diff --git a/src/frontend/cxx/frontend.cc b/src/frontend/cxx/frontend.cc
index 0c258139..ea0b0ec5 100644
--- a/src/frontend/cxx/frontend.cc
+++ b/src/frontend/cxx/frontend.cc
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <cxx/gcc_linux_toolchain.h>
 #include <cxx/lexer.h>
 #include <cxx/macos_toolchain.h>
+#include <cxx/memory_layout.h>
 #include <cxx/preprocessor.h>
 #include <cxx/private/path.h>
 #include <cxx/scope.h>
@@ -43,7 +44,12 @@
 #include <cxx/mlir/cxx_dialect.h>
 #include <cxx/mlir/cxx_dialect_conversions.h>
 #include <llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h>
+#include <llvm/IR/LegacyPassManager.h>
 #include <llvm/IR/Module.h>
+#include <llvm/MC/TargetRegistry.h>
+#include <llvm/Pass.h>
+#include <llvm/Support/TargetSelect.h>
+#include <llvm/Target/TargetMachine.h>
 #endif
 
 #include <format>
@@ -81,6 +87,10 @@ struct Frontend::Private {
     return cli.opt_emit_ir || cli.opt_emit_llvm || cli.opt_S || cli.opt_c;
   }
 
+  [[nodiscard]] auto needsLLVMIR() const -> bool {
+    return cli.opt_emit_llvm || cli.opt_S || cli.opt_c;
+  }
+
   void prepare();
   void preparePreprocessor();
   void preprocess();
@@ -94,6 +104,8 @@ struct Frontend::Private {
   void generateIR();
   void emitIR();
   void emitLLVMIR();
+  void emitCode();
+  void emitObjectFile();
   void printPreprocessedText();
   void dumpMacros(std::ostream& out);
 
@@ -109,7 +121,7 @@ struct Frontend::Private {
 #ifdef CXX_WITH_MLIR
   void withRawOutputStream(
       const std::optional<std::string>& extension,
-      const std::function<void(llvm::raw_ostream&)>& action);
+      const std::function<void(llvm::raw_pwrite_stream&)>& action);
 #endif
 };
 
@@ -169,6 +181,7 @@ Frontend::Private::Private(Frontend& frontend, const CLI& cli,
   actions_.emplace_back([this]() { generateIR(); });
   actions_.emplace_back([this]() { emitIR(); });
   actions_.emplace_back([this]() { emitLLVMIR(); });
+  actions_.emplace_back([this]() { emitCode(); });
 }
 
 Frontend::Private::~Private() {}
@@ -196,7 +209,7 @@ void Frontend::Private::withOutputStream(
 #ifdef CXX_WITH_MLIR
 void Frontend::Private::withRawOutputStream(
     const std::optional<std::string>& extension,
-    const std::function<void(llvm::raw_ostream&)>& action) {
+    const std::function<void(llvm::raw_pwrite_stream&)>& action) {
   auto explicitOutput = cli.getSingle("-o");
 
   if (explicitOutput == "-" || (!explicitOutput.has_value() &&
@@ -507,7 +520,7 @@ void Frontend::Private::emitIR() {
 }
 
 void Frontend::Private::emitLLVMIR() {
-  if (!cli.opt_emit_llvm) return;
+  if (!needsLLVMIR()) return;
 
 #ifdef CXX_WITH_MLIR
   if (!module_) return;
@@ -522,9 +535,76 @@ void Frontend::Private::emitLLVMIR() {
     return;
   }
 
