diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
index 1349653557..35d590b693 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ class FormulaAuditor
       end
     end
 
-    if text =~ /xcodebuild[ (]["'*]/ && !text.include?("SYMROOT=")
+    if text =~ /xcodebuild[ (]*["'*]*/ && !text.include?("SYMROOT=")
       problem 'xcodebuild should be passed an explicit "SYMROOT"'
     end
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/audit_test.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/audit_test.rb
index 1d93c31e00..f4b7cae4a3 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/audit_test.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/audit_test.rb
@@ -465,4 +465,38 @@ class FormulaAuditorTests < Homebrew::TestCase
       end
     end
   end
+
+  def test_audit_xcodebuild_suggests_symroot
+    fa = formula_auditor "foo", <<-EOS.undent
+      class Foo < Formula
+        url "http://example.com/foo-1.0.tgz"
+        homepage "http://example.com"
+
+        def install
+          xcodebuild "-project", "meow.xcodeproject"
+        end
+      end
+    EOS
+
+    fa.audit_text
+
+    assert_match 'xcodebuild should be passed an explicit "SYMROOT"', fa.problems.first
+  end
+
+  def test_audit_bare_xcodebuild_suggests_symroot_also
+    fa = formula_auditor "foo", <<-EOS.undent
+      class Foo < Formula
+        url "http://example.com/foo-1.0.tgz"
+        homepage "http://example.com"
+
+        def install
+          xcodebuild
+        end
+      end
+    EOS
+
+    fa.audit_text
+
+    assert_match 'xcodebuild should be passed an explicit "SYMROOT"', fa.problems.first
+  end
 end