diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index ac06e55b18..585b948588 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
           'GCC_ENABLE_PASCAL_STRINGS': 'NO',        # No -mpascal-strings
           'GCC_THREADSAFE_STATICS': 'NO',           # -fno-threadsafe-statics
           'PREBINDING': 'NO',                       # No -Wl,-prebind
-          'MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET': '10.5',       # -mmacosx-version-min=10.5
+          'MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET': '10.7',       # -mmacosx-version-min=10.7
           'USE_HEADERMAP': 'NO',
           'OTHER_CFLAGS': [
             '-fno-strict-aliasing',