diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/CMakeLists.txt
index 63418fe143..9c0b3db859 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@ if (GGML_METAL_NDEBUG)
     add_compile_definitions(GGML_METAL_NDEBUG)
 endif()
 
-# copy metal files to bin directory
-configure_file(../ggml-common.h  ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/ggml-common.h     COPYONLY)
-configure_file(ggml-metal.metal  ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/ggml-metal.metal  COPYONLY)
-configure_file(ggml-metal-impl.h ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/ggml-metal-impl.h COPYONLY)
-
 set(METALLIB_COMMON "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../ggml-common.h")
 if (GGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY)
     enable_language(ASM)
@@ -37,12 +32,12 @@ if (GGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY)
     set(METALLIB_SOURCE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ggml-metal.metal")
     set(METALLIB_IMPL   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ggml-metal-impl.h")
 
-    file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/autogenerated")
+    file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/autogenerated")
 
     # merge ggml-common.h and ggml-metal.metal into a single file
-    set(METALLIB_EMBED_ASM        "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/autogenerated/ggml-metal-embed.s")
-    set(METALLIB_SOURCE_EMBED     "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/autogenerated/ggml-metal-embed.metal")
-    set(METALLIB_SOURCE_EMBED_TMP "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/autogenerated/ggml-metal-embed.metal.tmp")
+    set(METALLIB_EMBED_ASM        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/autogenerated/ggml-metal-embed.s")
+    set(METALLIB_SOURCE_EMBED     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/autogenerated/ggml-metal-embed.metal")
+    set(METALLIB_SOURCE_EMBED_TMP "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/autogenerated/ggml-metal-embed.metal.tmp")
 
     add_custom_command(
         OUTPUT "${METALLIB_EMBED_ASM}"
@@ -62,6 +57,11 @@ if (GGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY)
 
     target_sources(ggml-metal PRIVATE "${METALLIB_EMBED_ASM}")
 else()
+    # copy metal files to bin directory
+    configure_file(../ggml-common.h  ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/ggml-common.h     COPYONLY)
+    configure_file(ggml-metal.metal  ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/ggml-metal.metal  COPYONLY)
+    configure_file(ggml-metal-impl.h ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/ggml-metal-impl.h COPYONLY)
+
     if (GGML_METAL_SHADER_DEBUG)
         # custom command to do the following:
         #   xcrun -sdk macosx metal    -fno-fast-math -c ggml-metal.metal -o ggml-metal.air