diff --git a/src/llama.cpp b/src/llama.cpp
index c0f3ccccd..149614cd2 100644
--- a/src/llama.cpp
+++ b/src/llama.cpp
@@ -19400,6 +19400,22 @@ static int32_t llama_chat_apply_template_internal(
         if (add_ass) {
             ss << "Assistant:";
         }
+    } else if (tmpl == "exaone3" || (tmpl_contains("[|system|]") && tmpl_contains("[|assistant|]") && tmpl_contains("[|endofturn|]"))) {
+        // ref: https://huggingface.co/LGAI-EXAONE/EXAONE-3.0-7.8B-Instruct/discussions/8#66bae61b1893d14ee8ed85bb
+        // EXAONE-3.0-7.8B-Instruct
+        for (auto message : chat) {
+            std::string role(message->role);
+            if (role == "system") {
+                ss << "[|system|]" << trim(message->content) << "[|endofturn|]\n";
+            } else if (role == "user") {
+                ss << "[|user|]" << trim(message->content) << "\n";
+            } else if (role == "assistant") {
+                ss << "[|assistant|]" << trim(message->content) << "[|endofturn|]\n";
+            }
+        }
+        if (add_ass) {
+            ss << "[|assistant|]";
+        }
     } else {
         // template not supported
         return -1;