diff --git a/depends/builders/darwin.mk b/depends/builders/darwin.mk
--- a/depends/builders/darwin.mk
+++ b/depends/builders/darwin.mk
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 build_darwin_DOWNLOAD=curl --location --fail --connect-timeout $(DOWNLOAD_CONNECT_TIMEOUT) --retry $(DOWNLOAD_RETRIES) -o
 
 #darwin host on darwin builder. overrides darwin host preferences.
-darwin_CC=$(shell xcrun -f clang) -mmacosx-version-min=$(OSX_MIN_VERSION)
-darwin_CXX:=$(shell xcrun -f clang++) -mmacosx-version-min=$(OSX_MIN_VERSION) -stdlib=libc++
+darwin_CC=$(shell xcrun -f clang) -mmacosx-version-min=$(OSX_MIN_VERSION) --sysroot $(shell xcrun --show-sdk-path)
+darwin_CXX:=$(shell xcrun -f clang++) -mmacosx-version-min=$(OSX_MIN_VERSION) -stdlib=libc++ --sysroot $(shell xcrun --show-sdk-path)
 darwin_AR:=$(shell xcrun -f ar)
 darwin_RANLIB:=$(shell xcrun -f ranlib)
 darwin_STRIP:=$(shell xcrun -f strip)