diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e161cada19e..acaaa57dc1d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7416,6 +7416,13 @@ if test x${is_cross_compiler} = xyes ; then
   target_configargs="--with-cross-host=${host_noncanonical} ${target_configargs}"
 fi
 
+# Pass --with-sysroot on darwin without SDK in /
+case "${target}" in
+  x86_64-*-darwin1[3-9]*)
+    host_configargs="--with-sysroot=\"`xcrun --show-sdk-path`\"  ${host_configargs}"
+    ;;
+esac
+
 # Default to --enable-multilib.
 if test x${enable_multilib} = x ; then
   target_configargs="--enable-multilib ${target_configargs}"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bec489fc395..f689866be0c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2850,6 +2850,13 @@ if test x${is_cross_compiler} = xyes ; then
   target_configargs="--with-cross-host=${host_noncanonical} ${target_configargs}"
 fi
 
+# Pass --with-sysroot on darwin without SDK in /
+case "${target}" in
+  x86_64-*-darwin1[[3-9]]*)
+    host_configargs="--with-sysroot=\"`xcrun --show-sdk-path`\"  ${host_configargs}"
+    ;;
+esac
+
 # Default to --enable-multilib.
 if test x${enable_multilib} = x ; then
   target_configargs="--enable-multilib ${target_configargs}"