diff --git a/src/ggml-vulkan/CMakeLists.txt b/src/ggml-vulkan/CMakeLists.txt
index b97e7bf9..0ba5fcdd 100644
--- a/src/ggml-vulkan/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/ggml-vulkan/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -110,6 +110,12 @@ if (Vulkan_FOUND)
         add_compile_definitions(GGML_VULKAN_RUN_TESTS)
     endif()
 
+    if(DEFINED VULKAN_SHADERS_GEN_EXECUTABLE)
+        add_executable(vulkan-shaders-gen IMPORTED)
+        set_target_properties(vulkan-shaders-gen PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION "${VULKAN_SHADERS_GEN_EXECUTABLE}")
+    elseif(1)
+        add_subdirectory(vulkan-shaders)
+    elseif(0)
     # Set up toolchain for host compilation whether cross-compiling or not
     if (CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
         if (GGML_VULKAN_SHADERS_GEN_TOOLCHAIN)
@@ -159,6 +165,8 @@ if (Vulkan_FOUND)
     set (_ggml_vk_host_suffix $<IF:$<STREQUAL:${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME},Windows>,.exe,>)
     set (_ggml_vk_genshaders_dir "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/$<CONFIG>")
     set (_ggml_vk_genshaders_cmd "${_ggml_vk_genshaders_dir}/vulkan-shaders-gen${_ggml_vk_host_suffix}")
+    endif()
+    set (_ggml_vk_genshaders_cmd "vulkan-shaders-gen")
     set (_ggml_vk_header     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/ggml-vulkan-shaders.hpp")
     set (_ggml_vk_source     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/ggml-vulkan-shaders.cpp")
     set (_ggml_vk_input_dir  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/vulkan-shaders")