From 28091aa1ff268c336f00d9b000a688f23e17de12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Awni Hannun <awni@apple.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 11:22:35 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] allow build python lib without specifying path (#1799)

---
 python/src/CMakeLists.txt | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/python/src/CMakeLists.txt b/python/src/CMakeLists.txt
index bcba3a8a5..a82c6bb6c 100644
--- a/python/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ nanobind_add_module(
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/utils.cpp)
 
 if(NOT MLX_PYTHON_BINDINGS_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
-  set(MLX_PYTHON_BINDINGS_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY})
+  if(NOT CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
+    set(MLX_PYTHON_BINDINGS_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
+  else()
+    set(MLX_PYTHON_BINDINGS_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY})
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 set_target_properties(