diff --git a/mesonbuild/backend/xcodebackend.py b/mesonbuild/backend/xcodebackend.py
index 7c6625081..5bd810611 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/backend/xcodebackend.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/backend/xcodebackend.py
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ class XCodeBackend(backends.Backend):
                 ldstr = ' '.join(ldargs)
                 valid = self.buildconfmap[target_name][buildtype]
                 langargs = {}
-                for lang in self.environment.coredata.compilers:
+                for lang in self.environment.coredata.compilers[target.for_machine]:
                     if lang not in langnamemap:
                         continue
                     # Add compile args added using add_project_arguments()