diff --git a/convert-llama-ggmlv3-to-gguf.py b/convert-llama-ggmlv3-to-gguf.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30038072f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/convert-llama-ggmlv3-to-gguf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,334 @@
+import sys, struct, math, argparse
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import numpy as np
+
+import gguf
+
+# Note: Does not support GGML_QKK_64
+QK_K = 256
+# Items here are (block size, type size)
+GGML_QUANT_SIZES = {
+    gguf.GGMLQuantizationType.F32  : (1, 4),
+    gguf.GGMLQuantizationType.F16  : (1, 2),
+    gguf.GGMLQuantizationType.Q4_0 : (32, 2 + 16),
+    gguf.GGMLQuantizationType.Q4_1 : (32, 2 + 2 + 16),
+    gguf.GGMLQuantizationType.Q5_0 : (32, 2 + 4 + 16),
+    gguf.GGMLQuantizationType.Q5_1 : (32, 2 + 2 + 4 + 16),
+    gguf.GGMLQuantizationType.Q8_0 : (32, 2 + 32),
+    gguf.GGMLQuantizationType.Q8_1 : (32, 4 + 4 + 32),
+    gguf.GGMLQuantizationType.Q2_K : (256, 2 + 2 + QK_K // 16 + QK_K // 4),
+    gguf.GGMLQuantizationType.Q3_K : (256, 2 + QK_K // 4 + QK_K // 8 + 12),
+    gguf.GGMLQuantizationType.Q4_K : (256, 2 + 2 + QK_K // 2 + 12),
+    gguf.GGMLQuantizationType.Q5_K : (256, 2 + 2 + QK_K // 2 + QK_K // 8 + 12),
+    gguf.GGMLQuantizationType.Q6_K : (256, 2 + QK_K // 2 + QK_K // 4 + QK_K // 16),
+    gguf.GGMLQuantizationType.Q8_K : (256, 4 + QK_K + QK_K // 8),
+}
+
+class Hyperparameters:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.n_vocab = self.n_embd = self.n_mult = self.n_head = self.n_layer = self.n_rot = self.ftype = 0
+        self.n_ff = 0
+
+    def set_n_ff(self, model):
+        ff_tensor_idx = model.tensor_map.get(b'layers.0.feed_forward.w1.weight')
+        assert ff_tensor_idx is not None, 'Missing layer 0 FF tensor'
+        ff_tensor = model.tensors[ff_tensor_idx]
+        self.n_ff = ff_tensor.dims[1]
+
+    def load(self, data, offset):
+        (
+            self.n_vocab,
+            self.n_embd,
+            self.n_mult,
+            self.n_head,
+            self.n_layer,
+            self.n_rot,
+            self.ftype,
+        ) = struct.unpack('<7I', data[offset:offset + (4 * 7)])
+        return 4 * 7
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f'<Hyperparameters: n_vocab={self.n_vocab}, n_embd={self.n_embd}, n_mult={self.n_mult}, n_head={self.n_head}, n_layer={self.n_layer}, n_rot={self.n_rot}, n_ff={self.n_ff}, ftype={self.ftype}>'
+
+class Vocab:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.items = []
+
+    def load(self, data, offset, n_vocab):
+        orig_offset = offset
+        for _ in range(n_vocab):
+            itemlen = struct.unpack('<I', data[offset:offset + 4])[0]
+            assert itemlen < 4096, 'Absurd vocab item length'
+            offset += 4
+            vocab = bytes(data[offset:offset + itemlen])
+            offset += itemlen
+            score = struct.unpack('<f', data[offset:offset + 4])[0]
+            offset += 4
+            self.items.append((vocab, score))
+        return offset - orig_offset
+
+class Tensor:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.name = None
+        self.dims = ()
+        self.dtype = None
+        self.start_offset = 0
+        self.len_bytes = 0
+
+    def load(self, data, offset):
+        orig_offset = offset
+        (n_dims, name_len, dtype) = struct.unpack('<3I', data[offset:offset + 12])
+        assert n_dims >= 0 and n_dims <= 4, f'Invalid tensor dimensions {n_dims}'
+        assert name_len < 4096, 'Absurd tensor name length'
+        quant = GGML_QUANT_SIZES.get(dtype)
+        assert quant is not None, 'Unknown tensor type'
+        (blksize, tysize) = quant
+        offset += 12
+        self.dtype= dtype
+        self.dims = struct.unpack(f'<{n_dims}I', data[offset:offset + (4 * n_dims)])
+        offset += 4 * n_dims
+        self.name = bytes(data[offset:offset + name_len])
+        offset += name_len
+        pad = ((offset + 31) & ~31) - offset
