diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Changelog for ghcid (* = breaking change)
 
+0.8.5, released 2020-03-19
+    #311, allow --target with Stack
 0.8.4, released 2020-03-15
     #309, use cabal repl --repl-options to avoid errors
 0.8.3, released 2020-03-10
diff --git a/ghcid.cabal b/ghcid.cabal
--- a/ghcid.cabal
+++ b/ghcid.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cabal-version:      >= 1.18
 build-type:         Simple
 name:               ghcid
-version:            0.8.4
+version:            0.8.5
 license:            BSD3
 license-file:       LICENSE
 category:           Development
diff --git a/src/Ghcid.hs b/src/Ghcid.hs
--- a/src/Ghcid.hs
+++ b/src/Ghcid.hs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     ,color :: ColorMode
     ,setup :: [String]
     ,allow_eval :: Bool
-    ,target :: Maybe String
+    ,target :: [String]
     }
     deriving (Data,Typeable,Show)
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     ,color = Auto &= name "colour" &= name "color" &= opt Always &= typ "always/never/auto" &= help "Color output (defaults to when the terminal supports it)"
     ,setup = [] &= name "setup" &= typ "COMMAND" &= help "Setup commands to pass to ghci on stdin, usually :set <something>"
     ,allow_eval = False &= name "allow-eval" &= help "Execute REPL commands in comments"
-    ,target = Nothing &= typ "TARGET" &= help "Cabal target to build (e.g. lib:foo)"
+    ,target = [] &= typ "TARGET" &= help "Target Component to build (e.g. lib:foo for Cabal, foo:lib for Stack)"
     } &= verbosity &=
     program "ghcid" &= summary ("Auto reloading GHCi daemon v" ++ showVersion version)
 
@@ -144,15 +144,20 @@
                 let yaml = dir </> "stack.yaml"
                 b <- doesFileExist yaml &&^ doesDirectoryExist (dir </> ".stack-work")
                 pure $ if b then Just yaml else Nothing
-        stack <- firstJustM findStack [".",".."] -- stack file might be parent, see #62
+        stackFile <- firstJustM findStack [".",".."] -- stack file might be parent, see #62
 
         let cabal = map (curdir </>) $ filter ((==) ".cabal" . takeExtension) files
-        let isLib = isPrefixOf "lib:"
-        let opts = ["-fno-code" | null test && null run && not allow_eval && all isLib target] ++ ghciFlagsRequired ++ ghciFlagsUseful
+        let isLib = isPrefixOf "lib:"  -- `lib:foo` is the Cabal format
+        let noCode = [ "-fno-code"
+                     | null test
+                       && null run
+                       && not allow_eval
+                       && (isJust stackFile || all isLib target) ]
+        let opts = noCode ++ ghciFlagsRequired ++ ghciFlagsUseful
         pure $ case () of
-            _ | Just stack <- stack ->
+            _ | Just stack <- stackFile ->
                 let flags = if null arguments then
-                                "stack ghci --test --bench" :
+                                "stack ghci" : target ++ "--test --bench" :
                                 ["--no-load" | ".ghci" `elem` files] ++
                                 map ("--ghci-options=" ++) opts
                             else
@@ -160,7 +165,7 @@
                 in f flags $ stack:cabal
               | ".ghci" `elem` files -> f ("ghci":opts) [curdir </> ".ghci"]
               | cabal /= [] ->
-                  let useCabal = ["cabal","repl"] ++ maybeToList target ++ map ("--repl-options=" ++) opts
+                  let useCabal = ["cabal","repl"] ++ target ++ map ("--repl-options=" ++) opts
                       useGhci = "cabal exec -- ghci":opts
                   in  f (if null arguments then useCabal else useGhci) cabal
               | otherwise -> f ("ghci":opts) []