diff --git a/make/lib/Awt2dLibraries.gmk b/make/lib/Awt2dLibraries.gmk
index 51d5bc73edc..d4f57122d4c 100644
--- a/make/lib/Awt2dLibraries.gmk
+++ b/make/lib/Awt2dLibraries.gmk
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ ifeq ($(call isTargetOs, macosx), true)
       DEPS := $(SHADERS_SRC), \
       OUTPUT_FILE := $(SHADERS_AIR), \
       SUPPORT_DIR := $(SHADERS_SUPPORT_DIR), \
-      COMMAND := $(METAL) -c -o $(SHADERS_AIR) $(SHADERS_SRC), \
+      COMMAND := $(METAL) -c -std=osx-metal2.0 -o $(SHADERS_AIR) $(SHADERS_SRC), \
   ))
 
   $(eval $(call SetupExecute, metallib_shaders, \