diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/CMakeLists.txt
index 71b1d67b8d0a6..9cd5faf0694c6 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ function(ggml_add_cpu_backend_features cpu_name arch)
     target_include_directories(${GGML_CPU_FEATS_NAME} PRIVATE . .. ../include)
     target_compile_definitions(${GGML_CPU_FEATS_NAME} PRIVATE ${ARGN})
     target_compile_definitions(${GGML_CPU_FEATS_NAME} PRIVATE GGML_BACKEND_DL GGML_BACKEND_BUILD GGML_BACKEND_SHARED)
+    if (cpu_name MATCHES "^ggml-cpu-")
+        string(SUBSTRING ${cpu_name} 9 -1 tag_name)
+        target_compile_definitions(${GGML_CPU_FEATS_NAME} PRIVATE GGML_CPU_TAG_NAME="${tag_name}")
+    endif()
     set_target_properties(${GGML_CPU_FEATS_NAME} PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
     target_link_libraries(${cpu_name} PRIVATE ${GGML_CPU_FEATS_NAME})
 endfunction()