diff --git a/m4/libtool.m4 b/m4/libtool.m4
index 79a2451e..973ab2aa 100644
--- m4/libtool.m4
+++ m4/libtool.m4
@@ -1081,6 +1081,21 @@ _LT_EOF
     if test yes = "$lt_cv_apple_cc_single_mod"; then
       _lt_dar_single_mod='$single_module'
     fi
+    _lt_dar_needs_single_mod=no
+    case $host_os in
+    rhapsody* | darwin1.*)
+      _lt_dar_needs_single_mod=yes ;;
+    darwin*)
+      # When targeting Mac OS X 10.4 (darwin 8) or later,
+      # -single_module is the default and -multi_module is unsupported.
+      # The toolchain on macOS 10.14 (darwin 18) and later cannot
+      # target any OS version that needs -single_module.
+      case ${MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET-10.0},$host in
+      10.0,*-darwin[[567]].*|10.[[0-3]],*-darwin[[5-9]].*|10.[[0-3]],*-darwin1[[0-7]].*)
+        _lt_dar_needs_single_mod=yes ;;
+      esac
+    ;;
+    esac
     if test yes = "$lt_cv_ld_exported_symbols_list"; then
       _lt_dar_export_syms=' $wl-exported_symbols_list,$output_objdir/$libname-symbols.expsym'
     else
@@ -1126,7 +1141,7 @@ m4_defun([_LT_DARWIN_LINKER_FEATURES],
     _LT_TAGVAR(archive_expsym_cmds, $1)="$SED 's|^|_|' < \$export_symbols > \$output_objdir/\$libname-symbols.expsym~\$CC -dynamiclib \$allow_undefined_flag -o \$lib \$libobjs \$deplibs \$compiler_flags -install_name \$rpath/\$soname \$verstring $_lt_dar_single_mod$_lt_dar_export_syms$_lt_dsymutil"
     _LT_TAGVAR(module_expsym_cmds, $1)="$SED -e 's|^|_|' < \$export_symbols > \$output_objdir/\$libname-symbols.expsym~\$CC \$allow_undefined_flag -o \$lib -bundle \$libobjs \$deplibs \$compiler_flags$_lt_dar_export_syms$_lt_dsymutil"
     m4_if([$1], [CXX],
-[   if test yes != "$lt_cv_apple_cc_single_mod"; then
+[   if test yes = "$_lt_dar_needs_single_mod" -a yes != "$lt_cv_apple_cc_single_mod"; then
       _LT_TAGVAR(archive_cmds, $1)="\$CC -r -keep_private_externs -nostdlib -o \$lib-master.o \$libobjs~\$CC -dynamiclib \$allow_undefined_flag -o \$lib \$lib-master.o \$deplibs \$compiler_flags -install_name \$rpath/\$soname \$verstring$_lt_dsymutil"
       _LT_TAGVAR(archive_expsym_cmds, $1)="$SED 's|^|_|' < \$export_symbols > \$output_objdir/\$libname-symbols.expsym~\$CC -r -keep_private_externs -nostdlib -o \$lib-master.o \$libobjs~\$CC -dynamiclib \$allow_undefined_flag -o \$lib \$lib-master.o \$deplibs \$compiler_flags -install_name \$rpath/\$soname \$verstring$_lt_dar_export_syms$_lt_dsymutil"
     fi