diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
index 3b4dd17b8..ebad7da90 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ cmGlobalXCodeGenerator::GenerateBuildCommand(
 {
   // now build the test
   makeCommand.push_back(
-    this->SelectMakeProgram(makeProgram, "xcodebuild")
+    this->SelectMakeProgram(makeProgram, this->GetXcodeBuildCommand())
     );
 
   makeCommand.push_back("-project");