diff --git a/mobile_back_apple/cpp/backend_coreml/coreml_settings.pbtxt b/mobile_back_apple/cpp/backend_coreml/coreml_settings.pbtxt
index 496d9c439..a607f61c2 100644
--- a/mobile_back_apple/cpp/backend_coreml/coreml_settings.pbtxt
+++ b/mobile_back_apple/cpp/backend_coreml/coreml_settings.pbtxt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ benchmark_setting {
       model_checksum: "39483b20b878d46144ab4cfe9a3e5600"
     }
   }
-   delegate_choice: {
+  delegate_choice: {
     delegate_name: "CPU & ANE"
     accelerator_name: "cpu&ane"
     accelerator_desc: "CPU and Neural Engine"
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ benchmark_setting {
       model_checksum: "39483b20b878d46144ab4cfe9a3e5600"
     }
   }
-   delegate_choice: {
+  delegate_choice: {
     delegate_name: "CPU & ANE"
     accelerator_name: "cpu&ane"
     accelerator_desc: "CPU and Neural Engine"
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ benchmark_setting {
       model_path: "https://github.com/mlcommons/mobile_models/releases/download/v4.1-coreml/mobilenetv4_fp32_NCHW.mlpackage.zip"
       model_checksum: "164c504eb3e9af6c730c1765b8b81b32"
     }
+    custom_setting {
+      id: "data-format"
+      value: "NCHW"
+    }
   }
   delegate_choice: {
     delegate_name: "CPU & GPU"
@@ -90,6 +94,10 @@ benchmark_setting {
       model_path: "https://github.com/mlcommons/mobile_models/releases/download/v4.1-coreml/mobilenetv4_fp32_NCHW.mlpackage.zip"
       model_checksum: "164c504eb3e9af6c730c1765b8b81b32"
     }
+    custom_setting {
+      id: "data-format"
+      value: "NCHW"
+    }
   }
   delegate_choice: {
     delegate_name: "CPU & ANE"
@@ -99,6 +107,10 @@ benchmark_setting {
       model_path: "https://github.com/mlcommons/mobile_models/releases/download/v4.1-coreml/mobilenetv4_fp32_NCHW.mlpackage.zip"
       model_checksum: "164c504eb3e9af6c730c1765b8b81b32"
     }
+    custom_setting {
+      id: "data-format"
+      value: "NCHW"
+    }
   }
   delegate_selected: "CPU & GPU & ANE"
 }
@@ -115,6 +127,10 @@ benchmark_setting {
       model_path: "https://github.com/mlcommons/mobile_models/releases/download/v4.1-coreml/mobilenetv4_fp32_NCHW.mlpackage.zip"
       model_checksum: "164c504eb3e9af6c730c1765b8b81b32"
     }
+    custom_setting {
+      id: "data-format"
+      value: "NCHW"
+    }
   }
   delegate_choice: {
     delegate_name: "CPU & GPU"
@@ -125,6 +141,10 @@ benchmark_setting {
       model_path: "https://github.com/mlcommons/mobile_models/releases/download/v4.1-coreml/mobilenetv4_fp32_NCHW.mlpackage.zip"
       model_checksum: "164c504eb3e9af6c730c1765b8b81b32"
     }
+    custom_setting {
+      id: "data-format"
+      value: "NCHW"
+    }
   }
   delegate_choice: {
     delegate_name: "CPU & ANE"
@@ -135,6 +155,10 @@ benchmark_setting {
       model_path: "https://github.com/mlcommons/mobile_models/releases/download/v4.1-coreml/mobilenetv4_fp32_NCHW.mlpackage.zip"
       model_checksum: "164c504eb3e9af6c730c1765b8b81b32"
     }
+    custom_setting {
+      id: "data-format"
+      value: "NCHW"
+    }
   }
   delegate_selected: "CPU & GPU & ANE"
 }
@@ -160,7 +184,7 @@ benchmark_setting {
       model_checksum: "ef849fbf2132e205158f05ca42db25f4"
     }
   }
-   delegate_choice: {
+  delegate_choice: {
     delegate_name: "CPU & ANE"
     accelerator_name: "cpu&ane"
     accelerator_desc: "CPU and Neural Engine"
@@ -217,7 +241,7 @@ benchmark_setting {
       model_checksum: "362d6b5bb1b8e10ae5b4e223f60d4d10"
     }
   }
-   delegate_choice: {
+  delegate_choice: {
     delegate_name: "CPU & ANE"
     accelerator_name: "cpu&ane"
     accelerator_desc: "CPU and Neural Engine"
@@ -250,7 +274,7 @@ benchmark_setting {
       model_checksum: "62489706f20b0c2ae561fb2204eefb61"
     }
   }
-   delegate_choice: {
+  delegate_choice: {
     delegate_name: "CPU & ANE"
     accelerator_name: "cpu&ane"
     accelerator_desc: "CPU and Neural Engine"
diff --git a/mobile_back_apple/cpp/backend_coreml/main.cc b/mobile_back_apple/cpp/backend_coreml/main.cc
index a2246345f..af753d566 100644
--- a/mobile_back_apple/cpp/backend_coreml/main.cc
+++ b/mobile_back_apple/cpp/backend_coreml/main.cc
@@ -101,8 +101,9 @@ mlperf_backend_ptr_t mlperf_backend_create(
 
   CoreMLBackendData *backend_data = new CoreMLBackendData();
   backendExists = true;
-  // quick hack for checking if model expects NCHW input.
-  if (strcasestr(model_path, "NCHW") != nullptr) {
+  std::string dataFormat =
+      mlperf::mobile::GetConfigValue(configs, "data-format", std::string(""));
+  if (dataFormat == "NCHW") {
     backend_data->expectNCHW = true;
     LOG(INFO) << "Will convert inputs from NHWC to NCHW!";
   }
diff --git a/mobile_back_apple/dev-utils/Makefile b/mobile_back_apple/dev-utils/Makefile
index 7ca5c27ca..8a859695e 100644
--- a/mobile_back_apple/dev-utils/Makefile
+++ b/mobile_back_apple/dev-utils/Makefile
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ tflite-run-sd:
 
 coreml-build:
 	cd ${REPO_ROOT_DIR} && \
-	bazel build -c opt --cxxopt=-fobjc-arc --cxxopt=-xobjective-c++ --cxxopt=-std=c++17 --host_cxxopt=-std=c++17 \
+	bazel build -c opt --cxxopt=-fobjc-arc --cxxopt=-xobjective-c++ --cxxopt=-std=c++17 --host_cxxopt=-std=c++17 --macos_minimum_os=13.0 \
 	//flutter/cpp/binary:main //mobile_back_apple:coremlbackend
 
 coreml-run-ic: