diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index d39cd6bc3..0da01d5ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ jobs:
           mkdir build
           cd build
           cmake -G Xcode .. \
+            -DLLAMA_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY=ON \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=OFF \
@@ -361,6 +362,7 @@ jobs:
           mkdir build
           cd build
           cmake -G Xcode .. \
+            -DLLAMA_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY=ON \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=OFF \
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e29e35cba..777189345 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -229,38 +229,38 @@ if (LLAMA_METAL)
         )
 
         set(GGML_SOURCES_METAL ${GGML_SOURCES_METAL} ${METALLIB_EMBED_ASM})
-    endif()
-
-    if (LLAMA_METAL_SHADER_DEBUG)
-        # custom command to do the following:
-        #   xcrun -sdk macosx metal    -fno-fast-math -c ggml-metal.metal -o ggml-metal.air
-        #   xcrun -sdk macosx metallib                   ggml-metal.air   -o default.metallib
-        #
-        # note: this is the only way I found to disable fast-math in Metal. it's ugly, but at least it works
-        #       disabling fast math is needed in order to pass tests/test-backend-ops
-        # note: adding -fno-inline fixes the tests when using MTL_SHADER_VALIDATION=1
-        # note: unfortunately, we have to call it default.metallib instead of ggml.metallib
-        #       ref: https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/issues/1720
-        set(XC_FLAGS -fno-fast-math -fno-inline -g)
     else()
-        set(XC_FLAGS -O3)
-    endif()
+        if (LLAMA_METAL_SHADER_DEBUG)
+            # custom command to do the following:
+            #   xcrun -sdk macosx metal    -fno-fast-math -c ggml-metal.metal -o ggml-metal.air
+            #   xcrun -sdk macosx metallib                   ggml-metal.air   -o default.metallib
+            #
+            # note: this is the only way I found to disable fast-math in Metal. it's ugly, but at least it works
+            #       disabling fast math is needed in order to pass tests/test-backend-ops
+            # note: adding -fno-inline fixes the tests when using MTL_SHADER_VALIDATION=1
+            # note: unfortunately, we have to call it default.metallib instead of ggml.metallib
+            #       ref: https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/issues/1720
+            set(XC_FLAGS -fno-fast-math -fno-inline -g)
+        else()
+            set(XC_FLAGS -O3)
+        endif()
 
-    add_custom_command(
-        OUTPUT ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/default.metallib
-        COMMAND xcrun -sdk macosx metal    ${XC_FLAGS} -c ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/ggml-metal.metal -o ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/ggml-metal.air
-        COMMAND xcrun -sdk macosx metallib                ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/ggml-metal.air   -o ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/default.metallib
-        COMMAND rm -f ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/ggml-metal.air
-        COMMAND rm -f ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/ggml-common.h
-        COMMAND rm -f ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/ggml-metal.metal
-        DEPENDS ggml-metal.metal ggml-common.h
-        COMMENT "Compiling Metal kernels"
-        )
+        add_custom_command(
+            OUTPUT ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/default.metallib
+            COMMAND xcrun -sdk macosx metal    ${XC_FLAGS} -c ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/ggml-metal.metal -o ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/ggml-metal.air
+            COMMAND xcrun -sdk macosx metallib                ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/ggml-metal.air   -o ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/default.metallib
+            COMMAND rm -f ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/ggml-metal.air
+            COMMAND rm -f ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/ggml-common.h
+            COMMAND rm -f ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/ggml-metal.metal
+            DEPENDS ggml-metal.metal ggml-common.h
+            COMMENT "Compiling Metal kernels"
+            )
 
-    add_custom_target(
-        ggml-metal ALL
-        DEPENDS ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/default.metallib
-        )
+        add_custom_target(
+            ggml-metal ALL
+            DEPENDS ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/default.metallib
+            )
+    endif() # LLAMA_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY
 
     set(LLAMA_EXTRA_LIBS ${LLAMA_EXTRA_LIBS}
         ${FOUNDATION_LIBRARY}