diff --git a/ggml-quants.c b/ggml-quants.c
index e42d94296..ea6de3c17 100644
--- a/ggml-quants.c
+++ b/ggml-quants.c
@@ -1610,6 +1610,241 @@ size_t ggml_quantize_q2_K(const float * restrict src, void * restrict dst, int n
     return (n/QK_K*sizeof(block_q2_K));
 }
 
+static float make_qkx3_quants(int n, int nmax, const float * restrict x, const float * restrict weights,
+        uint8_t * restrict L, float * restrict the_min, uint8_t * restrict Laux,
+        float rmin, float rdelta, int nstep, bool use_mad) {
+    float min = x[0];
+    float max = x[0];
+    float sum_w = weights ? weights[0] : x[0]*x[0];
+    float sum_x = sum_w * x[0];
+    for (int i = 1; i < n; ++i) {
+        if (x[i] < min) min = x[i];
+        if (x[i] > max) max = x[i];
+        float w = weights ? weights[i] : x[i]*x[i];
+        sum_w += w;
+        sum_x += w * x[i];
+    }
+    if (min > 0) {
+        min = 0;
+    }
+    if (max <= min) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) L[i] = 0;
+        *the_min = -min;
+        return 0.f;
+    }
+    float iscale = nmax/(max - min);
+    float scale = 1/iscale;
+    float best_mad = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+        int l = nearest_int(iscale*(x[i] - min));
+        L[i] = MAX(0, MIN(nmax, l));
+        float diff = scale * L[i] + min - x[i];
+        diff = use_mad ? fabsf(diff) : diff*diff;
+        float w = weights ? weights[i] : x[i]*x[i];
+        best_mad += w * diff;
+    }
+    if (nstep < 1) {
+        *the_min = -min;
+        return scale;
+    }
+    for (int is = 0; is <= nstep; ++is) {
+        iscale = (rmin + rdelta*is + nmax)/(max - min);
+        float sum_l = 0, sum_l2 = 0, sum_xl = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+            int l = nearest_int(iscale*(x[i] - min));
+            l = MAX(0, MIN(nmax, l));
+            Laux[i] = l;
+            float w = weights ? weights[i] : x[i]*x[i];
+            sum_l  += w*l;
+            sum_l2 += w*l*l;
+            sum_xl += w*l*x[i];
+        }
+        float D = sum_w * sum_l2 - sum_l * sum_l;
+        if (D > 0) {
+            float this_scale = (sum_w * sum_xl - sum_x * sum_l)/D;
+            float this_min   = (sum_l2 * sum_x - sum_l * sum_xl)/D;
+            if (this_min > 0) {
+                this_min = 0;
+                this_scale = sum_xl / sum_l2;
+            }
+            float mad = 0;
+            for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+                float diff = this_scale * Laux[i] + this_min - x[i];
+                diff = use_mad ? fabsf(diff) : diff*diff;
+                float w = weights ? weights[i] : x[i]*x[i];
+                mad += w * diff;
+            }
+            if (mad < best_mad) {
+                for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+                    L[i] = Laux[i];
+                }
+                best_mad = mad;
+                scale = this_scale;
+                min = this_min;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    *the_min = -min;
+    return scale;
+}
+
+static float make_qp_quants(int n, int nmax, const float * restrict x, uint8_t * restrict L, const float * quant_weights) {
+    float max = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+        max = MAX(max, x[i]);
+    }
+    if (!max) { // all zero
+        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) { L[i] = 0; }
+        return 0.f;
+    }
+    float iscale = nmax / max;
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+        L[i] = nearest_int(iscale * x[i]);
