diff --git a/convert-hf-to-gguf.py b/convert-hf-to-gguf.py
index 6c7c499e8..8d7d75fb2 100755
--- a/convert-hf-to-gguf.py
+++ b/convert-hf-to-gguf.py
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ class Model:
         if (n_head_kv := self.hparams.get("num_key_value_heads")) is not None:
             self.gguf_writer.add_head_count_kv(n_head_kv)
 
+        if (rope_theta := self.hparams.get("rope_theta")) is not None:
+            self.gguf_writer.add_rope_freq_base(rope_theta)
         if (f_rms_eps := self.hparams.get("rms_norm_eps")) is not None:
             self.gguf_writer.add_layer_norm_rms_eps(f_rms_eps)
         if (f_norm_eps := self.find_hparam(["layer_norm_eps", "layer_norm_epsilon", "norm_epsilon"], optional=True)) is not None: