diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/make-bootstrap-tools.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
index 4f651575d6a..65f0cba51f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
@@ -301,8 +301,8 @@ in rec {
       export flags="-idirafter ${unpack}/include-Libsystem --sysroot=${unpack} -L${unpack}/lib"
 
       export CPP="clang -E $flags"
-      export CC="clang $flags -Wl,-rpath,${unpack}/lib -Wl,-v"
-      export CXX="clang++ $flags --stdlib=libc++ -lc++abi -isystem${unpack}/include/c++/v1 -Wl,-rpath,${unpack}/lib -Wl,-v"
+      export CC="clang $flags -Wl,-rpath,${unpack}/lib -Wl,-v -Wl,-sdk_version,10.10"
+      export CXX="clang++ $flags --stdlib=libc++ -lc++abi -isystem${unpack}/include/c++/v1 -Wl,-rpath,${unpack}/lib -Wl,-v -Wl,-sdk_version,10.10"
 
       echo '#include <stdio.h>' >> foo.c
       echo '#include <float.h>' >> foo.c