diff --git a/wrapper/target.cpp b/wrapper/target.cpp
index 35b3b03..158ca95 100644
--- a/wrapper/target.cpp
+++ b/wrapper/target.cpp
@@ -516,15 +516,6 @@ bool Target::setup() {
     }
   }
 
-  if (OSNum > SDKOSNum) {
-    err << "targeted OS X version must be <= " << SDKOSNum.Str() << " (SDK)"
-        << err.endl();
-    return false;
-  } else if (OSNum < OSVersion(10, 4)) {
-    err << "targeted OS X version must be >= 10.4" << err.endl();
-    return false;
-  }
-
   if (haveArch(Arch::x86_64h) && OSNum < OSVersion(10, 8)) {
     // -mmacosx-version-min= < 10.8 in combination with '-arch x86_64h'
     // may cause linker errors.
@@ -556,6 +547,15 @@ bool Target::setup() {
     }
   }
 
+  if (OSNum > SDKOSNum) {
+    err << "targeted OS X version must be <= " << SDKOSNum.Str() << " (SDK)"
+        << err.endl();
+    return false;
+  } else if (OSNum < OSVersion(10, 4)) {
+    err << "targeted OS X version must be >= 10.4" << err.endl();
+    return false;
+  }
+
   std::string CXXHeaderPath = SDKPath;
   string_vector AdditionalCXXHeaderPaths;
 
diff --git a/wrapper/unittests/run.bats b/wrapper/unittests/run.bats
index fc6dc9f..70d697d 100755
--- a/wrapper/unittests/run.bats
+++ b/wrapper/unittests/run.bats
@@ -339,6 +339,12 @@ eval $(osxcross-conf)
   run o64-clang++ -stdlib=foo
   [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
   [[ "${lines[0]}" == *error:\ value\ of\ \'-stdlib=\'\ must\ be\ \'default\',\ \'libc++\'\ or\ \'libstdc++\' ]]
+
+  if [ $(osxcross-cmp $OSXCROSS_SDK_VERSION "<" 10.7) -eq 1 ]; then
+    run o64-clang++ -stdlib=libc++
+    [ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+    [[ "${lines[0]}" == *error:\ libc++\ requires\ Mac\ OS\ X\ SDK\ 10.7\ \(or\ later\) ]]
+  fi
 }
 
 @test "precompiled headers" {
@@ -411,9 +417,11 @@ eval $(osxcross-conf)
     [[ "${lines[0]}" != *\ -m64\ * ]]
     [[ "${lines[0]}" != *\ -arch\ * ]]
 
-    run o64-g++ -arch x86_64h
-    [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
-    [[ "${lines[0]}" == *error:\ gcc\ does\ not\ support\ architecture\ \'x86_64h\' ]]
+    if [ $(osxcross-cmp $OSXCROSS_SDK_VERSION ">=" 10.8) -eq 1 ]; then
+      run o64-g++ -arch x86_64h
+      [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+      [[ "${lines[0]}" == *error:\ gcc\ does\ not\ support\ architecture\ \'x86_64h\' ]]
+    fi
   fi
 }