diff --git a/common/arg.cpp b/common/arg.cpp
index 078c75384..1e02a588a 100644
--- a/common/arg.cpp
+++ b/common/arg.cpp
@@ -1279,6 +1279,28 @@ common_params_context common_params_parser_init(common_params & params, llama_ex
             params.n_parallel = value;
         }
     ).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_N_PARALLEL"));
+    add_opt(common_arg(
+        {"--aggregate", "-ag"},
+        string_format("apply request aggregation (default: %s)", params.aggregate ? "enabled" : "disabled"),
+        [](common_params & params) {
+            params.aggregate = true;
+        }
+    ).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_AGGREGATION"));
+    add_opt(common_arg(
+        {"-bs", "--buffer-size"}, "N",
+        string_format("buffer size if aggregation is enabled (default: %d)", params.buffer_size),
+        [](common_params & params, int value) {
+            params.buffer_size = value;
+        }
+    ).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_BUFFER_SIZE"));
+
+    add_opt(common_arg(
+        {"-bks", "--block-size"}, "N",
+        string_format("block size if aggregation is enabled and should be equal to or less than buffer_size (default: %d)", params.block_size),
+        [](common_params & params, int value) {
+            params.block_size = value;
+        }
+    ).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_BLOCK_SIZE"));
     add_opt(common_arg(
         {"-ns", "--sequences"}, "N",
         string_format("number of sequences to decode (default: %d)", params.n_sequences),
diff --git a/common/common.h b/common/common.h
index 0373fd3ea..bd5eba001 100644
--- a/common/common.h
+++ b/common/common.h
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ struct common_params {
     float   yarn_beta_slow        =  1.0f; // YaRN high correction dim
     int32_t yarn_orig_ctx         =     0; // YaRN original context length
     float   defrag_thold          =  0.1f; // KV cache defragmentation threshold
+    bool    aggregate             = false; // The aggregation feature essentially groups multiple requests over a specific time period before starting to process the prompts.
+    int32_t buffer_size           = 36;    // We would wait until there are buffer_size requests or 50 ms before starting to process the requests.
+    int32_t block_size            = 12;    // We group the requests in the buffer into blocks of block_size and process them as an array of prompts, similar to how /completions does.
 
     // offload params
     std::vector<ggml_backend_dev_t> devices;         // devices to use for offloading
diff --git a/examples/server/README.md b/examples/server/README.md
index b2dd7b65a..3130d374f 100644
--- a/examples/server/README.md
+++ b/examples/server/README.md
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ The project is under active development, and we are [looking for feedback and co
 | `-devd, --device-draft <dev1,dev2,..>` | comma-separated list of devices to use for offloading the draft model (none = don't offload)<br/>use --list-devices to see a list of available devices |
 | `-ngld, --gpu-layers-draft, --n-gpu-layers-draft N` | number of layers to store in VRAM for the draft model |
 | `-md, --model-draft FNAME` | draft model for speculative decoding (default: unused) |
+| `-ag, --aggregate` | to enable request aggregation |
+| `-bs, --buffer-size N` | to specify buffer size of the aggregation |
+| `-bks,--block-size N` | to specify the block size (array size) of requests processed together when aggregation is enabled; it should be less than the buffer size. |
 
 
 Note: If both command line argument and environment variable are both set for the same param, the argument will take precedence over env var.
diff --git a/examples/server/server.cpp b/examples/server/server.cpp
index 9bca3f30e..dd0f577ba 100644
--- a/examples/server/server.cpp
+++ b/examples/server/server.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
 
 using json = nlohmann::ordered_json;
 
+using input_buffer_element = std::tuple<json, std::reference_wrapper<httplib::Response> , int>; // a single input element representation
+std::shared_ptr<std::vector< input_buffer_element >> input_buffer = std::make_shared<std::vector< input_buffer_element >>(); // input buffer
+std::atomic<int> request_id(0); // request id counter, always increasing
+std::shared_ptr<std::map<int, bool>> output_buffer = std::make_shared<std::map<int, bool>>(); // output buffer, only needs to hold the request id to know if the response is ready
+
 enum stop_type {
     STOP_TYPE_FULL,
     STOP_TYPE_PARTIAL,
@@ -2417,10 +2422,128 @@ inline void signal_handler(int signal) {
     shutdown_handler(signal);
 }
 
