diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
index 484b28fe8..3503e19b9 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
@@ -2298,7 +2298,7 @@ void cmGlobalXCodeGenerator::CreateBuildSettings(cmTarget& target,
       }
     }
 
-  buildSettings->AddAttribute("OTHER_LDFLAGS",
+  buildSettings->AddAttribute(this->GetTargetLinkFlagsVar(target),
                               this->CreateString(extraLinkOptions.c_str()));
   buildSettings->AddAttribute("OTHER_REZFLAGS",
                               this->CreateString(""));
@@ -2521,6 +2521,22 @@ std::string cmGlobalXCodeGenerator::AddConfigurations(cmXCodeObject* target,
   return "";
 }
 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+const char*
+cmGlobalXCodeGenerator::GetTargetLinkFlagsVar(cmTarget const& cmtarget) const
+{
+  if(this->XcodeVersion >= 60 &&
+     (cmtarget.GetType() == cmTarget::STATIC_LIBRARY ||
+      cmtarget.GetType() == cmTarget::OBJECT_LIBRARY))
+    {
+    return "OTHER_LIBTOOLFLAGS";
+    }
+  else
+    {
+    return "OTHER_LDFLAGS";
+    }
+}
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 const char* cmGlobalXCodeGenerator::GetTargetFileType(cmTarget& cmtarget)
 {
@@ -2834,8 +2850,9 @@ void cmGlobalXCodeGenerator
         sep = " ";
         linkObjs += this->XCodeEscapePath(oi->c_str());
         }
-      this->AppendBuildSettingAttribute(target, "OTHER_LDFLAGS",
-                                        linkObjs.c_str(), configName);
+      this->AppendBuildSettingAttribute(
+        target, this->GetTargetLinkFlagsVar(*cmtarget),
+        linkObjs.c_str(), configName);
       }
 
     // Skip link information for object libraries.
@@ -2913,8 +2930,9 @@ void cmGlobalXCodeGenerator
         target->AddDependTarget(configName, li->Target->GetName());
         }
       }
-    this->AppendBuildSettingAttribute(target, "OTHER_LDFLAGS",
-                                      linkLibs.c_str(), configName);
+    this->AppendBuildSettingAttribute(
+      target, this->GetTargetLinkFlagsVar(*cmtarget),
+      linkLibs.c_str(), configName);
     }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.h b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.h
index c9d20c2e3..a7b54e986 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.h
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ private:
                                    cmXCodeObject* buildPhases);
   void ForceLinkerLanguages();
   void ForceLinkerLanguage(cmTarget& cmtarget);
+  const char* GetTargetLinkFlagsVar(cmTarget const& cmtarget) const;
   const char* GetTargetFileType(cmTarget& cmtarget);
   const char* GetTargetProductType(cmTarget& cmtarget);
   std::string AddConfigurations(cmXCodeObject* target, cmTarget& cmtarget);