diff --git a/src/StaticPHP/Runtime/Executor/UnixCMakeExecutor.php b/src/StaticPHP/Runtime/Executor/UnixCMakeExecutor.php
index 82fa468ae..9fc008408 100644
--- a/src/StaticPHP/Runtime/Executor/UnixCMakeExecutor.php
+++ b/src/StaticPHP/Runtime/Executor/UnixCMakeExecutor.php
@@ -302,9 +302,12 @@ private function makeCmakeToolchainFile(): string
 set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "{$include}")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "{$include}")
 CMAKE;
-        // Whoops, linux may need CMAKE_AR sometimes
+        // pin AR/RANLIB so cmake uses zig-ar/zig-ranlib instead of system /usr/bin/ranlib (zig archives need it)
         if (PHP_OS_FAMILY === 'Linux') {
-            $toolchain .= "\nSET(CMAKE_AR \"ar\")";
+            $ar = getenv('SPC_DEFAULT_AR') ?: getenv('AR') ?: 'ar';
+            $ranlib = getenv('SPC_DEFAULT_RANLIB') ?: (getenv('RANLIB') ?: 'ranlib');
+            $toolchain .= "\nSET(CMAKE_AR \"{$ar}\")";
+            $toolchain .= "\nSET(CMAKE_RANLIB \"{$ranlib}\")";
         }
         FileSystem::writeFile(SOURCE_PATH . '/toolchain.cmake', $toolchain);
         return $created = realpath(SOURCE_PATH . '/toolchain.cmake');
diff --git a/src/StaticPHP/Toolchain/ClangBrewToolchain.php b/src/StaticPHP/Toolchain/ClangBrewToolchain.php
index 5d8963ef4..232609548 100644
--- a/src/StaticPHP/Toolchain/ClangBrewToolchain.php
+++ b/src/StaticPHP/Toolchain/ClangBrewToolchain.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ public function initEnv(): void
         GlobalEnvManager::putenv("SPC_DEFAULT_CC={$homebrew_prefix}/opt/llvm/bin/clang");
         GlobalEnvManager::putenv("SPC_DEFAULT_CXX={$homebrew_prefix}/opt/llvm/bin/clang++");
         GlobalEnvManager::putenv("SPC_DEFAULT_AR={$homebrew_prefix}/opt/llvm/bin/llvm-ar");
+        GlobalEnvManager::putenv("SPC_DEFAULT_RANLIB={$homebrew_prefix}/opt/llvm/bin/llvm-ranlib");
         GlobalEnvManager::putenv('SPC_DEFAULT_LD=ld');
         GlobalEnvManager::addPathIfNotExists("{$homebrew_prefix}/opt/llvm/bin");
     }
diff --git a/src/StaticPHP/Toolchain/ClangNativeToolchain.php b/src/StaticPHP/Toolchain/ClangNativeToolchain.php
index 27ae2b65b..7602c3ed5 100644
--- a/src/StaticPHP/Toolchain/ClangNativeToolchain.php
+++ b/src/StaticPHP/Toolchain/ClangNativeToolchain.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ public function initEnv(): void
         GlobalEnvManager::putenv('SPC_DEFAULT_CC=clang');
         GlobalEnvManager::putenv('SPC_DEFAULT_CXX=clang++');
         GlobalEnvManager::putenv('SPC_DEFAULT_AR=ar');
+        GlobalEnvManager::putenv('SPC_DEFAULT_RANLIB=ranlib');
         GlobalEnvManager::putenv('SPC_DEFAULT_LD=ld');
     }
 
diff --git a/src/StaticPHP/Toolchain/GccNativeToolchain.php b/src/StaticPHP/Toolchain/GccNativeToolchain.php
index 7c339e69e..9aecb7e05 100644
--- a/src/StaticPHP/Toolchain/GccNativeToolchain.php
+++ b/src/StaticPHP/Toolchain/GccNativeToolchain.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ public function initEnv(): void
         GlobalEnvManager::putenv('SPC_DEFAULT_CC=gcc');
         GlobalEnvManager::putenv('SPC_DEFAULT_CXX=g++');
         GlobalEnvManager::putenv('SPC_DEFAULT_AR=ar');
+        GlobalEnvManager::putenv('SPC_DEFAULT_RANLIB=ranlib');
         GlobalEnvManager::putenv('SPC_DEFAULT_LD=ld');
     }
 
diff --git a/src/StaticPHP/Toolchain/ZigToolchain.php b/src/StaticPHP/Toolchain/ZigToolchain.php
index 36e42d040..f9048ad35 100644
--- a/src/StaticPHP/Toolchain/ZigToolchain.php
+++ b/src/StaticPHP/Toolchain/ZigToolchain.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ public function initEnv(): void
         GlobalEnvManager::putenv('SPC_DEFAULT_CC=zig-cc');
         GlobalEnvManager::putenv('SPC_DEFAULT_CXX=zig-c++');
         GlobalEnvManager::putenv('SPC_DEFAULT_AR=zig-ar');
+        GlobalEnvManager::putenv('SPC_DEFAULT_RANLIB=zig-ranlib');
         GlobalEnvManager::putenv('SPC_DEFAULT_LD=zig-ld.lld');
 
         // Generate additional objects needed for zig toolchain