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+import sys
+import struct
+import numpy as np
+from gguf import GGUFReader, GGUFValueType, GGUF_DEFAULT_ALIGNMENT
+
+
+# add chat template to existed gguf and retrun new file path
+def add_chat_template_to_existed_gguf(model_path: str, chat_template: str, new_file_path: str) -> None:
+    reader = GGUFReader(model_path, "r+")
+
+    # chat template key
+    CHAT_TEMPLATE = "tokenizer.chat_template"
+
+    # generate and adjust chat template data from chat template with alignment
+    alignment = GGUF_DEFAULT_ALIGNMENT
+    new_align = reader.fields.get('general.alignment')
+    if new_align is not None:
+        alignment = new_align.parts[-1][0]
+
+    add_data = bytearray()
+
+    name_data = CHAT_TEMPLATE.encode("utf-8")
+    add_data += struct.pack("Q", len(name_data))
+    add_data += name_data
+    add_data += struct.pack("I", GGUFValueType.STRING.value)
+
+    # calculate the padding length
+    raw_len = len(add_data) + 8 + len(chat_template)
+    add_len = alignment - (raw_len % alignment)
+    if add_len != 0:
+        chat_template += " " * add_len
+
+    raw_data = chat_template.encode("utf-8")
+    add_data += struct.pack("Q", len(raw_data))
+    add_data += raw_data
+
+    # insert raw bytes into file
+    # find insert index
+    kv = reader.fields
+    last_field = list(kv.values())[-1]
+    insert_offset = last_field.offset
+
+    # copy original data
+    new_data = reader.data.copy()
+    new_data = np.concatenate(
+        (new_data[:insert_offset], add_data, new_data[insert_offset:]))
+
+    # add kv_count
+    kv_count_idx = reader.fields["GGUF.kv_count"].parts[0][0]
+    new_data[kv_count_idx] += 1
+
+    # save file
+    with open(new_file_path, "wb") as file:
+        file.write(new_data.tobytes())
+
+# sample usage: python guff-add-chat-template.py "./model.gguf" "chat template" "./new_model.gguf"
+def main() -> None:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Add chat template to existed gguf file")
+    parser.add_argument("model",          type=str,            help="GGUF format model filepath")
+    parser.add_argument("chat_template",  type=str,            help="chat template for this model")
+    parser.add_argument("new_model",      type=str,            help="New GGUF model filepath")
+    args = parser.parse_args(None if len(sys.argv) > 1 else ["--help"])
+    print(f'adding chat template to {args.model}')
+    add_chat_template_to_existed_gguf(args.model, args.chat_template, args.new_model)
+    print(f'new model {args.new_model} with chat template added successfully!')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()