diff --git a/Sources/SWBCore/PlatformRegistry.swift b/Sources/SWBCore/PlatformRegistry.swift
index ae9edb6c..b644283e 100644
--- a/Sources/SWBCore/PlatformRegistry.swift
+++ b/Sources/SWBCore/PlatformRegistry.swift
@@ -73,9 +73,12 @@ public final class Platform: Sendable {
     /// Minimum OS version for Swift-in-the-OS support. If this is `nil`, the platform does not support Swift-in-the-OS at all.
     fileprivate(set) var minimumOSForSwiftInTheOS: Version? = nil
 
-    /// Minimum OS version for built-in Swift concurrency support. If this is `nil`, the platform does not support Swift concurrency at all.
+    /// Minimum OS version for Swift concurrency (Swift 5.5). If this is `nil`, the platform does not support Swift concurrency at all.
     fileprivate(set) var minimumOSForSwiftConcurrency: Version? = nil
 
+    /// Minimum OS version for Span in the standard library (Swift 6.2). If this is `nil`, the platform does not support Swift concurrency at all.
+    fileprivate(set) var minimumOSForSwiftSpan: Version? = nil
+
     /// The canonical name of the public SDK for this platform.
     /// - remark: This does not mean that this SDK exists, just that this is its canonical name if it does exist.
     @_spi(Testing) public let sdkCanonicalName: String?
@@ -244,6 +247,11 @@ extension Platform {
         return self.minimumOSForSwiftConcurrency ?? self.correspondingDevicePlatform?.minimumOSForSwiftConcurrency ?? nil
     }
 
+    /// Determines the deployment version to use for Swift Span support.
+    fileprivate func swiftOSSpanVersion(_ deploymentTarget: StringMacroDeclaration) -> Version? {
+        return self.minimumOSForSwiftSpan ?? self.correspondingDevicePlatform?.minimumOSForSwiftSpan ?? nil
+    }
+
     /// Determines if the platform supports Swift in the OS.
     public func supportsSwiftInTheOS(_ scope: MacroEvaluationScope, forceNextMajorVersion: Bool = false, considerTargetDeviceOSVersion: Bool = true) -> Bool {
         guard let deploymentTarget = self.deploymentTargetMacro else { return false }
@@ -265,7 +273,7 @@ extension Platform {
         return version >= minimumSwiftInTheOSVersion
     }
 
-    /// Determines if the platform natively supports Swift concurrency. If `false`, then the Swift back-compat concurrency libs needs to be copied into the app/framework's bundle.
+    /// Determines if the platform natively supports Swift concurrency. If `false`, then the Swift concurrency back-compat concurrency libs needs to be copied into the app/framework's bundle.
     public func supportsSwiftConcurrencyNatively(_ scope: MacroEvaluationScope, forceNextMajorVersion: Bool = false, considerTargetDeviceOSVersion: Bool = true) -> Bool? {
         guard let deploymentTarget = self.deploymentTargetMacro else { return false }
 
@@ -287,6 +295,29 @@ extension Platform {
 
         return version >= minimumSwiftConcurrencyVersion
     }
+
+    /// Determines if the platform natively supports Swift 6.2's Span type. If `false`, then the Swift Span back-compat concurrency libs needs to be copied into the app/framework's bundle.
+    public func supportsSwiftSpanNatively(_ scope: MacroEvaluationScope, forceNextMajorVersion: Bool = false, considerTargetDeviceOSVersion: Bool = true) -> Bool? {
+        guard let deploymentTarget = self.deploymentTargetMacro else { return false }
+
+        // If we have target device info and its platform matches the build platform, compare the device OS version
+        let targetDeviceVersion: Version?
+        if considerTargetDeviceOSVersion && scope.evaluate(BuiltinMacros.TARGET_DEVICE_PLATFORM_NAME) == self.name {
+            targetDeviceVersion = try? Version(scope.evaluate(BuiltinMacros.TARGET_DEVICE_OS_VERSION))
+        } else {
+            targetDeviceVersion = nil
+        }
+
+        // Otherwise fall back to comparing the minimum deployment target
+        let deploymentTargetVersion = try? Version(scope.evaluate(deploymentTarget))
+
+        guard let version = targetDeviceVersion ?? deploymentTargetVersion else { return false }
+
+        // Return `nil` here as there is no metadata for the platform to allow downstream clients to be aware of this.
+        guard let minimumSwiftSpanVersion = swiftOSSpanVersion(deploymentTarget) else { return nil }
+
+        return version >= minimumSwiftSpanVersion
+    }
 }
 
