diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/BinaryOptions.kt b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/BinaryOptions.kt
index e5f0b619786..05e755d063c 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/BinaryOptions.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/BinaryOptions.kt
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ object BinaryOptions : BinaryOptionRegistry() {
     val mimallocUseDefaultOptions by booleanOption()
 
     val mimallocUseCompaction by booleanOption()
+
+    val compileBitcodeWithXcodeLlvm by booleanOption()
 }
 
 open class BinaryOption<T : Any>(
diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/BitcodeCompiler.kt b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/BitcodeCompiler.kt
index a8229b8f0d4..e5ae9853779 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/BitcodeCompiler.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/BitcodeCompiler.kt
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ internal class BitcodeCompiler(
                 }
         val bitcodePath = bitcodeFile.absoluteFile.normalize().path
         val objectPath = objectFile.absoluteFile.normalize().path
-        if (configurables is AppleConfigurables) {
+        if (configurables is AppleConfigurables && config.configuration.get(BinaryOptions.compileBitcodeWithXcodeLlvm) != false) {
             targetTool("clang++", *flags.toTypedArray(), bitcodePath, "-o", objectPath)
         } else {
             hostLlvmTool("clang++", *flags.toTypedArray(), bitcodePath, "-o", objectPath)