diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a2404548f..adc76d94e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ option(LLAMA_CUDA_DMMV_F16                   "llama: use 16 bit floats for dmmv
 set(LLAMA_CUDA_KQUANTS_ITER "2" CACHE STRING "llama: iters./thread per block for Q2_K/Q6_K")
 option(LLAMA_CLBLAST                         "llama: use CLBlast"                               OFF)
 option(LLAMA_METAL                           "llama: use Metal"                                 OFF)
+option(LLAMA_MPI                             "llama: use MPI"                                   OFF)
 option(LLAMA_K_QUANTS                        "llama: use k-quants"                              ON)
 option(LLAMA_QKK_64                          "llama: use super-block size of 64 for k-quants"   OFF)
 
@@ -305,6 +306,23 @@ if (LLAMA_METAL)
         )
 endif()
 
+if (LLAMA_MPI)
+    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
+    find_package(MPI)
+    if (MPI_C_FOUND)
+        message(STATUS "MPI found")
+        set(GGML_SOURCES_MPI ggml-mpi.c ggml-mpi.h)
+        add_compile_definitions(GGML_USE_MPI)
+        add_compile_definitions(${MPI_C_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS})
+        set(cxx_flags ${cxx_flags} -Wno-cast-qual)
+        set(c_flags   ${c_flags}   -Wno-cast-qual)
+        set(LLAMA_EXTRA_LIBS     ${LLAMA_EXTRA_LIBS}     ${MPI_C_LIBRARIES})
+        set(LLAMA_EXTRA_INCLUDES ${LLAMA_EXTRA_INCLUDES} ${MPI_C_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    else()
+        message(WARNING "MPI not found")
+    endif()
+endif()
+
 if (LLAMA_CLBLAST)
     find_package(CLBlast)
     if (CLBlast_FOUND)
@@ -473,6 +491,7 @@ add_library(ggml OBJECT
             ${GGML_SOURCES_CUDA}
             ${GGML_SOURCES_OPENCL}
             ${GGML_SOURCES_METAL}
+            ${GGML_SOURCES_MPI}
             ${GGML_SOURCES_EXTRA}
             )