diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R19.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R19.nix
index e0d4ecbc95ac..25a3f662565c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R19.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R19.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   prePatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace configure.in --replace '`sw_vers -productVersion`' '10.10'
+    substituteInPlace configure.in --replace '`sw_vers -productVersion`' "''${MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET:-10.12}"
   '';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R20.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R20.nix
index c408d21d9b31..016e175d6b56 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R20.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R20.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   sha256 = "0v2iiyzss8hiih98wvj0gi2qzdmmhh7bvc9p025wlfm4k7r1109a";
 
   prePatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace configure.in --replace '`sw_vers -productVersion`' '10.10'
+    substituteInPlace configure.in --replace '`sw_vers -productVersion`' "''${MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET:-10.12}"
   '';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R21.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R21.nix
index 60eb6c8a6a5e..e21bf6dafbff 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R21.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R21.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   sha256 = "1szybirrcpqsl2nmlmpbkxjqnm6i7l7bma87m5cpwi0kpvlxwmcw";
 
   prePatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace configure.in --replace '`sw_vers -productVersion`' '10.10'
+    substituteInPlace configure.in --replace '`sw_vers -productVersion`' "''${MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET:-10.12}"
   '';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R22.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R22.nix
index 1af047f43bd7..a8c05513c5a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R22.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R22.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   sha256 = "1aqkhd6nwdn4xp5yz02zbymd4x8ij8fjw9ji8kh860n1a513k9ai";
 
   prePatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace make/configure.in --replace '`sw_vers -productVersion`' '10.10'
+    substituteInPlace make/configure.in --replace '`sw_vers -productVersion`' "''${MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET:-10.12}"
     substituteInPlace erts/configure.in --replace '-Wl,-no_weak_imports' ""
   '';
 }