diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dc8ca7839..c0e5e151e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -119,8 +119,10 @@ endif()
 
 set(CMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0077 NEW)
 
-# see https://github.com/ggerganov/ggml/pull/682
-add_definitions(-DGGML_MAX_NAME=128)
+if (NOT SD_USE_SYSTEM_GGML)
+    # see https://github.com/ggerganov/ggml/pull/682
+    add_definitions(-DGGML_MAX_NAME=128)
+endif()
 
 # deps
 # Only add ggml if it hasn't been added yet
diff --git a/ggml_extend.hpp b/ggml_extend.hpp
index d4e4278d0..0be8d4b29 100644
--- a/ggml_extend.hpp
+++ b/ggml_extend.hpp
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
 #define __STATIC_INLINE__ static inline
 #endif
 
+static_assert(GGML_MAX_NAME >= 128, "GGML_MAX_NAME must be at least 128");
+
 // n-mode trensor-matrix product
 // example: 2-mode product
 // A: [ne03, k, ne01, ne00]