diff --git a/guix/build-system/trivial.scm b/guix/build-system/trivial.scm
index 839042aa2a5db28afd1b488f8ee5732fc7f33c0e..07adbe75fadda61bfa994eef6e7964184db7c248 100644
--- a/guix/build-system/trivial.scm
+++ b/guix/build-system/trivial.scm
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ (define* (lower name
   (bag
     (name name)
     (system system)
+    (target target)
     (host-inputs `(,@(if source
                          `(("source" ,source))
                          '())