diff --git a/build-tools/mono-runtimes/mono-runtimes.projitems b/build-tools/mono-runtimes/mono-runtimes.projitems
index 6d73b536284..05ff2c8daf9 100644
--- a/build-tools/mono-runtimes/mono-runtimes.projitems
+++ b/build-tools/mono-runtimes/mono-runtimes.projitems
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
     <_MonoRuntime Include="host">
       <Ar>ar</Ar>
       <As>as</As>
-      <Cc>clang</Cc>
+      <Cc>$(_HostClangCc)</Cc>
       <CFlags>$(_CommonCFlags) -mmacosx-version-min=10.9</CFlags>
-      <Cxx>clang++</Cxx>
+      <Cxx>$(_HostClangCpp)</Cxx>
       <CxxCpp>cpp</CxxCpp>
       <CxxFlags></CxxFlags>
       <Ld>ld</Ld>
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@
       <OutputMonoPosixHelper>libMonoPosixHelper.dylib</OutputMonoPosixHelper>
     </_MonoRuntime>
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/build-tools/mono-runtimes/mono-runtimes.props b/build-tools/mono-runtimes/mono-runtimes.props
index 39bd2222bfd..c1c6762123e 100644
--- a/build-tools/mono-runtimes/mono-runtimes.props
+++ b/build-tools/mono-runtimes/mono-runtimes.props
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <_HostClangCc>clang</_HostClangCc>
+    <_HostClangCpp>clang++</_HostClangCpp>
     <_CommonCFlags Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">-ggdb3 -O0 -fno-omit-frame-pointer</_CommonCFlags>
     <_CommonCFlags Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">-g -O2</_CommonCFlags>
     <_CommonConfigureFlags>--without-ikvm-native --enable-maintainer-mode --with-profile2=no --with-profile4=no --with-profile4_5=no --with-monodroid --enable-nls=no --with-sigaltstack=yes --with-tls=pthread mono_cv_uscore=yes</_CommonConfigureFlags>
@@ -24,4 +26,4 @@
     <_ArmRanLib>$(AndroidToolchainDirectory)\toolchains\arm-linux-androideabi-clang\bin\arm-linux-androideabi-ranlib</_ArmRanLib>
     <_ArmStrip>$(AndroidToolchainDirectory)\toolchains\arm-linux-androideabi-clang\bin\arm-linux-androideabi-strip</_ArmStrip>
   </PropertyGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>