diff --git a/llama.cpp b/llama.cpp
index 63853d1c3..8e0717db9 100644
--- a/llama.cpp
+++ b/llama.cpp
@@ -2222,6 +2222,7 @@ struct llama_model_loader {
                 case GGML_TYPE_Q4_K: ftype = LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q4_K_M; break;
                 case GGML_TYPE_Q5_K: ftype = LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q5_K_M; break;
                 case GGML_TYPE_Q6_K: ftype = LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q6_K;   break;
+                case GGML_TYPE_IQ2_XXS: ftype = LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_XXS; break;
                 default:
                     {
                         LLAMA_LOG_WARN("%s: unknown type %s\n", __func__, ggml_type_name(type_max));
@@ -2593,6 +2594,7 @@ static std::string llama_model_ftype_name(llama_ftype ftype) {
         case LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q5_K_S: return "Q5_K - Small";
         case LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q5_K_M: return "Q5_K - Medium";
         case LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q6_K:   return "Q6_K";
+        case LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_XXS:return "IQ2_XSS - 2.0625 bpw";
 
         default: return "unknown, may not work";
     }
@@ -9038,6 +9040,7 @@ static void llama_model_quantize_internal(const std::string & fname_inp, const s
         case LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q5_K_S:
         case LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q5_K_M: quantized_type = GGML_TYPE_Q5_K; break;
         case LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q6_K:   quantized_type = GGML_TYPE_Q6_K; break;
+        case LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_XXS:quantized_type = GGML_TYPE_IQ2_XXS; break;
 
         default: throw std::runtime_error(format("invalid output file type %d\n", ftype));
     }
diff --git a/llama.h b/llama.h
index 869ff0acf..c11075bbc 100644
--- a/llama.h
+++ b/llama.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ extern "C" {
         LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q5_K_S        = 16, // except 1d tensors
         LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q5_K_M        = 17, // except 1d tensors
         LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q6_K          = 18, // except 1d tensors
+        LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_XXS       = 19, // except 1d tensors
 
         LLAMA_FTYPE_GUESSED = 1024, // not specified in the model file
     };