diff --git a/conan/tools/apple/__init__.py b/conan/tools/apple/__init__.py
index 22f18bb1286..2aa3f7f4dbd 100644
--- a/conan/tools/apple/__init__.py
+++ b/conan/tools/apple/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # Keep everything private until we review what is really needed and refactor passing "conanfile"
-# from conan.tools.apple.apple import XCRun
 # from conan.tools.apple.apple import apple_dot_clean
 # from conan.tools.apple.apple import apple_sdk_name
 # from conan.tools.apple.apple import apple_deployment_target_flag
-from conan.tools.apple.apple import fix_apple_shared_install_name, is_apple_os, to_apple_arch
+from conan.tools.apple.apple import fix_apple_shared_install_name, is_apple_os, to_apple_arch, XCRun
 from conan.tools.apple.xcodedeps import XcodeDeps
 from conan.tools.apple.xcodebuild import XcodeBuild
 from conan.tools.apple.xcodetoolchain import XcodeToolchain
diff --git a/conan/tools/apple/apple.py b/conan/tools/apple/apple.py
index b796de342dc..a68b5d355d7 100644
--- a/conan/tools/apple/apple.py
+++ b/conan/tools/apple/apple.py
@@ -73,17 +73,17 @@ def apple_min_version_flag(conanfile):
 def apple_sdk_path(conanfile):
     sdk_path = conanfile.conf.get("tools.apple:sdk_path")
     if not sdk_path:
-        sdk_path = XCRun(conanfile.settings).sdk_path
+        sdk_path = XCRun(conanfile).sdk_path
     return sdk_path
 
 
 class XCRun(object):
 
-    def __init__(self, settings, sdk=None):
+    def __init__(self, conanfile, sdk=None):
         """sdk=False will skip the flag
            sdk=None will try to adjust it automatically"""
-        if sdk is None and settings:
-            sdk = apple_sdk_name(settings)
+        if sdk is None and conanfile.settings:
+            sdk = apple_sdk_name(conanfile.settings)
         self.sdk = sdk
 
     def _invoke(self, args):
diff --git a/conans/test/functional/tools/test_apple_tools.py b/conans/test/functional/tools/test_apple_tools.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15fba0bcf34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conans/test/functional/tools/test_apple_tools.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import platform
+import textwrap
+
+import pytest
+
+from conans.test.utils.tools import TestClient
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(platform.system() != "Darwin", reason="Requires Xcode")
+def test_xcrun():
+    conanfile = textwrap.dedent("""
+        from conan import ConanFile
+        from conan.tools.apple import XCRun
+
+        class HelloConan(ConanFile):
+            name = "hello"
+            version = "0.1"
+            settings = "os", "compiler", "build_type", "arch"
+            def build(self):
+                sdk_path = XCRun(self).sdk_path
+                self.output.info(sdk_path)
+        """)
+    client = TestClient(path_with_spaces=False)
+    client.save({"conanfile.py": conanfile}, clean_first=True)
+    client.run("create .")
+    assert "Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform" in client.out