diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/messages.ftl b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/messages.ftl
index 954a601480935..1dabf01ffd654 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/messages.ftl
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/messages.ftl
@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@ codegen_ssa_add_native_library = failed to add native library {$library_path}: {
 
 codegen_ssa_aix_strip_not_used = using host's `strip` binary to cross-compile to AIX which is not guaranteed to work
 
-codegen_ssa_apple_deployment_target_invalid =
-    failed to parse deployment target specified in {$env_var}: {$error}
-
-codegen_ssa_apple_deployment_target_too_low =
-    deployment target in {$env_var} was set to {$version}, but the minimum supported by `rustc` is {$os_min}
-
 codegen_ssa_archive_build_failure = failed to build archive at `{$path}`: {$error}
 
 codegen_ssa_atomic_compare_exchange = Atomic compare-exchange intrinsic missing failure memory ordering
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/apple.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/apple.rs
index 2c8b0ec418dd8..d242efaf4fd42 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/apple.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/apple.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-use std::env;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
-use std::fmt::{Display, from_fn};
-use std::num::ParseIntError;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process::Command;
 
@@ -9,9 +6,10 @@ use itertools::Itertools;
 use rustc_middle::middle::exported_symbols::SymbolExportKind;
 use rustc_session::Session;
 use rustc_target::spec::Target;
+pub(super) use rustc_target::spec::apple::OSVersion;
 use tracing::debug;
 
-use crate::errors::{AppleDeploymentTarget, XcrunError, XcrunSdkPathWarning};
+use crate::errors::{XcrunError, XcrunSdkPathWarning};
 use crate::fluent_generated as fluent;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -134,124 +132,6 @@ pub(super) fn add_data_and_relocation(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-/// Deployment target or SDK version.
-///
-/// The size of the numbers in here are limited by Mach-O's `LC_BUILD_VERSION`.
-type OSVersion = (u16, u8, u8);
-
-/// Parse an OS version triple (SDK version or deployment target).
-fn parse_version(version: &str) -> Result<OSVersion, ParseIntError> {
-    if let Some((major, minor)) = version.split_once('.') {
-        let major = major.parse()?;
-        if let Some((minor, patch)) = minor.split_once('.') {
-            Ok((major, minor.parse()?, patch.parse()?))
-        } else {
-            Ok((major, minor.parse()?, 0))
-        }
-    } else {
-        Ok((version.parse()?, 0, 0))
-    }
-}
-
-pub fn pretty_version(version: OSVersion) -> impl Display {
-    let (major, minor, patch) = version;
-    from_fn(move |f| {
-        write!(f, "{major}.{minor}")?;
-        if patch != 0 {
-            write!(f, ".{patch}")?;
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    })
-}
-
-/// Minimum operating system versions currently supported by `rustc`.
-fn os_minimum_deployment_target(os: &str) -> OSVersion {
-    // When bumping a version in here, remember to update the platform-support docs too.
-    //
-    // NOTE: The defaults may change in future `rustc` versions, so if you are looking for the
-    // default deployment target, prefer:
-    // ```
-    // $ rustc --print deployment-target
-    // ```
-    match os {
-        "macos" => (10, 12, 0),
-        "ios" => (10, 0, 0),
-        "tvos" => (10, 0, 0),
-        "watchos" => (5, 0, 0),
-        "visionos" => (1, 0, 0),
-        _ => unreachable!("tried to get deployment target for non-Apple platform"),
-    }
-}
-
-/// The deployment target for the given target.
-///
-/// This is similar to `os_minimum_deployment_target`, except that on certain targets it makes sense
-/// to raise the minimum OS version.
-///
-/// This matches what LLVM does, see in part:
-/// <https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/llvmorg-18.1.8/llvm/lib/TargetParser/Triple.cpp#L1900-L1932>
-fn minimum_deployment_target(target: &Target) -> OSVersion {
-    match (&*target.os, &*target.arch, &*target.abi) {
-        ("macos", "aarch64", _) => (11, 0, 0),
-        ("ios", "aarch64", "macabi") => (14, 0, 0),
-        ("ios", "aarch64", "sim") => (14, 0, 0),
-        ("ios", _, _) if target.llvm_target.starts_with("arm64e") => (14, 0, 0),
-        // Mac Catalyst defaults to 13.1 in Clang.
-        ("ios", _, "macabi") => (13, 1, 0),
-        ("tvos", "aarch64", "sim") => (14, 0, 0),
-        ("watchos", "aarch64", "sim") => (7, 0, 0),
-        (os, _, _) => os_minimum_deployment_target(os),
-    }
-}
-
-/// Name of the environment variable used to fetch the deployment target on the given OS.
-pub fn deployment_target_env_var(os: &str) -> &'static str {
-    match os {
-        "macos" => "MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET",
-        "ios" => "IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET",
-        "watchos" => "WATCHOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET",
-        "tvos" => "TVOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET",
-        "visionos" => "XROS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET",
-        _ => unreachable!("tried to get deployment target env var for non-Apple platform"),
-    }
-}
-
-/// Get the deployment target based on the standard environment variables, or fall back to the
-/// minimum version supported by `rustc`.
-pub fn deployment_target(sess: &Session) -> OSVersion {
-    let min = minimum_deployment_target(&sess.target);
-    let env_var = deployment_target_env_var(&sess.target.os);
-
-    if let Ok(deployment_target) = env::var(env_var) {
-        match parse_version(&deployment_target) {
-            Ok(version) => {
-                let os_min = os_minimum_deployment_target(&sess.target.os);
-                // It is common that the deployment target is set a bit too low, for example on
-                // macOS Aarch64 to also target older x86_64. So we only want to warn when variable
-                // is lower than the minimum OS supported by rustc, not when the variable is lower
-                // than the minimum for a specific target.
-                if version < os_min {
-                    sess.dcx().emit_warn(AppleDeploymentTarget::TooLow {
-                        env_var,
-                        version: pretty_version(version).to_string(),
-                        os_min: pretty_version(os_min).to_string(),
-                    });
-                }
-
-                // Raise the deployment target to the minimum supported.
-                version.max(min)
-            }
-            Err(error) => {
-                sess.dcx().emit_err(AppleDeploymentTarget::Invalid { env_var, error });
-                min
-            }
-        }
-    } else {
-        // If no deployment target variable is set, default to the minimum found above.
-        min
-    }
-}
-
 pub(super) fn add_version_to_llvm_target(
     llvm_target: &str,
     deployment_target: OSVersion,
@@ -263,18 +143,17 @@ pub(super) fn add_version_to_llvm_target(
     let environment = components.next();
     assert_eq!(components.next(), None, "too many LLVM triple components");
 
