diff --git a/mesonbuild/backend/xcodebackend.py b/mesonbuild/backend/xcodebackend.py
index 590b24f06..3bfadd7e7 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/backend/xcodebackend.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/backend/xcodebackend.py
@@ -255,6 +255,13 @@ class XCodeBackend(backends.Backend):
         obj_path = f'{project}.build/{buildtype}/{tname}.build/Objects-normal/{arch}/{stem}.o'
         return obj_path
 
+    def determine_swift_dep_dirs(self, target):
+        result: T.List[str] = []
+        for l in target.link_targets:
+            # Xcode does not recognize our private directories, so we have to use its build directories instead.
+            result.append(os.path.join(self.environment.get_build_dir(), self.get_target_dir(l)))
+        return result
+
     def generate(self, capture: bool = False, vslite_ctx: dict = None) -> T.Optional[dict]:
         # Check for (currently) unexpected capture arg use cases -
         if capture: