diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 1f8defab7..732c7539c 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1729256560,
-        "narHash": "sha256-/uilDXvCIEs3C9l73JTACm4quuHUsIHcns1c+cHUJwA=",
+        "lastModified": 1729665710,
+        "narHash": "sha256-AlcmCXJZPIlO5dmFzV3V2XF6x/OpNWUV8Y/FMPGd8Z4=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "4c2fcb090b1f3e5b47eaa7bd33913b574a11e0a0",
+        "rev": "2768c7d042a37de65bb1b5b3268fc987e534c49d",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/src/llama.cpp b/src/llama.cpp
index 53979e83f..4cb669bcf 100644
--- a/src/llama.cpp
+++ b/src/llama.cpp
@@ -21706,6 +21706,16 @@ static int32_t llama_chat_apply_template_internal(
                 ss << message->content << "\n\n";
             }
         }
+    } else if (tmpl == "granite" || tmpl_contains("<|start_of_role|>")) {
+        // IBM Granite template
+        for (const auto & message : chat) {
+            std::string role(message->role);
+            ss << "<|start_of_role|>" << role << "<|end_of_role|>"
+               << message->content << "<|end_of_text|>\n";
+        }
+        if (add_ass) {
+            ss << "<|start_of_role|>assistant<|end_of_role|>\n";
+        }
     } else {
         // template not supported
         return -1;
diff --git a/tests/test-chat-template.cpp b/tests/test-chat-template.cpp
index 6f046249f..03e897e66 100644
--- a/tests/test-chat-template.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-chat-template.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ int main(void) {
         u8"{% for message in messages %}{% if message['role'] == 'user' %}{{'<用户>' + message['content'].strip() + '<AI>'}}{% else %}{{message['content'].strip()}}{% endif %}{% endfor %}",
         // DeepSeek-V2
         "{% if not add_generation_prompt is defined %}{% set add_generation_prompt = false %}{% endif %}{{ bos_token }}{% for message in messages %}{% if message['role'] == 'user' %}{{ 'User: ' + message['content'] + '\n\n' }}{% elif message['role'] == 'assistant' %}{{ 'Assistant: ' + message['content'] + eos_token }}{% elif message['role'] == 'system' %}{{ message['content'] + '\n\n' }}{% endif %}{% endfor %}{% if add_generation_prompt %}{{ 'Assistant:' }}{% endif %}",
+        // ibm-granite/granite-3.0-8b-instruct
+        "{%- if tools %}\n    {{- '<|start_of_role|>available_tools<|end_of_role|>\n' }}\n    {%- for tool in tools %}\n    {{- tool | tojson(indent=4) }}\n    {%- if not loop.last %}\n        {{- '\n\n' }}\n    {%- endif %}\n    {%- endfor %}\n    {{- '<|end_of_text|>\n' }}\n{%- endif %}\n{%- for message in messages %}\n    {%- if message['role'] == 'system' %}\n    {{- '<|start_of_role|>system<|end_of_role|>' + message['content'] + '<|end_of_text|>\n' }}\n    {%- elif message['role'] == 'user' %}\n    {{- '<|start_of_role|>user<|end_of_role|>' + message['content'] + '<|end_of_text|>\n' }}\n    {%- elif message['role'] == 'assistant' %}\n    {{- '<|start_of_role|>assistant<|end_of_role|>'  + message['content'] + '<|end_of_text|>\n' }}\n    {%- elif message['role'] == 'assistant_tool_call' %}\n    {{- '<|start_of_role|>assistant<|end_of_role|><|tool_call|>' + message['content'] + '<|end_of_text|>\n' }}\n    {%- elif message['role'] == 'tool_response' %}\n    {{- '<|start_of_role|>tool_response<|end_of_role|>' + message['content'] + '<|end_of_text|>\n' }}\n    {%- endif %}\n    {%- if loop.last and add_generation_prompt %}\n    {{- '<|start_of_role|>assistant<|end_of_role|>' }}\n    {%- endif %}\n{%- endfor %}",
     };
     std::vector<std::string> expected_output = {
         // teknium/OpenHermes-2.5-Mistral-7B
@@ -109,6 +111,8 @@ int main(void) {
         u8"You are a helpful assistant<用户>Hello<AI>Hi there<用户>Who are you<AI>I am an assistant<用户>Another question<AI>",
         // DeepSeek-V2
         u8"You are a helpful assistant\n\nUser: Hello\n\nAssistant: Hi there<｜end▁of▁sentence｜>User: Who are you\n\nAssistant:    I am an assistant   <｜end▁of▁sentence｜>User: Another question\n\nAssistant:",
+        // ibm-granite/granite-3.0-8b-instruct
+        "<|start_of_role|>system<|end_of_role|>You are a helpful assistant<|end_of_text|>\n<|start_of_role|>user<|end_of_role|>Hello<|end_of_text|>\n<|start_of_role|>assistant<|end_of_role|>Hi there<|end_of_text|>\n<|start_of_role|>user<|end_of_role|>Who are you<|end_of_text|>\n<|start_of_role|>assistant<|end_of_role|>   I am an assistant   <|end_of_text|>\n<|start_of_role|>user<|end_of_role|>Another question<|end_of_text|>\n<|start_of_role|>assistant<|end_of_role|>\n",
     };
     std::vector<char> formatted_chat(1024);
     int32_t res;