TRIPLE="s390x${vendor}-linux-${XX_LIBC}"
+    if [ "$XX_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="s390x-linux-musl"
+    else
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="s390x-linux-gnu"
+    fi
     ;;
   "loong64")
     XX_MARCH="loong64"
@@ -320,6 +365,11 @@ case "$TARGETARCH" in
     XX_ALPINE_ARCH="loongarch64"
     XX_RHEL_ARCH="loong64"
     XX_TRIPLE="loongarch64${vendor}-linux-${XX_LIBC}"
+    if [ "$XX_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="loongarch64-linux-musl"
+    else
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="loongarch64-linux-gnu"
+    fi
     ;;
   "386")
     XX_MARCH="i386"
@@ -330,8 +380,14 @@ case "$TARGETARCH" in
     if [ "$XX_VENDOR" = "alpine" ]; then
       XX_TRIPLE="i586${vendor}-linux-${XX_LIBC}"
     fi
+    if [ "$XX_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="x86-linux-musl"
+    else
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="x86-linux-gnu"
+    fi
     if [ "$TARGETOS" = "windows" ]; then
       XX_TRIPLE="i686-w64-mingw32"
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="x86-windows-gnu"
     fi
     ;;
   "mips")
@@ -340,6 +396,11 @@ case "$TARGETARCH" in
     XX_ALPINE_ARCH="mips"
     XX_RHEL_ARCH="mips"
     XX_TRIPLE="mips${vendor}-linux-${XX_LIBC}"
+    if [ "$XX_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="mips-linux-musl"
+    else
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="mips-linux-gnueabi"
+    fi
     ;;
   "mipsle")
     XX_MARCH="mipsle"
@@ -347,6 +408,11 @@ case "$TARGETARCH" in
     XX_ALPINE_ARCH="mipsle"
     XX_RHEL_ARCH="mipsel"
     XX_TRIPLE="mipsel${vendor}-linux-${XX_LIBC}"
+    if [ "$XX_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="mipsel-linux-musl"
+    else
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="mipsel-linux-gnueabi"
+    fi
     ;;
   "mips64")
     XX_MARCH="mips64"
@@ -354,6 +420,11 @@ case "$TARGETARCH" in
     XX_ALPINE_ARCH="mips64"
     XX_RHEL_ARCH="mips64"
     XX_TRIPLE="mips64${vendor}-linux-${XX_LIBC}abi64"
+    if [ "$XX_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="mips64-linux-musl"
+    else
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="mips64-linux-gnuabi64"
+    fi
     ;;
   "mips64le")
     XX_MARCH="mips64le"
@@ -361,6 +432,11 @@ case "$TARGETARCH" in
     XX_ALPINE_ARCH="mips64le"
     XX_RHEL_ARCH="mips64el"
     XX_TRIPLE="mips64el${vendor}-linux-${XX_LIBC}abi64"
+    if [ "$XX_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="mips64el-linux-musl"
+    else
+      XX_ZIG_TRIPLE="mips64el-linux-gnuabi64"
+    fi
     ;;
 esac
 
@@ -416,6 +492,9 @@ case "$1" in
   "triple")
     echo "$XX_TRIPLE"
     ;;
+  "zig-triple")
+    echo "$XX_ZIG_TRIPLE"
+    ;;
   "vendor")
     echo "$XX_VENDOR"
     ;;
@@ -432,6 +511,7 @@ case "$1" in
       echo "XX_PKG_ARCH=${XX_PKG_ARCH}"
     fi
     echo "XX_TRIPLE=${XX_TRIPLE}"
+    echo "XX_ZIG_TRIPLE=${XX_ZIG_TRIPLE}"
     echo "XX_LIBC=${XX_LIBC}"
     echo "TARGETOS=${TARGETOS}"
     echo "TARGETARCH=${TARGETARCH}"