diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index 9a7bd1d8c..d7cfe3a26 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -21590,4 +21590,12 @@ int ggml_cpu_has_matmul_int8(void) {
 #endif
 }
 
+int ggml_cpu_is_xeonphi_knc(void) {
+#if defined(__k1om__)
+    return 1;
+#else
+    return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/ggml.h b/ggml.h
index 1171088a9..0024bbc7a 100644
--- a/ggml.h
+++ b/ggml.h
@@ -2358,6 +2358,7 @@ extern "C" {
     GGML_API int ggml_cpu_has_sycl       (void);
     GGML_API int ggml_cpu_has_vsx        (void);
     GGML_API int ggml_cpu_has_matmul_int8(void);
+    GGML_API int ggml_cpu_is_xeonphi_knc (void);
 
     //
     // Internal types and functions exposed for tests and benchmarks
diff --git a/llama.cpp b/llama.cpp
index ad7b7b7d4..2b0ee2922 100644
--- a/llama.cpp
+++ b/llama.cpp
@@ -14229,6 +14229,7 @@ const char * llama_print_system_info(void) {
     s += "SSSE3 = "       + std::to_string(ggml_cpu_has_ssse3())       + " | ";
     s += "VSX = "         + std::to_string(ggml_cpu_has_vsx())         + " | ";
     s += "MATMUL_INT8 = " + std::to_string(ggml_cpu_has_matmul_int8()) + " | ";
+    s += "XEONPHI_KNC = " + std::to_string(ggml_cpu_is_xeonphi_knc())  + " | ";
 
     return s.c_str();
 }