From 80a1c206f963f713b8f1f2ce71bac039a3d3baa7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Valentin Roussellet <vroussellet@apple.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 16:52:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Use `metal` as the front-end for the metal linker (#3354)

---
 mlx/backend/metal/kernels/CMakeLists.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mlx/backend/metal/kernels/CMakeLists.txt b/mlx/backend/metal/kernels/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d3d8a19..8c4246d1 100644
--- a/mlx/backend/metal/kernels/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlx/backend/metal/kernels/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ endif()
 
 add_custom_command(
   OUTPUT ${MLX_METAL_PATH}/mlx.metallib
-  COMMAND xcrun -sdk macosx metallib ${KERNEL_AIR} -o
+  COMMAND xcrun -sdk macosx metal ${KERNEL_AIR} -o
           ${MLX_METAL_PATH}/mlx.metallib
   DEPENDS ${KERNEL_AIR}
   COMMENT "Building mlx.metallib"