diff --git a/convert_hf_to_gguf.py b/convert_hf_to_gguf.py
index 018a2a588..b5a4a4aaa 100755
--- a/convert_hf_to_gguf.py
+++ b/convert_hf_to_gguf.py
@@ -699,6 +699,9 @@ class Model:
         if chkhsh == "b3f499bb4255f8ca19fccd664443283318f2fd2414d5e0b040fbdd0cc195d6c5":
             # ref: https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B
             res = "deepseek-r1-qwen"
+        if chkhsh == "a3df2b8943e01cfd7d68c9f8446b294f3d8706d1d6853df65df7fda5d4fcb19f":
+            # ref: https://huggingface.co/Almawave/Velvet-14B
+            res = "velvet"
 
         if res is None:
             logger.warning("\n")
diff --git a/convert_hf_to_gguf_update.py b/convert_hf_to_gguf_update.py
index cea34413f..241d04557 100755
--- a/convert_hf_to_gguf_update.py
+++ b/convert_hf_to_gguf_update.py
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ models = [
     {"name": "megrez",           "tokt": TOKENIZER_TYPE.BPE, "repo": "https://huggingface.co/Infinigence/Megrez-3B-Instruct"},
     {"name": "deepseek-v3",      "tokt": TOKENIZER_TYPE.BPE, "repo": "https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3"},
     {"name": "deepseek-r1-qwen", "tokt": TOKENIZER_TYPE.BPE, "repo": "https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B"},
+    {"name": "velvet",           "tokt": TOKENIZER_TYPE.BPE, "repo": "https://huggingface.co/Almawave/Velvet-14B"}
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/include/llama.h b/include/llama.h
index 3784f7d39..5d92e512c 100644
--- a/include/llama.h
+++ b/include/llama.h
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ extern "C" {
         LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_CHAMELEON      = 26,
         LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_MINERVA        = 27,
         LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_DEEPSEEK3_LLM  = 28,
+        LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_VELVET         = 29,
     };
 
     enum llama_rope_type {
diff --git a/src/llama-chat.cpp b/src/llama-chat.cpp
index 028a64794..af0539bd4 100644
--- a/src/llama-chat.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-chat.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ static const std::map<std::string, llm_chat_template> LLM_CHAT_TEMPLATES = {
     { "granite",           LLM_CHAT_TEMPLATE_GRANITE           },
     { "gigachat",          LLM_CHAT_TEMPLATE_GIGACHAT          },
     { "megrez",            LLM_CHAT_TEMPLATE_MEGREZ            },
+    { "velvet",            LLM_CHAT_TEMPLATE_VELVET            },
 };
 
