diff --git a/src/Package/Target/php/unix.php b/src/Package/Target/php/unix.php
index 4b2b99be..8bcefa1f 100644
--- a/src/Package/Target/php/unix.php
+++ b/src/Package/Target/php/unix.php
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ trait unix
 
     #[BuildFor('Darwin')]
     #[BuildFor('Linux')]
-    public function build(TargetPackage $package): void
+    public function build(TargetPackage $package, PackageInstaller $installer): void
     {
         // frankenphp is not a php sapi, it's a standalone Go binary that depends on libphp.a (embed)
         if ($package->getName() === 'frankenphp') {
@@ -457,9 +457,21 @@ trait unix
             return;
         }
 
-        $package->runStage([$this, 'buildconfForUnix']);
-        $package->runStage([$this, 'configureForUnix']);
-        $package->runStage([$this, 'makeForUnix']);
+        // maintainer can skip build though ...
+        $skip_build = false;
+        if ($installer->isPackageResolved('php-embed')
+            && $installer->getTargetPackage('php-embed')->getBuildOption('maintainer-skip-build')
+        ) {
+            $suffix = SystemTarget::getTargetOS() === 'Darwin' ? 'dylib' : 'so';
+            $skip_build = file_exists(BUILD_LIB_PATH . '/libphp.a')
+                || file_exists(BUILD_LIB_PATH . "/libphp.{$suffix}");
+        }
+
+        if (!$skip_build) {
+            $package->runStage([$this, 'buildconfForUnix']);
+            $package->runStage([$this, 'configureForUnix']);
+            $package->runStage([$this, 'makeForUnix']);
+        }
 
         $package->runStage([$this, 'unixBuildSharedExt']);
     }
diff --git a/src/StaticPHP/Package/PhpExtensionPackage.php b/src/StaticPHP/Package/PhpExtensionPackage.php
index 6ee1edf5..3ebdea84 100644
--- a/src/StaticPHP/Package/PhpExtensionPackage.php
+++ b/src/StaticPHP/Package/PhpExtensionPackage.php
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ use StaticPHP\DI\ApplicationContext;
 use StaticPHP\Exception\ValidationException;
 use StaticPHP\Exception\WrongUsageException;
 use StaticPHP\Runtime\SystemTarget;
+use StaticPHP\Toolchain\ToolchainManager;
+use StaticPHP\Toolchain\ZigToolchain;
+use StaticPHP\Util\GlobalEnvManager;
 use StaticPHP\Util\SPCConfigUtil;
 
 /**
@@ -266,6 +269,11 @@ class PhpExtensionPackage extends Package
      */
     public function getSharedExtensionEnv(): array
     {
+        $compiler_extra = getenv('SPC_COMPILER_EXTRA') ?: '';
+        if (!str_contains($compiler_extra, '-lcompiler_rt') && ToolchainManager::getToolchainClass() === ZigToolchain::class) {
+            $compiler_extra = trim($compiler_extra . ' -lcompiler_rt');
+            GlobalEnvManager::putenv("SPC_COMPILER_EXTRA={$compiler_extra}");
+        }
         $config = (new SPCConfigUtil())->getExtensionConfig($this);
         [$staticLibs, $sharedLibs] = $this->splitLibsIntoStaticAndShared($config['libs']);
         $preStatic = PHP_OS_FAMILY === 'Darwin' ? '' : '-Wl,--start-group ';
diff --git a/src/StaticPHP/Util/System/UnixUtil.php b/src/StaticPHP/Util/System/UnixUtil.php
index eb475ba7..b742fb43 100644
--- a/src/StaticPHP/Util/System/UnixUtil.php
+++ b/src/StaticPHP/Util/System/UnixUtil.php
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ use StaticPHP\Exception\ExecutionException;
 use StaticPHP\Exception\SPCInternalException;
 use StaticPHP\Exception\WrongUsageException;
 use StaticPHP\Runtime\SystemTarget;
+use StaticPHP\Toolchain\ToolchainManager;
+use StaticPHP\Toolchain\ZigToolchain;
 
 abstract class UnixUtil
 {
@@ -70,7 +72,8 @@ abstract class UnixUtil
         if (!is_file($symbol_file)) {
             throw new SPCInternalException("The symbol file {$symbol_file} does not exist, please check if nm command is available.");
         }
-        if (SystemTarget::getTargetOS() !== 'Linux') {
+        // macOS/zig
+        if (SystemTarget::getTargetOS() === 'Darwin' || ToolchainManager::getToolchainClass() === ZigToolchain::class) {
             return "-Wl,-exported_symbols_list,{$symbol_file}";
         }
         return "-Wl,--dynamic-list={$symbol_file}";