diff --git a/src/all_types.hpp b/src/all_types.hpp
index 9285e71c2..bfde81f2e 100644
--- a/src/all_types.hpp
+++ b/src/all_types.hpp
@@ -1110,6 +1110,7 @@ struct CodeGen {
         TypeTableEntry *entry_pure_error;
         TypeTableEntry *entry_os_enum;
         TypeTableEntry *entry_arch_enum;
+        TypeTableEntry *entry_environ_enum;
     } builtin_types;
 
     ZigTarget zig_target;
@@ -1130,6 +1131,7 @@ struct CodeGen {
     bool is_test_build;
     uint32_t target_os_index;
     uint32_t target_arch_index;
+    uint32_t target_environ_index;
     LLVMTargetMachineRef target_machine;
     LLVMZigDIFile *dummy_di_file;
     bool is_native_target;
diff --git a/src/analyze.cpp b/src/analyze.cpp
index 6650e0ed0..32abb2f3a 100644
--- a/src/analyze.cpp
+++ b/src/analyze.cpp
@@ -4250,6 +4250,9 @@ static TypeTableEntry *analyze_builtin_fn_call_expr(CodeGen *g, ImportTableEntry
                 } else if (buf_eql_str(&var_name, "arch")) {
                     const_val->data.x_enum.tag = g->target_arch_index;
                     return g->builtin_types.entry_arch_enum;
+                } else if (buf_eql_str(&var_name, "environ")) {
+                    const_val->data.x_enum.tag = g->target_environ_index;
+                    return g->builtin_types.entry_environ_enum;
                 } else {
                     add_node_error(g, *str_node,
                         buf_sprintf("unrecognized compile variable: '%s'", buf_ptr(&var_name)));
diff --git a/src/codegen.cpp b/src/codegen.cpp
index 4dc5c1855..257909256 100644
--- a/src/codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/codegen.cpp
@@ -3500,6 +3500,31 @@ static void define_builtin_types(CodeGen *g) {
 
         g->builtin_types.entry_arch_enum = entry;
     }
+
+    {
+        TypeTableEntry *entry = new_type_table_entry(TypeTableEntryIdEnum);
+        entry->zero_bits = true; // only allowed at compile time
+        buf_init_from_str(&entry->name, "@Environ");
+        uint32_t field_count = target_environ_count();
+        entry->data.enumeration.field_count = field_count;
+        entry->data.enumeration.fields = allocate<TypeEnumField>(field_count);
+        for (uint32_t i = 0; i < field_count; i += 1) {
+            TypeEnumField *type_enum_field = &entry->data.enumeration.fields[i];
+            ZigLLVM_EnvironmentType environ_type = get_target_environ(i);
+            type_enum_field->name = buf_create_from_str(ZigLLVMGetEnvironmentTypeName(environ_type));
+            type_enum_field->value = i;
+
+            if (environ_type == g->zig_target.environ) {
+                g->target_environ_index = i;
+            }
+        }
+        entry->data.enumeration.complete = true;
+
+        TypeTableEntry *tag_type_entry = get_smallest_unsigned_int_type(g, field_count);
+        entry->data.enumeration.tag_type = tag_type_entry;
+
+        g->builtin_types.entry_environ_enum = entry;
+    }
 }