diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2f828bf10..b4ce1f7ff 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -100,6 +100,14 @@ ifdef LLAMA_GPROF
 	CFLAGS   += -pg
 	CXXFLAGS += -pg
 endif
+ifdef LLAMA_MPI_DARWIN
+	CFLAGS   += -I/opt/homebrew/include
+	CXXFLAGS += -I/opt/homebrew/include
+	CC        = mpicc
+	CXX       = mpic++
+endif
+
+
 ifneq ($(filter aarch64%,$(UNAME_M)),)
 	CFLAGS += -mcpu=native
 	CXXFLAGS += -mcpu=native
diff --git a/ggml.h b/ggml.h
index ec28d828b..a2b73c863 100644
--- a/ggml.h
+++ b/ggml.h
@@ -176,7 +176,10 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
+
+#ifdef LLAMA_MPI_DARWIN
 #include <mpi.h>
+#endif
 
 #define GGML_MAX_DIMS     4
 #define GGML_MAX_NODES    4096