 extension Platform: CustomStringConvertible {
@@ -676,6 +707,7 @@ public final class PlatformRegistry {
             if let variant = platform.defaultSDKVariant {
                 platform.minimumOSForSwiftInTheOS = variant.minimumOSForSwiftInTheOS
                 platform.minimumOSForSwiftConcurrency = variant.minimumOSForSwiftConcurrency
+                platform.minimumOSForSwiftSpan = variant.minimumOSForSwiftSpan
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/Sources/SWBCore/SDKRegistry.swift b/Sources/SWBCore/SDKRegistry.swift
index 6764af75..df0b7058 100644
--- a/Sources/SWBCore/SDKRegistry.swift
+++ b/Sources/SWBCore/SDKRegistry.swift
@@ -313,9 +313,12 @@ public final class SDKVariant: PlatformInfoProvider, Sendable {
     /// Minimum OS version for Swift-in-the-OS support. If this is `nil`, the platform does not support Swift-in-the-OS at all.
     public let minimumOSForSwiftInTheOS: Version?
 
-    /// Minimum OS version for built-in Swift concurrency support. If this is `nil`, the platform does not support Swift concurrency at all.
+    /// Minimum OS version for built-in Swift concurrency support (Swift 5.5). If this is `nil`, the platform does not support Swift concurrency at all.
     public let minimumOSForSwiftConcurrency: Version?
 
+    /// Minimum OS version for built-in Swift Span support (Swift 6.2). If this is `nil`, the platform does not support Swift Span at all.
+    public let minimumOSForSwiftSpan: Version?
+
     /// The path prefix under which all built content produced by this SDK variant should be installed, relative to the system root.
     ///
     /// Empty string if content should be installed directly into the system root (default).
@@ -392,9 +395,10 @@ public final class SDKVariant: PlatformInfoProvider, Sendable {
 
         self.clangRuntimeLibraryPlatformName = supportedTargetDict["ClangRuntimeLibraryPlatformName"]?.stringValue ?? Self.fallbackClangRuntimeLibraryPlatformName(variantName: name)
 
-        let (os, concurrency) = Self.fallbackSwiftVersions(variantName: name)
+        let (os, concurrency, span) = Self.fallbackSwiftVersions(variantName: name)
         self.minimumOSForSwiftInTheOS = try (supportedTargetDict["SwiftOSRuntimeMinimumDeploymentTarget"]?.stringValue ?? os).map { try Version($0) }
         self.minimumOSForSwiftConcurrency = try (supportedTargetDict["SwiftConcurrencyMinimumDeploymentTarget"]?.stringValue ?? concurrency).map { try Version($0) }
+        self.minimumOSForSwiftSpan = try (supportedTargetDict["SwiftSpanMinimumDeploymentTarget"]?.stringValue ?? span).map { try Version($0) }
 
         self.systemPrefix = supportedTargetDict["SystemPrefix"]?.stringValue ?? {
             switch name {
@@ -445,12 +449,12 @@ public final class SDKVariant: PlatformInfoProvider, Sendable {
         }
     }
 