-    let (major, minor, patch) = deployment_target;
-
     assert!(
         !os.contains(|c: char| c.is_ascii_digit()),
         "LLVM target must not already be versioned"
     );
 
+    let version = deployment_target.fmt_full();
     if let Some(env) = environment {
         // Insert version into OS, before environment
-        format!("{arch}-{vendor}-{os}{major}.{minor}.{patch}-{env}")
+        format!("{arch}-{vendor}-{os}{version}-{env}")
     } else {
-        format!("{arch}-{vendor}-{os}{major}.{minor}.{patch}")
+        format!("{arch}-{vendor}-{os}{version}")
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/apple/tests.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/apple/tests.rs
index 8df740a4bcf7d..5afe79b71954a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/apple/tests.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/apple/tests.rs
@@ -3,23 +3,15 @@ use super::*;
 #[test]
 fn test_add_version_to_llvm_target() {
     assert_eq!(
-        add_version_to_llvm_target("aarch64-apple-macosx", (10, 14, 1)),
+        add_version_to_llvm_target("aarch64-apple-macosx", OSVersion::new(10, 14, 1)),
         "aarch64-apple-macosx10.14.1"
     );
     assert_eq!(
-        add_version_to_llvm_target("aarch64-apple-ios-simulator", (16, 1, 0)),
+        add_version_to_llvm_target("aarch64-apple-ios-simulator", OSVersion::new(16, 1, 0)),
         "aarch64-apple-ios16.1.0-simulator"
     );
 }
 