+        offset += pad
+        n_elems = np.prod(self.dims)
+        n_bytes = (n_elems * tysize) // blksize
+        self.start_offset = offset
+        self.len_bytes = n_bytes
+        offset += n_bytes
+        # print(n_dims, name_len, dtype, self.dims, self.name, pad)
+        return offset - orig_offset
+
+class GGMLV3Model:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.hyperparameters = None
+        self.vocab = None
+        self.tensor_map = {}
+        self.tensors = []
+
+    def validate_header(self, data, offset):
+        if bytes(data[offset:offset + 4]) != b'tjgg' or struct.unpack('<I', data[offset + 4:offset + 8])[0] != 3:
+            raise ValueError('Only GGJTv3 supported')
+        return 8
+
+    def load(self, data, offset):
+        offset += self.validate_header(data, offset)
+        hp = Hyperparameters()
+        offset += hp.load(data, offset)
+        vocab = Vocab()
+        offset += vocab.load(data, offset, hp.n_vocab)
+        tensors = []
+        tensor_map = {}
+        while offset < len(data):
+            tensor = Tensor()
+            offset += tensor.load(data, offset)
+            tensor_map[tensor.name] = len(tensors)
+            tensors.append(tensor)
+        self.hyperparameters = hp
+        self.vocab = vocab
+        self.tensors = tensors
+        self.tensor_map = tensor_map
+        hp.set_n_ff(self)
+        return offset
+
+class GGMLToGGUF:
+    def __init__(self, ggml_model, data, cfg, params_override = None, vocab_override = None):
+        hp = ggml_model.hyperparameters
+        self.model = ggml_model
+        self.data = data
+        self.cfg = cfg
+        self.params_override = params_override
+        self.vocab_override = vocab_override
+        if params_override is not None:
+            n_kv_head = params_override.n_head_kv
+        else:
+            if cfg.gqa == 1:
+                n_kv_head = hp.n_head
+            else:
+                gqa = float(cfg.gqa)
+                n_kv_head = None
+                for x in range(1, 256):
+                    if float(hp.n_head) / float(x) == gqa:
+                        n_kv_head = x
+                assert n_kv_head is not None, "Couldn't determine n_kv_head from GQA param"
+                print(f'- Guessed n_kv_head = {n_kv_head} based on GQA {cfg.gqa}')
+        self.n_kv_head = n_kv_head
+        self.name_map = gguf.get_tensor_name_map(gguf.MODEL_ARCH.LLAMA, ggml_model.hyperparameters.n_layer)
+
+    def save(self):
+        print('* Preparing to save GGUF file')
+        gguf_writer = gguf.GGUFWriter(self.cfg.output, gguf.MODEL_ARCH_NAMES[gguf.MODEL_ARCH.LLAMA], use_temp_file = False)
+        self.add_params(gguf_writer)
+        self.add_vocab(gguf_writer)
+        self.add_tensors(gguf_writer)
+        print("    gguf: write header")
+        gguf_writer.write_header_to_file()
+        print("    gguf: write metadata")
+        gguf_writer.write_kv_data_to_file()
+        print("    gguf: write tensors")
+        gguf_writer.write_tensors_to_file()
+        gguf_writer.close()
+
+    def add_params(self, gguf_writer):
+        hp = self.model.hyperparameters
+        cfg = self.cfg
+        desc = cfg.desc if cfg.desc is not None else 'converted from legacy GGJTv3 format'
+        try:
+            # Filenames aren't necessarily valid UTF8.
+            name = cfg.name if cfg.name is not None else cfg.input.name
+        except UnicodeDecodeError:
+            name = None
+        print('* Adding model parameters and KV items')
+        if name is not None:
+            gguf_writer.add_name(name)
+        gguf_writer.add_description(desc)
+        if self.params_override is not None:
+            po = self.params_override
+            assert po.n_embd == hp.n_embd, 'Model hyperparams mismatch'
+            assert po.n_layer == hp.n_layer, 'Model hyperparams mismatch'
+            assert po.n_head == hp.n_head, 'Model hyperparams mismatch'
+            gguf_writer.add_context_length      (po.n_ctx)
