diff --git a/cpp/ycm/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/ycm/CMakeLists.txt
index 099a71d3..fa43a8a8 100644
--- a/cpp/ycm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/ycm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -198,7 +198,8 @@ if ( EXTERNAL_LIBCLANG_PATH OR USE_SYSTEM_LIBCLANG )
                   /usr/lib
                   /usr/lib/llvm
                   ${SYS_LLVM_PATHS}
-                  /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/lib )
+                  /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/lib,
+                  /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/lib )
     set( EXTERNAL_LIBCLANG_PATH ${TEMP} )
   else()
     # For Macs, we do things differently; look further in this file.