+
+void process_aggregate_prompts(
+    const std::function<void(server_task_inf_type, json &,
+                             const std::vector<std::reference_wrapper<httplib::Response>> & res, std::vector<int> ids)>
+        handle_completions_generic_aggregate,
+    const std::function<void(server_task_inf_type, json &, httplib::Response &, int)> handle_completions_generic,
+    std::mutex & input_buffer_mutex, std::mutex & output_buffer_mutex, int buffer_size, int block_size, int n_predict) {
+    while (true) {
+        int i = 0;
+        // Wait for the buffer to fill up or for 50ms
+        while (input_buffer->size() <= buffer_size && i < 5) {
+            std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(10));
+            i++;
+        }
+
+        std::vector<input_buffer_element> prompts_to_process;
+
+        if (!input_buffer->empty()) {
+            std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(input_buffer_mutex);
+            prompts_to_process = std::move(*input_buffer);  // Move prompts out of buffer
+            input_buffer->clear();                          // Clear buffer after moving
+            lock.unlock();
+        }
+
+        if (!prompts_to_process.empty()) {
+            if (prompts_to_process.size() > block_size) {
+                // sort the prompts by length to create a more uniform distribution of prompt lengths for batching
+                // and also to reduce the average response time
+                std::sort(prompts_to_process.begin(), prompts_to_process.end(),
+                          [](const input_buffer_element & a, const input_buffer_element & b) {
+                              const std::string & prompt_a = std::get<0>(a)["prompt"];
+                              const std::string & prompt_b = std::get<0>(b)["prompt"];
+                              return prompt_a.length() < prompt_b.length();
+                          });
+            }
+
+            if (block_size == 1) {
+                // if block_size is 1, we process each prompt individually no nead to create blocks
+                std::vector<std::future<void>> futures;
+                for (int k = 0; k < prompts_to_process.size(); ++k) {
+                    json &              json_data       = std::get<0>((prompts_to_process)[k]);
+                    httplib::Response & response_object = (std::get<1>((prompts_to_process)[k])).get();
+                    int                 id              = std::get<2>((prompts_to_process)[k]);
+
+                    // we do not want for the completion to be processed in the same thread
+                    auto task =
+                        std::async(std::launch::async, handle_completions_generic, SERVER_TASK_INF_TYPE_COMPLETION,
+                                   std::ref(json_data), std::ref(response_object), id);
+
+                    futures.push_back(std::move(task));
+                }
+                for (auto & future : futures) {
+                    future.wait();
+                }
+
+            }
+
+            else {
+                std::vector<std::future<void>> futures;
+                for (int k = 0; k < prompts_to_process.size(); k += block_size) {
+                    nlohmann::json                                         prompt_array = nlohmann::json::array();
+                    std::vector<std::reference_wrapper<httplib::Response>> response_objects;
+                    std::vector<int>                                       ids;
+
+                    for (int j = 0; j < block_size; j++) {
+                        if ((k + j) == prompts_to_process.size()) {
+                            break;
+                        }
+                        // concatinate the prompts into a single array
+                        json &      json_data = std::get<0>((prompts_to_process)[k + j]);
+                        std::string prompt    = json_data["prompt"].get<std::string>();
+                        if (prompt == "") {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                        int id = std::get<2>((prompts_to_process)[k + j]);
+                        response_objects.emplace_back(std::ref((std::get<1>((prompts_to_process)[k + j])).get()));
+
+                        // Add the prompt to the array
+                        prompt_array.push_back(prompt);
+                        ids.push_back(id);
+                    }
+
+                    if (prompt_array.empty()) {
+                        // Handle empty array case
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    json json_result;
+                    json_result["prompt"] = prompt_array;
+                    // since multiple prompts are being processed, and the we need a common n_predict for all prompts
+                    // we can not use the n_predict from the prompt json itself, either we use the n_predict from the params or the default value
+                    if (n_predict == -1) {
+                        n_predict = 50;
+                    }
+                    json_result["n_predict"] = n_predict;
+
+                    // to take advantage of multi-threading, we process the completions in parallel
+                    auto task = std::async(std::launch::async, [&handle_completions_generic_aggregate,
+                                                                json_result = std::move(json_result), &response_objects,
+                                                                const_ids   = ids]() mutable {
+                        handle_completions_generic_aggregate(SERVER_TASK_INF_TYPE_COMPLETION, json_result,
+                                                             response_objects, const_ids);
+                    });
+
+                    futures.push_back(std::move(task));
+                }
+
+                for (auto & future : futures) {
+                    future.wait();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+};
+    
+
 int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     // own arguments required by this example
     common_params params;
 
+    std::mutex input_buffer_mutex; // mutex for input buffer
+    std::mutex output_buffer_mutex; // mutex for output buffer
+
     if (!common_params_parse(argc, argv, params, LLAMA_EXAMPLE_SERVER)) {
         return 1;
     }
@@ -2880,9 +3003,13 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         res_ok(res, {{ "success", true }});
     };
 
