diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ecbbcff0..fb0d8d5e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -182,6 +182,13 @@ ifdef WHISPER_COREML_ALLOW_FALLBACK
 endif
 endif
 
+ifndef WHISPER_NO_METAL
+	ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
+		CXXFLAGS += -DGGML_USE_METAL
+		LDFLAGS  += -framework Foundation -framework Metal -framework MetalKit
+	endif
+endif
+
 ifdef WHISPER_OPENBLAS
 	CFLAGS  += -DGGML_USE_OPENBLAS -I/usr/local/include/openblas -I/usr/include/openblas
 	LDFLAGS += -lopenblas
@@ -303,6 +310,13 @@ whisper-encoder-impl.o: coreml/whisper-encoder-impl.m coreml/whisper-encoder-imp
 WHISPER_OBJ += whisper.o whisper-encoder.o whisper-encoder-impl.o
 endif
 
+ifndef WHISPER_NO_METAL
+ggml-metal.o: ggml-metal.m ggml-metal.h
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+
+WHISPER_OBJ += ggml-metal.o
+endif
+
 libwhisper.a: ggml.o $(WHISPER_OBJ)
 	$(AR) rcs libwhisper.a ggml.o $(WHISPER_OBJ)
 
diff --git a/whisper.cpp b/whisper.cpp
index 5c14b43e..e3a6900f 100644
--- a/whisper.cpp
+++ b/whisper.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 #include "coreml/whisper-encoder.h"
 #endif
 
+#ifdef GGML_USE_METAL
+#  include "ggml-metal.h"
+#endif
+
 #ifdef WHISPER_USE_OPENVINO
 #include "openvino/whisper-openvino-encoder.h"
 #endif
@@ -689,6 +693,10 @@ struct whisper_state {
     whisper_coreml_context * ctx_coreml = nullptr;
 #endif
 
+#ifdef GGML_USE_METAL
+    ggml_metal_context * ctx_metal = nullptr;
+#endif
+
 #ifdef WHISPER_USE_OPENVINO
     whisper_openvino_context * ctx_openvino = nullptr;
 #endif
@@ -3032,6 +3040,13 @@ void whisper_free_state(struct whisper_state * state)
         }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef GGML_USE_METAL
+        if (state->ctx_metal) {
+            ggml_metal_free(state->ctx_metal);
+            state->ctx_metal = nullptr;
+        }
+#endif
+
 #ifdef WHISPER_USE_OPENVINO
         if (state->ctx_openvino != nullptr) {
             whisper_openvino_free(state->ctx_openvino);