diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 839aad003..f2bb5f354 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ if (LLAMA_METAL)
     configure_file(ggml-metal.metal bin/ggml-metal.metal COPYONLY)
 
     set(LLAMA_EXTRA_LIBS ${LLAMA_EXTRA_LIBS}
-        ${FOUNDATION_LIBRARY}
+        ${FOUNDATION_LIBRARY} 
         ${METAL_FRAMEWORK}
         ${METALKIT_FRAMEWORK}
         )
@@ -700,6 +700,7 @@ target_compile_features(llama PUBLIC cxx_std_20) # don't bump
 target_link_libraries(llama PRIVATE
     ggml
     ${LLAMA_EXTRA_LIBS}
+    -ldynet
     )
 
 if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ed91090be..203318320 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -541,6 +541,8 @@ $(info )
 
 ggml.o: ggml.cpp ggml.h ggml-cuda.h
 	$(CXX)  $(CXXFLAGS)   -c $< -o $@
+libdynet.o: libdynet.cpp ggml.h ggml-cuda.h
+	$(CXX)  $(CXXFLAGS)   -c $< -o $@
 
 ggml-alloc.o: ggml-alloc.cpp ggml.h ggml-alloc.h
 	$(CXX)  $(CXXFLAGS)   -c $< -o $@
@@ -551,7 +553,7 @@ ggml-backend.o: ggml-backend.cpp ggml.h ggml-backend.h
 ggml-quants.o: ggml-quants.cpp ggml.h ggml-quants.h
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS)    -c $< -o $@
 
-OBJS += ggml-alloc.o ggml-backend.o ggml-quants.o
+OBJS += ggml-alloc.o ggml-backend.o ggml-quants.o libdynet.o
 
 llama.o: llama.cpp ggml.h ggml-alloc.h ggml-backend.h ggml-cuda.h ggml-metal.h llama.h
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
@@ -584,8 +586,8 @@ clean:
 # Examples
 #
 
-main: examples/main/main.cpp                                  ggml.o llama.o $(COMMON_DEPS) console.o grammar-parser.o $(OBJS)
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(filter-out %.h,$^) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
+main: examples/main/main.cpp                                  ggml.o llama.o $(COMMON_DEPS) console.o grammar-parser.o $(OBJS) 
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(filter-out %.h,$^) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) -ldynet
 	@echo
 	@echo '====  Run ./main -h for help.  ===='
 	@echo
diff --git a/examples/main/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/main/CMakeLists.txt
index d532980b7..cb6c6d166 100644
--- a/examples/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 set(TARGET main)
 add_executable(${TARGET} main.cpp)
 install(TARGETS ${TARGET} RUNTIME)
-target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE common llama ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
-target_compile_features(${TARGET} PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
+target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE common llama ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} )
+target_compile_features(${TARGET} PRIVATE cxx_std_20)