diff --git a/crates/cargo-gpu/src/install.rs b/crates/cargo-gpu/src/install.rs
index 50a34e0..d7a6894 100644
--- a/crates/cargo-gpu/src/install.rs
+++ b/crates/cargo-gpu/src/install.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 //! Install a dedicated per-shader crate that has the `rust-gpu` compiler in it.
 
-use crate::legacy_target_specs::write_legacy_target_specs;
 use crate::spirv_source::{
     get_channel_from_rustc_codegen_spirv_build_script, query_metadata, FindPackage as _,
 };
+use crate::target_specs::update_target_specs_files;
 use crate::{cache_dir, spirv_source::SpirvSource};
 use anyhow::Context as _;
-use cargo_metadata::Metadata;
 use spirv_builder::SpirvBuilder;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
@@ -196,83 +195,6 @@ package = "rustc_codegen_spirv"
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    /// Copy spec files from one dir to another, assuming no subdirectories
-    fn copy_spec_files(src: &Path, dst: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        std::fs::create_dir_all(dst)?;
-        let dir = std::fs::read_dir(src)?;
-        for dir_entry in dir {
-            let file = dir_entry?;
-            let file_path = file.path();
-            if file_path.is_file() {
-                std::fs::copy(file_path, dst.join(file.file_name()))?;
-            }
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    /// Add the target spec files to the crate.
-    fn update_spec_files(
-        source: &SpirvSource,
-        install_dir: &Path,
-        dummy_metadata: &Metadata,
-        skip_rebuild: bool,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<PathBuf> {
-        let mut target_specs_dst = install_dir.join("target-specs");
-        if !skip_rebuild {
-            if let Ok(target_specs) =
-                dummy_metadata.find_package("rustc_codegen_spirv-target-specs")
-            {
-                log::info!(
-                    "target-specs: found crate `rustc_codegen_spirv-target-specs` with manifest at `{}`", 
-                    target_specs.manifest_path
-                );
-
-                let target_specs_src = target_specs
-                    .manifest_path
-                    .as_std_path()
-                    .parent()
-                    .and_then(|root| {
-                        let src = root.join("target-specs");
-                        src.is_dir().then_some(src)
-                    })
-                    .context("Could not find `target-specs` directory within `rustc_codegen_spirv-target-specs` dependency")?;
-                if source.is_path() {
-                    // skip copy
-                    log::info!(
-                        "target-specs: source is local path, use target-specs from `{}`",
-                        target_specs_src.display()
-                    );
-                    target_specs_dst = target_specs_src;
-                } else {
-                    // copy over the target-specs
-                    log::info!(
-                        "target-specs: Copy target specs from `{}`",
-                        target_specs_src.display()
-                    );
-                    Self::copy_spec_files(&target_specs_src, &target_specs_dst)
-                        .context("copying target-specs json files")?;
-                }
-            } else {
-                // use legacy target specs bundled with cargo gpu
-                if source.is_path() {
-                    // This is a stupid situation:
-                    // * We can't be certain that there are `target-specs` in the local checkout (there may be some in `spirv-builder`)
-                    // * We can't dump our legacy ones into the `install_dir`, as that would modify the local rust-gpu checkout
-                    // -> do what the old cargo gpu did, one global dir for all target specs
-                    // and hope parallel runs don't shred each other
-                    target_specs_dst = cache_dir()?.join("legacy-target-specs-for-local-checkout");
-                }
-                log::info!(
-                    "target-specs: Writing legacy target specs to `{}`",
-                    target_specs_dst.display()
-                );
-                write_legacy_target_specs(&target_specs_dst)?;
-            }
-        }
-
-        Ok(target_specs_dst)
-    }
-
     /// Install the binary pair and return the [`InstalledBackend`], from which you can create [`SpirvBuilder`] instances.
     ///
     /// # Errors
@@ -338,9 +260,8 @@ package = "rustc_codegen_spirv"
         log::info!("selected toolchain channel `{toolchain_channel:?}`");
 
         log::debug!("update_spec_files");
-        let target_spec_dir =
-            Self::update_spec_files(&source, &install_dir, &dummy_metadata, skip_rebuild)
-                .context("writing target spec files")?;
+        let target_spec_dir = update_target_specs_files(&source, &dummy_metadata, !skip_rebuild)
+            .context("writing target spec files")?;
 
