diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c6876ac6..11fc0f12 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1513,6 +1513,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "dtoa",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "duct"
+version = "0.13.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e4ab5718d1224b63252cd0c6f74f6480f9ffeb117438a2e0f5cf6d9a4798929c"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "os_pipe",
+ "shared_child",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dwrote"
 version = "0.11.0"
@@ -3132,9 +3144,11 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "cargo_metadata",
+ "duct",
  "goblin",
  "reflink",
  "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "toml",
 ]
 
@@ -3448,6 +3462,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "os_pipe"
+version = "1.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5ffd2b0a5634335b135d5728d84c5e0fd726954b87111f7506a61c502280d982"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "owned_ttf_parser"
 version = "0.24.0"
@@ -4302,9 +4326,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.125"
+version = "1.0.132"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "83c8e735a073ccf5be70aa8066aa984eaf2fa000db6c8d0100ae605b366d31ed"
+checksum = "d726bfaff4b320266d395898905d0eba0345aae23b54aee3a737e260fd46db03"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "memchr",
@@ -4364,6 +4388,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "shared_child"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "09fa9338aed9a1df411814a5b2252f7cd206c55ae9bf2fa763f8de84603aa60c"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "shlex"
 version = "1.3.0"
diff --git a/nih_plug_xtask/Cargo.toml b/nih_plug_xtask/Cargo.toml
index 4d97297e..c755cadd 100644
--- a/nih_plug_xtask/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nih_plug_xtask/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ goblin = "0.6.1"
 reflink = { git = "https://github.com/nicokoch/reflink.git", rev = "e8d93b465f5d9ad340cd052b64bbc77b8ee107e2" }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 toml = "0.7.2"
+duct = "0.13.7"
+serde_json = "1.0.132"
diff --git a/nih_plug_xtask/src/lib.rs b/nih_plug_xtask/src/lib.rs
index 71003bc7..dc7b1387 100644
--- a/nih_plug_xtask/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nih_plug_xtask/src/lib.rs
@@ -71,6 +71,97 @@ pub fn main() -> Result<()> {
     main_with_args("cargo xtask", args)
 }
 
+pub fn get_build_plan(
+    command_name: &str,
+    args: impl IntoIterator<Item = String>,
+) -> Result<Vec<(Option<String>, usize)>> {
+    chdir_workspace_root()?;
+
+    let mut args = args.into_iter().chain(
+        [
+            "-Zunstable-options",
+            "--build-plan",
+            "--message-format=json-render-diagnostics",
+        ]
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(String::from),
+    );
+    let usage_string = build_usage_string(command_name);
+    let command = args
+        .next()
+        .with_context(|| format!("Missing command name\n\n{usage_string}",))?;
+    match command.as_str() {
+        "bundle" => {
+            // For convenience's sake we'll allow building multiple packages with `-p` just like
+            // cargo build, but you can also build a single package without specifying `-p`. Since
+            // multiple packages can be built in parallel if we pass all of these flags to a single
+            // `cargo build` we'll first build all of these packages and only then bundle them.
+            let (packages, other_args) = split_bundle_args(args, &usage_string)?;
+
+            // As explained above, for efficiency's sake this is a two step process
+            let output = build_plan(&packages, &other_args)?;
+
+            let plan: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(output.lines().nth(1).unwrap())?;
+            let num_invocations = plan["invocations"].as_array().unwrap().len();
+            Ok(vec![(None, num_invocations)])
+        }
+        "bundle-universal" => {
+            // The same as `--bundle`, but builds universal binaries for macOS Cargo will also error
+            // out on duplicate `--target` options, but it seems like a good idea to preemptively
+            // abort the bundling process if that happens
+            let (packages, other_args) = split_bundle_args(args, &usage_string)?;
+
+            for arg in &other_args {
+                if arg == "--target" || arg.starts_with("--target=") {
+                    anyhow::bail!(
+                        "'{command_name} xtask bundle-universal' is incompatible with the '{arg}' \
+                         option."
+                    )
+                }
+            }
+
+            // We can just use the regular build function here. There's sadly no way to build both
+            // targets in parallel, so this will likely take twice as logn as a regular build.
+            // TODO: Explicitly specifying the target even on the native target causes a rebuild in
+            //       the target `target/<target_triple>` directory. This makes bundling much simpler
+            //       because there's no conditional logic required based on the current platform,
+            //       but it does waste some resources and requires a rebuild if the native target
+            //       was already built.
+            let mut x86_64_args = other_args.clone();
+            x86_64_args.push(String::from("--target=x86_64-apple-darwin"));
+            let mut aarch64_args = other_args.clone();
+            aarch64_args.push(String::from("--target=aarch64-apple-darwin"));
+
+            let x86_output = build_plan(&packages, &x86_64_args)?;
+            let x86_plan: serde_json::Value =
+                serde_json::from_str(x86_output.lines().nth(1).unwrap())?;
+            let x86_num_invocations = x86_plan["invocations"].as_array().unwrap().len();
+            let aarch64_output = build_plan(&packages, &aarch64_args)?;
+            let aarch64_plan: serde_json::Value =
+                serde_json::from_str(aarch64_output.lines().nth(1).unwrap())?;
+            let aarch64_num_invocations = aarch64_plan["invocations"].as_array().unwrap().len();
+            Ok(vec![
+                (Some(String::from("x86")), x86_num_invocations),
+                (Some(String::from("aarch64")), aarch64_num_invocations),
+            ])
+        }
+        _ => anyhow::bail!("Unknown command '{command}'\n\n{usage_string}"),
+    }
+}
+
+fn build_plan(packages: &[String], args: &[String]) -> Result<String> {
+    let package_args = packages.iter().flat_map(|package| ["-p", package]);
+    let output = duct::cmd(
+        "cargo",
+        ["build"]
+            .into_iter()
+            .chain(package_args)
+            .chain(args.iter().map(String::as_str)),
+    )
+    .read()?;
+    Ok(output)
+}
+
 /// The main xtask entry point function, but with custom command line arguments. `args` should not
 /// contain the command name, so you should always skip at least one argument from
 /// `std::env::args()` before passing it to this function.