-#[test]
-fn test_parse_version() {
-    assert_eq!(parse_version("10"), Ok((10, 0, 0)));
-    assert_eq!(parse_version("10.12"), Ok((10, 12, 0)));
-    assert_eq!(parse_version("10.12.6"), Ok((10, 12, 6)));
-    assert_eq!(parse_version("9999.99.99"), Ok((9999, 99, 99)));
-}
-
 #[test]
 #[cfg_attr(not(target_os = "macos"), ignore = "xcode-select is only available on macOS")]
 fn lookup_developer_dir() {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
index 1c885a2fd5ff3..1d05c4eee4d15 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
@@ -3115,8 +3115,7 @@ fn add_apple_link_args(cmd: &mut dyn Linker, sess: &Session, flavor: LinkerFlavo
             _ => bug!("invalid OS/ABI combination for Apple target: {target_os}, {target_abi}"),
         };
 
-        let (major, minor, patch) = apple::deployment_target(sess);
-        let min_version = format!("{major}.{minor}.{patch}");
+        let min_version = sess.apple_deployment_target().fmt_full().to_string();
 
         // The SDK version is used at runtime when compiling with a newer SDK / version of Xcode:
         // - By dyld to give extra warnings and errors, see e.g.:
@@ -3185,10 +3184,10 @@ fn add_apple_link_args(cmd: &mut dyn Linker, sess: &Session, flavor: LinkerFlavo
 
             // The presence of `-mmacosx-version-min` makes CC default to
             // macOS, and it sets the deployment target.
-            let (major, minor, patch) = apple::deployment_target(sess);
+            let version = sess.apple_deployment_target().fmt_full();
             // Intentionally pass this as a single argument, Clang doesn't
             // seem to like it otherwise.
-            cmd.cc_arg(&format!("-mmacosx-version-min={major}.{minor}.{patch}"));
+            cmd.cc_arg(&format!("-mmacosx-version-min={version}"));
 
             // macOS has no environment, so with these two, we've told CC the
             // four desired parameters.
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/metadata.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/metadata.rs
index e2c009712d17c..ebcccf1b97d92 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/metadata.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/metadata.rs
@@ -388,13 +388,13 @@ pub(super) fn elf_e_flags(architecture: Architecture, sess: &Session) -> u32 {
 fn macho_object_build_version_for_target(sess: &Session) -> object::write::MachOBuildVersion {
     /// The `object` crate demands "X.Y.Z encoded in nibbles as xxxx.yy.zz"
     /// e.g. minOS 14.0 = 0x000E0000, or SDK 16.2 = 0x00100200
-    fn pack_version((major, minor, patch): (u16, u8, u8)) -> u32 {
+    fn pack_version(apple::OSVersion { major, minor, patch }: apple::OSVersion) -> u32 {
         let (major, minor, patch) = (major as u32, minor as u32, patch as u32);
         (major << 16) | (minor << 8) | patch
     }
 
     let platform = apple::macho_platform(&sess.target);
-    let min_os = apple::deployment_target(sess);
+    let min_os = sess.apple_deployment_target();
 
     let mut build_version = object::write::MachOBuildVersion::default();
     build_version.platform = platform;
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/mod.rs
index 875fa6cfa57b4..8d1adb9993038 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/mod.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pub mod write;
 /// Certain optimizations also depend on the deployment target.
 pub fn versioned_llvm_target(sess: &Session) -> Cow<'_, str> {
     if sess.target.is_like_darwin {
-        apple::add_version_to_llvm_target(&sess.target.llvm_target, apple::deployment_target(sess))
+        apple::add_version_to_llvm_target(&sess.target.llvm_target, sess.apple_deployment_target())
             .into()
     } else {
         // FIXME(madsmtm): Certain other targets also include a version,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/errors.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/errors.rs
index f52d29baf9dc0..b33de8802d83a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/errors.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/errors.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::io::Error;
-use std::num::ParseIntError;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::ExitStatus;
 
@@ -738,14 +737,6 @@ pub enum ExtractBundledLibsError<'a> {
     ExtractSection { rlib: &'a Path, error: Box<dyn std::error::Error> },
 }
 