         if !skip_rebuild {
             log::debug!("ensure_toolchain_and_components_exist");
diff --git a/crates/cargo-gpu/src/legacy_target_specs.rs b/crates/cargo-gpu/src/legacy_target_specs.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 796b0e3..0000000
--- a/crates/cargo-gpu/src/legacy_target_specs.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-//! Legacy target specs are spec jsons for versions before `rustc_codegen_spirv-target-specs`
-//! came bundled with them. Instead, cargo gpu needs to bundle these legacy spec files. Luckily,
-//! they are the same for all versions, as bundling target specs with the codegen backend was
-//! introduced before the first target spec update.
-
-use anyhow::Context as _;
-use std::path::Path;
-
-/// Extract legacy target specs from our executable into some directory
-pub fn write_legacy_target_specs(target_spec_dir: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    std::fs::create_dir_all(target_spec_dir)?;
-    for (filename, contents) in legacy_target_specs::TARGET_SPECS {
-        let path = target_spec_dir.join(filename);
-        std::fs::write(&path, contents.as_bytes())
-            .with_context(|| format!("writing legacy target spec file at [{}]", path.display()))?;
-    }
-    Ok(())
-}
diff --git a/crates/cargo-gpu/src/lib.rs b/crates/cargo-gpu/src/lib.rs
index b3adabf..323743b 100644
--- a/crates/cargo-gpu/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/cargo-gpu/src/lib.rs
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ mod config;
 mod dump_usage;
 mod install;
 mod install_toolchain;
-mod legacy_target_specs;
 mod linkage;
 mod lockfile;
 mod metadata;
 mod show;
 mod spirv_source;
+mod target_specs;
 mod test;
 
 pub use install::*;
diff --git a/crates/cargo-gpu/src/show.rs b/crates/cargo-gpu/src/show.rs
index 265b126..b7eb19b 100644
--- a/crates/cargo-gpu/src/show.rs
+++ b/crates/cargo-gpu/src/show.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 //! Display various information about `cargo gpu`, eg its cache directory.
 
 use crate::cache_dir;
+use crate::spirv_source::{query_metadata, SpirvSource};
+use crate::target_specs::update_target_specs_files;
+use anyhow::bail;
+use std::fs;
+use std::path::Path;
 
 /// Show the computed source of the spirv-std dependency.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, clap::Parser)]
@@ -21,6 +26,9 @@ pub enum Info {
     Commitsh,
     /// All the available SPIR-V capabilities that can be set with `--capabilities`
     Capabilities,
+
+    /// All available SPIR-V targets
+    Targets(SpirvSourceDep),
 }
 