+  if (!cli.opt_emit_llvm) return;
+
   shouldExit_ = true;
+
   withRawOutputStream(
       ".ll", [&](llvm::raw_ostream& out) { llvmModule_->print(out, nullptr); });
+
+#endif
+}
+
+void Frontend::Private::emitCode() {
+  if (!cli.opt_S && !cli.opt_c) return;
+#ifdef CXX_WITH_MLIR
+  llvm::InitializeAllAsmPrinters();
+
+  auto triple = toolchain_->memoryLayout()->triple();
+
+  std::string error;
+  auto target = llvm::TargetRegistry::lookupTarget(triple, error);
+
+  if (!target) {
+    std::cerr << std::format("cxx: cannot find target for triple '{}': {}\n",
+                             triple, error);
+    shouldExit_ = true;
+    exitStatus_ = EXIT_FAILURE;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  llvm::TargetOptions opt;
+
+  auto RM = std::optional<llvm::Reloc::Model>();
+
+  auto targetMachine =
+      target->createTargetMachine(triple, "generic", "", opt, RM);
+
+  if (!targetMachine) {
+    std::cerr << std::format("cxx: cannot create target machine for '{}': {}\n",
+                             triple, error);
+    shouldExit_ = true;
+    exitStatus_ = EXIT_FAILURE;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  std::string extension;
+  if (cli.opt_S) {
+    extension = ".s";
+  } else if (cli.opt_c) {
+    extension = ".o";
+  }
+
+  withRawOutputStream(extension, [&](llvm::raw_pwrite_stream& out) {
+    llvm::legacy::PassManager pm;
+
+    llvm::CodeGenFileType fileType;
+    if (cli.opt_S) {
+      fileType = llvm::CodeGenFileType::AssemblyFile;
+    } else {
+      fileType = llvm::CodeGenFileType::ObjectFile;
+    }
+
+    if (targetMachine->addPassesToEmitFile(pm, out, nullptr, fileType)) {
+      std::cerr << "cxx: target machine cannot emit assembly\n";
+      shouldExit_ = true;
+      exitStatus_ = EXIT_FAILURE;
+      return;
+    }
+
+    pm.run(*llvmModule_);
+    out.flush();
+  });
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/CMakeLists.txt b/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/CMakeLists.txt
index 37a59f12..2a79fcfd 100644
--- a/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,9 +37,14 @@ target_link_libraries(cxx-mlir PUBLIC
     MLIRLLVMToLLVMIRTranslation
     MLIRPass
     MLIRTargetLLVMIRExport
+    MLIRTargetLLVMIRImport
     MLIRTransforms
 )
 
+if (EMSCRIPTEN)
+    target_link_libraries(cxx-mlir PUBLIC LLVMWebAssemblyCodeGen)
+endif()
+
 target_compile_definitions(cxx-mlir PUBLIC CXX_WITH_MLIR)
 
 add_dependencies(cxx-mlir MLIRCxxOpsIncGen)
diff --git a/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/CxxOps.td b/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/CxxOps.td
index 27a311ce..bf704d59 100644
--- a/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/CxxOps.td
+++ b/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/CxxOps.td
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def Cxx_Dialect : Dialect {
   let name = "cxx";
   let cppNamespace = "mlir::cxx";
   let useDefaultTypePrinterParser = 1;
-  let dependentDialects = ["mlir::cf::ControlFlowDialect" ];
+  let dependentDialects = ["mlir::cf::ControlFlowDialect", "mlir::DLTIDialect", "mlir::LLVM::LLVMDialect"];
 }
 
 class Cxx_Type<string name, string typeMnemonic, list<Trait> traits = []>
@@ -405,4 +405,4 @@ def Cxx_TodoStmtOp : Cxx_Op<"todo.stmt"> {
   let arguments = (ins StringProp:$message);
   let results = (outs);
   let assemblyFormat = "$message attr-dict";
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/codegen_units.cc b/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/codegen_units.cc
index 0a55ab3d..06955445 100644
--- a/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/codegen_units.cc
+++ b/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/codegen_units.cc
@@ -23,8 +23,21 @@
 // cxx
 #include <cxx/ast.h>
 #include <cxx/ast_visitor.h>
+#include <cxx/control.h>
+#include <cxx/memory_layout.h>
 #include <cxx/translation_unit.h>
 
+// mlir
+#include <llvm/IR/DataLayout.h>
+#include <llvm/MC/TargetRegistry.h>
+#include <llvm/Support/Error.h>
+#include <llvm/Support/TargetSelect.h>
+#include <llvm/Target/TargetMachine.h>
+#include <mlir/Dialect/DLTI/DLTI.h>
+#include <mlir/Target/LLVMIR/Import.h>
+
+#include <format>
+
 namespace cxx {
 
 namespace {
@@ -57,11 +70,44 @@ auto Codegen::operator()(UnitAST* ast) -> UnitResult {
 }
 
 auto Codegen::UnitVisitor::operator()(TranslationUnitAST* ast) -> UnitResult {
+  llvm::InitializeAllTargetInfos();
+  llvm::InitializeAllTargets();
+  llvm::InitializeAllTargetMCs();
+
   auto loc = gen.builder_.getUnknownLoc();
   auto name = gen.unit_->fileName();
   auto module = gen.builder_.create<mlir::ModuleOp>(loc, name);
   gen.builder_.setInsertionPointToStart(module.getBody());
 