+    }
+    float scale = 1/iscale;
+    float best_mse = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+        float diff = x[i] - scale*L[i];
+        float w = quant_weights[i];
+        best_mse += w*diff*diff;
+    }
+    for (int is = -4; is <= 4; ++is) {
+        if (is == 0) continue;
+        float iscale_is = (0.1f*is + nmax)/max;
+        float scale_is = 1/iscale_is;
+        float mse = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+            int l = nearest_int(iscale_is*x[i]);
+            l = MIN(nmax, l);
+            float diff = x[i] - scale_is*l;
+            float w = quant_weights[i];
+            mse += w*diff*diff;
+        }
+        if (mse < best_mse) {
+            best_mse = mse;
+            iscale = iscale_is;
+        }
+    }
+    float sumlx = 0;
+    float suml2 = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+        int l = nearest_int(iscale * x[i]);
+        l = MIN(nmax, l);
+        L[i] = l;
+        float w = quant_weights[i];
+        sumlx += w*x[i]*l;
+        suml2 += w*l*l;
+    }
+    for (int itry = 0; itry < 5; ++itry) {
+        int n_changed = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+            float w = quant_weights[i];
+            float slx = sumlx - w*x[i]*L[i];
+            float sl2 = suml2 - w*L[i]*L[i];
+            if (slx > 0 && sl2 > 0) {
+                int new_l = nearest_int(x[i] * sl2 / slx);
+                new_l = MIN(nmax, new_l);
+                if (new_l != L[i]) {
+                    slx += w*x[i]*new_l;
+                    sl2 += w*new_l*new_l;
+                    if (slx*slx*suml2 > sumlx*sumlx*sl2) {
+                        L[i] = new_l; sumlx = slx; suml2 = sl2;
+                        ++n_changed;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (!n_changed) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    return sumlx / suml2;
+}
+
+static void quantize_row_q2_K_impl(const float * restrict x, block_q2_K * restrict y, int k, const float * restrict quant_weights) {
+    GGML_ASSERT(quant_weights);
+    assert(k % QK_K == 0);
+    const int nb = k / QK_K;
+    const bool requantize = true;
+
+    uint8_t L[QK_K];
+    uint8_t Laux[16];
+    float mins[QK_K/16];
+    float scales[QK_K/16];
+    float sw[QK_K/16];
+    float weight[QK_K/16];
+    uint8_t Ls[QK_K/16], Lm[QK_K/16];
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < nb; i++) {
+        memset(sw, 0, QK_K/16*sizeof(float));
+        float sumx2 = 0;
+        for (int j = 0; j < QK_K; ++j) sumx2 += x[j]*x[j];
+        float sigma2 = sumx2/QK_K;
+        for (int j = 0; j < QK_K/16; ++j) {
+            const float * restrict qw = quant_weights + QK_K * i + 16*j;
+            for (int l = 0; l < 16; ++l) weight[l] = qw[l] * sqrtf(sigma2 + x[16*j + l]*x[16*j + l]);
+            for (int l = 0; l < 16; ++l) sw[j] += weight[l];
+            scales[j] = make_qkx3_quants(16, 3, x + 16*j, weight, L + 16*j, &mins[j], Laux, -0.9f, 0.05f, 36, false);
+        }
+
+        float dm  = make_qp_quants(QK_K/16, 15, scales, Ls, sw);
+        float mm  = make_qp_quants(QK_K/16, 15, mins,   Lm, sw);
+        y[i].d    = GGML_FP32_TO_FP16(dm);
+        y[i].dmin = GGML_FP32_TO_FP16(mm);
+        dm        = GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(y[i].d);
+        mm        = GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(y[i].dmin);
+
+        for (int j = 0; j < QK_K/16; ++j) {
+            y[i].scales[j] = Ls[j] | (Lm[j] << 4);
+        }
+
+        if (requantize) {
+            for (int j = 0; j < QK_K/16; ++j) {
