diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f0ff2599d09b5..48fdc77961230 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 target
 Cargo.lock
 *~
+/style
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 978772867518d..982b9994480af 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ services:
 install:
   - if [ -z "$NO_ADD" ]; then rustup target add $TARGET; fi
 script:
-  - cargo build
-  - cargo build --no-default-features
+  - cargo build --target=$TARGET
+  - cargo build --no-default-features --target=$TARGET
   - cargo generate-lockfile --manifest-path libc-test/Cargo.toml
   - if [[ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME = "linux" ]]; then
       sh ci/run-docker.sh $TARGET;
diff --git a/src/unix/mod.rs b/src/unix/mod.rs
index cc2de9136f971..0d7933af382ed 100644
--- a/src/unix/mod.rs
+++ b/src/unix/mod.rs
@@ -229,13 +229,18 @@ cfg_if! {
         // cargo build, don't pull in anything extra as the libstd dep
         // already pulls in all libs.
     } else if #[cfg(any(all(target_env = "musl", not(target_arch = "mips"))))] {
-        #[link(name = "c", kind = "static", cfg(target_feature = "crt-static"))]
-        #[link(name = "c", cfg(not(target_feature = "crt-static")))]
+        #[cfg_attr(stdbuild,
+                   link(name = "c", kind = "static",
+                        cfg(target_feature = "crt-static")))]
+        #[cfg_attr(stdbuild,
+                   link(name = "c",
+                        cfg(not(target_feature = "crt-static"))))]
         extern {}
     } else if #[cfg(target_os = "emscripten")] {
         #[link(name = "c")]
         extern {}
-    } else if #[cfg(all(target_os = "netbsd", target_vendor = "rumprun"))] {
+    } else if #[cfg(all(stdbuild,
+                        target_os = "netbsd", target_vendor = "rumprun"))] {
         // Since we don't use -nodefaultlibs on Rumprun, libc is always pulled
         // in automatically by the linker. We avoid passing it explicitly, as it
         // causes some versions of binutils to crash with an assertion failure.
diff --git a/src/windows.rs b/src/windows.rs
index bdb0e02f1b5e3..0a74f1d57d292 100644
--- a/src/windows.rs
+++ b/src/windows.rs
@@ -160,8 +160,10 @@ pub const STRUNCATE: ::c_int = 80;
 
 // inline comment below appeases style checker
 #[cfg(all(target_env = "msvc", feature = "stdbuild"))] // " if "
-#[link(name = "msvcrt", cfg(not(target_feature = "crt-static")))]
-#[link(name = "libcmt", cfg(target_feature = "crt-static"))]
+#[cfg_attr(stdbuild,
+           link(name = "msvcrt", cfg(not(target_feature = "crt-static"))))]
+#[cfg_attr(stdbuild,
+           link(name = "libcmt", cfg(target_feature = "crt-static")))]
 extern {}
 
 extern {