diff --git a/src/all_types.hpp b/src/all_types.hpp
index d9e1dc44ca..708db8848d 100644
--- a/src/all_types.hpp
+++ b/src/all_types.hpp
@@ -2003,6 +2003,7 @@ struct CodeGen {
     ZigList<Buf *> assembly_files;
     ZigList<CFile *> c_source_files;
     ZigList<const char *> lib_dirs;
+    ZigList<const char *> framework_dirs;
 
     ZigLibCInstallation *libc;
 
diff --git a/src/codegen.cpp b/src/codegen.cpp
index 890724d950..74de8634cc 100644
--- a/src/codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/codegen.cpp
@@ -9803,6 +9803,7 @@ static Error check_cache(CodeGen *g, Buf *manifest_dir, Buf *digest) {
     cache_list_of_str(ch, g->llvm_argv, g->llvm_argv_len);
     cache_list_of_str(ch, g->clang_argv, g->clang_argv_len);
     cache_list_of_str(ch, g->lib_dirs.items, g->lib_dirs.length);
+    cache_list_of_str(ch, g->framework_dirs.items, g->framework_dirs.length);
     if (g->libc) {
         cache_buf(ch, &g->libc->include_dir);
         cache_buf(ch, &g->libc->sys_include_dir);
diff --git a/src/link.cpp b/src/link.cpp
index 8a1f889234..5519f98fd2 100644
--- a/src/link.cpp
+++ b/src/link.cpp
@@ -2510,6 +2510,12 @@ static void construct_linker_job_macho(LinkJob *lj) {
         lj->args.append("dynamic_lookup");
     }
 
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < g->framework_dirs.length; i += 1) {
+        const char *framework_dir = g->framework_dirs.at(i);
+        lj->args.append("-F");
+        lj->args.append(framework_dir);
+    }
+
     for (size_t i = 0; i < g->darwin_frameworks.length; i += 1) {
         lj->args.append("-framework");
         lj->args.append(buf_ptr(g->darwin_frameworks.at(i)));
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index c0945ef180..6f1ccd418c 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ static int print_full_usage(const char *arg0, FILE *file, int return_code) {
         "  -rdynamic                    add all symbols to the dynamic symbol table\n"
         "  -rpath [path]                add directory to the runtime library search path\n"
         "  --subsystem [subsystem]      (windows) /SUBSYSTEM:<subsystem> to the linker\n"
+        "  -F[dir]                      (darwin) add search path for frameworks\n"
         "  -framework [name]            (darwin) link against framework\n"
         "  -mios-version-min [ver]      (darwin) set iOS deployment target\n"
         "  -mmacosx-version-min [ver]   (darwin) set Mac OS X deployment target\n"
@@ -454,6 +455,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     ZigList<const char *> lib_dirs = {0};
     ZigList<const char *> link_libs = {0};
     ZigList<const char *> forbidden_link_libs = {0};
+    ZigList<const char *> framework_dirs = {0};
     ZigList<const char *> frameworks = {0};
     bool have_libc = false;
     const char *target_string = nullptr;
@@ -686,6 +688,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
             } else if (arg[1] == 'L' && arg[2] != 0) {
                 // alias for --library-path
                 lib_dirs.append(&arg[2]);
+            } else if (arg[1] == 'F' && arg[2] != 0) {
+                framework_dirs.append(&arg[2]);
             } else if (strcmp(arg, "--pkg-begin") == 0) {
                 if (i + 2 >= argc) {
                     fprintf(stderr, "Expected 2 arguments after --pkg-begin\n");
@@ -772,6 +776,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                     main_pkg_path = buf_create_from_str(argv[i]);
                 } else if (strcmp(arg, "--library-path") == 0 || strcmp(arg, "-L") == 0) {
                     lib_dirs.append(argv[i]);
+                } else if (strcmp(arg, "-F") == 0) {
+                    framework_dirs.append(argv[i]);
                 } else if (strcmp(arg, "--library") == 0) {
                     if (strcmp(argv[i], "c") == 0)
                         have_libc = true;
@@ -1153,6 +1159,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
             for (size_t i = 0; i < lib_dirs.length; i += 1) {
                 codegen_add_lib_dir(g, lib_dirs.at(i));
             }
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < framework_dirs.length; i += 1) {
+                g->framework_dirs.append(framework_dirs.at(i));
+            }
             for (size_t i = 0; i < link_libs.length; i += 1) {
                 LinkLib *link_lib = codegen_add_link_lib(g, buf_create_from_str(link_libs.at(i)));
                 link_lib->provided_explicitly = true;
diff --git a/std/build.zig b/std/build.zig
index 9393d72c15..27715663f7 100644
--- a/std/build.zig
+++ b/std/build.zig
@@ -1228,6 +1228,7 @@ pub const LibExeObjStep = struct {
     name_only_filename: []const u8,
     strip: bool,
     lib_paths: ArrayList([]const u8),
+    framework_dirs: ArrayList([]const u8),
     frameworks: BufSet,
     verbose_link: bool,
     verbose_cc: bool,
@@ -1341,6 +1342,7 @@ pub const LibExeObjStep = struct {
             .include_dirs = ArrayList(IncludeDir).init(builder.allocator),
             .link_objects = ArrayList(LinkObject).init(builder.allocator),
             .lib_paths = ArrayList([]const u8).init(builder.allocator),
+            .framework_dirs = ArrayList([]const u8).init(builder.allocator),
             .object_src = undefined,
             .build_options_contents = std.Buffer.initSize(builder.allocator, 0) catch unreachable,
             .c_std = Builder.CStd.C99,
@@ -1614,6 +1616,10 @@ pub const LibExeObjStep = struct {
         self.lib_paths.append(path) catch unreachable;
     }
 
+    pub fn addFrameworkDir(self: *LibExeObjStep, dir_path: []const u8) void {
+        self.framework_dirs.append(dir_path) catch unreachable;
+    }
+
     pub fn addPackagePath(self: *LibExeObjStep, name: []const u8, pkg_index_path: []const u8) void {
         self.packages.append(Pkg{
             .name = name,
@@ -1860,8 +1866,8 @@ pub const LibExeObjStep = struct {
         }
 
         for (self.lib_paths.toSliceConst()) |lib_path| {
-            zig_args.append("--library-path") catch unreachable;
-            zig_args.append(lib_path) catch unreachable;
+            try zig_args.append("-L");
+            try zig_args.append(lib_path);
         }
 
         if (self.need_system_paths and self.target == Target.Native) {
@@ -1882,6 +1888,11 @@ pub const LibExeObjStep = struct {
         }
 
         if (self.target.isDarwin()) {
+            for (self.framework_dirs.toSliceConst()) |dir| {
+                try zig_args.append("-F");
+                try zig_args.append(dir);
+            }
+
             var it = self.frameworks.iterator();
             while (it.next()) |entry| {
                 zig_args.append("-framework") catch unreachable;