diff --git a/fastchat/train/llama_xformers_attn_monkey_patch.py b/fastchat/train/llama_xformers_attn_monkey_patch.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8351e41c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fastchat/train/llama_xformers_attn_monkey_patch.py
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+"""
+Directly copied the code from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui/main/modules/llama_attn_hijack.py and made some adjustments
+"""
+
+import logging
+import math
+from typing import Optional, Tuple
+
+import torch
+import transformers.models.llama.modeling_llama
+from torch import nn
+
+try:
+    import xformers.ops
+except ImportError:
+    logging.error("xformers not found! Please install it before trying to use it.")
+
+
+def replace_llama_attn_with_xformers_attn():
+    transformers.models.llama.modeling_llama.LlamaAttention.forward = xformers_forward
+
+
+def xformers_forward(
+    self,
+    hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
+    attention_mask: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
+    position_ids: Optional[torch.LongTensor] = None,
+    past_key_value: Optional[Tuple[torch.Tensor]] = None,
+    output_attentions: bool = False,
+    use_cache: bool = False,
+) -> Tuple[torch.Tensor, Optional[torch.Tensor], Optional[Tuple[torch.Tensor]]]:
+    # pylint: disable=duplicate-code
+    bsz, q_len, _ = hidden_states.size()
+
+    query_states = (
+        self.q_proj(hidden_states)
+        .view(bsz, q_len, self.num_heads, self.head_dim)
+        .transpose(1, 2)
+    )
+    key_states = (
+        self.k_proj(hidden_states)
+        .view(bsz, q_len, self.num_heads, self.head_dim)
+        .transpose(1, 2)
+    )
+    value_states = (
+        self.v_proj(hidden_states)
+        .view(bsz, q_len, self.num_heads, self.head_dim)
+        .transpose(1, 2)
+    )
+
+    kv_seq_len = key_states.shape[-2]
+    if past_key_value is not None:
+        kv_seq_len += past_key_value[0].shape[-2]
+    cos, sin = self.rotary_emb(value_states, seq_len=kv_seq_len)
+    (
+        query_states,
+        key_states,
+    ) = transformers.models.llama.modeling_llama.apply_rotary_pos_emb(
+        query_states, key_states, cos, sin, position_ids
+    )
+    # [bsz, nh, t, hd]
+
+    if past_key_value is not None:
+        # reuse k, v, self_attention
+        key_states = torch.cat([past_key_value[0], key_states], dim=2)
+        value_states = torch.cat([past_key_value[1], value_states], dim=2)
+
+    past_key_value = (key_states, value_states) if use_cache else None
+
+    # We only apply xformers optimizations if we don't need to output the whole attention matrix
+    if not output_attentions:
+        query_states = query_states.transpose(1, 2)
+        key_states = key_states.transpose(1, 2)
+        value_states = value_states.transpose(1, 2)
+
+        # This is a nasty hack. We know attention_mask in transformers is either LowerTriangular or all Zeros.
+        # We therefore check if one element in the upper triangular portion is zero. If it is, then the mask is all zeros.
+        if attention_mask is None or attention_mask[0, 0, 0, 1] == 0:
+            # input and output should be of form (bsz, q_len, num_heads, head_dim)
+            attn_output = xformers.ops.memory_efficient_attention(
+                query_states, key_states, value_states, attn_bias=None
+            )
+        else:
+            # input and output should be of form (bsz, q_len, num_heads, head_dim)
+            attn_output = xformers.ops.memory_efficient_attention(
+                query_states,
+                key_states,
+                value_states,
+                attn_bias=xformers.ops.LowerTriangularMask(),
+            )
+        attn_weights = None
+    else:
+        attn_weights = torch.matmul(
+            query_states, key_states.transpose(2, 3)
+        ) / math.sqrt(self.head_dim)
+
+        if attn_weights.size() != (bsz, self.num_heads, q_len, kv_seq_len):
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Attention weights should be of size {(bsz * self.num_heads, q_len, kv_seq_len)}, but is"
+                f" {attn_weights.size()}"
+            )
+
+        if attention_mask is not None:
+            if attention_mask.size() != (bsz, 1, q_len, kv_seq_len):
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Attention mask should be of size {(bsz, 1, q_len, kv_seq_len)}, but is {attention_mask.size()}"
+                )
+            attn_weights = attn_weights + attention_mask
+            attn_weights = torch.max(
+                attn_weights, torch.tensor(torch.finfo(attn_weights.dtype).min)
+            )
+
+        # upcast attention to fp32
+        attn_weights = nn.functional.softmax(
+            attn_weights, dim=-1, dtype=torch.float32
+        ).to(query_states.dtype)
+        attn_output = torch.matmul(attn_weights, value_states)
+
+        if attn_output.size() != (bsz, self.num_heads, q_len, self.head_dim):
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"`attn_output` should be of size {(bsz, self.num_heads, q_len, self.head_dim)}, but is"
+                f" {attn_output.size()}"
+            )
+
+        attn_output = attn_output.transpose(1, 2)
+
+    attn_output = attn_output.reshape(bsz, q_len, self.hidden_size)
+    attn_output = self.o_proj(attn_output)
+    return attn_output, attn_weights, past_key_value
diff --git a/fastchat/train/train_xformers.py b/fastchat/train/train_xformers.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0eb2badd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fastchat/train/train_xformers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Make it more memory efficient by monkey patching the LLaMA model with xformers attention.
+
+# Need to call this before importing transformers.
+from fastchat.train.llama_xformers_attn_monkey_patch import (
+    replace_llama_attn_with_xformers_attn,
+)
+
+replace_llama_attn_with_xformers_attn()
+
+from fastchat.train.train import train
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    train()