diff --git a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerABI.cmake b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerABI.cmake
index 671a0b6a5a..4a75e25a92 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerABI.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerABI.cmake
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ function(CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ABI lang src)
     # Load the resulting information strings.
     if(CMAKE_${lang}_ABI_COMPILED)
       message(CHECK_PASS "done")
-      if(CMAKE_HOST_APPLE AND CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin")
+      if(CMAKE_HOST_APPLE AND CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin" AND NOT CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES MATCHES "\\$")
         file(READ_MACHO "${BIN}" ARCHITECTURES archs CAPTURE_ERROR macho_error) # undocumented file() subcommand
         if (NOT macho_error)
           # sort and prune the list of found architectures
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/ArchsStandard-stdout.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/ArchsStandard-stdout.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..460b33c45c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/ArchsStandard-stdout.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/ArchsStandard.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/ArchsStandard.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..56d9e644d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/ArchsStandard.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+if(NOT CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES STREQUAL "$(ARCHS_STANDARD)")
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES is not $(ARCHS_STANDARD)")
+endif()
+enable_language(C)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index c124950eac..5e2266633b 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ function(RunClean)
 endfunction()
 RunClean()
 
+run_cmake_with_options(ArchsStandard "-DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES=$(ARCHS_STANDARD)")
+
 run_cmake(ExplicitCMakeLists)
 run_cmake(ImplicitCMakeLists)
 run_cmake(InterfaceLibSources)