diff --git a/ggml-metal.m b/ggml-metal.m
index f3c1fff8f..956e323a0 100644
--- a/ggml-metal.m
+++ b/ggml-metal.m
@@ -277,6 +277,14 @@ static struct ggml_metal_context * ggml_metal_init(int n_cb) {
                 return NULL;
             }
         } else {
+#if GGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY
+            GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("%s: using embedded metal library\n", __func__);
+
+            extern const char ggml_metallib_start[];
+            extern const char ggml_metallib_end[];
+
+            NSString * src  = [[NSString alloc] initWithBytes:ggml_metallib_start length:(ggml_metallib_end-ggml_metallib_start) encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+#else
             GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("%s: default.metallib not found, loading from source\n", __func__);
 
             NSString * sourcePath;
@@ -299,6 +307,7 @@ static struct ggml_metal_context * ggml_metal_init(int n_cb) {
                 GGML_METAL_LOG_ERROR("%s: error: %s\n", __func__, [[error description] UTF8String]);
                 return NULL;
             }
+#endif
 
             @autoreleasepool {
                 // dictionary of preprocessor macros