diff --git a/compiler/systems/t_darwin.pas b/compiler/systems/t_darwin.pas
index e965c01568..8dfd4dbc1d 100644
--- a/compiler/systems/t_darwin.pas
+++ b/compiler/systems/t_darwin.pas
@@ -348,7 +348,12 @@ implementation
       begin
         if MacOSXVersionMin<>'' then
           begin
-            result:='-macosx_version_min '+MacOSXVersionMin;
+           { This does not depend on the target version but on the toolchain
+             version, but we only know the former and not the latter }
+           if CompareVersionStrings(MacOSXVersionMin,'11.0') >= 0 then
+             result:='-macosx_version_min '+MacOSXVersionMin
+           else
+             result:='-macos_version_min '+MacOSXVersionMin;
           end
         else if iPhoneOSVersionMin<>'' then
           begin