diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d0f09372e..c9d267f663 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -320,3 +320,9 @@ if (ARCHITECTURE_arm64 AND NOT TARGET sse2neon)
     add_library(sse2neon INTERFACE)
     target_include_directories(sse2neon INTERFACE sse2neon)
 endif()
+
+# metal-cpp
+if (APPLE)
+    add_library(metal-cpp INTERFACE)
+    target_include_directories(metal-cpp INTERFACE metal-cpp)
+endif()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index f0c666fcc7..20d3112f8a 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -184,11 +184,6 @@ else()
     endif()
 endif()
 
-if (APPLE)
-    # TODO: use target_link_libraries
-    include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/externals/metal-cpp)
-endif()
-
 add_subdirectory(common)
 add_subdirectory(core)
 add_subdirectory(audio_core)
diff --git a/src/suyu_cmd/CMakeLists.txt b/src/suyu_cmd/CMakeLists.txt
index 3aba7800ae..82fe66110d 100644
--- a/src/suyu_cmd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/suyu_cmd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,8 +42,12 @@ target_include_directories(suyu-cmd PRIVATE ${RESOURCES_DIR})
 
 target_link_libraries(suyu-cmd PRIVATE SDL2::SDL2 Vulkan::Headers)
 
-if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
-    install(TARGETS suyu-cmd)
+if(UNIX)
+    if (APPLE)
+        target_link_libraries(suyu-cmd PRIVATE metal-cpp)
+    else()
+        install(TARGETS suyu-cmd)
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 if(WIN32)
diff --git a/src/suyu_cmd/emu_window/emu_window_sdl2_mtl.cpp b/src/suyu_cmd/emu_window/emu_window_sdl2_mtl.cpp
index d84b939586..24bb220a69 100644
--- a/src/suyu_cmd/emu_window/emu_window_sdl2_mtl.cpp
+++ b/src/suyu_cmd/emu_window/emu_window_sdl2_mtl.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 EmuWindow_SDL2_MTL::EmuWindow_SDL2_MTL(InputCommon::InputSubsystem* input_subsystem_,
                                        Core::System& system_, bool fullscreen)
     : EmuWindow_SDL2{input_subsystem_, system_} {
-    const std::string window_title = fmt::format("suyu {} | {}-{} (Vulkan)", Common::g_build_name,
+    const std::string window_title = fmt::format("suyu {} | {}-{} (Metal)", Common::g_build_name,
                                                  Common::g_scm_branch, Common::g_scm_desc);
     render_window =
         SDL_CreateWindow(window_title.c_str(), SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED,
@@ -39,18 +39,8 @@ EmuWindow_SDL2_MTL::EmuWindow_SDL2_MTL(InputCommon::InputSubsystem* input_subsys
         ShowCursor(false);
     }
 
-    switch (wm.subsystem) {
-#ifdef SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER_COCOA
-    case SDL_SYSWM_TYPE::SDL_SYSWM_COCOA:
-        window_info.type = Core::Frontend::WindowSystemType::Cocoa;
-        window_info.render_surface = SDL_Metal_CreateView(render_window);
-        break;
-#endif
-    default:
-        LOG_CRITICAL(Frontend, "Window manager subsystem {} not implemented", wm.subsystem);
-        std::exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-        break;
-    }
+    window_info.type = Core::Frontend::WindowSystemType::Cocoa;
+    window_info.render_surface = SDL_Metal_CreateView(render_window);
 
     OnResize();
     OnMinimalClientAreaChangeRequest(GetActiveConfig().min_client_area_size);
diff --git a/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt
index 394b37c8d7..1c3ab968f7 100644
--- a/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -405,6 +405,10 @@ add_dependencies(video_core host_shaders)
 target_include_directories(video_core PRIVATE ${HOST_SHADERS_INCLUDE})
 target_link_libraries(video_core PRIVATE sirit Vulkan::Headers Vulkan::UtilityHeaders GPUOpen::VulkanMemoryAllocator)
 
+if (APPLE)
+    target_link_libraries(video_core PRIVATE metal-cpp)
+endif()
+
 if (ENABLE_NSIGHT_AFTERMATH)
     if (NOT DEFINED ENV{NSIGHT_AFTERMATH_SDK})
         message(FATAL_ERROR "Environment variable NSIGHT_AFTERMATH_SDK has to be provided")