diff --git a/depends/packages/qt.mk b/depends/packages/qt.mk
index 91c3fcd23b..d86ea10fd0 100644
--- a/depends/packages/qt.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/qt.mk
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ $(package)_config_opts_darwin += -device-option MAC_SDK_VERSION=$(OSX_SDK_VERSIO
 $(package)_config_opts_darwin += -device-option CROSS_COMPILE="$(host)-"
 $(package)_config_opts_darwin += -device-option MAC_MIN_VERSION=$(OSX_MIN_VERSION)
 $(package)_config_opts_darwin += -device-option MAC_TARGET=$(host)
+$(package)_config_opts_darwin += -device-option XCODE_VERSION=$(XCODE_VERSION)
 endif
 
 $(package)_config_opts_linux  = -qt-xkbcommon-x11
diff --git a/depends/patches/qt/mac-qmake.conf b/depends/patches/qt/mac-qmake.conf
index 4cd96df29f..ca5d22ac61 100644
--- a/depends/patches/qt/mac-qmake.conf
+++ b/depends/patches/qt/mac-qmake.conf
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ include(../common/gcc-base-mac.conf)
 include(../common/clang.conf)
 include(../common/clang-mac.conf)
 QMAKE_MAC_SDK_PATH=$${MAC_SDK_PATH}
-QMAKE_XCODE_VERSION=4.3
+QMAKE_XCODE_VERSION = $${XCODE_VERSION}
 QMAKE_XCODE_DEVELOPER_PATH=/Developer
 QMAKE_MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = $${MAC_MIN_VERSION}
 QMAKE_MAC_SDK=macosx