diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index 3aad8e7722..147cc70fa5 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         'v8_postmortem_support%': 'true',
       }],
       ['OS== "mac"', {
-        'OBJ_DIR': '<(PRODUCT_DIR)/obj',
+        'OBJ_DIR': '<(PRODUCT_DIR)/obj.target',
         'V8_BASE': '<(PRODUCT_DIR)/libv8_base.a',
       }, {
         'conditions': [