-    const auto handle_completions_generic = [&ctx_server, &res_error, &res_ok](server_task_inf_type inf_type, json & data, httplib::Response & res) {
+    const auto handle_completions_generic = [&ctx_server, &res_error, &res_ok, &output_buffer_mutex](
+                                                server_task_inf_type inf_type, json & data, httplib::Response & res,
+                                                int id) {
         if (ctx_server.params_base.embedding) {
-            res_error(res, format_error_response("This server does not support completions. Start it without `--embeddings`", ERROR_TYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED));
+            res_error(res,
+                      format_error_response("This server does not support completions. Start it without `--embeddings`",
+                                            ERROR_TYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED));
             return;
         }
 
@@ -2890,51 +3017,183 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         ctx_server.queue_results.add_waiting_tasks(tasks);
         ctx_server.queue_tasks.post(tasks);
 
-        bool stream = json_value(data, "stream", false);
+        bool       stream   = json_value(data, "stream", false);
         const auto task_ids = server_task::get_list_id(tasks);
 
         if (!stream) {
-            ctx_server.receive_cmpl_results(task_ids, [&](std::vector<server_task_result> & results) {
-                if (results.size() == 1) {
-                    // single result
-                    res_ok(res, results[0].data);
-                } else {
-                    // multiple results (multitask)
-                    json arr = json::array();
-                    for (const auto & res : results) {
-                        arr.push_back(res.data);
+            ctx_server.receive_cmpl_results(
+                task_ids,
+                [&](std::vector<server_task_result> & results) {
+                    if (results.size() == 1) {
+                        // single result
+                        res_ok(res, results[0].data);
+                        
+                        // mark the request in the output buffer as ready
+                        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(output_buffer_mutex);
+                        (*output_buffer)[id] = true;
+                        lock.unlock();
+
+                    } else {
+                        // multiple results (multitask)
+                        json arr = json::array();
+                        for (const auto & res : results) {
+                            arr.push_back(res.data);
+                        }
+
+                        res_ok(res, arr);
+                        // mark the request in the output buffer as ready
+                        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(output_buffer_mutex);
+                        (*output_buffer)[id] = true;
+                        lock.unlock();
                     }
-                    res_ok(res, arr);
-                }
-            }, [&](const json & error_data) {
-                res_error(res, error_data);
-            });
+                },
+                [&](const json & error_data) { res_error(res, error_data); });
 
             ctx_server.queue_results.remove_waiting_task_ids(task_ids);
+
         } else {
             const auto chunked_content_provider = [task_ids, &ctx_server](size_t, httplib::DataSink & sink) {
-                ctx_server.receive_cmpl_results_stream(task_ids, [&](const server_task_result & result) -> bool {
-                    return server_sent_event(sink, "data", result.data);
-                }, [&](const json & error_data) {
-                    server_sent_event(sink, "error", error_data);
-                });
+                ctx_server.receive_cmpl_results_stream(
+                    task_ids,
+                    [&](const server_task_result & result) -> bool {
+                        return server_sent_event(sink, "data", result.data);
+                    },
+                    [&](const json & error_data) { server_sent_event(sink, "error", error_data); });
                 sink.done();
                 return false;
             };
 
-            auto on_complete = [task_ids, &ctx_server] (bool) {
+            auto on_complete = [task_ids, &ctx_server](bool) {
                 ctx_server.queue_results.remove_waiting_task_ids(task_ids);
             };
 
             res.set_chunked_content_provider("text/event-stream", chunked_content_provider, on_complete);
+
+            std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(output_buffer_mutex);
+            (*output_buffer)[id] = true;
+            lock.unlock();
         }
     };
 
-    const auto handle_completions = [&handle_completions_generic](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res) {
-        json data = json::parse(req.body);
-        return handle_completions_generic(SERVER_TASK_INF_TYPE_COMPLETION, data, res);
-    };
+    const auto handle_completions_generic_aggregate =
+        [&ctx_server, &res_error, &res_ok, &output_buffer_mutex](
+            server_task_inf_type inf_type, json & data,
+            const std::vector<std::reference_wrapper<httplib::Response>> & res, std::vector<int> ids) {
+            if (ctx_server.params.embedding) {
+                res_error(res[0].get(), format_error_response(
+                                            "This server does not support completions. Start it without `--embeddings`",
+                                            ERROR_TYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED));
 
