diff --git a/common/arg.cpp b/common/arg.cpp
index 49af31682..622f24fb4 100644
--- a/common/arg.cpp
+++ b/common/arg.cpp
@@ -1057,6 +1057,16 @@ common_params_context common_params_parser_init(common_params & params, llama_ex
             params.sampling.grammar = json_schema_to_grammar(json::parse(value));
         }
     ).set_sparam());
+    add_opt(common_arg(
+        {"-mtp", "--multi-token-probs"},
+        string_format(
+            "allow getting probabilities for multiple tokens. note: this will slow down the generation speed (default: %s)",
+            params.sampling.multi_token_probs ? "enabled" : "disabled"
+        ),
+        [](common_params & params) {
+            params.sampling.multi_token_probs = true;
+        }
+    ).set_examples({LLAMA_EXAMPLE_SERVER}).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_MULTI_TOKEN_PROBS"));
     add_opt(common_arg(
         {"--pooling"}, "{none,mean,cls,last,rank}",
         "pooling type for embeddings, use model default if unspecified",
diff --git a/common/common.h b/common/common.h
index 95d20401d..5fcb8e506 100644
--- a/common/common.h
+++ b/common/common.h
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ struct common_params_sampling {
     bool    ignore_eos         = false;
     bool    no_perf            = false; // disable performance metrics
     bool    timing_per_token   = false;
+    bool    multi_token_probs  = false; // output probabilities for multiple tokens (when n_probs > 0)
 
     std::vector<std::string> dry_sequence_breakers = {"\n", ":", "\"", "*"};     // default sequence breakers for DRY
 
diff --git a/examples/server/server.cpp b/examples/server/server.cpp
index 95bd531b3..8f5778052 100644
--- a/examples/server/server.cpp
+++ b/examples/server/server.cpp
@@ -239,6 +239,10 @@ struct server_task {
         params.speculative.n_min = std::max(params.speculative.n_min, 2);
         params.speculative.n_max = std::max(params.speculative.n_max, 0);
 
+        if (!params_base.sampling.multi_token_probs && params.n_predict > 1 && params.sampling.n_probs > 0) {
+            throw std::runtime_error("For performance reason, n_probs with n_predict > 1 is not allowed. To enable this, start the server with --multi-token-probs");
+        }
+
         if (params.sampling.dry_base < 1.0f) {
            params.sampling.dry_base = defaults.sampling.dry_base;
         }
diff --git a/examples/server/tests/unit/test_chat_completion.py b/examples/server/tests/unit/test_chat_completion.py
index 0fa1a17c1..37ac11006 100644
--- a/examples/server/tests/unit/test_chat_completion.py
+++ b/examples/server/tests/unit/test_chat_completion.py
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ def test_chat_completion_with_timings_per_token():
 
 def test_logprobs():
     global server
+    server.multi_token_probs = True
     server.start()
     client = OpenAI(api_key="dummy", base_url=f"http://{server.server_host}:{server.server_port}")
     res = client.chat.completions.create(
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ def test_logprobs():
 
 def test_logprobs_stream():
     global server
+    server.multi_token_probs = True
     server.start()
     client = OpenAI(api_key="dummy", base_url=f"http://{server.server_host}:{server.server_port}")
     res = client.chat.completions.create(
diff --git a/examples/server/tests/unit/test_completion.py b/examples/server/tests/unit/test_completion.py
index 7b33ec531..ee9b9f466 100644
--- a/examples/server/tests/unit/test_completion.py
+++ b/examples/server/tests/unit/test_completion.py
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ def test_completion_parallel_slots(n_slots: int, n_requests: int):
 
 def test_n_probs():
     global server
+    server.multi_token_probs = True
     server.start()
     res = server.make_request("POST", "/completion", data={
         "prompt": "I believe the meaning of life is",
@@ -274,6 +275,7 @@ def test_n_probs():
 
 def test_n_probs_stream():
     global server
+    server.multi_token_probs = True
     server.start()
     res = server.make_stream_request("POST", "/completion", data={
         "prompt": "I believe the meaning of life is",
diff --git a/examples/server/tests/utils.py b/examples/server/tests/utils.py
index d988ccf5e..5221e0829 100644
--- a/examples/server/tests/utils.py
+++ b/examples/server/tests/utils.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ class ServerProcess:
     draft_min: int | None = None
     draft_max: int | None = None
     no_webui: bool | None = None
+    multi_token_probs: bool | None = None
 
     # session variables
     process: subprocess.Popen | None = None
@@ -161,6 +162,8 @@ class ServerProcess:
             server_args.extend(["--draft-min", self.draft_min])
         if self.no_webui:
             server_args.append("--no-webui")
+        if self.multi_token_probs:
+            server_args.append("--multi-token-probs")
 
         args = [str(arg) for arg in [server_path, *server_args]]
         print(f"bench: starting server with: {' '.join(args)}")