diff --git a/project-template-ios/__PROJECT_NAME__.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/project-template-ios/__PROJECT_NAME__.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index a77371a9..c782d1cb 100644
--- a/project-template-ios/__PROJECT_NAME__.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/project-template-ios/__PROJECT_NAME__.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@
 				GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS = (
 					"$(inherited)",
 					"DEBUG=1",
+					"NS_SWIFTUI_BOOT=$(NS_SWIFTUI_BOOT:default=0)",
 				);
 				HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS = (
 					"$(inherited)",
@@ -460,6 +461,7 @@
 				"ENABLE_HARDENED_RUNTIME[sdk=macosx*]" = YES;
 				GCC_PRECOMPILE_PREFIX_HEADER = YES;
 				GCC_PREFIX_HEADER = "__PROJECT_NAME__/__PROJECT_NAME__-Prefix.pch";
+				GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS = "NS_SWIFTUI_BOOT=$(NS_SWIFTUI_BOOT:default=0)";
 				HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS = (
 					"$(inherited)",
 					"$SRCROOT/internal/Swift-Modules",
diff --git a/project-template-ios/internal/main.m b/project-template-ios/internal/main.m
index 757dad94..ae50c27e 100644
--- a/project-template-ios/internal/main.m
+++ b/project-template-ios/internal/main.m
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include "macros.h"
 #endif
 
-#ifndef NS_SWIFTUI_BOOT
+#if NS_SWIFTUI_BOOT == 0
 // Users can disable Obj-C bootstrapping by defining MACROS = NS_SWIFTUI_BOOT in their project's build.xcconfig file
 // This requires a NativeScriptApp.swift to be setup in the project and embedding enabled in @nativescript/core bootstrap
 
@@ -64,4 +64,4 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    }
 }
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif