diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f7cc95e0..85115a28 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ Optionally, you can use the following command-line flags:
 | Flag        | Description |
 |-------------|-------------|
 | `--threads` | Number of threads to use. |
+| `--threads-batch THREADS_BATCH` | Number of threads to use for batches/prompt processing. |
 | `--n_batch` | Maximum number of prompt tokens to batch together when calling llama_eval. |
 | `--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. |
 | `--n_ctx N_CTX` | Size of the prompt context. |
diff --git a/modules/llamacpp_hf.py b/modules/llamacpp_hf.py
index 366fdf85..c5abdef3 100644
--- a/modules/llamacpp_hf.py
+++ b/modules/llamacpp_hf.py
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ class LlamacppHF(PreTrainedModel):
             'n_ctx': shared.args.n_ctx,
             'seed': int(shared.args.llama_cpp_seed),
             'n_threads': shared.args.threads or None,
+            'n_threads_batch': shared.args.threads_batch or None,
             'n_batch': shared.args.n_batch,
             'use_mmap': not shared.args.no_mmap,
             'use_mlock': shared.args.mlock,
diff --git a/modules/llamacpp_model.py b/modules/llamacpp_model.py
index 92c679e6..554da2b5 100644
--- a/modules/llamacpp_model.py
+++ b/modules/llamacpp_model.py
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class LlamaCppModel:
             'n_ctx': shared.args.n_ctx,
             'seed': int(shared.args.llama_cpp_seed),
             'n_threads': shared.args.threads or None,
+            'n_threads_batch': shared.args.threads_batch or None,
             'n_batch': shared.args.n_batch,
             'use_mmap': not shared.args.no_mmap,
             'use_mlock': shared.args.mlock,
diff --git a/modules/loaders.py b/modules/loaders.py
index 1b6bef06..7580e30e 100644
--- a/modules/loaders.py
+++ b/modules/loaders.py
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ loaders_and_params = OrderedDict({
         'tensor_split',
         'n_batch',
         'threads',
+        'threads_batch',
         'no_mmap',
         'mlock',
         'mul_mat_q',
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ loaders_and_params = OrderedDict({
         'tensor_split',
         'n_batch',
         'threads',
+        'threads_batch',
         'no_mmap',
         'mlock',
         'mul_mat_q',
diff --git a/modules/shared.py b/modules/shared.py
index 01e82ee8..6e4965bb 100644
--- a/modules/shared.py
+++ b/modules/shared.py
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ parser.add_argument('--use_double_quant', action='store_true', help='use_double_
 
 # llama.cpp
 parser.add_argument('--threads', type=int, default=0, help='Number of threads to use.')
+parser.add_argument('--threads-batch', type=int, default=0, help='Number of threads to use for batches/prompt processing.')
 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.')
diff --git a/modules/ui.py b/modules/ui.py
index 6271b0d4..77e56e92 100644
--- a/modules/ui.py
+++ b/modules/ui.py
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ def list_model_elements():
         'disable_exllama',
         'cfg_cache',
         'threads',
+        'threads_batch',
         'n_batch',
         'no_mmap',
         'mlock',
diff --git a/modules/ui_model_menu.py b/modules/ui_model_menu.py
index a562d1ed..49c5a611 100644
--- a/modules/ui_model_menu.py
+++ b/modules/ui_model_menu.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ def create_ui():
                             shared.gradio['n_gpu_layers'] = gr.Slider(label="n-gpu-layers", minimum=0, maximum=128, value=shared.args.n_gpu_layers)
                             shared.gradio['n_ctx'] = gr.Slider(minimum=0, maximum=32768, step=256, label="n_ctx", value=shared.args.n_ctx)
                             shared.gradio['threads'] = gr.Slider(label="threads", minimum=0, step=1, maximum=32, value=shared.args.threads)
+                            shared.gradio['threads_batch'] = gr.Slider(label="threads_batch", minimum=0, step=1, maximum=32, value=shared.args.threads_batch)
                             shared.gradio['n_batch'] = gr.Slider(label="n_batch", minimum=1, maximum=2048, value=shared.args.n_batch)
 
                             shared.gradio['wbits'] = gr.Dropdown(label="wbits", choices=["None", 1, 2, 3, 4, 8], value=str(shared.args.wbits) if shared.args.wbits > 0 else "None")