diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.ml b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
index 2c29b17c9..042fe9817 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
@@ -1128,6 +1128,13 @@ and iphoneos_target_sdk_version =
     ~in_help:CLOpt.[Capture, manual_clang_linters]
     "Specify the target SDK version to use for iphoneos"
 
+and iphoneos_target_sdk_version_skip_path =
+  CLOpt.mk_string_list ~long:"iphoneos-target-sdk-version-skip-path"
+    ~in_help:CLOpt.[Capture, manual_clang_linters]
+    ~meta:"path prefix OCaml regex"
+    "To be used together with iphoneos-target-sdk-version, \
+     to disable that flag in a particular path (can be specified multiple times)"
+
 and issues_fields =
   CLOpt.mk_symbol_seq ~long:"issues-fields"
     ~in_help:CLOpt.[Report, manual_generic]
@@ -1899,6 +1906,7 @@ and ignore_trivial_traces = !ignore_trivial_traces
 and immutable_cast = !immutable_cast
 and infer_cache = !infer_cache
 and iphoneos_target_sdk_version = !iphoneos_target_sdk_version
+and iphoneos_target_sdk_version_skip_path = !iphoneos_target_sdk_version_skip_path
 and issues_fields = !issues_fields
 and iterations = !iterations
 and java_jar_compiler = !java_jar_compiler
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.mli b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
index d0e94c34e..6e66a5da9 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.mli
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ val ignore_trivial_traces : bool
 val immutable_cast : bool
 val infer_cache : string option
 val iphoneos_target_sdk_version : string option
+val iphoneos_target_sdk_version_skip_path : string list
 val issues_fields : [`Issue_field_bug_class
                     | `Issue_field_kind
                     | `Issue_field_bug_type
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/cPredicates.ml b/infer/src/clang/cPredicates.ml
index d167375f1..0163038aa 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/cPredicates.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/cPredicates.ml
@@ -328,9 +328,19 @@ let is_class an re =
       declaration_has_name an re
   | _ -> false
 
+let should_use_iphoneos_target_sdk_version (cxt : CLintersContext.context) =
+  let source_file = cxt.translation_unit_context.source_file  in
+  not (List.exists
+         ~f:(fun path -> ALVar.str_match_regex (SourceFile.to_rel_path source_file) path)
+         Config.iphoneos_target_sdk_version_skip_path)
+
 let decl_unavailable_in_supported_ios_sdk (cxt : CLintersContext.context) an =
+  let config_iphoneos_target_sdk_version =
+    if should_use_iphoneos_target_sdk_version cxt then
+      Config.iphoneos_target_sdk_version
+    else None in
   let allowed_os_versions =
-    match Config.iphoneos_target_sdk_version,
+    match config_iphoneos_target_sdk_version,
           (cxt.if_context : CLintersContext.if_context option) with
     | Some iphoneos_target_sdk_version, Some if_context ->
         iphoneos_target_sdk_version :: if_context.ios_version_guard
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/ioslints/Makefile b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/ioslints/Makefile
index ef6cbfd44..60765f306 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/ioslints/Makefile
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/ioslints/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ CLANG_OPTIONS = -x objective-c \
 
 ANALYZER = linters
 INFER_OPTIONS = --no-filtering --debug-exceptions --project-root $(TESTS_DIR) \
---iphoneos-target-sdk-version 8.0 --no-failures-allowed
+--iphoneos-target-sdk-version 8.0 \
+--iphoneos-target-sdk-version-skip-path "codetoanalyze/objc/ioslints/filter_out_unavailable_api\.m" \
+--no-failures-allowed
 INFERPRINT_OPTIONS = --issues-tests
 
 SOURCES = \
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/ioslints/filter_out_unavailable_api.m b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/ioslints/filter_out_unavailable_api.m
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..369109340
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/ioslints/filter_out_unavailable_api.m
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 - present Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
+
+@interface Filter_out_unavailable_api : NSObject
+
+- (void)n NS_AVAILABLE(10_12, 10_0);
+
+@end
+
+@implementation Filter_out_unavailable_api
+
+- (void)n {
+}
+
+// no bug
+- (void)with_responds_to_selector:(Filter_out_unavailable_api*)a {
+  [a n];
+}
+
+@end