diff --git a/src/brevitas_examples/llm/README.md b/src/brevitas_examples/llm/README.md
index 64c82c80a..96e2e9c63 100644
--- a/src/brevitas_examples/llm/README.md
+++ b/src/brevitas_examples/llm/README.md
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 Set the env variable BREVITAS_JIT=1 to speed up the quantization process. Currently unsupported whenever export is also toggled or with MSE based scales/zero-points.
 
 ```bash
-usage: main.py [-h] [--model MODEL] [--seed SEED] [--nsamples NSAMPLES]
-               [--seqlen SEQLEN] [--eval] [--dataset {wikitext2,c4}]
-               [--gpxq-block-name GPXQ_BLOCK_NAME]
+usage: main.py [-h] [--config CONFIG] [--model MODEL] [--seed SEED]
+               [--nsamples NSAMPLES] [--seqlen SEQLEN] [--eval]
+               [--dataset {wikitext2,c4}] [--gpxq-block-name GPXQ_BLOCK_NAME]
                [--weight-bit-width WEIGHT_BIT_WIDTH]
                [--weight-param-method {stats,mse,hqo}]
                [--weight-scale-precision {float_scale,po2_scale}]
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ usage: main.py [-h] [--model MODEL] [--seed SEED] [--nsamples NSAMPLES]
 
 options:
   -h, --help            show this help message and exit
+  --config CONFIG       Specify alternative default commandline args (e.g.,
+                        config/default_template.yml). Default: None.
   --model MODEL         HF model name. Default: facebook/opt-125m.
   --seed SEED           Seed for sampling the calibration data. Default: 0.
   --nsamples NSAMPLES   Number of calibration data samples. Default: 128.
@@ -200,5 +202,4 @@ options:
   --learned-round-fast-update
                         Whether to use fast update with learned round.
                         Prototype (default: False)
-
 ```
diff --git a/src/brevitas_examples/llm/config/default_template.yml b/src/brevitas_examples/llm/config/default_template.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02f803cf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/brevitas_examples/llm/config/default_template.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+act_calibration: false
+act_equalization: null
+bias_corr: false
+checkpoint_name: null
+config: null
+convert_layernorm_to_rmsnorm: false
+dataset: wikitext2
+eval: false
+export_prefix: null
+export_target: null
+fuse_sequences: false
+gpfq: false
+gptq: false
+gpxq_act_order: false
+gpxq_block_name: null
+gpxq_create_weight_orig: false
+gpxq_max_accumulator_bit_width: null
+gpxq_max_accumulator_tile_size: null
+gpxq_use_quant_activations: false
+input_bit_width: null
+input_group_size: 64
+input_param_method: stats
+input_quant_format: int
+input_quant_granularity: per_tensor
+input_quant_type: asym
+input_scale_precision: float_scale
+input_scale_type: static
+learned_round: null
+learned_round_fast_update: false
+learned_round_iters: 200
+learned_round_lr: 0.005
+learned_round_scale: false
+learned_round_scale_lr: 0.01
+learned_round_scale_momentum: 0.9
+ln_affine_merge: false
+load_awq: null
+model: facebook/opt-125m
+no_float16: false
+no_quantize: false
+nsamples: 128
+quantize_input_zero_point: false
+quantize_last_layer: false
+quantize_weight_zero_point: false
+replace_mha: false
+replace_rmsnorm: false
+rotation: null
+rotation_mode: had
+rotation_orphan_sink: false
+scale_rounding_func_type: null
+scaling_min_val: 0.0001
+seed: 0
+seqlen: 2048
+weight_bit_width: 8
+weight_equalization: false
+weight_group_dim: null
+weight_group_size: 128
+weight_param_method: stats
+weight_quant_format: int
+weight_quant_granularity: per_group
+weight_quant_type: sym
+weight_scale_precision: float_scale
diff --git a/src/brevitas_examples/llm/config/gen_template.py b/src/brevitas_examples/llm/config/gen_template.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb95af0e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/brevitas_examples/llm/config/gen_template.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import yaml
+
+from brevitas_examples.llm.main import parse_args
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    default_args = parse_args([])
+    with open('default_template.yml', 'w') as f:
+        yaml.dump(default_args.__dict__, f)
diff --git a/src/brevitas_examples/llm/main.py b/src/brevitas_examples/llm/main.py
index c8c76d4a1..33ee49f09 100644
--- a/src/brevitas_examples/llm/main.py
+++ b/src/brevitas_examples/llm/main.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM
 from transformers import AutoTokenizer
 from transformers.utils.fx import _SUPPORTED_MODELS
+import yaml
 
 from brevitas.export import export_torch_qcdq
 from brevitas.export.onnx.standard.qcdq.manager import StdQCDQONNXManager
@@ -440,8 +441,33 @@ def main(args):
     return float_ppl, quant_ppl, model
 
 
-def parse_args(args):
+def override_defaults(args):
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--config',
+        type=str,
+        default=None,
+        help=
+        'Specify alternative default commandline args (e.g., config/default_template.yml). Default: %(default)s.'
+    )
+    known_args = parser.parse_known_args()[0]  # Returns a tuple
+    if known_args.config is not None:
+        with open(known_args.config, 'r') as f:
+            defaults = yaml.safe_load(f)
+    else:
+        defaults = {}
+    return defaults
+
+
+def parse_args(args, override_defaults={}):
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--config',
+        type=str,
+        default=None,
+        help=
+        'Specify alternative default commandline args (e.g., config/default_template.yml). Default: %(default)s.'
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         '--model',
         type=str,
@@ -711,9 +737,11 @@ def parse_args(args):
         default=False,
         action="store_true",
         help='Whether to use fast update with learned round. Prototype (default: %(default)s)')
+    parser.set_defaults(**override_defaults)
     return parser.parse_args(args)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    args = parse_args(sys.argv[1:])
+    overrides = override_defaults(sys.argv[1:])
+    args = parse_args(sys.argv[1:], override_defaults=overrides)
     main(args)