diff --git a/llm/llama.go b/llm/llama.go
index 26a0d588..ec067194 100644
--- a/llm/llama.go
+++ b/llm/llama.go
@@ -6,8 +6,12 @@ import (
 	_ "embed"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"io/fs"
+	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -116,6 +120,7 @@ type ImageData struct {
 var (
 	errNvidiaSMI     = errors.New("warning: gpu support may not be enabled, check that you have installed GPU drivers: nvidia-smi command failed")
 	errAvailableVRAM = errors.New("not enough VRAM available, falling back to CPU only")
+	payloadMissing   = fmt.Errorf("expected payload not included in this build of ollama")
 )
 
 // StatusWriter is a writer that captures error messages from the llama runner process
@@ -202,3 +207,42 @@ type EmbeddingRequest struct {
 type EmbeddingResponse struct {
 	Embedding []float64 `json:"embedding"`
 }
+
+func extractLib(workDir, glob string) error {
+	files, err := fs.Glob(libEmbed, glob)
+	if err != nil || len(files) == 0 {
+		return payloadMissing
+	}
+
+	if len(files) != 1 {
+		// Shouldn't happen, but just use the first one we find
+		log.Printf("WARNING: multiple payloads detected - using %s", files[0])
+	}
+
+	srcFile, err := libEmbed.Open(files[0])
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("read payload %s: %v", files[0], err)
+	}
+	defer srcFile.Close()
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(workDir, 0o755); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("create payload temp dir %s: %v", workDir, err)
+	}
+
+	destFile := filepath.Join(workDir, filepath.Base(files[0]))
+
+	_, err = os.Stat(destFile)
+	switch {
+	case errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist):
+		destFile, err := os.OpenFile(destFile, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0o755)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("write payload %s: %v", files[0], err)
+		}
+		defer destFile.Close()
+		if _, err := io.Copy(destFile, srcFile); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("copy payload %s: %v", files[0], err)
+		}
+	case err != nil:
+		return fmt.Errorf("stat payload %s: %v", files[0], err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/llm/shim_darwin.go b/llm/shim_darwin.go
index adf02108..3cefe4c5 100644
--- a/llm/shim_darwin.go
+++ b/llm/shim_darwin.go
@@ -1,18 +1,32 @@
 package llm
 
 import (
+	"embed"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/jmorganca/ollama/api"
 )
 
-// no-op stubs for mac
+//go:embed llama.cpp/gguf/build/*/bin/ggml-metal.metal
+var libEmbed embed.FS
 
 func newRocmShimExtServer(model string, adapters, projectors []string, numLayers int64, opts api.Options) (extServer, error) {
 	// should never happen...
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("ROCM GPUs not supported on Mac")
 }
 
-func nativeInit(workDir string) error {
+func nativeInit(workdir string) error {
+	err := extractLib(workdir, "llama.cpp/gguf/build/*/bin/ggml-metal.metal")
+	if err != nil {
+		if err == payloadMissing {
+			// TODO perhaps consider this a hard failure on arm macs?
+			log.Printf("ggml-meta.metal payload missing")
+			return nil
+		}
+		return err
+	}
+	os.Setenv("GGML_METAL_PATH_RESOURCES", workdir)
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/llm/shim_ext_server.go b/llm/shim_ext_server.go
index 7505adaa..fa841d49 100644
--- a/llm/shim_ext_server.go
+++ b/llm/shim_ext_server.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"embed"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"io/fs"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -109,13 +108,15 @@ func (llm *shimExtServer) Close() {
 }
 
 func nativeInit(workdir string) error {
-	err := extractLib(workdir)
+	err := extractLib(workdir, "llama.cpp/gguf/build/*/lib/*rocm_server*")
 	if err != nil {
-		if err == RocmShimMissing {
-			log.Printf("%s", err)
+		if err == payloadMissing {
+			log.Printf("%s", RocmShimMissing)
 			return nil
 		}
 		return err
+	} else {
+		ShimPresent = true
 	}
 
 	// Verify we have permissions - either running as root, or we have group access to the driver
@@ -168,44 +169,3 @@ func nativeInit(workdir string) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
-
-func extractLib(workDir string) error {
-	files, err := fs.Glob(libEmbed, "llama.cpp/gguf/build/*/lib/*rocm_server*")
-	if err != nil || len(files) == 0 {
-		// this is expected, ollama may be compiled without shim library packed in
-		return RocmShimMissing
-	}
-
-	if len(files) != 1 {
-		// Shouldn't happen, but just use the first one we find
-		log.Printf("WARNING: multiple rocm libraries detected - using %s", files[0])
-	}
-
-	srcFile, err := libEmbed.Open(files[0])
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("read ROCm shim %s: %v", files[0], err)
-	}
-	defer srcFile.Close()
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(workDir, 0o755); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("create ROCm shim temp dir %s: %v", workDir, err)
-	}
-
-	destFile := filepath.Join(workDir, filepath.Base(files[0]))
-
-	_, err = os.Stat(destFile)
-	switch {
-	case errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist):
-		destFile, err := os.OpenFile(destFile, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0o755)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("write ROCm shim %s: %v", files[0], err)
-		}
-		defer destFile.Close()
-		if _, err := io.Copy(destFile, srcFile); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("copy ROCm shim %s: %v", files[0], err)
-		}
-	case err != nil:
-		return fmt.Errorf("stat ROCm shim %s: %v", files[0], err)
-	}
-	ShimPresent = true
-	return nil
-}