diff --git a/mkspecs/features/mac/sdk.prf b/mkspecs/features/mac/sdk.prf
index 36bff004963..97be2115959 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/mac/sdk.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/mac/sdk.prf
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ isEmpty(QMAKE_MAC_SDK.$${QMAKE_MAC_SDK}.path) {
     QMAKE_MAC_SDK_PATH = $$system("/usr/bin/xcodebuild -sdk $$QMAKE_MAC_SDK -version Path 2>/dev/null")
     isEmpty(QMAKE_MAC_SDK_PATH): error("Could not resolve SDK path for \'$$QMAKE_MAC_SDK\'")
     cache(QMAKE_MAC_SDK.$${QMAKE_MAC_SDK}.path, set stash, QMAKE_MAC_SDK_PATH)
+    QMAKE_MAC_SDK_VERSION = $$system("/usr/bin/xcodebuild -sdk $$QMAKE_MAC_SDK -version SDKVersion 2>/dev/null")
+    isEmpty(QMAKE_MAC_SDK_VERSION): error("Could not resolve SDK version for \'$$QMAKE_MAC_SDK\'")
+    cache(QMAKE_MAC_SDK.$${QMAKE_MAC_SDK}.version, set stash, QMAKE_MAC_SDK_VERSION)
 } else {
     QMAKE_MAC_SDK_PATH = $$eval(QMAKE_MAC_SDK.$${QMAKE_MAC_SDK}.path)
+    QMAKE_MAC_SDK_VERSION = $$eval(QMAKE_MAC_SDK.$${QMAKE_MAC_SDK}.version)
 }
 
 !equals(MAKEFILE_GENERATOR, XCODE) {
diff --git a/mkspecs/macx-ios-clang/features/sdk.prf b/mkspecs/macx-ios-clang/features/sdk.prf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..607a71bb262
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mkspecs/macx-ios-clang/features/sdk.prf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+load(sdk)
+
+lessThan(QMAKE_MAC_SDK_VERSION, "8.0"): \
+    error("Current $$QMAKE_MAC_SDK SDK version ($$QMAKE_MAC_SDK_VERSION) is too old. Please upgrade Xcode.")