diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 504c1014b..dae1bf1b8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ python3 -m pip install torch numpy sentencepiece
 python3 convert-pth-to-ggml.py models/7B/ 1
 
 # quantize the model to 4-bits
-./quantize.sh 7B
+python3 quantize.py 7B
 
 # run the inference
 ./main -m ./models/7B/ggml-model-q4_0.bin -n 128
diff --git a/quantize.py b/quantize.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6320b0a26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quantize.py
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+"""Script to execute the "quantize" script on a given set of models."""
+
+import subprocess
+import argparse
+import glob
+import sys
+import os
+
+
+def main():
+    """Update the quantize binary name depending on the platform and parse
+    the command line arguments and execute the script.
+    """
+
+    if "linux" in sys.platform or "darwin" in sys.platform:
+        quantize_script_binary = "quantize"
+
+    elif "win32" in sys.platform or "cygwin" in sys.platform:
+        quantize_script_binary = "quantize.exe"
+
+    else:
+        print("WARNING: Unknown platform. Assuming a UNIX-like OS.\n")
+        quantize_script_binary = "quantize"
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        prog='python3 quantize.py',
+        description='This script quantizes the given models by applying the '
+        f'"{quantize_script_binary}" script on them.'
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        'models', nargs='+', choices=('7B', '13B', '30B', '65B'),
+        help='The models to quantize.'
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-r', '--remove-16', action='store_true', dest='remove_f16',
+        help='Remove the f16 model after quantizing it.'
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-m', '--models-path', dest='models_path',
+        default=os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "models"),
+        help='Specify the directory where the models are located.'
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-q', '--quantize-script-path', dest='quantize_script_path',
+        default=os.path.join(os.getcwd(), quantize_script_binary),
+        help='Specify the path to the "quantize" script.'
+    )
+
+    # TODO: Revise this code
+    # parser.add_argument(
+    #     '-t', '--threads', dest='threads', type='int',
+    #     default=os.cpu_count(),
+    #     help='Specify the number of threads to use to quantize many models at '
+    #     'once. Defaults to os.cpu_count().'
+    # )
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if not os.path.isfile(args.quantize_script_path):
+        print(
+            f'The "{quantize_script_binary}" script was not found in the '
+            "current location.\nIf you want to use it from another location, "
+            "set the --quantize-script-path argument from the command line."
+        )
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    for model in args.models:
+        # The model is separated in various parts
+        # (ggml-model-f16.bin, ggml-model-f16.bin.0, ggml-model-f16.bin.1...)
+        f16_model_path_base = os.path.join(
+            args.models_path, model, "ggml-model-f16.bin"
+        )
+
+        f16_model_parts_paths = map(
+            lambda filename: os.path.join(f16_model_path_base, filename),
+            glob.glob(f"{f16_model_path_base}*")
+        )
+
+        for f16_model_part_path in f16_model_parts_paths:
+            if not os.path.isfile(f16_model_part_path):
+                print(
+                    f"The f16 model {os.path.basename(f16_model_part_path)} "
+                    f"was not found in {args.models_path}{os.path.sep}{model}"
+                    ". If you want to use it from another location, set the "
+                    "--models-path argument from the command line."
+                )
+                sys.exit(1)
+
+            __run_quantize_script(
+                args.quantize_script_path, f16_model_part_path
+            )
+
+            if args.remove_f16:
+                os.remove(f16_model_part_path)
+
+
+# This was extracted to a top-level function for parallelization, if
+# implemented. See https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/pull/222/commits/f8db3d6cd91bf1a1342db9d29e3092bc12dd783c#r1140496406
+
+def __run_quantize_script(script_path, f16_model_part_path):
+    """Run the quantize script specifying the path to it and the path to the
+    f16 model to quantize.
+    """
+
+    new_quantized_model_path = f16_model_part_path.replace("f16", "q4_0")
+    subprocess.run(
+        [script_path, f16_model_part_path, new_quantized_model_path, "2"],
+        check=True
+    )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    try:
+        main()
+
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        print("\nAn error ocurred while trying to quantize the models.")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    else:
+        print("\nSuccesfully quantized all models.")
diff --git a/quantize.sh b/quantize.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 6194649b3..000000000
--- a/quantize.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-if ! [[ "$1" =~ ^[0-9]{1,2}B$ ]]; then
-    echo
-    echo "Usage: quantize.sh 7B|13B|30B|65B [--remove-f16]"
-    echo
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-for i in `ls models/$1/ggml-model-f16.bin*`; do
-    ./quantize "$i" "${i/f16/q4_0}" 2
-    if [[ "$2" == "--remove-f16" ]]; then
-        rm "$i"
-    fi
-done