diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 425100ff8..477c5b57c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ else()
     set(LLAMA_METAL_DEFAULT OFF)
 endif()
 
+set(LLAMA_LLAMAFILE_DEFAULT ON)
+
 # general
 option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS                "build shared libraries"                                OFF)
 option(LLAMA_STATIC                     "llama: static link libraries"                          OFF)
diff --git a/llama.cpp b/llama.cpp
index 0c01a3539..d728bd499 100644
--- a/llama.cpp
+++ b/llama.cpp
@@ -17653,6 +17653,11 @@ 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()) + " | ";
+#ifdef GGML_USE_LLAMAFILE
+    s += "LAMMAFILE = 1 | ";
+#else
+    s += "LAMMAFILE = 0 | ";
+#endif
 
     return s.c_str();
 }