diff --git a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/experimental/KotlinNativeBinaries.kt b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/experimental/KotlinNativeBinaries.kt
index e292b9bf767..98fc9b1bc55 100644
--- a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/experimental/KotlinNativeBinaries.kt
+++ b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/experimental/KotlinNativeBinaries.kt
@@ -71,13 +71,10 @@ interface KotlinNativeBinary: ComponentWithDependencies, BuildableComponent {
      */
     val additionalCompilerOptions: Collection<String>
 
-    // DSL.
     /**
      * Additional options passed to a linker when this binary is built.
      */
-    val linkerOpts: MutableList<String>
-    fun linkerOpts(values: List<String>)
-    fun linkerOpts(vararg values: String)
+    val linkerOpts: List<String>
 
     companion object {
         val KONAN_TARGET_ATTRIBUTE = Attribute.of("org.gradle.native.kotlin.platform", String::class.java)
diff --git a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/experimental/KotlinNativeComponent.kt b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/experimental/KotlinNativeComponent.kt
index 4568753a591..930ae306cad 100644
--- a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/experimental/KotlinNativeComponent.kt
+++ b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/experimental/KotlinNativeComponent.kt
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ interface KotlinNativeDependencies: ComponentDependencies {
     fun cinterop(name: String, action: Action<CInterop>)
 }
 
+interface TargetSettings {
+    /**
+     * Additional options passed to a linker when a binary is built.
+     */
+    val linkerOpts: MutableList<String>
+    fun linkerOpts(values: List<String>)
+    fun linkerOpts(vararg values: String)
+}
+
 /**
  *  Class representing a Kotlin/Native component: application or library (both klib and dynamic)
  *  built for different targets.
@@ -77,10 +86,15 @@ interface KotlinNativeComponent: ComponentWithBinaries, ComponentWithDependencie
     @Deprecated("Use the 'targets' property instead. E.g. targets = ['macos_x64', 'linux_x64']")
     fun target(vararg targets: String)
 
-    /** Provide a way to configure binaries included in this component for a particular target. */
-    fun target(target: String, action: KotlinNativeBinary.() -> Unit)
+    /** Allows providing target-specific compiler options. */
+    fun target(target: String): TargetSettings
+    fun target(konanTarget: KonanTarget): TargetSettings
+    fun target(target: String, action: TargetSettings.() -> Unit)
     fun target(target: String, action: Closure<Unit>)
-    fun target(target: String, action: Action<KotlinNativeBinary>)
+    fun target(target: String, action: Action<TargetSettings>)
+    fun allTargets(action: TargetSettings.() -> Unit)
+    fun allTargets(action: Closure<Unit>)
+    fun allTargets(action: Action<TargetSettings>)
 
     /** Set additional compiler options for this component. */
     val extraOpts: Collection<String>
diff --git a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/experimental/internal/AbstractKotlinNativeBinary.kt b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/experimental/internal/AbstractKotlinNativeBinary.kt
index 4ee6e709222..75a16e7a67c 100644
--- a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/experimental/internal/AbstractKotlinNativeBinary.kt
+++ b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/experimental/internal/AbstractKotlinNativeBinary.kt
@@ -136,9 +136,6 @@ abstract class AbstractKotlinNativeBinary(
     override val additionalCompilerOptions: Collection<String>
         get() = component.extraOpts
 
-    override val linkerOpts = mutableListOf<String>()
-    override fun linkerOpts(values: List<String>) = linkerOpts(*values.toTypedArray())
-    override fun linkerOpts(vararg values: String) {
-        linkerOpts.addAll(values)
-    }
+    override val linkerOpts: List<String>
+        get() = component.target(konanTarget).linkerOpts
 }
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diff --git a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/experimental/internal/AbstractKotlinNativeComponent.kt b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/experimental/internal/AbstractKotlinNativeComponent.kt
index d90316d9b61..b6f6f291cff 100644
--- a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/experimental/internal/AbstractKotlinNativeComponent.kt
+++ b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/experimental/internal/AbstractKotlinNativeComponent.kt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.experimental.internal
 
 import groovy.lang.Closure
 import org.gradle.api.Action
+import org.gradle.api.Named
 import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.Configuration
 import org.gradle.api.internal.file.FileOperations
@@ -33,12 +34,22 @@ import org.gradle.util.ConfigureUtil
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.experimental.KotlinNativeBinary
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.experimental.KotlinNativeComponent
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.experimental.KotlinNativeDependencies
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.experimental.TargetSettings
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.experimental.sourcesets.KotlinNativeSourceSetImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.HostManager
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.KonanTarget
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.addToStdlib.assertedCast
 import javax.inject.Inject
 