+                const float d = dm * (y[i].scales[j] & 0xF);
+                if (!d) continue;
+                const float m = mm * (y[i].scales[j] >> 4);
+                for (int ii = 0; ii < 16; ++ii) {
+                    int l = nearest_int((x[16*j + ii] + m)/d);
+                    l = MAX(0, MIN(3, l));
+                    L[16*j + ii] = l;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+#if QK_K == 256
+        for (int j = 0; j < QK_K; j += 128) {
+            for (int l = 0; l < 32; ++l) {
+                y[i].qs[j/4 + l] = L[j + l] | (L[j + l + 32] << 2) | (L[j + l + 64] << 4) | (L[j + l + 96] << 6);
+            }
+        }
+#else
+        for (int l = 0; l < 16; ++l) {
+            y[i].qs[l] = L[l] | (L[l + 16] << 2) | (L[l + 32] << 4) | (L[l + 48] << 6);
+        }
+#endif
+
+        x += QK_K;
+
+    }
+}
+
+size_t quantize_q2_K(const float * src, void * dst, int nrow, int n_per_row, int64_t * hist, const float * quant_weights) {
+    (void)hist;
+    int row_size = ggml_row_size(GGML_TYPE_Q2_K, n_per_row);
+    if (!quant_weights) {
+        quantize_row_q2_K_reference(src, dst, nrow*n_per_row);
+    }
+    else {
+        char * qrow = (char *)dst;
+        for (int row = 0; row < nrow; ++row) {
+            quantize_row_q2_K_impl(src, (block_q2_K*)qrow, n_per_row, quant_weights);
+            src += n_per_row;
+            qrow += row_size;
+        }
+    }
+    return nrow * row_size;
+}
+
 //========================= 3-bit (de)-quantization
 
 void quantize_row_q3_K_reference(const float * restrict x, block_q3_K * restrict y, int k) {
@@ -8094,6 +8329,7 @@ static void quantize_row_iq2_xxs_impl(const float * restrict x, void * restrict
                 }
                 u |= (best_index << 8*k);
                 grid = (const uint8_t *)(kgrid_q2xs + best_index);
+                //grid = (const uint8_t *)(kgrid_q2xs + aux8[k]);
                 for (int j = 0; j < 8; ++j) {
                     float q = db * grid[j] * signs[j];
                     sumqx += wk[j] * q * xk[j];
@@ -8287,7 +8523,7 @@ static void quantize_row_iq2_xs_impl(const float * restrict x, void * restrict v
     }
 }
 
-size_t ggml_quantize_iq2_xxs(const float * src, void * dst, int nrow, int n_per_row, int64_t * hist, const float * quant_weights) {
+size_t quantize_iq2_xxs(const float * src, void * dst, int nrow, int n_per_row, int64_t * hist, const float * quant_weights) {
     (void)hist;
     GGML_ASSERT(n_per_row%QK_K == 0);
     int nblock = n_per_row/QK_K;
@@ -8300,7 +8536,7 @@ size_t ggml_quantize_iq2_xxs(const float * src, void * dst, int nrow, int n_per_
     return nrow * nblock * sizeof(block_iq2_xxs);
 }
 
-size_t ggml_quantize_iq2_xs(const float * src, void * dst, int nrow, int n_per_row, int64_t * hist, const float * quant_weights) {
+size_t quantize_iq2_xs(const float * src, void * dst, int nrow, int n_per_row, int64_t * hist, const float * quant_weights) {
     (void)hist;
     GGML_ASSERT(n_per_row%QK_K == 0);
     int nblock = n_per_row/QK_K;
diff --git a/ggml-quants.h b/ggml-quants.h
index 352c5487a..e5d110230 100644
--- a/ggml-quants.h
+++ b/ggml-quants.h
@@ -242,3 +242,11 @@ void ggml_vec_dot_q5_K_q8_K(int n, float * restrict s, const void * restrict vx,
 void ggml_vec_dot_q6_K_q8_K(int n, float * restrict s, const void * restrict vx, const void * restrict vy);
 void ggml_vec_dot_iq2_xxs_q8_K(int n, float * restrict s, const void * restrict vx, const void * restrict vy);
 void ggml_vec_dot_iq2_xs_q8_K (int n, float * restrict s, const void * restrict vx, const void * restrict vy);
