diff --git a/ggml-quants.c b/ggml-quants.c
index c9f04fd2f..db8d199ae 100644
--- a/ggml-quants.c
+++ b/ggml-quants.c
@@ -4036,15 +4036,84 @@ void ggml_vec_dot_q4_1_q8_1(int n, float * restrict s, size_t bs, const void * r
     const int nb = n / qk;
 
     assert(n % qk == 0);
+#if defined(__ARM_FEATURE_MATMUL_INT8)
+    assert((nrc == 2) || (nrc == 1));
+#else
     assert(nrc == 1);
-    UNUSED(nrc);
-    UNUSED(bx);
-    UNUSED(by);
-    UNUSED(bs);
+#endif
 
     const block_q4_1 * restrict x = vx;
     const block_q8_1 * restrict y = vy;
 
+#if defined(__ARM_FEATURE_MATMUL_INT8)
+    if (nrc == 2) {
+        const block_q4_1 * restrict vx0 = vx;
+        const block_q4_1 * restrict vx1 = vx + bx;
+        const block_q8_1 * restrict vy0 = vy;
+        const block_q8_1 * restrict vy1 = vy + by;
+
+        float32x4_t sumv0 = vdupq_n_f32(0.0f);
+        float32x4_t summs0 = vdupq_n_f32(0.0f);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < nb; i++) {
+            const block_q4_1 * restrict b_x0 = &vx0[i];
+            const block_q4_1 * restrict b_x1 = &vx1[i];
+            const block_q8_1 * restrict b_y0 = &vy0[i];
+            const block_q8_1 * restrict b_y1 = &vy1[i];
+
+            float32x4_t summs_t = {GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(b_x0->m) * b_y0->s,
+                                   GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(b_x1->m) * b_y0->s,
+                                   GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(b_x0->m) * b_y1->s,
+                                   GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(b_x1->m) * b_y1->s};
+            summs0 += summs_t;
+
+            const uint8x16_t m4b = vdupq_n_u8(0x0F);
+
+            const uint8x16_t v0_0 = vld1q_u8(b_x0->qs);
+            const uint8x16_t v0_1 = vld1q_u8(b_x1->qs);
+
+            // 4-bit -> 8-bit
+            const int8x16_t x0_l = vreinterpretq_s8_u8(vandq_u8  (v0_0, m4b));
+            const int8x16_t x0_h = vreinterpretq_s8_u8(vshrq_n_u8(v0_0, 4));
+            const int8x16_t x1_l = vreinterpretq_s8_u8(vandq_u8  (v0_1, m4b));
+            const int8x16_t x1_h = vreinterpretq_s8_u8(vshrq_n_u8(v0_1, 4));
+
+            // load y
+            const int8x16_t y0_l = vld1q_s8(b_y0->qs);
+            const int8x16_t y0_h = vld1q_s8(b_y0->qs + 16);
+            const int8x16_t y1_l = vld1q_s8(b_y1->qs);
+            const int8x16_t y1_h = vld1q_s8(b_y1->qs + 16);
+
+            // mmla into int32x4_t
+            float32x4_t scale = {GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(b_x0->d)*GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(b_y0->d),
+                                 GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(b_x0->d)*GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(b_y1->d),
+                                 GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(b_x1->d)*GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(b_y0->d),
+                                 GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(b_x1->d)*GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(b_y1->d)};
+
+            int8x16_t l0 = vreinterpretq_s8_s64(vzip1q_s64(vreinterpretq_s64_s8(x0_l), vreinterpretq_s64_s8(x1_l)));
+            int8x16_t l1 = vreinterpretq_s8_s64(vzip2q_s64(vreinterpretq_s64_s8(x0_l), vreinterpretq_s64_s8(x1_l)));
+
+            int8x16_t l2 = vreinterpretq_s8_s64(vzip1q_s64(vreinterpretq_s64_s8(x0_h), vreinterpretq_s64_s8(x1_h)));
+            int8x16_t l3 = vreinterpretq_s8_s64(vzip2q_s64(vreinterpretq_s64_s8(x0_h), vreinterpretq_s64_s8(x1_h)));
+
+            int8x16_t r0 = vreinterpretq_s8_s64(vzip1q_s64(vreinterpretq_s64_s8(y0_l), vreinterpretq_s64_s8(y1_l)));
+            int8x16_t r1 = vreinterpretq_s8_s64(vzip2q_s64(vreinterpretq_s64_s8(y0_l), vreinterpretq_s64_s8(y1_l)));
+
+            int8x16_t r2 = vreinterpretq_s8_s64(vzip1q_s64(vreinterpretq_s64_s8(y0_h), vreinterpretq_s64_s8(y1_h)));
+            int8x16_t r3 = vreinterpretq_s8_s64(vzip2q_s64(vreinterpretq_s64_s8(y0_h), vreinterpretq_s64_s8(y1_h)));
+            sumv0 = vmlaq_f32(sumv0,(vcvtq_f32_s32(vmmlaq_s32((vmmlaq_s32((vmmlaq_s32((vmmlaq_s32(vdupq_n_s32(0), l0, r0)),
+                                                                                l1, r1)), l2, r2)), l3, r3))), scale);
+        }
+
+        float32x4_t sumv1 = vextq_f32(sumv0, sumv0, 2);
+        float32x4_t sumv2 = vzip1q_f32(sumv0, sumv1);
+        sumv2 = sumv2 + summs0;
+
+        vst1_f32(s, vget_low_f32(sumv2));
+        vst1_f32(s + bs, vget_high_f32(sumv2));
+        return;
+    }
+#endif
     // TODO: add WASM SIMD
 #if defined(__ARM_NEON)
     float32x4_t sumv0 = vdupq_n_f32(0.0f);
diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index 6781a724e..0464f25d9 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -497,7 +497,11 @@ static const ggml_type_traits_t type_traits[GGML_TYPE_COUNT] = {
         .from_float_reference     = (ggml_from_float_t) quantize_row_q4_1_reference,
         .vec_dot                  = ggml_vec_dot_q4_1_q8_1,
         .vec_dot_type             = GGML_TYPE_Q8_1,
+#if defined (__ARM_FEATURE_MATMUL_INT8)
+        .nrows                    = 2,
+#else
         .nrows                    = 1,
+#endif
     },
     [4] = { // GGML_TYPE_Q4_2
         .type_name                = "DEPRECATED",