-#[derive(Diagnostic)]
-pub(crate) enum AppleDeploymentTarget {
-    #[diag(codegen_ssa_apple_deployment_target_invalid)]
-    Invalid { env_var: &'static str, error: ParseIntError },
-    #[diag(codegen_ssa_apple_deployment_target_too_low)]
-    TooLow { env_var: &'static str, version: String, os_min: String },
-}
-
 #[derive(Diagnostic)]
 #[diag(codegen_ssa_read_file)]
 pub(crate) struct ReadFileError {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/lib.rs
index f36e42cc6b95f..67217927a8729 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #![doc(rust_logo)]
 #![feature(assert_matches)]
 #![feature(box_patterns)]
-#![feature(debug_closure_helpers)]
 #![feature(file_buffered)]
 #![feature(if_let_guard)]
 #![feature(let_chains)]
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_driver_impl/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_driver_impl/src/lib.rs
index 21b9542d0e1e8..e7833e201a1c7 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_driver_impl/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_driver_impl/src/lib.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ use std::time::{Instant, SystemTime};
 use std::{env, str};
 
 use rustc_ast as ast;
-use rustc_codegen_ssa::back::apple;
 use rustc_codegen_ssa::traits::CodegenBackend;
 use rustc_codegen_ssa::{CodegenErrors, CodegenResults};
 use rustc_data_structures::profiling::{
@@ -810,8 +809,8 @@ fn print_crate_info(
                 if sess.target.is_like_darwin {
                     println_info!(
                         "{}={}",
-                        apple::deployment_target_env_var(&sess.target.os),
-                        apple::pretty_version(apple::deployment_target(sess)),
+                        rustc_target::spec::apple::deployment_target_env_var(&sess.target.os),
+                        sess.apple_deployment_target().fmt_pretty(),
                     )
                 } else {
                     #[allow(rustc::diagnostic_outside_of_impl)]
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_session/messages.ftl b/compiler/rustc_session/messages.ftl
index 74b8087e07769..2f1a918d3a67d 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_session/messages.ftl
+++ b/compiler/rustc_session/messages.ftl
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+session_apple_deployment_target_invalid =
+    failed to parse deployment target specified in {$env_var}: {$error}
+
+session_apple_deployment_target_too_low =
+    deployment target in {$env_var} was set to {$version}, but the minimum supported by `rustc` is {$os_min}
+
 session_binary_float_literal_not_supported = binary float literal is not supported
 session_branch_protection_requires_aarch64 = `-Zbranch-protection` is only supported on aarch64
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_session/src/errors.rs b/compiler/rustc_session/src/errors.rs
index 71d8dbe44fed0..c4e726613a07a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_session/src/errors.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_session/src/errors.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::num::NonZero;
+use std::num::{NonZero, ParseIntError};
 
 use rustc_ast::token;
 use rustc_ast::util::literal::LitError;
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ use rustc_target::spec::{SplitDebuginfo, StackProtector, TargetTuple};
 use crate::config::CrateType;
 use crate::parse::ParseSess;
 
+#[derive(Diagnostic)]
+pub(crate) enum AppleDeploymentTarget {
+    #[diag(session_apple_deployment_target_invalid)]
+    Invalid { env_var: &'static str, error: ParseIntError },
+    #[diag(session_apple_deployment_target_too_low)]
+    TooLow { env_var: &'static str, version: String, os_min: String },
+}
+
 pub(crate) struct FeatureGateError {
     pub(crate) span: MultiSpan,
     pub(crate) explain: DiagMessage,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_session/src/session.rs b/compiler/rustc_session/src/session.rs
index a87b1961a9951..cea82b359de32 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_session/src/session.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_session/src/session.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ use rustc_target::asm::InlineAsmArch;
 use rustc_target::spec::{
     CodeModel, DebuginfoKind, PanicStrategy, RelocModel, RelroLevel, SanitizerSet,
     SmallDataThresholdSupport, SplitDebuginfo, StackProtector, SymbolVisibility, Target,
-    TargetTuple, TlsModel,
+    TargetTuple, TlsModel, apple,
 };
 
