diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6724f196..6027333d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ Optionally, you can use the following command-line flags:
 | `--n_batch` | Maximum number of prompt tokens to batch together when calling llama_eval. |
 | `--no-mmap` | Prevent mmap from being used. |
 | `--mlock`   | Force the system to keep the model in RAM. |
+| `--n-gpu-layers N_GPU_LAYERS` | Number of layers to offload to the GPU. Only works if llama-cpp-python was compiled with BLAS. Set this to 1000000000 to offload all layers to the GPU. |
 
 #### GPTQ
 
diff --git a/docs/llama.cpp-models.md b/docs/llama.cpp-models.md
index 4c727e26..4ed00dca 100644
--- a/docs/llama.cpp-models.md
+++ b/docs/llama.cpp-models.md
@@ -1,16 +1,31 @@
-## Using llama.cpp in the web UI
+# Using llama.cpp in the web UI
 
-#### Pre-converted models
+## Setting up the models
+
+#### Pre-converted
 
 Place the model in the `models` folder, making sure that its name contains `ggml` somewhere and ends in `.bin`.
 
 #### Convert LLaMA yourself
 
-Follow the instructions in the llama.cpp README to generate the `ggml-model-q4_0.bin` file: https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp#usage
+Follow the instructions in the llama.cpp README to generate the `ggml-model.bin` file: https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp#usage
+
+## GPU offloading
+
+Enabled with the `--n-gpu-layers` parameter. If you have enough VRAM, use a high number like `--n-gpu-layers 200000` to offload all layers to the GPU.
+
+Note that you need to manually install `llama-cpp-python` with GPU support. To do that:
+
+```
+pip uninstall -y llama-cpp-python
+CMAKE_ARGS="-DLLAMA_CUBLAS=on" FORCE_CMAKE=1 pip install llama-cpp-python --no-cache-dir
+```
+
+Here you can find the different compilation options for OpenBLAS / cuBLAS / CLBlast: https://pypi.org/project/llama-cpp-python/
 
 ## Performance
 
-This was the performance of llama-7b int4 on my i5-12400F:
+This was the performance of llama-7b int4 on my i5-12400F (cpu only):
 
 > Output generated in 33.07 seconds (6.05 tokens/s, 200 tokens, context 17)
 
diff --git a/modules/llamacpp_model.py b/modules/llamacpp_model.py
index d19eea27..fa8c3045 100644
--- a/modules/llamacpp_model.py
+++ b/modules/llamacpp_model.py
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ class LlamaCppModel:
             'n_threads': shared.args.threads or None,
             'n_batch': shared.args.n_batch,
             'use_mmap': not shared.args.no_mmap,
-            'use_mlock': shared.args.mlock
+            'use_mlock': shared.args.mlock,
+            'n_gpu_layers': shared.args.n_gpu_layers
         }
         self.model = Llama(**params)
         self.model.set_cache(LlamaCache)
diff --git a/modules/shared.py b/modules/shared.py
index 3d94932d..cb15ba86 100644
--- a/modules/shared.py
+++ b/modules/shared.py
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ parser.add_argument('--threads', type=int, default=0, help='Number of threads to
 parser.add_argument('--n_batch', type=int, default=512, help='Maximum number of prompt tokens to batch together when calling llama_eval.')
 parser.add_argument('--no-mmap', action='store_true', help='Prevent mmap from being used.')
 parser.add_argument('--mlock', action='store_true', help='Force the system to keep the model in RAM.')
+parser.add_argument('--n-gpu-layers', type=int, default=0, help='Number of layers to offload to the GPU.')
 
 # GPTQ
 parser.add_argument('--wbits', type=int, default=0, help='Load a pre-quantized model with specified precision in bits. 2, 3, 4 and 8 are supported.')