diff --git a/src/mono/mono.proj b/src/mono/mono.proj
index c576f971d085f6..d425596c667546 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono.proj
+++ b/src/mono/mono.proj
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
     <CoreClrTestCoreRoot>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(ArtifactsDir)', 'tests', 'coreclr', '$(TargetOS).$(Platform).$(CoreClrTestConfig)', 'Tests', 'Core_Root'))</CoreClrTestCoreRoot>
     <LibrariesTesthostRoot>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(ArtifactsDir)', 'bin', 'testhost', '$(NetCoreAppCurrent)-$(TargetOS)-$(LibrariesTestConfig)-$(Platform)'))</LibrariesTesthostRoot>
     <LibrariesTesthostRuntimeDir>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(LibrariesTesthostRoot)', 'shared', 'Microsoft.NETCore.App', '$(ProductVersion)'))</LibrariesTesthostRuntimeDir>
-    <XcodeDir Condition="'$(XcodeDir)' == ''">/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer</XcodeDir>
     <BuildMonoAOTCrossCompiler Condition="'$(TargetsiOS)' == 'true'">true</BuildMonoAOTCrossCompiler>
     <BuildMonoAOTCrossCompiler Condition="'$(TargetstvOS)' == 'true'">true</BuildMonoAOTCrossCompiler>
     <BuildMonoAOTCrossCompiler Condition="'$(TargetsMacCatalyst)' == 'true'">true</BuildMonoAOTCrossCompiler>
@@ -119,6 +118,17 @@
 
   </Target>
 
+  <Target Name="GetXcodeDir" Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('OSX')) and '$(XcodeDir)' == ''">
+    <Exec Command="xcode-select -p" IgnoreExitCode="true" IgnoreStandardErrorWarningFormat="true" StandardOutputImportance="Low" ConsoleToMsBuild="true">
+      <Output TaskParameter="ExitCode" PropertyName="_MonoGetXcodeExitCode"/>
+      <Output TaskParameter="ConsoleOutput" PropertyName="_MonoGetXcodeConsoleOutput"/>
+    </Exec>
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <XcodeDir Condition="'$(_MonoGetXcodeExitCode)' == '0'">$(_MonoGetXcodeConsoleOutput)</XcodeDir>
+      <XcodeDir Condition="'$(XcodeDir)' == ''">/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer</XcodeDir>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+  </Target>
+
   <!-- Sets up emscripten if you don't have the EMSDK_PATH env variable set -->
   <Target Name="ProvisionEmscripten"
           Condition="'$(ShouldProvisionEmscripten)' == 'true' and '$(SkipMonoCrossJitConfigure)' != 'true'">
@@ -732,7 +742,7 @@
 
   <!-- The standard set of targets that need to run before the BuildMono target runs -->
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <MonoDependsOnTargets>CheckEnv;GenerateRuntimeVersionFile;BuildMonoRuntime;BuildMonoCross</MonoDependsOnTargets>
+    <MonoDependsOnTargets>CheckEnv;GetXcodeDir;GenerateRuntimeVersionFile;BuildMonoRuntime;BuildMonoCross</MonoDependsOnTargets>
     <MonoDependsOnTargets Condition="'$(TargetsBrowser)' == 'true'">GenerateRuntimeVersionFile;ProvisionEmscripten;$(MonoDependsOnTargets)</MonoDependsOnTargets>
   </PropertyGroup>