diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/apple/AppleCommandLineOptions.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/apple/AppleCommandLineOptions.java
index f990245c9946fe..c33bbd227630d6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/apple/AppleCommandLineOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/apple/AppleCommandLineOptions.java
@@ -518,6 +518,17 @@ public FragmentOptions getExec() {
     return exec;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public AppleCommandLineOptions getNormalized() {
+    AppleCommandLineOptions result = (AppleCommandLineOptions) clone();
+    result.catalystCpus = dedupAndSort(result.catalystCpus);
+    result.iosMultiCpus = dedupAndSort(result.iosMultiCpus);
+    result.macosCpus = dedupAndSort(result.macosCpus);
+    result.tvosCpus = dedupAndSort(result.tvosCpus);
+    result.watchosCpus = dedupAndSort(result.watchosCpus);
+    return result;
+  }
+
   void serialize(SerializationContext context, CodedOutputStream out)
       throws IOException, SerializationException {
     context.serialize(this, out);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/apple/AppleCommandLineOptionsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/apple/AppleCommandLineOptionsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..5cfd9aa28c6e42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/apple/AppleCommandLineOptionsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+// Copyright 2023 The Bazel Authors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.apple;
+
+import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.util.OptionsTestCase;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
+
+@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
+public final class AppleCommandLineOptionsTest extends OptionsTestCase<AppleCommandLineOptions> {
+
+  private static final String IOS_CPUS_PREFIX = "--ios_multi_cpus=";
+  private static final String WATCHOS_CPUS_PREFIX = "--watchos_cpus=";
+  private static final String MACOS_CPUS_PREFIX = "--macos_cpus=";
+  private static final String TVOS_CPUS_PREFIX = "--tvos_cpus=";
+  private static final String CATALYST_CPUS_PREFIX = "--catalyst_cpus=";
+
+  @Override
+  protected Class<AppleCommandLineOptions> getOptionsClass() {
+    return AppleCommandLineOptions.class;
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testIosCpus_ordering() throws Exception {
+    AppleCommandLineOptions one = createWithPrefix(IOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo", "bar");
+    AppleCommandLineOptions two = createWithPrefix(IOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "bar", "foo");
+    assertSame(one, two);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testIosCpus_duplicates() throws Exception {
+    AppleCommandLineOptions one = createWithPrefix(IOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo", "foo");
+    AppleCommandLineOptions two = createWithPrefix(IOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo");
+    assertSame(one, two);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testWatchosCpus_ordering() throws Exception {
+    AppleCommandLineOptions one = createWithPrefix(WATCHOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo", "bar");
+    AppleCommandLineOptions two = createWithPrefix(WATCHOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "bar", "foo");
+    assertSame(one, two);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testWatchosCpus_duplicates() throws Exception {
+    AppleCommandLineOptions one = createWithPrefix(WATCHOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo", "foo");
+    AppleCommandLineOptions two = createWithPrefix(WATCHOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo");
+    assertSame(one, two);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testMacosCpus_ordering() throws Exception {
+    AppleCommandLineOptions one = createWithPrefix(MACOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo", "bar");
+    AppleCommandLineOptions two = createWithPrefix(MACOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "bar", "foo");
+    assertSame(one, two);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testMacosCpus_duplicates() throws Exception {
+    AppleCommandLineOptions one = createWithPrefix(MACOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo", "foo");
+    AppleCommandLineOptions two = createWithPrefix(MACOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo");
+    assertSame(one, two);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testTvosCpus_ordering() throws Exception {
+    AppleCommandLineOptions one = createWithPrefix(TVOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo", "bar");
+    AppleCommandLineOptions two = createWithPrefix(TVOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "bar", "foo");
+    assertSame(one, two);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testTvosCpus_duplicates() throws Exception {
+    AppleCommandLineOptions one = createWithPrefix(TVOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo", "foo");
+    AppleCommandLineOptions two = createWithPrefix(TVOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo");
+    assertSame(one, two);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCatalystCpus_ordering() throws Exception {
+    AppleCommandLineOptions one = createWithPrefix(CATALYST_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo", "bar");
+    AppleCommandLineOptions two = createWithPrefix(CATALYST_CPUS_PREFIX, "bar", "foo");
+    assertSame(one, two);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCatalystCpus_duplicates() throws Exception {
+    AppleCommandLineOptions one = createWithPrefix(CATALYST_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo", "foo");
+    AppleCommandLineOptions two = createWithPrefix(CATALYST_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo");
+    assertSame(one, two);
+  }
+}