diff --git a/convert-stablelm-hf-to-gguf.py b/convert-stablelm-hf-to-gguf.py
index 3bd8bdda0..ad2727973 100755
--- a/convert-stablelm-hf-to-gguf.py
+++ b/convert-stablelm-hf-to-gguf.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import contextlib
 import argparse
 import json
 import os
@@ -20,6 +21,16 @@ if 'NO_LOCAL_GGUF' not in os.environ:
     sys.path.insert(1, str(Path(__file__).parent / 'gguf-py' / 'gguf'))
 import gguf
 
+def count_model_parts(dir_model: Path, prefix: str) -> int:
+    num_parts = 0
+    for filename in os.listdir(dir_model):
+        if filename.startswith(prefix):
+            num_parts += 1
+
+    if num_parts > 0:
+        print("gguf: found " + str(num_parts) + " model parts")
+    return num_parts
+
 
 def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Convert a stablelm model to a GGML compatible file")
@@ -141,16 +152,45 @@ tensor_map = gguf.get_tensor_name_map(ARCH,block_count)
 # tensor info
 print("gguf: get tensor metadata")
 
-part_names = iter(("model.safetensors",))
+# get number of model parts
+num_parts = count_model_parts(dir_model, "model-00")
+if num_parts:
+    is_safetensors = True
+    from safetensors import safe_open
+else:
+    if count_model_parts(dir_model, "model.safetensors") > 0:
+        is_safetensors = True
+        num_parts = 0
+    else:
+        is_safetensors = False
+        num_parts = count_model_parts(dir_model, "pytorch_model-")
+
+if is_safetensors and num_parts == 0:
+    part_names = iter(("model.safetensors",))
+elif num_parts == 0:
+    part_names = iter(("pytorch_model.bin",))
+elif is_safetensors:
+    part_names = (
+        f"model-{n:05}-of-{num_parts:05}.safetensors" for n in range(1, num_parts + 1)
+    )
+else:
+    part_names = (
+        f"pytorch_model-{n:05}-of-{num_parts:05}.bin" for n in range(1, num_parts + 1)
+    )
+
 
 for part_name in part_names:
     if args.vocab_only:
         break
     print("gguf: loading model part '" + part_name + "'")
-    ctx = safe_open(dir_model / part_name, framework="pt", device="cpu")
+    if is_safetensors:
+        ctx = safe_open(dir_model / part_name, framework="pt", device="cpu")
+    else:
+        ctx = contextlib.nullcontext(torch.load(dir_model / part_name, map_location="cpu"))
+
     with ctx as model_part:
         for name in model_part.keys():
-            data = model_part.get_tensor(name)
+            data = model_part.get_tensor(name) if is_safetensors else model_part[name]
 
             # we don't need these
             if name.endswith(".attention.masked_bias") or name.endswith(".attention.bias") or name.endswith(".attention.rotary_emb.inv_freq"):