diff --git a/selfdrive/modeld/SConscript b/selfdrive/modeld/SConscript
index 6802b45e6e..4890e547f8 100644
--- a/selfdrive/modeld/SConscript
+++ b/selfdrive/modeld/SConscript
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ for model_name in ['driving_vision', 'driving_policy', 'dmonitoring_model']:
   flags = {
     'larch64': 'DEV=QCOM',
     'Darwin': 'DEV=CPU IMAGE=0',
-  }.get(arch, 'DEV=LLVM IMAGE=0')
+  }.get(arch, 'DEV=CPU CPU_LLVM=1 IMAGE=0')
   tg_compile(flags, model_name)
 
 # Compile BIG model if USB GPU is available