+
+//
+// Quantization utilizing an importance matrix (a.k.a. "Activation aWare Quantization")
+//
+size_t quantize_iq2_xxs(const float * src, void * dst, int nrows, int n_per_row, int64_t * hist, const float * imatrix);
+size_t quantize_iq2_xs (const float * src, void * dst, int nrows, int n_per_row, int64_t * hist, const float * imatrix);
+size_t quantize_q2_K   (const float * src, void * dst, int nrows, int n_per_row, int64_t * hist, const float * imatrix);
+
diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index 91969f8bc..f48d11f73 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -18664,8 +18664,11 @@ size_t ggml_quantize_chunk(enum ggml_type type, const float * src, void * dst, i
         case GGML_TYPE_Q2_K:
             {
                 GGML_ASSERT(start % QK_K == 0);
-                block_q2_K * block = (block_q2_K*)dst + start / QK_K;
-                result = ggml_quantize_q2_K(src + start, block, n, n, hist);
+                GGML_ASSERT(start % n_per_row == 0);
+                size_t start_row = start / n_per_row;
+                size_t row_size = ggml_row_size(type, n_per_row);
+                result = quantize_q2_K(src + start, (char *)dst + start_row * row_size, nrows, n_per_row, hist, imatrix);
+                GGML_ASSERT(result == row_size * nrows);
             } break;
         case GGML_TYPE_Q3_K:
             {
@@ -18698,7 +18701,7 @@ size_t ggml_quantize_chunk(enum ggml_type type, const float * src, void * dst, i
                 GGML_ASSERT(imatrix);
                 size_t start_row = start / n_per_row;
                 size_t row_size = ggml_row_size(type, n_per_row);
-                result = ggml_quantize_iq2_xxs(src + start, (char *)dst + start_row * row_size, nrows, n_per_row, hist, imatrix);
+                result = quantize_iq2_xxs(src + start, (char *)dst + start_row * row_size, nrows, n_per_row, hist, imatrix);
                 GGML_ASSERT(result == row_size * nrows);
             } break;
         case GGML_TYPE_IQ2_XS:
@@ -18708,7 +18711,7 @@ size_t ggml_quantize_chunk(enum ggml_type type, const float * src, void * dst, i
                 GGML_ASSERT(imatrix);
                 size_t start_row = start / n_per_row;
                 size_t row_size = ggml_row_size(type, n_per_row);
-                result = ggml_quantize_iq2_xs(src + start, (char *)dst + start_row * row_size, nrows, n_per_row, hist, imatrix);
+                result = quantize_iq2_xs(src + start, (char *)dst + start_row * row_size, nrows, n_per_row, hist, imatrix);
                 GGML_ASSERT(result == row_size * nrows);
             } break;
         case GGML_TYPE_F16:
diff --git a/ggml.h b/ggml.h
index 3c41bebda..6653400b1 100644
--- a/ggml.h
+++ b/ggml.h
@@ -2062,8 +2062,6 @@ extern "C" {
     GGML_API size_t ggml_quantize_q4_K(const float * src, void * dst, int n, int k, int64_t * hist);
     GGML_API size_t ggml_quantize_q5_K(const float * src, void * dst, int n, int k, int64_t * hist);
     GGML_API size_t ggml_quantize_q6_K(const float * src, void * dst, int n, int k, int64_t * hist);
-    GGML_API size_t ggml_quantize_iq2_xxs(const float * src, void * dst, int nrows, int n_per_row, int64_t * hist, const float * imatrix);
-    GGML_API size_t ggml_quantize_iq2_xs (const float * src, void * dst, int nrows, int n_per_row, int64_t * hist, const float * imatrix);
 
     GGML_API size_t ggml_quantize_chunk(enum ggml_type type, const float * src, void * dst,
             int start, int nrows, int n_per_row, int64_t * hist, const float * imatrix);