diff --git a/src/test/shell/bazel/apple/bazel_objc_test.sh b/src/test/shell/bazel/apple/bazel_objc_test.sh
index d106bcbab8cb07..4ef88fa6fd4b4d 100755
--- a/src/test/shell/bazel/apple/bazel_objc_test.sh
+++ b/src/test/shell/bazel/apple/bazel_objc_test.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function test_build_app() {
   setup_objc_test_support
   make_lib
 
-  bazel build --verbose_failures \
+  bazel build --verbose_failures --apple_platform_type=ios \
       --ios_sdk_version=$IOS_SDK_VERSION \
       //ios:lib >$TEST_log 2>&1 || fail "should pass"
   ls bazel-out/apl-ios_x86_64-fastbuild/bin/ios/liblib.a \
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ function test_invalid_ios_sdk_version() {
   setup_objc_test_support
   make_lib
 
-  ! bazel build --verbose_failures --ios_sdk_version=2.34 \
+  ! bazel build --verbose_failures --apple_platform_type=ios \
+      --ios_sdk_version=2.34 \
       //ios:lib >$TEST_log 2>&1 || fail "should fail"
   expect_log "SDK \"iphonesimulator2.34\" cannot be located."
 }
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ int aFunction() {
 }
 EOF
 
-  bazel build --verbose_failures \
+  bazel build --verbose_failures --apple_platform_type=ios \
       --ios_sdk_version=$IOS_SDK_VERSION //objclib:objclib >"$TEST_log" 2>&1 \
       || fail "Should build objc_library"
 
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ objc_library(name = 'main',
 EOF
 
   bazel build --verbose_failures \
+      --apple_platform_type=ios \
       --ios_sdk_version=$IOS_SDK_VERSION \
       --objc_enable_binary_stripping=true \
       --compilation_mode=opt \