+  auto memoryLayout = gen.control()->memoryLayout();
+
+  auto triple = gen.control()->memoryLayout()->triple();
+
+  std::string error;
+  auto target = llvm::TargetRegistry::lookupTarget(triple, error);
+
+  if (!target) {
+    cxx_runtime_error(std::format("failed to find target for triple '{}': {}",
+                                  triple, error));
+  }
+
+  llvm::TargetOptions opt;
+
+  auto RM = std::optional<llvm::Reloc::Model>();
+
+  auto targetMachine =
+      target->createTargetMachine(triple, "generic", "", opt, RM);
+
+  auto llvmDataLayout = targetMachine->createDataLayout();
+
+  auto dataLayout =
+      mlir::translateDataLayout(llvmDataLayout, module->getContext());
+
+  module->setAttr(mlir::DLTIDialect::kDataLayoutAttrName, dataLayout);
+
+  module->setAttr("cxx.triple", mlir::StringAttr::get(module->getContext(),
+                                                      memoryLayout->triple()));
+
   std::swap(gen.module_, module);
 
   ForEachExternalDefinition forEachExternalDefinition;
diff --git a/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/cxx_dialect.cc b/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/cxx_dialect.cc
index 899ae6e8..e0b4b026 100644
--- a/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/cxx_dialect.cc
+++ b/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/cxx_dialect.cc
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
 // mlir
 #include <llvm/ADT/TypeSwitch.h>
 #include <mlir/Dialect/ControlFlow/IR/ControlFlowOps.h>
+#include <mlir/Dialect/DLTI/DLTI.h>
 #include <mlir/Dialect/Func/IR/FuncOps.h>
+#include <mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMDialect.h>
 #include <mlir/Dialect/SCF/IR/SCF.h>
 #include <mlir/IR/Builders.h>
 #include <mlir/IR/DialectImplementation.h>
diff --git a/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/cxx_dialect_conversions.cc b/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/cxx_dialect_conversions.cc
index 0c9b8a52..b34b71c0 100644
--- a/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/cxx_dialect_conversions.cc
+++ b/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/cxx_dialect_conversions.cc
@@ -24,10 +24,13 @@
 #include <cxx/mlir/cxx_dialect.h>
 
 // mlir
+#include <llvm/IR/DataLayout.h>
 #include <llvm/IR/Module.h>
+#include <llvm/Support/Error.h>
 #include <mlir/Conversion/ControlFlowToLLVM/ControlFlowToLLVM.h>
 #include <mlir/Conversion/LLVMCommon/TypeConverter.h>
 #include <mlir/Dialect/ControlFlow/IR/ControlFlowOps.h>
+#include <mlir/Dialect/DLTI/DLTI.h>
 #include <mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMDialect.h>
 #include <mlir/Pass/Pass.h>
 #include <mlir/Pass/PassManager.h>
@@ -1085,6 +1088,7 @@ class CxxToLLVMLoweringPass
   auto getArgument() const -> StringRef override { return "cxx-to-llvm"; }
 
   void getDependentDialects(DialectRegistry &registry) const override {
+    registry.insert<DLTIDialect>();
     registry.insert<LLVM::LLVMDialect>();
   }
 
@@ -1097,9 +1101,6 @@ void CxxToLLVMLoweringPass::runOnOperation() {
   auto context = &getContext();
   auto module = getOperation();
 
-  // set up the data layout
-  DataLayout dataLayout(module);
-
   // set up the type converter
   LLVMTypeConverter typeConverter{context};
 
