diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 31280c0..78634e6 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ in rec {
       '';
     };
 
-    vendorHash = "sha256-R+8uCjWnWCDG7WLuSnjKnVfZwYSbjKqMPqJfMnnj6G0=";
+    vendorHash = "sha256-xAm2DqgXpZEErjASSZQoEH9GPwFbBh4h2cY4FWzPVZM=";
 
     subPackages = [
       "./cmd/entrypoint"
@@ -118,41 +118,9 @@ in rec {
     '';
   };
 
-  appimagetool = pkgs.callPackage ./nix/appimagetool.nix {};
-
-  appImage = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    name = "isle-AppImage";
-    src = appDir;
-
-    nativeBuildInputs = [
-      appimagetool
-    ];
-
-    ARCH = pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.name;
-
-    builder = builtins.toFile "build.sh" ''
-      source $stdenv/setup
-      cp -rL "$src" isle.AppDir
-      chmod +w isle.AppDir -R
-
-      export VERSION=debug
-
-      # https://github.com/probonopd/go-appimage/issues/155
-      unset SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
-
-      appimagetool ./isle.AppDir
-      mv Isle-* "$out"
-    '';
-  };
-
-  appImageBin = pkgs.runCommand "isle-AppImage-bin" {} ''
-    mkdir -p "$out"/bin
-    cp ${appImage} "$out"/bin/isle
-  '';
-
   tests = pkgs.writeScript "isle-tests" ''
     export PATH=${pkgs.lib.makeBinPath [
-      appImageBin
+      build.appImage
       pkgs.busybox
       pkgs.yq-go
       pkgs.jq
@@ -181,4 +149,37 @@ in rec {
       pkgs.go
     ];
   };
+
+  build = rec {
+    appImage = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+      name = "isle-AppImage";
+      src = appDir;
+
+      nativeBuildInputs = [
+        (pkgsNative.callPackage ./nix/appimagetool.nix {})
+      ];
+
+      ARCH = pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.name;
+
+      builder = builtins.toFile "build.sh" ''
+        source $stdenv/setup
+        cp -rL "$src" isle.AppDir
+        chmod +w isle.AppDir -R
+
+        export VERSION=debug
+
+        # https://github.com/probonopd/go-appimage/issues/155
+        unset SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
+
+        appimagetool ./isle.AppDir
+        mkdir -p "$out"/bin
+        mv Isle-* "$out"/bin/isle
+      '';
+    };
+
+    archPkg = ((import ./dist/linux/arch) {
+      inherit hostSystem releaseName appImage;
+      pkgs = pkgsNative;
+    });
+  };
 }
diff --git a/dist/linux/arch/default.nix b/dist/linux/arch/default.nix
index 47e8d2f..fb44ef1 100644
--- a/dist/linux/arch/default.nix
+++ b/dist/linux/arch/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   pkgs,
-  buildSystem,
   hostSystem,
   releaseName,
   appImage,
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ in
       cp $pkgbuild PKGBUILD
 
       tar -cf src.tar.zst --zstd --mode=a+rX,u+w -C root .
-      cp "$src" isle
+      cp "$src"/bin/isle isle
 
       PKGEXT=".pkg.tar.zst" CARCH="${cpuArch}" makepkg \
         --nodeps \
diff --git a/docs/dev/building.md b/docs/dev/building.md
index f3cd71c..895745e 100644
--- a/docs/dev/building.md
+++ b/docs/dev/building.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ You can build an AppImage for your current system by running the following from
 the project's root:
 
 ```
-nix-build -A appImageBin
+nix-build -A build.appImage
 ```
 
 The resulting binary can be found under `result/bin`.
@@ -28,7 +28,20 @@ The resulting binary can be found under `result/bin`.
 An AppImage can be cross-compiled by passing the `hostSystem` argument:
 
 ```
-nix-build --argstr hostSystem "x86_64-linux" -A appImageBin
+nix-build --argstr hostSystem "x86_64-linux" -A build.appImage
 ```
 
 Supported system strings are enumerated in `nix/pkgs.nix`.
+
+## Alternative Build Targets
+
+Besides AppImage, Isle supports building alternative package types which are
+targetted at different specific operating systems. Each of these has its own
+`build.*` target.
+
+* AppImage (all OSs): `nix-build -A build.appImage`
+* Arch Linux package: `nix-build -A build.archPkg`
+
+All targets theoretically support passing in a `hostSystem` argument to
+cross-compile to a different architecture or OS, but some targets may not make
+sense with some `hostSystem` values.
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 79bfa43..93a9c87 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# TODO this is currently broken, garage is using builtins.currentSystem for some
+# reason.
 {
   description = "isle provides the foundation for an autonomous community cloud infrastructure";
 
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@
       };
 
     in
-      defaultAttrs.appImage
+      defaultAttrs.build.appImage
     );
 
     pkgsForBuildSystem = (buildSystem: {
diff --git a/release.nix b/release.nix
index 1ee9c07..172f33d 100644
--- a/release.nix
+++ b/release.nix
@@ -12,24 +12,22 @@
 
   mkRelease = hostSystem: let
 
-    appImage = ((import ./default.nix) {
+    build = ((import ./default.nix) {
       inherit buildSystem hostSystem releaseName revision;
-    }).appImage;
-
-    archPkg = ((import ./dist/linux/arch) {
-      inherit pkgs buildSystem hostSystem releaseName appImage;
-    });
+    }).build;
 
   in pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
     name = "isle-release-${hostSystem}";
     inherit releaseName hostSystem;
-    inherit appImage archPkg;
+
+    appImage = build.appImage;
+    archPkg = build.archPkg;
 
     builder = builtins.toFile "build.sh" ''
       source $stdenv/setup
 
       mkdir -p "$out"/
-      cp "$appImage" "$out"/isle-$releaseName-$hostSystem.AppImage
+      cp "$appImage"/bin/isle "$out"/isle-$releaseName-$hostSystem.AppImage
       cp "$archPkg"/*.tar.zst "$out"/isle-$releaseName-$hostSystem.pkg.tar.zst
     '';
   };