diff --git a/arrow.sh b/arrow.sh
index 5cd2b8a6fb..4cc89602c9 100644
--- a/arrow.sh
+++ b/arrow.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,16 @@ rsync -a --exclude='**/.git' --delete --delete-excluded "$SOURCEDIR/" ./src_tmp/
 
 case $ARCHITECTURE in
   osx*)
-   CLANG_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/clang
+   # use default llvm from homebrew if available
+   if [ -d `brew --prefix llvm` ]; then
+     CLANG_EXECUTABLE=`brew --prefix llvm`/bin/clang
+   else
+     # fall back to llvm@17
+     if [ -d `brew --prefix llvm`@17 ]; then
+       CLANG_EXECUTABLE=`brew --prefix llvm`@17/bin/clang
+     fi
+
+   fi
    ;;
   *)
    CLANG_EXECUTABLE=${CLANG_ROOT}/bin-safe/clang