diff --git a/midenc-compile/src/compiler.rs b/midenc-compile/src/compiler.rs
index 9ee41b72e..221b5d9e4 100644
--- a/midenc-compile/src/compiler.rs
+++ b/midenc-compile/src/compiler.rs
@@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ pub struct Compiler {
         long = "link-library",
         short = 'l',
         value_name = "[KIND=]NAME",
+        value_delimiter = ',',
+        default_value_ifs([
+            ("target", "base", "std"),
+            ("target", "rollup", "std,base"),
+        ]),
         next_line_help(true),
         help_heading = "Linker"
     )]
diff --git a/midenc-session/src/libs.rs b/midenc-session/src/libs.rs
index 27c6745d0..b47b67117 100644
--- a/midenc-session/src/libs.rs
+++ b/midenc-session/src/libs.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ impl FromStr for LibraryKind {
 
     fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
         match s {
-            "mast" => Ok(Self::Mast),
+            "mast" | "masl" => Ok(Self::Mast),
             "masm" => Ok(Self::Masm),
             _ => Err(()),
         }
@@ -60,8 +60,15 @@ impl LinkLibrary {
         }
 
         // Handle libraries shipped with the compiler, or via Miden crates
-        if self.name == "std" {
-            return Ok(StdLibrary::default().into());
+        match self.name.as_ref() {
+            "std" => return Ok(StdLibrary::default().into()),
+            "base" => {
+                // TODO(pauls): Handle properly once we have miden-base-sys
+                return Err(Report::msg(format!(
+                    "invalid link library 'base': miden-base-sys is unimplemented"
+                )));
+            }
+            _ => (),
         }
 
         // Search for library among specified search paths
@@ -160,7 +167,7 @@ impl clap::builder::TypedValueParser for LinkLibraryParser {
         Some(Box::new(
             [
                 PossibleValue::new("masm").help("A Miden Assembly project directory"),
-                PossibleValue::new("mast").help("A compiled MAST library file"),
+                PossibleValue::new("masl").help("A compiled MAST library file"),
             ]
             .into_iter(),
         ))
diff --git a/tests/integration/src/compiler_test.rs b/tests/integration/src/compiler_test.rs
index eefb5c02c..495b577ec 100644
--- a/tests/integration/src/compiler_test.rs
+++ b/tests/integration/src/compiler_test.rs
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ fn dummy_session(flags: &[&str]) -> Rc<Session> {
 }
 
 /// Create a default session for testing
-pub fn default_session<S, I>(inputs: I, extra_flags: &[S]) -> Rc<Session>
+pub fn default_session<S, I>(inputs: I, argv: &[S]) -> Rc<Session>
 where
     I: IntoIterator<Item = InputFile>,
     S: AsRef<str>,
@@ -1214,8 +1214,7 @@ where
         reporting::set_panic_hook();
     }
 
-    let mut argv = vec!["-l", "std"];
-    argv.extend(extra_flags.iter().map(|flag| flag.as_ref()));
+    let argv = argv.into_iter().map(|arg| arg.as_ref());
     let session = midenc_compile::Compiler::new_session(inputs, None, argv)
         // Ensure MASM outputs are generated
         .with_output_type(OutputType::Masm, None);
diff --git a/tools/cargo-miden/src/build.rs b/tools/cargo-miden/src/build.rs
index 2c356f62b..0d4047652 100644
--- a/tools/cargo-miden/src/build.rs
+++ b/tools/cargo-miden/src/build.rs
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ pub fn build_masm(
         output_file.as_os_str(),
         project_type.as_ref(),
         "--verbose".as_ref(),
-        "-l".as_ref(),
-        "std".as_ref(),
     ];
     let session = Rc::new(Compiler::new_session([input], None, args));
     midenc_compile::compile(session.clone())?;