 use crate::code_stats::CodeStats;
@@ -891,6 +891,45 @@ impl Session {
             FileNameDisplayPreference::Local
         }
     }
+
+    /// Get the deployment target on Apple platforms based on the standard environment variables,
+    /// or fall back to the minimum version supported by `rustc`.
+    ///
+    /// This should be guarded behind `if sess.target.is_like_darwin`.
+    pub fn apple_deployment_target(&self) -> apple::OSVersion {
+        let min = apple::OSVersion::minimum_deployment_target(&self.target);
+        let env_var = apple::deployment_target_env_var(&self.target.os);
+
+        // FIXME(madsmtm): Track changes to this.
+        if let Ok(deployment_target) = env::var(env_var) {
+            match apple::OSVersion::from_str(&deployment_target) {
+                Ok(version) => {
+                    let os_min = apple::OSVersion::os_minimum_deployment_target(&self.target.os);
+                    // It is common that the deployment target is set a bit too low, for example on
+                    // macOS Aarch64 to also target older x86_64. So we only want to warn when variable
+                    // is lower than the minimum OS supported by rustc, not when the variable is lower
+                    // than the minimum for a specific target.
+                    if version < os_min {
+                        self.dcx().emit_warn(errors::AppleDeploymentTarget::TooLow {
+                            env_var,
+                            version: version.fmt_pretty().to_string(),
+                            os_min: os_min.fmt_pretty().to_string(),
+                        });
+                    }
+
+                    // Raise the deployment target to the minimum supported.
+                    version.max(min)
+                }
+                Err(error) => {
+                    self.dcx().emit_err(errors::AppleDeploymentTarget::Invalid { env_var, error });
+                    min
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            // If no deployment target variable is set, default to the minimum found above.
+            min
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 // JUSTIFICATION: part of session construction
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/lib.rs
index a8d7da5692de4..df99280f5712e 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #![doc(html_root_url = "https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/")]
 #![doc(rust_logo)]
 #![feature(assert_matches)]
+#![feature(debug_closure_helpers)]
 #![feature(iter_intersperse)]
 #![feature(let_chains)]
 #![feature(rustc_attrs)]
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/base/apple/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/base/apple/mod.rs
index fd0e47b55aaa0..46fcd7d5c5198 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/base/apple/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/base/apple/mod.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::env;
+use std::fmt::{Display, from_fn};
+use std::num::ParseIntError;
+use std::str::FromStr;
 
