diff --git a/api/config.go b/api/config.go
index 50aee20c844..c6100db2982 100644
--- a/api/config.go
+++ b/api/config.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	NGPULayers     int               `yaml:"gpu_layers"`
 	MMap           bool              `yaml:"mmap"`
 	MMlock         bool              `yaml:"mmlock"`
+	LowVRAM        bool              `yaml:"low_vram"`
 
 	TensorSplit           string `yaml:"tensor_split"`
 	MainGPU               string `yaml:"main_gpu"`
diff --git a/api/prediction.go b/api/prediction.go
index e7a8ca4abdc..87eea34b0c6 100644
--- a/api/prediction.go
+++ b/api/prediction.go
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ func defaultLLamaOpts(c Config) []llama.ModelOption {
 		llamaOpts = append(llamaOpts, llama.SetNBatch(512))
 	}
 
+	if c.LowVRAM {
+		llamaOpts = append(llamaOpts, llama.EnabelLowVRAM)
+	}
+
 	return llamaOpts
 }