diff --git a/include/xo/jit/KaleidoscopeJit.hpp b/include/xo/jit/KaleidoscopeJit.hpp
index 97f65358..f3d2ebcd 100644
--- a/include/xo/jit/KaleidoscopeJit.hpp
+++ b/include/xo/jit/KaleidoscopeJit.hpp
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ namespace xo {
                                                          std::move(*data_layout));
             }
 
+            const std::string & target_triple() const {
+                return xsession_->getTargetTriple().getTriple();
+            }
+
             const DataLayout & data_layout() const { return data_layout_; }
 
             JITDylib &getMainJITDylib() { return MainJD; }
diff --git a/src/jit/Jit.cpp b/src/jit/Jit.cpp
index dafbd07e..f1e00828 100644
--- a/src/jit/Jit.cpp
+++ b/src/jit/Jit.cpp
@@ -89,10 +89,15 @@ namespace xo {
             ir_pipeline_ = new IrPipeline(llvm_cx_);
         } /*recreate_llvm_ir_pipeline*/
 
+        /** identifies target host/architecture for machine code.
+         *  e.g. "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
+         **/
         const std::string &
         Jit::target_triple() const {
             // although this getter is defined,  seems to be empty in practice
-            return llvm_module_->getTargetTriple();
+            //return llvm_module_->getTargetTriple();
+
+            return kal_jit_->target_triple();
         }
 
         std::vector<std::string>