diff --git a/tools/osx/crosstool/cc_toolchain_config.bzl b/tools/osx/crosstool/cc_toolchain_config.bzl
index 0d541bf1011f32..d90b4a85850626 100644
--- a/tools/osx/crosstool/cc_toolchain_config.bzl
+++ b/tools/osx/crosstool/cc_toolchain_config.bzl
@@ -5400,7 +5400,7 @@ def _impl(ctx):
                     ACTION_NAMES.objc_compile,
                     ACTION_NAMES.objcpp_compile,
                 ],
-                flag_groups = [flag_group(flags = ["-fdebug-compilation-dir", "."])],
+                flag_groups = [flag_group(flags = ["DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP_PWD=."])],
             ),
         ],
     )
diff --git a/tools/osx/crosstool/wrapped_clang.cc b/tools/osx/crosstool/wrapped_clang.cc
index febf3cb246cbec..403528707b7bb5 100644
--- a/tools/osx/crosstool/wrapped_clang.cc
+++ b/tools/osx/crosstool/wrapped_clang.cc
@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ void ProcessArgument(const std::string arg, const std::string developer_dir,
   }
 
   std::string dest_dir, bitcode_symbol_map;
+  if (SetArgIfFlagPresent(arg, "DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP_PWD", &dest_dir)) {
+    new_arg = "-fdebug-prefix-map=" + cwd + "=" + dest_dir;
+  }
   if (arg.compare("OSO_PREFIX_MAP_PWD") == 0) {
     new_arg = "-Wl,-oso_prefix," + cwd + "/";
   }