diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d371e466..7466b8ad 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ type BuildConfig struct {
 
 // Helper function for Compiler object.
 func Compile(pkgName, outpath string, spec *TargetSpec, config *BuildConfig, action func(string) error) error {
+	if config.gc == "" && spec.GC != "" {
+		config.gc = spec.GC
+	}
 	compilerConfig := compiler.Config{
 		Triple:     spec.Triple,
 		GC:         config.gc,
diff --git a/target.go b/target.go
index b8f73ddf..117dac35 100644
--- a/target.go
+++ b/target.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type TargetSpec struct {
 	Inherits   []string `json:"inherits"`
 	Triple     string   `json:"llvm-target"`
 	BuildTags  []string `json:"build-tags"`
+	GC         string   `json:"gc"`
 	Compiler   string   `json:"compiler"`
 	Linker     string   `json:"linker"`
 	RTLib      string   `json:"rtlib"` // compiler runtime library (libgcc, compiler-rt)
@@ -44,6 +45,9 @@ func (spec *TargetSpec) copyProperties(spec2 *TargetSpec) {
 		spec.Triple = spec2.Triple
 	}
 	spec.BuildTags = append(spec.BuildTags, spec2.BuildTags...)
+	if spec2.GC != "" {
+		spec.GC = spec2.GC
+	}
 	if spec2.Compiler != "" {
 		spec.Compiler = spec2.Compiler
 	}