diff --git a/lldb/bindings/interface/SBPlatform.i b/lldb/bindings/interface/SBPlatform.i
--- a/lldb/bindings/interface/SBPlatform.i
+++ b/lldb/bindings/interface/SBPlatform.i
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@
     uint32_t
     GetOSUpdateVersion ();
 
+    void
+    SetSDKRoot(const char *sysroot);
+
     lldb::SBError
     Get (lldb::SBFileSpec &src, lldb::SBFileSpec &dst);
 
diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBPlatform.h b/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBPlatform.h
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBPlatform.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBPlatform.h
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@
 
   uint32_t GetOSUpdateVersion();
 
+  void SetSDKRoot(const char *sysroot);
+
   SBError Put(SBFileSpec &src, SBFileSpec &dst);
 
   SBError Get(SBFileSpec &src, SBFileSpec &dst);
diff --git a/lldb/source/API/SBDebugger.cpp b/lldb/source/API/SBDebugger.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/API/SBDebugger.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/API/SBDebugger.cpp
@@ -1533,18 +1533,9 @@
   LLDB_RECORD_METHOD(bool, SBDebugger, SetCurrentPlatformSDKRoot,
                      (const char *), sysroot);
 
-  Log *log(GetLogIfAllCategoriesSet(LIBLLDB_LOG_API));
-  if (m_opaque_sp) {
-    PlatformSP platform_sp(
-        m_opaque_sp->GetPlatformList().GetSelectedPlatform());
-
-    if (platform_sp) {
-      if (log && sysroot)
-        LLDB_LOGF(log, "SBDebugger::SetCurrentPlatformSDKRoot (\"%s\")",
-                  sysroot);
-      platform_sp->SetSDKRootDirectory(ConstString(sysroot));
-      return true;
-    }
+  if (SBPlatform platform = GetSelectedPlatform()) {
+    platform.SetSDKRoot(sysroot);
+    return true;
   }
   return false;
 }
diff --git a/lldb/source/API/SBPlatform.cpp b/lldb/source/API/SBPlatform.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/API/SBPlatform.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/API/SBPlatform.cpp
@@ -513,6 +513,12 @@
   return version.getSubminor().getValueOr(UINT32_MAX);
 }
 
+void SBPlatform::SetSDKRoot(const char *sysroot) {
+  LLDB_RECORD_METHOD(void, SBPlatform, SetSDKRoot, (const char *), sysroot);
+  if (PlatformSP platform_sp = GetSP())
+    platform_sp->SetSDKRootDirectory(ConstString(sysroot));
+}
+
 SBError SBPlatform::Get(SBFileSpec &src, SBFileSpec &dst) {
   LLDB_RECORD_METHOD(lldb::SBError, SBPlatform, Get,
                      (lldb::SBFileSpec &, lldb::SBFileSpec &), src, dst);
diff --git a/lldb/source/Target/Platform.cpp b/lldb/source/Target/Platform.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Target/Platform.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Target/Platform.cpp
@@ -428,6 +428,9 @@
     strm.Printf(" Connected: %s\n", is_connected ? "yes" : "no");
   }
 
+  if (GetSDKRootDirectory()) {
+    strm.Format("   Sysroot: {0}\n", GetSDKRootDirectory());
+  }
   if (GetWorkingDirectory()) {
     strm.Printf("WorkingDir: %s\n", GetWorkingDirectory().GetCString());
   }
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/python_api/sbplatform/TestSBPlatform.py b/lldb/test/API/python_api/sbplatform/TestSBPlatform.py
--- a/lldb/test/API/python_api/sbplatform/TestSBPlatform.py
+++ b/lldb/test/API/python_api/sbplatform/TestSBPlatform.py
@@ -20,3 +20,11 @@
         cmd = lldb.SBPlatformShellCommand(self.getBuildArtifact("a.out"))
         self.assertTrue(plat.Run(cmd).Success())
         self.assertIn("MY_TEST_ENV_VAR=SBPlatformAPICase.test_run", cmd.GetOutput())
+
+    def test_SetSDKRoot(self):
+        plat = lldb.SBPlatform("remote-linux") # arbitrary choice
+        self.assertTrue(plat)
+        plat.SetSDKRoot(self.getBuildDir())
+        self.dbg.SetCurrentPlatform("remote-linux")
+        self.expect("platform status",
+                substrs=["Sysroot:", self.getBuildDir()])