diff --git a/gguf-py/gguf/huggingface_hub.py b/gguf-py/gguf/huggingface_hub.py
index 98c27e7da..f1559cecc 100644
--- a/gguf-py/gguf/huggingface_hub.py
+++ b/gguf-py/gguf/huggingface_hub.py
@@ -57,3 +57,46 @@ class HuggingFaceHub:
         self.logger.info(f"Response status was {response.status_code}")
         response.raise_for_status()
         return response
+
+
+class HFTokenizerRequest:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        dl_path: pathlib.Path,
+        auth_token: str,
+        logger: None | logging.Logger
+    ):
+        self._hub = HuggingFaceHub(auth_token, logger)
+        self._models = MODEL_REPOS
+
+        if dl_path is None:
+            self._download_path = pathlib.Path("models/tokenizers")
+        else:
+            self._download_path = dl_path
+
+        self._files = ["config.json", "tokenizer_config.json", "tokenizer.json"]
+
+    @property
+    def hub(self) -> HuggingFaceHub:
+        return self._hub
+
+    @property
+    def models(self) -> list[dict[str, object]]:
+        return self._models
+
+    @property
+    def download_path(self) -> pathlib.Path:
+        return self._download_path
+
+    @download_path.setter
+    def download_path(self, value: pathlib.Path):
+        self._download_path = value
+
+    @property
+    def files(self) -> list[str]:
+        return self._files
+
+    def download_file_with_auth(self, repo, file, directory):
+        response = self.hub.download_file(repo, file)
+        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(directory), exist_ok=True)
+        self.hub.write_file(response.content, directory)