diff --git a/apple/iOS/Makefile b/apple/iOS/Makefile
index 39639d1259..181d0fd971 100644
--- a/apple/iOS/Makefile
+++ b/apple/iOS/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,27 @@
+ifeq ($(platform),)
+   platform = unix
+   ifeq ($(shell uname -a),)
+      platform = win
+   else ifneq ($(findstring Darwin,$(shell uname -a)),)
+      platform = osx
+	arch = intel
+   ifeq ($(shell uname -p),powerpc)
+	   arch = ppc
+	endif
+   else ifneq ($(findstring MINGW,$(shell uname -a)),)
+      platform = win
+   else ifneq ($(findstring win,$(shell uname -a)),)
+      platform = win
+   endif
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(platform), osx)
+_LATEST_SDK := $(shell xcrun -sdk iphoneos -show-sdk-version)
+else
 _SDK_DIR := $(THEOS)/sdks
 _IOS_SDKS := $(sort $(patsubst $(_SDK_DIR)/iPhoneOS%.sdk,%,$(wildcard $(_SDK_DIR)/iPhoneOS*.sdk)))
 _LATEST_SDK := $(word $(words $(_IOS_SDKS)),$(_IOS_SDKS))
+endif
 
 SDKVERSION := $(_LATEST_SDK)
 ARCHS = armv7 armv7s