diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 136c07fc..2238313b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /.idea/
 /build/
 /prefix/
+/sdk/
 
 /deps/*/share
 /deps/**/*.la
diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index 27a24b32..0d077434 100755
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -799,6 +799,11 @@ class Builder(object):
         self.jobs = arguments.jobs and arguments.jobs or \
             subprocess.check_output(['sysctl', '-n', 'hw.ncpu']).decode('ascii').strip()
 
+        if not self.sdk_path:
+            sdk_probe_path = f'{self.root_path}sdk{os.sep}MacOSX{self.os_version}.sdk'
+            if os.path.exists(sdk_probe_path):
+                self.sdk_path = sdk_probe_path
+
         self.target.initialize(self)
 
     def run(self):