2 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/objc/CompilationSupport.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/objc/CompilationSupport.java
index 57de1fdd9d..1ea050a779 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/objc/CompilationSupport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/objc/CompilationSupport.java
@@ -722,11 +722,11 @@ public final class CompilationSupport {
         .add(IosSdkCommands.DEFAULT_LINKER_FLAGS)
         .addBeforeEach("-framework", frameworkNames(objcProvider))
         .addBeforeEach("-weak_framework", SdkFramework.names(objcProvider.get(WEAK_SDK_FRAMEWORK)))
+        .addFormatEach("-l%s", libraryNames(objcProvider))
         .addExecPath("-o", linkedBinary)
         .addExecPaths(objcProvider.get(LIBRARY))
         .addExecPaths(objcProvider.get(IMPORTED_LIBRARY))
         .addExecPaths(ccLibraries)
-        .add(dylibPaths(objcProvider))
         .addBeforeEach("-force_load", Artifact.toExecPaths(objcProvider.get(FORCE_LOAD_LIBRARY)))
         .add(extraLinkArgs)
         .build();
@@ -785,12 +785,15 @@ public final class CompilationSupport {
     }
   }
 
-  private Iterable<String> dylibPaths(ObjcProvider objcProvider) {
-    ObjcConfiguration objcConfiguration = ObjcRuleClasses.objcConfiguration(ruleContext);
+  private Iterable<String> libraryNames(ObjcProvider objcProvider) {
     ImmutableList.Builder<String> args = new ImmutableList.Builder<>();
     for (String dylib : objcProvider.get(SDK_DYLIB)) {
-      args.add(String.format(
-          "%s/usr/lib/%s.dylib", IosSdkCommands.sdkDir(objcConfiguration), dylib));
+      if (dylib.startsWith("lib")) {
+        // remove lib prefix if it exists which is standard
+        // for libraries (libxml.dylib -> -lxml).
+        dylib = dylib.substring(3);
+      }
+      args.add(dylib);
     }
     return args.build();
   }
diff --git a/src/main/protobuf/xcodegen.proto b/src/main/protobuf/xcodegen.proto
index 23d3362928..5aa4c593b7 100644
--- a/src/main/protobuf/xcodegen.proto
+++ b/src/main/protobuf/xcodegen.proto
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ message TargetControl {
   // SDK .dylib files to link with this target. Each name should not include the
   // the path or the .dylib extension, e.g. "libz" to link in
   // "SDKROOT/usr/lib/libz.dylib". For all targets, this causes the library to
-  // appear in the Project Navigator. For binary targets, this causes the
-  // library to be linked with the final binary.
+  // appear in the Project Build Settings under OTHER_LDFLAGS. For binary
+  // targets, this causes the library to be linked with the final binary.
   repeated string sdk_dylib = 19;
 }