-    private static func fallbackSwiftVersions(variantName name: String) -> (String?, String?) {
+    private static func fallbackSwiftVersions(variantName name: String) -> (os: String?, concurrency: String?, span: String?) {
         switch name {
         case "macos", "macosx":
-            return ("10.14.4", "12.0")
+            return ("10.14.4", "12.0", nil)
         default:
-            return (nil, nil)
+            return (nil, nil, nil)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/Sources/SWBCore/SpecImplementations/Tools/SwiftStdLibTool.swift b/Sources/SWBCore/SpecImplementations/Tools/SwiftStdLibTool.swift
index 67618493..6295fe29 100644
--- a/Sources/SWBCore/SpecImplementations/Tools/SwiftStdLibTool.swift
+++ b/Sources/SWBCore/SpecImplementations/Tools/SwiftStdLibTool.swift
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public final class SwiftStdLibToolSpec : GenericCommandLineToolSpec, SpecIdentif
     }
 
     /// Construct a new task to run the Swift standard library tool.
-    public func constructSwiftStdLibraryToolTask(_ cbc:CommandBuildContext, _ delegate: any TaskGenerationDelegate, foldersToScan: MacroStringListExpression?, filterForSwiftOS: Bool, backDeploySwiftConcurrency: Bool) async {
+    public func constructSwiftStdLibraryToolTask(_ cbc:CommandBuildContext, _ delegate: any TaskGenerationDelegate, foldersToScan: MacroStringListExpression?, filterForSwiftOS: Bool, backDeploySwiftConcurrency: Bool, backDeploySwiftSpan: Bool) async {
         precondition(cbc.outputs.isEmpty, "Unexpected output paths \(cbc.outputs.map { "'\($0.str)'" }) passed to \(type(of: self)).")
 
         let input = cbc.input
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ public final class SwiftStdLibToolSpec : GenericCommandLineToolSpec, SpecIdentif
             commandLine.append("--back-deploy-swift-concurrency")
         }
 
+        if backDeploySwiftSpan {
+            commandLine.append("--back-deploy-swift-span")
+        }
+
         let outputs = [delegate.createVirtualNode("CopySwiftStdlib \(wrapperPathString.str)")]
 
         delegate.createTask(type: self, dependencyData: .dependencyInfo(dependencyInfoFilePath), ruleInfo: ruleInfo, commandLine: commandLine, environment: EnvironmentBindings(environment.map { ($0, $1) }), workingDirectory: cbc.producer.defaultWorkingDirectory, inputs: [ delegate.createNode(input.absolutePath) ], outputs: outputs, mustPrecede: [], action: action, execDescription: resolveExecutionDescription(cbc, delegate, lookup: lookup), enableSandboxing: enableSandboxing)
diff --git a/Sources/SWBTaskConstruction/TaskProducers/OtherTaskProducers/SwiftStandardLibrariesTaskProducer.swift b/Sources/SWBTaskConstruction/TaskProducers/OtherTaskProducers/SwiftStandardLibrariesTaskProducer.swift
index bba8b051..9a9e5512 100644
--- a/Sources/SWBTaskConstruction/TaskProducers/OtherTaskProducers/SwiftStandardLibrariesTaskProducer.swift
+++ b/Sources/SWBTaskConstruction/TaskProducers/OtherTaskProducers/SwiftStandardLibrariesTaskProducer.swift
@@ -104,10 +104,13 @@ final class SwiftStandardLibrariesTaskProducer: PhasedTaskProducer, TaskProducer
             let supportsConcurrencyNatively = context.platform?.supportsSwiftConcurrencyNatively(scope)
             let backDeploySwiftConcurrency = supportsConcurrencyNatively != nil && supportsConcurrencyNatively != true
 