diff --git a/src/parser/cxx/gcc_linux_toolchain.cc b/src/parser/cxx/gcc_linux_toolchain.cc
index 6c472da3..822d25cc 100644
--- a/src/parser/cxx/gcc_linux_toolchain.cc
+++ b/src/parser/cxx/gcc_linux_toolchain.cc
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ GCCLinuxToolchain::GCCLinuxToolchain(Preprocessor* preprocessor,
     : Toolchain(preprocessor), arch_(std::move(arch)) {
   if (arch_ == "aarch64") {
     memoryLayout()->setSizeOfLongDouble(8);
+    memoryLayout()->setTriple("aarch64-linux");
   } else if (arch_ == "x86_64") {
     memoryLayout()->setSizeOfLongDouble(16);
+    memoryLayout()->setTriple("x86_64-linux");
   } else {
     cxx_runtime_error(std::format("Unsupported architecture: {}", arch_));
   }
diff --git a/src/parser/cxx/macos_toolchain.cc b/src/parser/cxx/macos_toolchain.cc
index e1e8d1a9..f3f7bdc2 100644
--- a/src/parser/cxx/macos_toolchain.cc
+++ b/src/parser/cxx/macos_toolchain.cc
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ MacOSToolchain::MacOSToolchain(Preprocessor* preprocessor, std::string arch)
 
   if (arch_ == "aarch64") {
     memoryLayout()->setSizeOfLongDouble(8);
+    memoryLayout()->setTriple("aarch64-darwin");
   } else if (arch_ == "x86_64") {
     memoryLayout()->setSizeOfLongDouble(16);
+    memoryLayout()->setTriple("x86_64-apple-darwin24.6.0");
   } else {
     cxx_runtime_error(std::format("Unsupported architecture: {}", arch_));
   }
diff --git a/src/parser/cxx/memory_layout.cc b/src/parser/cxx/memory_layout.cc
index 9417372b..6f32854e 100644
--- a/src/parser/cxx/memory_layout.cc
+++ b/src/parser/cxx/memory_layout.cc
@@ -326,4 +326,10 @@ auto MemoryLayout::alignmentOf(const Type* type) const
   return visit(AlignmentOf{*this}, type);
 }
 
+auto MemoryLayout::triple() const -> const std::string& { return triple_; }
+
+void MemoryLayout::setTriple(std::string triple) {
+  triple_ = std::move(triple);
+}
+
 }  // namespace cxx
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/parser/cxx/memory_layout.h b/src/parser/cxx/memory_layout.h
index 9d53639d..78813258 100644
--- a/src/parser/cxx/memory_layout.h
+++ b/src/parser/cxx/memory_layout.h
@@ -50,12 +50,16 @@ class MemoryLayout {
   [[nodiscard]] auto alignmentOf(const Type* type) const
       -> std::optional<std::size_t>;
 
+  [[nodiscard]] auto triple() const -> const std::string&;
+  void setTriple(std::string triple);
+
  private:
   std::size_t bits_ = 0;
   std::size_t sizeOfPointer_ = 0;
   std::size_t sizeOfLong_ = 0;
   std::size_t sizeOfLongLong_ = 0;
   std::size_t sizeOfLongDouble_ = 0;
+  std::string triple_;
 };
 
 #undef DECLARE_METHOD
diff --git a/src/parser/cxx/wasm32_wasi_toolchain.cc b/src/parser/cxx/wasm32_wasi_toolchain.cc
index 654d3176..e7f7cc74 100644
--- a/src/parser/cxx/wasm32_wasi_toolchain.cc
+++ b/src/parser/cxx/wasm32_wasi_toolchain.cc
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Wasm32WasiToolchain::Wasm32WasiToolchain(Preprocessor* preprocessor)
   setMemoryLayout(std::make_unique<MemoryLayout>(32));
   memoryLayout()->setSizeOfLongDouble(16);
   memoryLayout()->setSizeOfLongLong(8);
+  memoryLayout()->setTriple("wasm32");
 }
 
 auto Wasm32WasiToolchain::appdir() const -> const std::string& {
diff --git a/src/parser/cxx/windows_toolchain.cc b/src/parser/cxx/windows_toolchain.cc
index 723f8b8a..29042570 100644
--- a/src/parser/cxx/windows_toolchain.cc
+++ b/src/parser/cxx/windows_toolchain.cc
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ WindowsToolchain::WindowsToolchain(Preprocessor *preprocessor,
   memoryLayout()->setSizeOfLongLong(8);
   memoryLayout()->setSizeOfLongDouble(8);
   memoryLayout()->setSizeOfPointer(8);
+
+  if (arch_ == "aarch64") {
+    memoryLayout()->setTriple("aarch64-windows");
+  } else if (arch_ == "x86_64") {
+    memoryLayout()->setTriple("x86_64-windows");
+  } else {
+    cxx_runtime_error(std::format("Unsupported architecture: {}", arch_));
+  }
 }
 
 void WindowsToolchain::setVctoolsdir(std::string path) {