diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/xcbuild/platform.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/xcbuild/platform.nix
index a1f4eed8e60..01693ce8e5b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/xcbuild/platform.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/xcbuild/platform.nix
@@ -241,6 +241,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
     mkdir -p $out/Developer/SDKs/
     cd $out/Developer/SDKs/
-    ln -s ${sdk}
+    ln -s ${sdk} macosx10.10.sdk
   '';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/xcbuild/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/xcbuild/wrapper.nix
index ab6605e91b1..3dfc7f36343 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/xcbuild/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/xcbuild/wrapper.nix
@@ -60,9 +60,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       --add-flags "DERIVED_DATA_DIR=." \
       --set DEVELOPER_DIR "$out"
     wrapProgram $out/bin/xcrun \
+      --add-flags "-sdk macosx10.10" \
       --set DEVELOPER_DIR "$out"
     wrapProgram $out/bin/xcode-select \
       --set DEVELOPER_DIR "$out"
+
+    mkdir -p $out/usr/bin/
+    ln -s $out/bin/xcrun $out/usr/bin/xcrun
   '';
 
   inherit (xcbuild) meta;