diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b34b3768..1017e53c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ if (APPLE)
             enable_language(ASM)
             set(WHISPER_EXTRA_FLAGS ${WHISPER_EXTRA_FLAGS} -DGGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY)
 
-            set(METALLIB_SOURCE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/ggml-metal.metal")
-            set(COMMON_HEADER "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/ggml-common.h")
+            set(METALLIB_SOURCE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ggml-metal.metal")
+            set(COMMON_HEADER   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ggml-common.h")
 
             file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/autogenerated")
             set(EMBED_METALLIB_ASSEMBLY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/autogenerated/ggml-embed-metallib.s")