diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 93c1fb18719bb..410f7cb241af5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6365,6 +6365,8 @@ enabled videotoolbox && {
     check_func_headers CoreVideo/CVImageBuffer.h kCVImageBufferTransferFunction_SMPTE_ST_428_1 "-framework CoreVideo"
 }
 
+enabled metal && test_cmd $metalcc -v || disable metal
+
 check_struct "sys/time.h sys/resource.h" "struct rusage" ru_maxrss
 
 check_type "windows.h dxva.h" "DXVA_PicParams_AV1" -DWINAPI_FAMILY=WINAPI_FAMILY_DESKTOP_APP -D_CRT_BUILD_DESKTOP_APP=0