+            let supportsSpanNatively = context.platform?.supportsSwiftSpanNatively(scope)
+            let backDeploySwiftSpan = supportsSpanNatively != nil && supportsSpanNatively != true
+
             let cbc = CommandBuildContext(producer: context, scope: scope, inputs: [ input ])
             let foldersToScanExpr: MacroStringListExpression? = foldersToScan.count > 0 ? scope.namespace.parseLiteralStringList(foldersToScan): nil
             await appendGeneratedTasks(&tasks) { delegate in
-                await context.swiftStdlibToolSpec.constructSwiftStdLibraryToolTask(cbc, delegate, foldersToScan: foldersToScanExpr, filterForSwiftOS: filterForSwiftOS, backDeploySwiftConcurrency: backDeploySwiftConcurrency)
+                await context.swiftStdlibToolSpec.constructSwiftStdLibraryToolTask(cbc, delegate, foldersToScan: foldersToScanExpr, filterForSwiftOS: filterForSwiftOS, backDeploySwiftConcurrency: backDeploySwiftConcurrency, backDeploySwiftSpan: backDeploySwiftSpan)
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/Sources/SWBTaskExecution/TaskActions/EmbedSwiftStdLibTaskAction.swift b/Sources/SWBTaskExecution/TaskActions/EmbedSwiftStdLibTaskAction.swift
index 1552d691..6b1c261d 100644
--- a/Sources/SWBTaskExecution/TaskActions/EmbedSwiftStdLibTaskAction.swift
+++ b/Sources/SWBTaskExecution/TaskActions/EmbedSwiftStdLibTaskAction.swift
@@ -160,12 +160,18 @@ public final class EmbedSwiftStdLibTaskAction: TaskAction {
         // If true, then the Swift concurrency dylibs should be copied into the app/framework's bundles.
         var backDeploySwiftConcurrency = false
 
+        // If true, then the Swift Span dylibs should be copied into the app/framework's bundles.
+        var backDeploySwiftSpan = false
+
         // The allowed list of libraries that should *not* be filtered when `filterForSwiftOS=true`.
         let allowedLibsForSwiftOS = ["libswiftXCTest" ]
 
         // The allowed list of libraries that should *not* be filtered when `backDeploySwiftConcurrency=true`.
         let allowedLibsForSwiftConcurrency = ["libswift_Concurrency"]
 
+        // The allowed list of libraries that should *not* be filtered when `backDeploySwiftSpan=true`.
+        let allowedLibsForSwiftSpan = ["libswiftCompatibilitySpan"]
+
         func absolutePath(_ path: Path) -> Path {
             return path.isAbsolute ? path : task.workingDirectory.join(path)
         }
@@ -368,6 +374,9 @@ public final class EmbedSwiftStdLibTaskAction: TaskAction {
                 case "--back-deploy-swift-concurrency":
                     self.backDeploySwiftConcurrency = true
 
+                case "--back-deploy-swift-span":
+                    self.backDeploySwiftSpan = true
+
                 default:
                     throw StubError.error("unrecognized argument: \(arg)")
                 }
@@ -787,6 +796,9 @@ public final class EmbedSwiftStdLibTaskAction: TaskAction {
                     if backDeploySwiftConcurrency && allowedLibsForSwiftConcurrency.contains(item) {
                         shouldInclude = true
                     }
+                    if backDeploySwiftSpan && allowedLibsForSwiftSpan.contains(item) {
+                        shouldInclude = true
+                    }
 
                     return shouldInclude
                 }
diff --git a/Tests/SWBCoreTests/CommandLineSpecTests.swift b/Tests/SWBCoreTests/CommandLineSpecTests.swift
index 61cabff6..3529be14 100644
--- a/Tests/SWBCoreTests/CommandLineSpecTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/SWBCoreTests/CommandLineSpecTests.swift
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ import SWBMacro
         let cbc = CommandBuildContext(producer: producer, scope: mockScope, inputs: [FileToBuild(absolutePath: Path.root.join("tmp/input"), fileType: mockFileType)], output: nil)
 
         // Check that task construction sets the correct env bindings.
-        await stdlibTool.constructSwiftStdLibraryToolTask(cbc, delegate, foldersToScan: nil, filterForSwiftOS: false, backDeploySwiftConcurrency: false)
+        await stdlibTool.constructSwiftStdLibraryToolTask(cbc, delegate, foldersToScan: nil, filterForSwiftOS: false, backDeploySwiftConcurrency: false, backDeploySwiftSpan: false)
         #expect(delegate.shellTasks.count == 1)
         let task = try #require(delegate.shellTasks[safe: 0])
         #expect(task.environment.bindingsDictionary == ["CODESIGN_ALLOCATE": "/path/to/codesign_allocate"])