diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f32df5fe52335..7b827edfcfa32 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ if (LLAMA_METAL)
     #add_compile_definitions(GGML_METAL_DIR_KERNELS="${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/")
 
     # copy ggml-metal.metal to bin directory
-    configure_file(ggml-metal.metal bin/ggml-metal.metal COPYONLY)
+    configure_file(ggml-metal.metal ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/ggml-metal.metal COPYONLY)
 
     set(LLAMA_EXTRA_LIBS ${LLAMA_EXTRA_LIBS}
         ${FOUNDATION_LIBRARY}