diff --git a/pkgs/development/mobile/xcodeenv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/mobile/xcodeenv/default.nix
index 7f834688e63..ad6569d9478 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/mobile/xcodeenv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/mobile/xcodeenv/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-{stdenv}:
+{stdenv, version ? "5.0"}:
 
 rec {
   xcodewrapper = import ./xcodewrapper.nix {
-    inherit stdenv;
+    inherit stdenv version;
   };
 
   buildApp = import ./build-app.nix {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/mobile/xcodeenv/xcodewrapper.nix b/pkgs/development/mobile/xcodeenv/xcodewrapper.nix
index 7515fcdd121..71e34ee5127 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/mobile/xcodeenv/xcodewrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/mobile/xcodeenv/xcodewrapper.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, version ? "5.0"}:
+{stdenv, version}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "xcode-wrapper-"+version;
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ln -s "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs"
 
     # Check if we have the xcodebuild version that we want
-    if [ -z "$($out/bin/xcodebuild -version | grep ${version})" ]
+    if [ -z "$($out/bin/xcodebuild -version | grep -x 'Xcode ${version}')" ]
     then
         echo "We require xcodebuild version: ${version}"
         exit 1