 /// `cargo gpu show`
@@ -46,8 +54,7 @@ impl Show {
                 println!("{}\n", cache_dir()?.display());
             }
             Info::SpirvSource(SpirvSourceDep { shader_crate }) => {
-                let rust_gpu_source =
-                    crate::spirv_source::SpirvSource::get_rust_gpu_deps_from_shader(shader_crate)?;
+                let rust_gpu_source = SpirvSource::get_rust_gpu_deps_from_shader(shader_crate)?;
                 println!("{rust_gpu_source}\n");
             }
             Info::Commitsh => {
@@ -63,6 +70,13 @@ impl Show {
                     println!("  {capability:?}");
                 }
             }
+            Info::Targets(SpirvSourceDep { shader_crate }) => {
+                let (source, targets) = Self::available_spirv_targets_iter(shader_crate)?;
+                println!("All available targets for rust-gpu version '{source}':");
+                for target in targets {
+                    println!("{target}");
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         Ok(())
@@ -76,4 +90,32 @@ impl Show {
         let last_capability = spirv_builder::Capability::CacheControlsINTEL as u32;
         (0..=last_capability).filter_map(spirv_builder::Capability::from_u32)
     }
+
+    /// List all available spirv targets, note: the targets from compile time of cargo-gpu and those
+    /// in the cache-directory will be picked up.
+    fn available_spirv_targets_iter(
+        shader_crate: &Path,
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<(SpirvSource, impl Iterator<Item = String>)> {
+        let source = SpirvSource::new(shader_crate, None, None)?;
+        let install_dir = source.install_dir()?;
+        if !install_dir.is_dir() {
+            bail!("rust-gpu version {} is not installed", source);
+        }
+        let dummy_metadata = query_metadata(&install_dir)?;
+        let target_specs_dir = update_target_specs_files(&source, &dummy_metadata, false)?;
+
+        let mut targets = fs::read_dir(target_specs_dir)?
+            .filter_map(|entry| {
+                let file = entry.ok()?;
+                if file.path().is_file() {
+                    if let Some(target) = file.file_name().to_string_lossy().strip_suffix(".json") {
+                        return Some(target.to_owned());
+                    }
+                }
+                None
+            })
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        targets.sort();
+        Ok((source, targets.into_iter()))
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/cargo-gpu/src/target_specs.rs b/crates/cargo-gpu/src/target_specs.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00deeef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/cargo-gpu/src/target_specs.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+//! This module deals with target specs, which are json metadata files that need to be passed to
+//! rustc to add foreign targets such as `spirv_unknown_vulkan1.2`.
+//!
+//! There are 4 version ranges of `rustc_codegen_spirv` and they all need different handling of
+//! their target specs:
+//! * "ancient" versions such as 0.9.0 or earlier do not need target specs, just passing the target
+//!   string (`spirv-unknown-vulkan1.2`) directly is sufficient. We still prep target-specs for them
+//!   like the "legacy" variant below, spirv-builder
+//!   [will just ignore it](https://github.com/Rust-GPU/rust-gpu/blob/369122e1703c0c32d3d46f46fa11ccf12667af03/crates/spirv-builder/src/lib.rs#L987)
+//! * "legacy" versions require target specs to compile, which is a requirement introduced by some
+//!   rustc version. Back then it was decided that cargo gpu would ship them, as they'd probably
+//!   never change, right? So now we're stuck with having to ship these "legacy" target specs with
+//!   cargo gpu *forever*. These are the symbol `legacy_target_specs::TARGET_SPECS`, with
+//!   `legacy_target_specs` being a **fixed** version of `rustc_codegen_spirv-target-specs`,
+//!   which must **never** update.
+//! * As of [PR 256](https://github.com/Rust-GPU/rust-gpu/pull/256), `rustc_codegen_spirv` now has
+//!   a direct dependency on `rustc_codegen_spirv-target-specs`, allowing cargo gpu to pull the
+//!   required target specs directly from that dependency. At this point, the target specs are
+//!   still the same as the legacy target specs.
+//! * The [edition 2024 PR](https://github.com/Rust-GPU/rust-gpu/pull/249) must update the
+//!   target specs to comply with newly added validation within rustc. This is why the new system
+//!   was implemented, so we can support both old and new target specs without having to worry
+//!   which version of cargo gpu you are using. It'll "just work".
+
+use crate::cache_dir;
+use crate::spirv_source::{FindPackage as _, SpirvSource};
+use anyhow::Context as _;
+use cargo_metadata::Metadata;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
+/// Extract legacy target specs from our executable into some directory
+pub fn write_legacy_target_specs(target_spec_dir: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(target_spec_dir)?;
+    for (filename, contents) in legacy_target_specs::TARGET_SPECS {
+        let path = target_spec_dir.join(filename);
+        std::fs::write(&path, contents.as_bytes())
+            .with_context(|| format!("writing legacy target spec file at [{}]", path.display()))?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Copy spec files from one dir to another, assuming no subdirectories
+fn copy_spec_files(src: &Path, dst: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(dst)?;
+    let dir = std::fs::read_dir(src)?;
+    for dir_entry in dir {
+        let file = dir_entry?;
+        let file_path = file.path();
+        if file_path.is_file() {
+            std::fs::copy(file_path, dst.join(file.file_name()))?;
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Computes the `target-specs` directory to use and updates the target spec files, if enabled.
+pub fn update_target_specs_files(
+    source: &SpirvSource,
+    dummy_metadata: &Metadata,
+    update_files: bool,
+) -> anyhow::Result<PathBuf> {
+    log::info!(
+        "target-specs: Resolving target specs `{}`",
+        if update_files {
+            "and update them"
+        } else {
+            "without updating"
+        }
+    );
+
+    let mut target_specs_dst = source.install_dir()?.join("target-specs");
+    if let Ok(target_specs) = dummy_metadata.find_package("rustc_codegen_spirv-target-specs") {
+        log::info!(
+            "target-specs: found crate `rustc_codegen_spirv-target-specs` with manifest at `{}`",
+            target_specs.manifest_path
+        );
+
+        let target_specs_src = target_specs
+                .manifest_path
+                .as_std_path()
+                .parent()
+                .and_then(|root| {
+                    let src = root.join("target-specs");
+                    src.is_dir().then_some(src)
+                })
+                .context("Could not find `target-specs` directory within `rustc_codegen_spirv-target-specs` dependency")?;
+        log::info!(
+            "target-specs: found `rustc_codegen_spirv-target-specs` with `target-specs` directory `{}`",
+            target_specs_dst.display()
+        );
+
+        if source.is_path() {
+            // skip copy
+            log::info!(
+                "target-specs resolution: source is local path, use target-specs directly from `{}`",
+                target_specs_dst.display()
+            );
+            target_specs_dst = target_specs_src;
+        } else {
+            // copy over the target-specs
+            log::info!(
+                "target-specs resolution: coping target-specs from `{}`{}",
+                target_specs_dst.display(),
+                if update_files { "" } else { " was skipped" }
+            );
+            if update_files {
+                copy_spec_files(&target_specs_src, &target_specs_dst)
+                    .context("copying target-specs json files")?;
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        // use legacy target specs bundled with cargo gpu
+        if source.is_path() {
+            // This is a stupid situation:
+            // * We can't be certain that there are `target-specs` in the local checkout (there may be some in `spirv-builder`)
+            // * We can't dump our legacy ones into the `install_dir`, as that would modify the local rust-gpu checkout
+            // -> do what the old cargo gpu did, one global dir for all target specs
+            // and hope parallel runs don't shred each other
+            target_specs_dst = cache_dir()?.join("legacy-target-specs-for-local-checkout");
+        }
+        log::info!(
+            "target-specs resolution: legacy target specs in directory `{}`",
+            target_specs_dst.display()
+        );
+        if update_files {
+            log::info!(
+                "target-specs: Writing legacy target specs into `{}`",
+                target_specs_dst.display()
+            );
+            write_legacy_target_specs(&target_specs_dst)?;
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(target_specs_dst)
+}