diff --git a/indra/cmake/Variables.cmake b/indra/cmake/Variables.cmake
index 76d92d7a48c3eb7e114348b6026347b6595f0ce5..2fb47c58a7519968fe0496f077d253e5c11f9299 100755
--- a/indra/cmake/Variables.cmake
+++ b/indra/cmake/Variables.cmake
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@ endif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
 if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
   set(DARWIN 1)
   
-  # now we only support Xcode 6.0 using 10.9 (Mavericks), minimum OS 10.7 (Lion)
-  set(XCODE_VERSION 6.0)
+  # now we only support Xcode 7.0 using 10.11 (El Capitan), minimum OS 10.7 (Lion)
+  set(XCODE_VERSION 7.0)
   set(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET 10.7)
-  set(CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT macosx10.9)
+  set(CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT macosx10.11)
 
   set(CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_GCC_VERSION "com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0")
   set(CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_GCC_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL 3)