 use crate::spec::{
     BinaryFormat, Cc, DebuginfoKind, FloatAbi, FramePointer, LinkerFlavor, Lld, RustcAbi,
-    SplitDebuginfo, StackProbeType, StaticCow, TargetOptions, cvs,
+    SplitDebuginfo, StackProbeType, StaticCow, Target, TargetOptions, cvs,
 };
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -222,3 +225,107 @@ fn link_env_remove(os: &'static str) -> StaticCow<[StaticCow<str>]> {
         cvs!["MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET"]
     }
 }
+
+/// Deployment target or SDK version.
+///
+/// The size of the numbers in here are limited by Mach-O's `LC_BUILD_VERSION`.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, PartialOrd, Ord)]
+pub struct OSVersion {
+    pub major: u16,
+    pub minor: u8,
+    pub patch: u8,
+}
+
+impl FromStr for OSVersion {
+    type Err = ParseIntError;
+
+    /// Parse an OS version triple (SDK version or deployment target).
+    fn from_str(version: &str) -> Result<Self, ParseIntError> {
+        if let Some((major, minor)) = version.split_once('.') {
+            let major = major.parse()?;
+            if let Some((minor, patch)) = minor.split_once('.') {
+                Ok(Self { major, minor: minor.parse()?, patch: patch.parse()? })
+            } else {
+                Ok(Self { major, minor: minor.parse()?, patch: 0 })
+            }
+        } else {
+            Ok(Self { major: version.parse()?, minor: 0, patch: 0 })
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl OSVersion {
+    pub fn new(major: u16, minor: u8, patch: u8) -> Self {
+        Self { major, minor, patch }
+    }
+
+    pub fn fmt_pretty(self) -> impl Display {
+        let Self { major, minor, patch } = self;
+        from_fn(move |f| {
+            write!(f, "{major}.{minor}")?;
+            if patch != 0 {
+                write!(f, ".{patch}")?;
+            }
+            Ok(())
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn fmt_full(self) -> impl Display {
+        let Self { major, minor, patch } = self;
+        from_fn(move |f| write!(f, "{major}.{minor}.{patch}"))
+    }
+
+    /// Minimum operating system versions currently supported by `rustc`.
+    pub fn os_minimum_deployment_target(os: &str) -> Self {
+        // When bumping a version in here, remember to update the platform-support docs too.
+        //
+        // NOTE: The defaults may change in future `rustc` versions, so if you are looking for the
+        // default deployment target, prefer:
+        // ```
+        // $ rustc --print deployment-target
+        // ```
+        let (major, minor, patch) = match os {
+            "macos" => (10, 12, 0),
+            "ios" => (10, 0, 0),
+            "tvos" => (10, 0, 0),
+            "watchos" => (5, 0, 0),
+            "visionos" => (1, 0, 0),
+            _ => unreachable!("tried to get deployment target for non-Apple platform"),
+        };
+        Self { major, minor, patch }
+    }
+
+    /// The deployment target for the given target.
+    ///
+    /// This is similar to `os_minimum_deployment_target`, except that on certain targets it makes sense
+    /// to raise the minimum OS version.
+    ///
+    /// This matches what LLVM does, see in part:
+    /// <https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/llvmorg-18.1.8/llvm/lib/TargetParser/Triple.cpp#L1900-L1932>
+    pub fn minimum_deployment_target(target: &Target) -> Self {
+        let (major, minor, patch) = match (&*target.os, &*target.arch, &*target.abi) {
+            ("macos", "aarch64", _) => (11, 0, 0),
+            ("ios", "aarch64", "macabi") => (14, 0, 0),
+            ("ios", "aarch64", "sim") => (14, 0, 0),
+            ("ios", _, _) if target.llvm_target.starts_with("arm64e") => (14, 0, 0),
+            // Mac Catalyst defaults to 13.1 in Clang.
+            ("ios", _, "macabi") => (13, 1, 0),
+            ("tvos", "aarch64", "sim") => (14, 0, 0),
+            ("watchos", "aarch64", "sim") => (7, 0, 0),
+            (os, _, _) => return Self::os_minimum_deployment_target(os),
+        };
+        Self { major, minor, patch }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Name of the environment variable used to fetch the deployment target on the given OS.
+pub fn deployment_target_env_var(os: &str) -> &'static str {
+    match os {
+        "macos" => "MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET",
+        "ios" => "IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET",
+        "watchos" => "WATCHOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET",
+        "tvos" => "TVOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET",
+        "visionos" => "XROS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET",
+        _ => unreachable!("tried to get deployment target env var for non-Apple platform"),
+    }
+}
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/base/apple/tests.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/base/apple/tests.rs
index 7a985ad4dc056..391f347010436 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/base/apple/tests.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/base/apple/tests.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use super::OSVersion;
 use crate::spec::targets::{
     aarch64_apple_darwin, aarch64_apple_ios_sim, aarch64_apple_visionos_sim,
     aarch64_apple_watchos_sim, i686_apple_darwin, x86_64_apple_darwin, x86_64_apple_ios,
@@ -42,3 +43,11 @@ fn macos_link_environment_unmodified() {
         );
     }
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_parse_version() {
+    assert_eq!("10".parse(), Ok(OSVersion::new(10, 0, 0)));
+    assert_eq!("10.12".parse(), Ok(OSVersion::new(10, 12, 0)));
+    assert_eq!("10.12.6".parse(), Ok(OSVersion::new(10, 12, 6)));
+    assert_eq!("9999.99.99".parse(), Ok(OSVersion::new(9999, 99, 99)));
+}
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/base/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/base/mod.rs
index e8fdc87178539..71b6528c2dd11 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/base/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/base/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pub(crate) mod aix;
 pub(crate) mod android;
-pub(crate) mod apple;
+pub mod apple;
 pub(crate) mod avr;
 pub(crate) mod bpf;
 pub(crate) mod cygwin;
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs
index 981dded2601a3..486bf9012ffac 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ pub mod crt_objects;
 mod base;
 mod json;
 
+pub use base::apple;
 pub use base::avr::ef_avr_arch;
 
 /// Linker is called through a C/C++ compiler.