+            gguf_writer.add_embedding_length    (po.n_embd)
+            gguf_writer.add_block_count         (po.n_layer)
+            gguf_writer.add_feed_forward_length (po.n_ff)
+            gguf_writer.add_rope_dimension_count(po.n_embd // po.n_head)
+            gguf_writer.add_head_count          (po.n_head)
+            gguf_writer.add_head_count_kv       (po.n_head_kv)
+            gguf_writer.add_layer_norm_rms_eps  (po.f_norm_eps)
+            return
+        gguf_writer.add_context_length(cfg.context_length)
+        gguf_writer.add_embedding_length(hp.n_embd)
+        gguf_writer.add_block_count(hp.n_layer)
+        gguf_writer.add_feed_forward_length(hp.n_ff)
+        gguf_writer.add_rope_dimension_count(hp.n_embd // hp.n_head)
+        gguf_writer.add_head_count(hp.n_head)
+        gguf_writer.add_head_count_kv(self.n_kv_head)
+        gguf_writer.add_layer_norm_rms_eps(float(cfg.eps))
+
+    def add_vocab(self, gguf_writer):
+        hp = self.model.hyperparameters
+        gguf_writer.add_tokenizer_model('llama')
+        tokens = []
+        scores = []
+        toktypes = []
+        if self.vocab_override is not None:
+            vo = self.vocab_override
+            print('* Adding vocab item(s)')
+            for (idx, vitem) in enumerate(vo.all_tokens()):
+                if len(vitem) == 3:
+                    tokens.append(vitem[0])
+                    scores.append(vitem[1])
+                    toktypes.append(vitem[2])
+                else:
+                    # Maybe try to guess the token type here?
+                    tokens.append(vitem[0])
+                    scores.append(vitem[1])
+            assert len(tokens) == hp.n_vocab, f'Override vocab has a different number of items than hyperparameters - override = {len(tokens)} but n_vocab={hp.n_vocab}'
+            gguf_writer.add_token_list(tokens)
+            gguf_writer.add_token_scores(scores)
+            if len(toktypes) > 0:
+                gguf_writer.add_token_types(toktypes)
+            return
+        print(f'* Adding {hp.n_vocab} vocab item(s)')
+        for (tokid, (vbytes, vscore)) in enumerate(self.model.vocab.items):
+            tt = 1 # Normal
+            if len(vbytes) == 0:
+                tt = 3 # Control
+            elif tokid >= 3 and tokid <= 258 and len(vbytes) == 1:
+                hv = hex(vbytes[0])[2:].upper()
+                vbytes = bytes(f'<0x{hv}>', encoding = 'UTF-8')
+                tt = 6 # Byte
+            else:
+                vbytes = vbytes.replace(b' ', b'\xe2\x96\x81')
+            toktypes.append(tt)
+            tokens.append(vbytes)
+            scores.append(vscore)
+        gguf_writer.add_token_list(tokens)
+        gguf_writer.add_token_scores(scores)
+        gguf_writer.add_token_types(toktypes)
+
+    def add_tensors(self, gguf_writer):
+        nm = self.name_map
+        data = self.data
+        print(f'* Adding {len(self.model.tensors)} tensor(s)')
+        for tensor in self.model.tensors:
+            name = str(tensor.name, 'UTF-8')
+            if name.endswith('.weight'):
+                name = name[:-7]
+                suffix = '.weight'
+            elif name.endswith('.bias'):
+                name = name[:-5]
+                suffix = '.bias'
+            mapped_name = nm.get(name)
+            assert mapped_name is not None, f'Bad name {name}'
+            mapped_name += suffix
+            tempdims = list(tensor.dims[:])
+            if len(tempdims) > 1:
+                temp = tempdims[1]
+                tempdims[1] = tempdims[0]
+                tempdims[0] = temp
+            # print(f'+ {tensor.name} | {mapped_name} {tensor.dims} :: {tempdims}')
+            gguf_writer.add_tensor(mapped_name, data[tensor.start_offset:tensor.start_offset + tensor.len_bytes], raw_shape = tempdims, raw_dtype = tensor.dtype)
+
+def handle_metadata(cfg, hp):
+    import convert
+    assert cfg.model_metadata_dir.is_dir(), 'Metadata dir is not a directory'
