diff --git a/src/auth/profile-detector.ts b/src/auth/profile-detector.ts
index a705200b..06bdb788 100644
--- a/src/auth/profile-detector.ts
+++ b/src/auth/profile-detector.ts
@@ -309,12 +309,15 @@ class ProfileDetector {
 
     // Priority 2: Check user-defined CLIProxy variants (config.cliproxy section)
     const config = this.readConfig();
+    const legacyTargetMap = (config as { profile_targets?: Record<string, TargetType> })
+      .profile_targets;
 
     if (config.cliproxy && config.cliproxy[profileName]) {
       const variant = config.cliproxy[profileName];
       return {
         type: 'cliproxy',
         name: profileName,
+        target: variant.target,
         provider: variant.provider as CLIProxyProfileName,
         settingsPath: variant.settings,
         port: variant.port,
@@ -333,6 +336,7 @@ class ProfileDetector {
           type: 'settings',
           name: profileName,
           settingsPath: config.profiles[candidate],
+          target: legacyTargetMap?.[candidate],
           message: viaLegacyAlias
             ? `Using legacy API profile "${candidate}" for "${profileName}".`
             : undefined,
@@ -392,6 +396,8 @@ class ProfileDetector {
 
     // Check if settings-based default exists
     const config = this.readConfig();
+    const legacyTargetMap = (config as { profile_targets?: Record<string, TargetType> })
+      .profile_targets;
 
     if (config.profiles && config.profiles['default']) {
       const settingsPath = config.profiles['default'];
@@ -409,6 +415,7 @@ class ProfileDetector {
         type: 'settings',
         name: 'default',
         settingsPath,
+        target: legacyTargetMap?.['default'],
       };
     }
 
diff --git a/src/types/config.ts b/src/types/config.ts
index 2565bd79..c385eef9 100644
--- a/src/types/config.ts
+++ b/src/types/config.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import type { CLIProxyProvider } from '../cliproxy/types';
+import type { TargetType } from '../targets/target-adapter';
 
 /**
  * Profile configuration mapping
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ export interface CLIProxyVariantConfig {
   account?: string;
   /** Unique port for variant isolation (8318-8417) */
   port?: number;
+  /** Target CLI to use for this variant (default: claude) */
+  target?: TargetType;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -44,6 +47,8 @@ export interface CLIProxyVariantsConfig {
 export interface Config {
   /** Settings-based profiles (GLM, Kimi, etc.) */
   profiles: ProfilesConfig;
+  /** Per-profile CLI target overrides (legacy mode) */
+  profile_targets?: Record<string, TargetType>;
   /** User-defined CLIProxy profile variants (optional) */
   cliproxy?: CLIProxyVariantsConfig;
 }