diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f4ce4f1fbcda1..d41ebfd42a73b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -888,15 +888,16 @@ ggml/src/ggml-metal-embed.o: \
 	ggml/src/ggml-common.h
 	@echo "Embedding Metal library"
 	@sed -e '/#include "ggml-common.h"/r ggml/src/ggml-common.h' -e '/#include "ggml-common.h"/d' < ggml/src/ggml-metal.metal > ggml/src/ggml-metal-embed.metal
-	$(eval TEMP_ASSEMBLY=$(shell mktemp))
-	@echo ".section __DATA, __ggml_metallib"            >  $(TEMP_ASSEMBLY)
-	@echo ".globl _ggml_metallib_start"                 >> $(TEMP_ASSEMBLY)
-	@echo "_ggml_metallib_start:"                       >> $(TEMP_ASSEMBLY)
-	@echo ".incbin \"ggml/src/ggml-metal-embed.metal\"" >> $(TEMP_ASSEMBLY)
-	@echo ".globl _ggml_metallib_end"                   >> $(TEMP_ASSEMBLY)
-	@echo "_ggml_metallib_end:"                         >> $(TEMP_ASSEMBLY)
-	@$(AS) $(TEMP_ASSEMBLY) -o $@
-	@rm -f ${TEMP_ASSEMBLY}
+	$(eval TEMP_ASSEMBLY=$(shell mktemp -d))
+	@echo ".section __DATA, __ggml_metallib"            >  $(TEMP_ASSEMBLY)/ggml-metal-embed.s
+	@echo ".globl _ggml_metallib_start"                 >> $(TEMP_ASSEMBLY)/ggml-metal-embed.s
+	@echo "_ggml_metallib_start:"                       >> $(TEMP_ASSEMBLY)/ggml-metal-embed.s
+	@echo ".incbin \"ggml/src/ggml-metal-embed.metal\"" >> $(TEMP_ASSEMBLY)/ggml-metal-embed.s
+	@echo ".globl _ggml_metallib_end"                   >> $(TEMP_ASSEMBLY)/ggml-metal-embed.s
+	@echo "_ggml_metallib_end:"                         >> $(TEMP_ASSEMBLY)/ggml-metal-embed.s
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $(TEMP_ASSEMBLY)/ggml-metal-embed.s -o $@
+	@rm -f ${TEMP_ASSEMBLY}/ggml-metal-embed.s
+	@rmdir ${TEMP_ASSEMBLY}
 endif
 endif # GGML_METAL