+    hf_config_path   = cfg.model_metadata_dir / "config.json"
+    orig_config_path = cfg.model_metadata_dir / "params.json"
+    # We pass a fake model here. "original" mode will check the shapes of some
+    # tensors if information is missing in the .json file: other than that, the
+    # model data isn't used so this should be safe (at least for now).
+    fakemodel = {
+        'tok_embeddings.weight': convert.LazyTensor.__new__(convert.LazyTensor),
+        'layers.0.feed_forward.w1.weight': convert.LazyTensor.__new__(convert.LazyTensor),
+    }
+    fakemodel['tok_embeddings.weight'].shape = [hp.n_vocab]
+    fakemodel['layers.0.feed_forward.w1.weight'].shape = [hp.n_ff]
+    if hf_config_path.exists():
+        params = convert.Params.loadHFTransformerJson(fakemodel, hf_config_path)
+    elif orig_config_path.exists():
+        params = convert.Params.loadOriginalParamsJson(fakemodel, orig_config_path)
+    else:
+        raise ValueError('Unable to load metadata')
+    vocab = convert.load_vocab(cfg.vocab_dir if cfg.vocab_dir is not None else cfg.model_metadata_dir, cfg.vocabtype)
+    convert.check_vocab_size(params, vocab)
+    return (params, vocab)
+
+def handle_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description = 'Convert GGMLv3 models to GGUF')
+    parser.add_argument('--input', '-i', type = Path, help = 'Input GGMLv3 filename')
+    parser.add_argument('--output', '-o', type = Path, help ='Output GGUF filename')
+    parser.add_argument('--name', help = 'Set model name')
+    parser.add_argument('--desc', help = 'Set model description')
+    parser.add_argument('--gqa', type = int, default = 1, help = 'grouped-query attention factor (use 8 for LLaMA2 70B)')
+    parser.add_argument('--eps', default = '5.0e-06', help = 'RMS norm eps: Use 1e-6 for LLaMA1 and OpenLLaMA, use 1e-5 for LLaMA2')
+    parser.add_argument('--context-length', '-c', type=int, default = 2048, help = 'Default max context length: LLaMA1 is typically 2048, LLaMA2 is typically 4096')
+    parser.add_argument('--model-metadata-dir', '-m', type = Path, help ='Load HuggingFace/.pth vocab and metadata from the specified directory')
+    parser.add_argument("--vocab-dir", type=Path, help="directory containing tokenizer.model, if separate from model file - only meaningful with --model-metadata-dir")
+    parser.add_argument("--vocabtype", choices=["spm", "bpe"], help="vocab format - only meaningful with --model-metadata-dir and/or --vocab-dir (default: spm)", default="spm")
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+def main():
+    cfg = handle_args()
+    print(f'* Using config: {cfg}')
+    print('\n=== WARNING === Be aware that this conversion script is best-effort. Use a native GGUF model if possible. === WARNING ===\n')
+    data = np.memmap(cfg.input, mode = 'r')
+    model = GGMLV3Model()
+    print('* Scanning GGML input file')
+    offset = model.load(data, 0)
+    print(f'* GGML model hyperparameters: {model.hyperparameters}')
+    vocab_override = None
+    params_override = None
+    if cfg.model_metadata_dir is not None:
+        (params_override, vocab_override) = handle_metadata(cfg, model.hyperparameters)
+        print('!! Note: When overriding params the --gqa, --eps and --context-length options are ignored.')
+        print(f'* Overriding params: {params_override}')
+        print(f'* Overriding vocab: {vocab_override}')
+    else:
+        print('\n=== WARNING === Special tokens may not be converted correctly. Use --model-metadata-dir if possible === WARNING ===\n')
+    converter = GGMLToGGUF(model, data, cfg, params_override = params_override, vocab_override = vocab_override)
+    converter.save()
+    print(f'* Successful completion. Output saved to: {cfg.output}')
+
+main()
diff --git a/gguf.py b/gguf.py
index d461b8d40..60ee52f09 100644
--- a/gguf.py
+++ b/gguf.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import tempfile
 import numpy as np
 
