diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/xcode/sdk-pkgs.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/xcode/sdk-pkgs.nix
index d25edff49560..e8302a82555f 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/xcode/sdk-pkgs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/xcode/sdk-pkgs.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 , wrapCCWith
 , buildIosSdk, targetIosSdkPkgs
 , xcode
+, lib
 }:
 
 let
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ rec {
       tr '\n' ' ' < $out/nix-support/cc-cflags > cc-cflags.tmp
       mv cc-cflags.tmp $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
       echo "-target ${targetPlatform.config} -arch ${iosPlatformArch targetPlatform}" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
-      echo "-isystem ${sdk}/usr/include -isystem ${sdk}/usr/include/c++/4.2.1/ -stdlib=libstdc++" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
+      echo "-isystem ${sdk}/usr/include${lib.optionalString (lib.versionAtLeast "10" sdk.version) " -isystem ${sdk}/usr/include/c++/4.2.1/ -stdlib=libstdc++"}" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
     '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (sdk.platform == "iPhoneSimulator") ''
       echo "-mios-simulator-version-min=${minSdkVersion}" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
     '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (sdk.platform == "iPhoneOS") ''