diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index 49aff6243..c584ff2de 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -9950,11 +9950,61 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_repeat_f32(
     }
 }
 
+static void ggml_compute_forward_repeat_f16(
+        const struct ggml_compute_params * params,
+        const struct ggml_tensor * src0,
+        struct ggml_tensor * dst) {
+    GGML_ASSERT(params->ith == 0);
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_can_repeat(src0, dst));
+
+    if (params->type == GGML_TASK_INIT || params->type == GGML_TASK_FINALIZE) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    GGML_TENSOR_UNARY_OP_LOCALS;
+
+    // guaranteed to be an integer due to the check in ggml_can_repeat
+    const int nr0 = (int)(ne0/ne00);
+    const int nr1 = (int)(ne1/ne01);
+    const int nr2 = (int)(ne2/ne02);
+    const int nr3 = (int)(ne3/ne03);
+
+    // TODO: support for transposed / permuted tensors
+    GGML_ASSERT(nb0  == sizeof(ggml_fp16_t));
+    GGML_ASSERT(nb00 == sizeof(ggml_fp16_t));
+
+    // TODO: maybe this is not optimal?
+    for                         (int i3 = 0; i3 < nr3;  i3++) {
+        for                     (int k3 = 0; k3 < ne03; k3++) {
+            for                 (int i2 = 0; i2 < nr2;  i2++) {
+                for             (int k2 = 0; k2 < ne02; k2++) {
+                    for         (int i1 = 0; i1 < nr1;  i1++) {
+                        for     (int k1 = 0; k1 < ne01; k1++) {
+                            for (int i0 = 0; i0 < nr0;  i0++) {
+                                ggml_fp16_t * y = (ggml_fp16_t *) ((char *)  dst->data + (i3*ne03 + k3)*nb3  + (i2*ne02 + k2)*nb2  + (i1*ne01 + k1)*nb1  + (i0*ne00)*nb0);
+                                ggml_fp16_t * x = (ggml_fp16_t *) ((char *) src0->data + (          k3)*nb03 + (          k2)*nb02 + (          k1)*nb01);
+                                // ggml_vec_cpy_f16(ne00, y, x)
+                                for (int i = 0; i < ne00; ++i) {
+                                    y[i]  = x[i];
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 static void ggml_compute_forward_repeat(
         const struct ggml_compute_params * params,
         const struct ggml_tensor * src0,
         struct ggml_tensor * dst) {
     switch (src0->type) {
+        case GGML_TYPE_F16:
+            {
+                ggml_compute_forward_repeat_f16(params, src0, dst);
+            } break;
         case GGML_TYPE_F32:
             {
                 ggml_compute_forward_repeat_f32(params, src0, dst);