 from enum import IntEnum, auto
-from typing import Any, IO, List
+from typing import Any, IO, List, Optional
 
 #
 # constants
@@ -325,8 +325,20 @@ def get_tensor_name_map(arch: MODEL_ARCH, n_blocks: int) -> dict:
 
 
 class GGMLQuantizationType(IntEnum):
-    F32 = 0
-    F16 = 1
+    F32  = 0
+    F16  = 1
+    Q4_0 = 2
+    Q4_1 = 3
+    Q5_0 = 6
+    Q5_1 = 7
+    Q8_0 = 8
+    Q8_1 = 9
+    Q2_K = 10
+    Q3_K = 11
+    Q4_K = 12
+    Q5_K = 13
+    Q6_K = 14
+    Q8_K = 15
 
 
 class GGUFValueType(IntEnum):
@@ -359,7 +371,7 @@ class GGUFValueType(IntEnum):
 
 
 class GGUFWriter:
-    def __init__(self, path: str, arch: str):
+    def __init__(self, path: str, arch: str, use_temp_file = True):
         self.fout = open(path, "wb")
         self.arch = arch
         self.offset_tensor = 0
@@ -369,6 +381,8 @@ class GGUFWriter:
         self.ti_data = b""
         self.ti_data_count = 0
         self.add_architecture()
+        self.use_temp_file = use_temp_file
+        self.tensors = []
 
     def write_header_to_file(self):
         self.fout.write(struct.pack("<I", GGUF_MAGIC))
@@ -476,8 +490,8 @@ class GGUFWriter:
     def ggml_pad(x: int, n: int) -> int:
         return ((x + n - 1) // n) * n
 
-    def add_tensor_info(self, name: str, tensor_shape: np.ndarray, tensor_dtype: np.dtype, tensor_nbytes: int):
-        assert tensor_dtype in (np.float32, np.float16), "Only F32 and F16 tensors are supported for now"
+    def add_tensor_info(self, name: str, tensor_shape: np.ndarray, tensor_dtype: np.dtype, tensor_nbytes: int, raw_dtype: Optional[GGMLQuantizationType] = None):
+        assert raw_dtype is not None or tensor_dtype in (np.float32, np.float16), "Only F32 and F16 tensors are supported for now"
 
         encoded_name = name.encode("utf8")
         self.ti_data += struct.pack("<I", len(encoded_name))
@@ -486,23 +500,30 @@ class GGUFWriter:
         self.ti_data += struct.pack("<I", n_dims)
         for i in range(n_dims):
             self.ti_data += struct.pack("<I", tensor_shape[n_dims - 1 - i])
-
-        dtype = GGMLQuantizationType.F32 if tensor_dtype == np.float32 else GGMLQuantizationType.F16
+        if raw_dtype is None:
+            dtype = GGMLQuantizationType.F32 if tensor_dtype == np.float32 else GGMLQuantizationType.F16
+        else:
+            dtype = raw_dtype
         self.ti_data += struct.pack("<I", dtype)
         self.ti_data += struct.pack("<Q", self.offset_tensor)
         self.offset_tensor += GGUFWriter.ggml_pad(tensor_nbytes, self.data_alignment)
         self.ti_data_count += 1
 
-    def add_tensor(self, name: str, tensor: np.ndarray):
-        if not hasattr(self, "temp_file"):
+    def add_tensor(self, name: str, tensor: np.ndarray, raw_shape: Optional[np.ndarray] = None, raw_dtype: Optional[GGMLQuantizationType] = None):
+        if self.use_temp_file and not hasattr(self, "temp_file"):
             self.temp_file = tempfile.SpooledTemporaryFile(mode="w+b", max_size=256*1024*1024)
             self.temp_file.seek(0)
 
-        self.add_tensor_info(name, tensor.shape, tensor.dtype, tensor.nbytes)
+        self.add_tensor_info(name, raw_shape if raw_shape is not None else tensor.shape, tensor.dtype, tensor.nbytes, raw_dtype = raw_dtype)
+
+        pad = GGUFWriter.ggml_pad(tensor.nbytes, self.data_alignment) - tensor.nbytes
+
+        if not self.use_temp_file:
+            self.tensors.append((tensor, pad))
+            return
 
         tensor.tofile(self.temp_file)
 
-        pad = GGUFWriter.ggml_pad(tensor.nbytes, self.data_alignment) - tensor.nbytes
         if pad != 0:
             self.temp_file.write(bytes([0] * pad))
 
@@ -524,6 +545,13 @@ class GGUFWriter:
         if pad != 0:
             self.fout.write(bytes([0] * pad))
 
+        if not self.use_temp_file:
+            for (currtensor, currpad) in self.tensors:
+                currtensor.tofile(self.fout)
+                if currpad != 0:
+                    self.fout.write(bytes([0] * currpad))
+            return
+
         self.temp_file.seek(0)
 
         shutil.copyfileobj(self.temp_file, self.fout)