+                std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(output_buffer_mutex);
+                (*output_buffer)[ids[0]] = true;
+                lock.unlock();
+
+                return;
+            }
+
+            std::vector<server_task> tasks = ctx_server.create_tasks_inference(data, inf_type);
+            ctx_server.queue_results.add_waiting_tasks(tasks);
+            ctx_server.queue_tasks.post(tasks);
+
+            bool       stream   = json_value(data, "stream", false);
+            const auto task_ids = server_task::get_list_id(tasks);
+
+            if (!stream) {
+                ctx_server.receive_cmpl_results(
+                    task_ids,
+                    [&](std::vector<server_task_result> & results) {
+                        for (int i = 0; i < results.size(); i++) {
+                            res_ok(res[i].get(), results[i].data);
+                            // mark the request in the output buffer as ready
+                            std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(output_buffer_mutex);
+                            (*output_buffer)[ids[i]] = true;
+                            lock.unlock();
+                        }
+                    },
+                    [&](const json & error_data) {
+                        res_error(res[0].get(), error_data);
+                        // mark the request in the output buffer as ready
+                        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(output_buffer_mutex);
+                        (*output_buffer)[ids[0]] = true;
+                        lock.unlock();
+                    });
+
+                ctx_server.queue_results.remove_waiting_task_ids(task_ids);
+
+            } else {
+                const auto chunked_content_provider = [task_ids, &ctx_server](size_t, httplib::DataSink & sink) {
+                    ctx_server.receive_cmpl_results_stream(
+                        task_ids,
+                        [&](const server_task_result & result) -> bool {
+                            return server_sent_event(sink, "data", result.data);
+                        },
+                        [&](const json & error_data) { server_sent_event(sink, "error", error_data); });
+                    sink.done();
+                    return false;
+                };
+
+                auto on_complete = [task_ids, &ctx_server](bool) {
+                    ctx_server.queue_results.remove_waiting_task_ids(task_ids);
+                };
+
+                res[0].get().set_chunked_content_provider("text/event-stream", chunked_content_provider, on_complete);
+
+                std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(output_buffer_mutex);
+                (*output_buffer)[ids[0]] = true;
+                lock.unlock();
+            }
+        };
+
+    const auto handle_completions = [&params, &handle_completions_generic, &handle_completions_generic_aggregate,
+                                     &input_buffer_mutex,
+                                     &output_buffer_mutex](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res) {
+        std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::high_resolution_clock> start = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
+
+        json data = json::parse(req.body);
+
+        if (!params.aggregate) {
+            return handle_completions_generic(SERVER_TASK_INF_TYPE_COMPLETION, data, res, -1);
+        }
+
+        // get the request id, each request has a unique id
+        ++request_id;
+        int id = request_id.load();
+
+        input_buffer_element new_element = { data, std::ref(res), id };
+
+        // mark the request in the output buffer as not ready
+        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock2(output_buffer_mutex);
+        (*output_buffer)[id] = false;
+        lock2.unlock();
+
+        // add the request to the input buffer
+        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(input_buffer_mutex);
+        input_buffer->emplace_back(new_element);
+        lock.unlock();
+
+        while (true) {
+            if ((*output_buffer)[id]) {
+                std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::high_resolution_clock> end =
+                    std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
+                std::chrono::duration<long long, std::micro> duration =
+                    std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(end - start);
+
+                nlohmann::json json_data = nlohmann::json::parse(res.body);
+                // for performance metrics, can be omitted
+                json_data["duration"]    = duration.count();
+
+                // Serialize the updated JSON object back to a string
+                std::string updated_content = json_data.dump(-1, ' ', false, nlohmann::json::error_handler_t::replace);
+
+                // Update the response content with the defined MIME type
+                res.set_content(updated_content, MIMETYPE_JSON);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            //Sleep to conserve CPU resource instead of busy waiting.
+            std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(10));
+        }
+    };
     const auto handle_infill = [&ctx_server, &res_error, &handle_completions_generic](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res) {
         // check model compatibility
         std::string err;
@@ -2982,7 +3241,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         }
         data["input_extra"] = input_extra; // default to empty array if it's not exist
 
-        return handle_completions_generic(SERVER_TASK_INF_TYPE_INFILL, data, res);
+        return handle_completions_generic(SERVER_TASK_INF_TYPE_INFILL, data, res,-1);
     };
 
     // TODO: maybe merge this function with "handle_completions_generic"
@@ -3413,7 +3672,25 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
     LOG_INF("%s: server is listening on http://%s:%d - starting the main loop\n", __func__, params.hostname.c_str(), params.port);
 
-    ctx_server.queue_tasks.start_loop();
+    if (params.aggregate) {
+        std::thread batch_processing_thread(
+            process_aggregate_prompts,
+            std::ref(handle_completions_generic_aggregate),
+            std::ref(handle_completions_generic),
+            std::ref(input_buffer_mutex),
+            std::ref(output_buffer_mutex),
+            params.buffer_size,
+            params.block_size,
+            params.n_predict
+        );
+
+        ctx_server.queue_tasks.start_loop();
+        batch_processing_thread.join();
+    }
+
+    else{
+        ctx_server.queue_tasks.start_loop();
+    }
 
 #if defined (__unix__) || (defined (__APPLE__) && defined (__MACH__))
     struct sigaction sigint_action;