+class TargetSettingsImpl(val konanTarget: KonanTarget) : Named, TargetSettings {
+    override fun getName(): String = konanTarget.name
+    override val linkerOpts = mutableListOf<String>()
+    override fun linkerOpts(values: List<String>) = linkerOpts(*values.toTypedArray())
+    override fun linkerOpts(vararg values: String) {
+        linkerOpts.addAll(values)
+    }
+}
+
 abstract class AbstractKotlinNativeComponent @Inject constructor(
         private val name: String,
         override val sources: KotlinNativeSourceSetImpl,
@@ -77,6 +88,11 @@ abstract class AbstractKotlinNativeComponent @Inject constructor(
 
     override fun getImplementationDependencies(): Configuration = dependencies.implementationDependencies
 
+    val targetSettings =
+        project.container(TargetSettingsImpl::class.java) { name ->
+            TargetSettingsImpl(HostManager().targetByName(name))
+        }
+
     // region DSL.
 
     override var targets: List<String>
@@ -86,19 +102,25 @@ abstract class AbstractKotlinNativeComponent @Inject constructor(
             konanTargets.set(value.map { hostManager.targetByName(it) })
         }
 
-    override fun target(target: String, action: KotlinNativeBinary.() -> Unit) =
-        binaries.whenElementKnown {
-            if (it.konanTarget == HostManager().targetByName(target)) {
-                it.action()
-            }
-        }
+    private val String.canonicalTargetName: String
+        get() = HostManager().targetByName(this).name
+
+    override fun target(konanTarget: KonanTarget): TargetSettings = targetSettings.maybeCreate(konanTarget.name)
+    override fun target(target: String): TargetSettings = targetSettings.maybeCreate(target.canonicalTargetName)
+
+    override fun target(target: String, action: TargetSettings.() -> Unit) =
+        targetSettings.maybeCreate(target.canonicalTargetName).action()
 
     override fun target(target: String, action: Closure<Unit>) =
         target(target, ConfigureUtil.configureUsing(action))
 
-    override fun target(target: String, action: Action<KotlinNativeBinary>) =
+    override fun target(target: String, action: Action<TargetSettings>) =
         target(target) { action.execute(this) }
 
+    override fun allTargets(action: TargetSettings.() -> Unit) = targetSettings.all(action)
+    override fun allTargets(action: Closure<Unit>) = targetSettings.all(action)
+    override fun allTargets(action: Action<TargetSettings>) = targetSettings.all(action)
+
     @Deprecated("Use the 'targets' property instead. E.g. targets = ['macos_x64', 'linux_x64']")
     override fun target(vararg targets: String) {
         project.logger.warn("""
diff --git a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/experimental/internal/KotlinNativeTestExecutableImpl.kt b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/experimental/internal/KotlinNativeTestExecutableImpl.kt
index 06e377f18ca..82dfecaa075 100644
--- a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/experimental/internal/KotlinNativeTestExecutableImpl.kt
+++ b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/experimental/internal/KotlinNativeTestExecutableImpl.kt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ open class KotlinNativeTestExecutableImpl @Inject constructor(
         name: String,
         baseName: Provider<String>,
         componentImplementation: Configuration,
-        testComponent: KotlinNativeTestSuite,
+        val testComponent: KotlinNativeTestSuite,
         val mainSources: KotlinNativeSourceSet,
         identity: KotlinNativeVariantIdentity,
         objects: ObjectFactory,
@@ -63,5 +63,8 @@ open class KotlinNativeTestExecutableImpl @Inject constructor(
     override val outputRootName: String = "test-exe"
 
     override val additionalCompilerOptions: Collection<String>
-            get() = listOf("-tr") + super.additionalCompilerOptions
+        get() = listOf("-tr") + super.additionalCompilerOptions
+
+    override val linkerOpts: List<String>
+        get() = super.linkerOpts + testComponent.testedComponent.target(konanTarget).linkerOpts
 }
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