diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c9fd18a2f76..6f9314b7bea 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ target-bpf = []
 target-lanai = []
 target-webassembly = []
 target-riscv = []
+target-loongarch = []
 target-syncvm = []
 target-all = [
     "target-x86",
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ target-all = [
     "target-lanai",
     "target-webassembly",
     "target-riscv",
+    "target-loongarch",
 ]
 experimental = ["static-alloc"]
 nightly = ["inkwell_internals/nightly"]
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ llvm-sys-120 = { package = "llvm-sys", version = "120.2.4", optional = true }
 llvm-sys-130 = { package = "llvm-sys", version = "130.0.4", optional = true }
 llvm-sys-140 = { package = "llvm-sys", version = "140.0.2", optional = true }
 llvm-sys-150 = { package = "llvm-sys", version = "150.0.3", optional = true }
-llvm-sys-160 = { package = "llvm-sys", version = "160.0.2", optional = true }
+llvm-sys-160 = { package = "llvm-sys", version = "160.1.0", optional = true }
 once_cell = "1.16"
 parking_lot = "0.12"
 static-alloc = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
diff --git a/src/targets.rs b/src/targets.rs
index cb0a9d35631..0e4f45e5e26 100644
--- a/src/targets.rs
+++ b/src/targets.rs
@@ -715,6 +715,45 @@ impl Target {
         }
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "target-loongarch")]
+    #[llvm_versions(16.0..=latest)]
+    pub fn initialize_loongarch(config: &InitializationConfig) {
+        use llvm_sys::target::{
+            LLVMInitializeLoongArchAsmParser, LLVMInitializeLoongArchAsmPrinter, LLVMInitializeLoongArchDisassembler,
+            LLVMInitializeLoongArchTarget, LLVMInitializeLoongArchTargetInfo, LLVMInitializeLoongArchTargetMC,
+        };
+
+        if config.base {
+            let _guard = TARGET_LOCK.write();
+            unsafe { LLVMInitializeLoongArchTarget() };
+        }
+
+        if config.info {
+            let _guard = TARGET_LOCK.write();
+            unsafe { LLVMInitializeLoongArchTargetInfo() };
+        }
+
+        if config.asm_printer {
+            let _guard = TARGET_LOCK.write();
+            unsafe { LLVMInitializeLoongArchAsmPrinter() };
+        }
+
+        if config.asm_parser {
+            let _guard = TARGET_LOCK.write();
+            unsafe { LLVMInitializeLoongArchAsmParser() };
+        }
+
+        if config.disassembler {
+            let _guard = TARGET_LOCK.write();
+            unsafe { LLVMInitializeLoongArchDisassembler() };
+        }
+
+        if config.machine_code {
+            let _guard = TARGET_LOCK.write();
+            unsafe { LLVMInitializeLoongArchTargetMC() };
+        }
+    }
+
     #[cfg(feature = "target-webassembly")]
     #[llvm_versions(8.0..=latest)]
     pub fn initialize_webassembly(config: &InitializationConfig) {