diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d b/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d
index bca6114..0f4fb32 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d
@@ -152,15 +152,20 @@
 			build_platform.compilerVersion = ver;
 		}
 
-		// Hack: see #1059
-		// When compiling with --arch=x86_mscoff build_platform.architecture is equal to ["x86"] and canFind below is false.
-		// This hack prevents unnesessary warning 'Failed to apply the selected architecture x86_mscoff. Got ["x86"]'.
-		// And also makes "x86_mscoff" available as a platform specifier in the package recipe
-		if (arch_override == "x86_mscoff")
-			build_platform.architecture ~= arch_override;
-		if (arch_override.length && !build_platform.architecture.canFind(arch_override)) {
-			logWarn(`Failed to apply the selected architecture %s. Got %s.`,
-				arch_override, build_platform.architecture);
+		// Skip the following check for LDC, emitting a warning if the specified `-arch`
+		// cmdline option does not lead to the same string being found among
+		// `build_platform.architecture`, as it's brittle and doesn't work with triples.
+		if (build_platform.compiler != "ldc") {
+			// Hack: see #1059
+			// When compiling with --arch=x86_mscoff build_platform.architecture is equal to ["x86"] and canFind below is false.
+			// This hack prevents unnesessary warning 'Failed to apply the selected architecture x86_mscoff. Got ["x86"]'.
+			// And also makes "x86_mscoff" available as a platform specifier in the package recipe
+			if (arch_override == "x86_mscoff")
+				build_platform.architecture ~= arch_override;
+			if (arch_override.length && !build_platform.architecture.canFind(arch_override)) {
+				logWarn(`Failed to apply the selected architecture %s. Got %s.`,
+					arch_override, build_platform.architecture);
+			}
 		}
 
 		return build_platform;
diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d b/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d
index fd5b73f..70df37e 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
 			case TargetType.dynamicLibrary:
 				if (platform.platform.canFind("windows"))
 					return settings.targetName ~ ".dll";
-				else if (platform.platform.canFind("osx"))
+				else if (platform.platform.canFind("darwin"))
 					return "lib" ~ settings.targetName ~ ".dylib";
 				else return "lib" ~ settings.targetName ~ ".so";
 			case TargetType.object:
diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/gdc.d b/source/dub/compilers/gdc.d
index 71f4257..ea2a596 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/gdc.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/gdc.d
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 			case TargetType.dynamicLibrary:
 				if (platform.platform.canFind("windows"))
 					return settings.targetName ~ ".dll";
-				else if (platform.platform.canFind("osx"))
+				else if (platform.platform.canFind("darwin"))
 					return "lib" ~ settings.targetName ~ ".dylib";
 				else return "lib" ~ settings.targetName ~ ".so";
 			case TargetType.object:
diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/ldc.d b/source/dub/compilers/ldc.d
index da0cdff..02559c4 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/ldc.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/ldc.d
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 			case TargetType.dynamicLibrary:
 				if (p.canFind("windows"))
 					return settings.targetName ~ ".dll";
-				else if (p.canFind("osx"))
+				else if (p.canFind("darwin"))
 					return "lib" ~ settings.targetName ~ ".dylib";
 				else return "lib" ~ settings.targetName ~ ".so";
 			case TargetType.object:
@@ -269,6 +269,9 @@
 
 	private static bool isLinkerDFlag(string arg)
 	{
+		if (arg.length > 2 && arg.startsWith("--"))
+			arg = arg[1 .. $]; // normalize to 1 leading hyphen
+
 		switch (arg) {
 			case "-g", "-gc", "-m32", "-m64", "-shared", "-lib",
 			     "-betterC", "-disable-linker-strip-dead", "-static":
diff --git a/source/dub/platform.d b/source/dub/platform.d
index 10352d2..d908438 100644
--- a/source/dub/platform.d
+++ b/source/dub/platform.d
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@
 	version(Windows) ret ~= "windows";
 	version(linux) ret ~= "linux";
 	version(Posix) ret ~= "posix";
-	version(OSX) ret ~= "osx";
+	version(OSX) ret ~= ["osx", "darwin"];
+	version(iOS) ret ~= ["ios", "darwin"];
+	version(TVOS) ret ~= ["tvos", "darwin"];
+	version(WatchOS) ret ~= ["watchos", "darwin"];
 	version(FreeBSD) ret ~= "freebsd";
 	version(OpenBSD) ret ~= "openbsd";
 	version(NetBSD) ret ~= "netbsd";