 llm_chat_template llm_chat_template_from_str(const std::string & name) {
@@ -167,6 +168,8 @@ llm_chat_template llm_chat_detect_template(const std::string & tmpl) {
         return LLM_CHAT_TEMPLATE_GIGACHAT;
     } else if (tmpl_contains("<|role_start|>")) {
         return LLM_CHAT_TEMPLATE_MEGREZ;
+    } else if (tmpl_contains("<instruction>")) {
+        return LLM_CHAT_TEMPLATE_VELVET;
     }
     return LLM_CHAT_TEMPLATE_UNKNOWN;
 }
@@ -566,6 +569,31 @@ int32_t llm_chat_apply_template(
         if (add_ass) {
             ss << "<|role_start|>assistant<|role_end|>";
         }
+    } else if (tmpl == LLM_CHAT_TEMPLATE_VELVET) {
+        // Velvet template
+        std::string leading_space = "";
+        std::string trailing_space = "";
+        bool trim_assistant_message = false;
+        bool is_inside_turn = false;
+        std::string system_message = "";
+        std::string last_message(chat.back()->content);
+        ss << "<s>";
+        for (auto message : chat) {
+            if (!is_inside_turn) {
+                ss << leading_space << "<instruction>" << trailing_space;
+                is_inside_turn = true;
+            }
+            std::string role(message->role);
+            std::string content(message->content);
+            if (role == "system") {
+                system_message = content + "\n\n";
+            } else if (role == "user") {
+                ss << (content==last_message ? system_message : "") << content << leading_space << "</instruction>";
+            } else {
+                ss << trailing_space << (trim_assistant_message ? trim(content) : content) << "</s>";
+                is_inside_turn = false;
+            }
+        }
     } else {
         // template not supported
         return -1;
diff --git a/src/llama-chat.h b/src/llama-chat.h
index 2f6a0e3e2..0fe4b8e22 100644
--- a/src/llama-chat.h
+++ b/src/llama-chat.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ enum llm_chat_template {
     LLM_CHAT_TEMPLATE_GRANITE,
     LLM_CHAT_TEMPLATE_GIGACHAT,
     LLM_CHAT_TEMPLATE_MEGREZ,
+    LLM_CHAT_TEMPLATE_VELVET,
     LLM_CHAT_TEMPLATE_UNKNOWN,
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/test-chat-template.cpp b/tests/test-chat-template.cpp
index e0314ae1d..d970beb57 100644
--- a/tests/test-chat-template.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-chat-template.cpp
@@ -262,6 +262,14 @@ int main(void) {
             /* .bos_token= */ "",
             /* .eos_token= */ "",
         },
+        {
+            /* .name= */ "velvet",
+            /* .template_str= */ "{%- if messages[0][\"role\"] == \"system\" %}\n    {%- set system_message = messages[0][\"content\"] %}\n    {%- set loop_messages = messages[1:] %}\n{%- else %}\n    {%- set loop_messages = messages %}\n{%- endif %}\n{%- if not tools is defined %}\n    {%- set tools = none %}\n{%- endif %}\n{%- set user_messages = loop_messages | selectattr(\"role\", \"equalto\", \"user\") | list %}\n\n{#- This block checks for alternating user/assistant messages, skipping tool calling messages #}\n{%- set ns = namespace() %}\n{%- set ns.index = 0 %}\n{%- for message in loop_messages %}\n    {%- if not (message.role == \"tool\" or message.role == \"tool_results\" or (message.tool_calls is defined and message.tool_calls is not none)) %}\n        {%- if (message[\"role\"] == \"user\") != (ns.index % 2 == 0) %}\n            {{- raise_exception(\"After the optional system message, conversation roles must alternate user/assistant/user/assistant/...\") }}\n        {%- endif %}\n        {%- set ns.index = ns.index + 1 %}\n    {%- endif %}\n{%- endfor %}\n\n{{- bos_token }}\n{%- for message in loop_messages %}\n    {%- if message[\"role\"] == \"user\" %}\n        {%- if message == user_messages[-1] and system_message is defined and tools is not none %}\n            {{- \"<instruction>\" + system_message + \"\\n\\n\" + \"<list_tools>[\" }}\n            {%- for tool in tools %}\n{{ tool }}\n {%- if not loop.last %}\n                    {{- \", \" }}\n                {%- else %}\n                    {{- \"]\" }}\n {%- endif %}\n    {%- endfor %}\n            {{- \"</list_tools>\" + \"\\n\\n\" + message[\"content\"] + \"</instruction>\" }}\n            {%- elif message == user_messages[-1] and system_message is defined  and tools is none %}\n            {{- \"<instruction>\" + system_message + \"\\n\\n\" + message[\"content\"] + \"</instruction>\" }}\n        {%- else %}\n            {{- \"<instruction>\" + message[\"content\"] + \"</instruction>\" }}\n        {%- endif %}\n    {%- elif (message.tool_calls is defined and message.tool_calls is not none) %}\n        {{- \"<tool_call>[\" }}\n        {%- for tool_call in message.tool_calls %}\n{{ tool_call }}\n {%- if not loop.last %}\n                    {{- \", \" }}\n                {%- else %}\n                    {{- \"]\" }}\n {%- endif %}\n {%- endfor %}      {{- \"</tool_call>\" + eos_token }}\n            {%- elif message[\"role\"] == \"assistant\" %}\n        {{- message[\"content\"] + eos_token}}\n    {%- elif message[\"role\"] == \"tool_results\" or message[\"role\"] == \"tool\" %}\n        {%- if message.content is defined and message.content.content is defined %}\n            {%- set content = message.content.content %}\n        {%- else %}\n            {%- set content = message.content %}\n        {%- endif %}\n        {{- '<tool_result>{\"content\": ' + content|string }}\n    {{- '}</tool_result>' }}\n    {%- else %}\n        {{- raise_exception(\"Only user and assistant roles are supported, with the exception of an initial optional system message!\") }}\n    {%- endif %}\n{%- endfor %}\n",
+            /* .expected_output= */ "<s><instruction>Hello</instruction>Hi there</s><instruction>Who are you</instruction>   I am an assistant   </s><instruction>You are a helpful assistant\n\nAnother question</instruction>",
+            /* .expected_output_jinja= */ "<s><instruction>Hello</instruction>Hi there</s><instruction>Who are you</instruction>   I am an assistant   </s><instruction>You are a helpful assistant\n\nAnother question</instruction>",
+            /* .bos_token= */ "<s>",
+            /* .eos_token= */ "</s>",
+        },
     };
     std::vector<char> formatted_chat(1024);
     int32_t res;