diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 99b565f..de6a0cb 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     shaders.add("triangle_frag", "examples/shaders/triangle.frag", .{});
     triangle_exe.addModule("shaders", shaders.getModule());
 
-    const triangle_run_cmd = triangle_exe.run();
+    const triangle_run_cmd = b.addRunArtifact(triangle_exe);
+    triangle_run_cmd.condition = .always;
     triangle_run_cmd.step.dependOn(b.getInstallStep());
     const triangle_run_step = b.step("run-triangle", "Run the triangle example");
     triangle_run_step.dependOn(&triangle_run_cmd.step);
diff --git a/generator/build_integration.zig b/generator/build_integration.zig
index 3252a31..8a9c44c 100644
--- a/generator/build_integration.zig
+++ b/generator/build_integration.zig
@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ pub const ShaderCompileStep = struct {
                 hasher.update(arg);
             }
             for (self.watched_files) |file_path| {
-                const full_path = std.fs.path.join(b.allocator, &.{
-                    b.build_root,
-                    file_path,
-                }) catch unreachable;
+                const full_path = b.build_root.join(b.allocator, &.{file_path}) catch unreachable;
 
                 const source = std.fs.cwd().readFileAlloc(
                     b.allocator,
@@ -113,10 +110,7 @@ pub const ShaderCompileStep = struct {
     /// This path can then be used to include the binary into an executable, for example by passing it
     /// to @embedFile via an additional generated file.
     pub fn add(self: *ShaderCompileStep, name: []const u8, src: []const u8, options: ShaderOptions) void {
-        const full_source_path = std.fs.path.join(self.b.allocator, &.{
-            self.b.build_root,
-            src,
-        }) catch unreachable;
+        const full_source_path = self.b.build_root.join(self.b.allocator, &.{src}) catch unreachable;
         self.shaders.append(.{
             .name = name,
             .source_path = full_source_path,
@@ -176,9 +170,12 @@ pub const ShaderCompileStep = struct {
         var shaders_file_contents = std.ArrayList(u8).init(self.b.allocator);
         const shaders_out = shaders_file_contents.writer();
 
-        const shaders_dir = try std.fs.path.join(
+        const shaders_dir = try self.b.build_root.join(
             self.b.allocator,
-            &.{ self.b.build_root, self.b.cache_root, cache_dir },
+            &.{try self.b.cache_root.join(
+                self.b.allocator,
+                &.{cache_dir},
+            )},
         );
         try cwd.makePath(shaders_dir);
 
diff --git a/generator/vulkan/build_integration.zig b/generator/vulkan/build_integration.zig
index 6beab76..1a05e68 100644
--- a/generator/vulkan/build_integration.zig
+++ b/generator/vulkan/build_integration.zig
@@ -11,31 +11,25 @@ const Step = Build.Step;
 pub const GenerateStep = struct {
     step: Step,
     builder: *Build,
-
+    generated_file: std.build.GeneratedFile,
+    /// Name of the resulting file
+    output_name: []const u8,
     /// The path to vk.xml
     spec_path: []const u8,
 
-    generated_file: std.build.GeneratedFile,
-
     /// Initialize a Vulkan generation step, for `builder`. `spec_path` is the path to
     /// vk.xml, relative to the project root. The generated bindings will be placed at
     /// `out_path`, which is relative to the zig-cache directory.
-    pub fn create(builder: *Build, spec_path: []const u8, out_path: []const u8) *GenerateStep {
+    pub fn create(builder: *Build, spec_path: []const u8, output_name: []const u8) *GenerateStep {
         const self = builder.allocator.create(GenerateStep) catch unreachable;
-        const full_out_path = path.join(builder.allocator, &[_][]const u8{
-            builder.build_root,
-            builder.cache_root,
-            out_path,
-        }) catch unreachable;
-
         self.* = .{
             .step = Step.init(.custom, "vulkan-generate", builder.allocator, make),
             .builder = builder,
-            .spec_path = spec_path,
             .generated_file = .{
                 .step = &self.step,
-                .path = full_out_path,
             },
+            .output_name = output_name,
+            .spec_path = spec_path,
         };
         return self;
     }
@@ -44,13 +38,13 @@ pub const GenerateStep = struct {
     /// root. Typically, the location of the LunarG SDK root can be retrieved by querying for the VULKAN_SDK
     /// environment variable, set by activating the environment setup script located in the SDK root.
     /// `builder` and `out_path` are used in the same manner as `init`.
-    pub fn createFromSdk(builder: *Build, sdk_path: []const u8, out_path: []const u8) *GenerateStep {
+    pub fn createFromSdk(builder: *Build, sdk_path: []const u8, output_name: []const u8) *GenerateStep {
         const spec_path = std.fs.path.join(
             builder.allocator,
             &[_][]const u8{ sdk_path, "share/vulkan/registry/vk.xml" },
         ) catch unreachable;
 
-        return create(builder, spec_path, out_path);
+        return create(builder, spec_path, output_name);
     }
 
     /// Returns the module with the generated budings, with name `module_name`.
@@ -73,7 +67,29 @@ pub const GenerateStep = struct {
         const self = @fieldParentPtr(GenerateStep, "step", step);
         const cwd = std.fs.cwd();
 
+        var man = self.builder.cache.obtain();
+        defer man.deinit();
+
         const spec = try cwd.readFileAlloc(self.builder.allocator, self.spec_path, std.math.maxInt(usize));
+        // TODO: Look into whether this is the right way to be doing
+        // this - maybe the file-level caching API has some benefits I
+        // don't understand.
+        man.hash.addBytes(self.spec_path);
+        man.hash.addBytes(spec);
+        man.hash.addBytes(self.output_name);
+
+        const already_exists = man.hit() catch |err| @panic(switch (err) {
+            inline else => |e| "Cache error: " ++ @errorName(e),
+        });
+        const digest = man.final();
+        const output_file_path = try self.builder.cache_root.join(
+            self.builder.allocator,
+            &.{ "o", &digest, self.output_name },
+        );
+        if (already_exists) {
+            self.generated_file.path = output_file_path;
+            return;
+        }
 
         var out_buffer = std.ArrayList(u8).init(self.builder.allocator);
         generate(self.builder.allocator, spec, out_buffer.writer()) catch |err| switch (err) {
@@ -101,10 +117,16 @@ pub const GenerateStep = struct {
         const tree = try std.zig.Ast.parse(self.builder.allocator, src, .zig);
         std.debug.assert(tree.errors.len == 0); // If this triggers, vulkan-zig produced invalid code.
 
-        var formatted = try tree.render(self.builder.allocator);
+        const formatted = try tree.render(self.builder.allocator);
 
-        const dir = path.dirname(self.generated_file.path.?).?;
-        try cwd.makePath(dir);
-        try cwd.writeFile(self.generated_file.path.?, formatted);
+        const output_dir_path = std.fs.path.dirname(output_file_path).?;
+        cwd.makePath(output_dir_path) catch |err| {
+            std.debug.print("unable to make path {s}: {s}\n", .{ output_dir_path, @errorName(err) });
+            return err;
+        };
+
+        try cwd.writeFile(output_file_path, formatted);
+        self.generated_file.path = output_file_path;
+        try man.writeManifest();
     }
 };