diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 1a2731209ae815364a8c0e16c686f8832e09efd6..60a1406f204c61b4aa8bb760930c7c6053cb9732 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       DEVELOPER_DIR: ${{ matrix.developer_dir }}
       LOGFAIL: debug # Show details when tests fail
       GIT_REF: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}
+      LL_SKIP_REQUIRE_SYSROOT: 1
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/indra/cmake/Variables.cmake b/indra/cmake/Variables.cmake
index 79de3a9055a34fde13419afebd390967b8f9a197..ade0653cf7cee4e69a106babebece94da6079205 100644
--- a/indra/cmake/Variables.cmake
+++ b/indra/cmake/Variables.cmake
@@ -173,13 +173,17 @@ if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
   set(CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_GCC_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
   message(STATUS "CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_GCC_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL = '${CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_GCC_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL}'")
 
-  string(REGEX MATCHALL "[^ ]+" LL_BUILD_LIST "$ENV{LL_BUILD}")
-  list(FIND LL_BUILD_LIST "-iwithsysroot" sysroot_idx)
-  if ("${sysroot_idx}" LESS 0)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Environment variable LL_BUILD must contain '-iwithsysroot'")
-  endif ()
-  math(EXPR sysroot_idx "${sysroot_idx} + 1")
-  list(GET LL_BUILD_LIST "${sysroot_idx}" CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT)
+  # allow disabling this check by setting LL_SKIP_REQUIRE_SYSROOT either ON as cmake cache var or non-empty as environment var
+  set(LL_SKIP_REQUIRE_SYSROOT OFF CACHE BOOL "Skip requirent to set toolchain sysroot ahead of time. Not skipped by default for consistency, but skipping can be useful for selecting alternative xcode versions side by side")
+  if("$ENV{LL_SKIP_REQUIRE_SYSROOT}" STREQUAL "" AND NOT ${LL_SKIP_REQUIRE_SYSROOT})
+    string(REGEX MATCHALL "[^ ]+" LL_BUILD_LIST "$ENV{LL_BUILD}")
+    list(FIND LL_BUILD_LIST "-iwithsysroot" sysroot_idx)
+    if ("${sysroot_idx}" LESS 0)
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "Environment variable LL_BUILD must contain '-iwithsysroot'")
+    endif ()
+    math(EXPR sysroot_idx "${sysroot_idx} + 1")
+    list(GET LL_BUILD_LIST "${sysroot_idx}" CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT)
+  endif()
   message(STATUS "CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT = '${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT}'")
 
   set(CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_GCC_VERSION "com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0")