diff --git a/gguf-py/pyproject.toml b/gguf-py/pyproject.toml
index 19f6761e2f912..42c312c8030c2 100644
--- a/gguf-py/pyproject.toml
+++ b/gguf-py/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ pyyaml = ">=5.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 pytest = "^5.2"
+jinja2 = ">=3.1.0"
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0"]
@@ -36,3 +37,4 @@ gguf-convert-endian = "scripts:gguf_convert_endian_entrypoint"
 gguf-dump = "scripts:gguf_dump_entrypoint"
 gguf-set-metadata = "scripts:gguf_set_metadata_entrypoint"
 gguf-new-metadata = "scripts:gguf_new_metadata_entrypoint"
+gguf-template = "scripts:gguf_template_entrypoint"
diff --git a/gguf-py/scripts/__init__.py b/gguf-py/scripts/__init__.py
index e77f2e9c97c31..7d75bae46dfb7 100644
--- a/gguf-py/scripts/__init__.py
+++ b/gguf-py/scripts/__init__.py
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 from .gguf_dump import main as gguf_dump_entrypoint
 from .gguf_set_metadata import main as gguf_set_metadata_entrypoint
 from .gguf_new_metadata import main as gguf_new_metadata_entrypoint
+from .gguf_template import main as gguf_template_entrypoint
diff --git a/gguf-py/scripts/gguf_template.py b/gguf-py/scripts/gguf_template.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..6bb1c10213c84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gguf-py/scripts/gguf_template.py
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+gguf_template.py - example file to extract the chat template from the models metadata
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+import os
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import jinja2
+import jinja2.sandbox
+
+# Necessary to load the local gguf package
+if "NO_LOCAL_GGUF" not in os.environ and (Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent / 'gguf-py').exists():
+    sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).parent.parent))
+
+from gguf.constants import Keys
+from gguf.gguf_reader import GGUFReader  # noqa: E402
+
+# Configure logging
+logger = logging.getLogger("gguf-chat-template")
+
+
+def get_chat_template(model_file: str) -> str:
+    reader = GGUFReader(model_file)
+
+    # Available keys
+    logger.debug("Detected model metadata!")
+    logger.debug("Outputting available model fields:")
+    for key in reader.fields.keys():
+        logger.debug(key)
+
+    # Access the 'chat_template' field directly using its key
+    chat_template_field = reader.fields.get(Keys.Tokenizer.CHAT_TEMPLATE)
+
+    if chat_template_field:
+        # Extract the chat template string from the field
+        chat_template_memmap = chat_template_field.parts[-1]
+        chat_template_string = chat_template_memmap.tobytes().decode("utf-8")
+        return chat_template_string
+    else:
+        logger.error("Chat template field not found in model metadata.")
+        return ""
+
+
+def render_chat_template(
+    chat_template: str,
+    bos_token: str,
+    eos_token: str,
+    add_generation_prompt: bool = False,
+    render_template: bool = False,
+) -> str:
+    """
+    Display the chat template to standard output, optionally formatting it using Jinja2.
+
+    Args:
+        chat_template (str): The extracted chat template.
+        render_template (bool, optional): Whether to format the template using Jinja2. Defaults to False.
+    """
+    logger.debug(f"Render Template: {render_template}")
+    logger.debug(f"Add Generation Prompt: {add_generation_prompt}")
+
+    if render_template:
+        # Render the formatted template using Jinja2 with a context that includes 'bos_token' and 'eos_token'
+        env = jinja2.sandbox.ImmutableSandboxedEnvironment(
+            trim_blocks=True, lstrip_blocks=True
+        )
+        template = env.from_string(chat_template)
+
+        messages = [
+            {"role": "system", "content": "I am a helpful assistant."},
+            {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"},
+            {"role": "assistant", "content": "Hello! How may I assist you today?"},
+            {"role": "user", "content": "Can you tell me what pickled mayonnaise is?"},
+            {"role": "assistant", "content": "Certainly! What would you like to know about it?"},
+            {"role": "user", "content": "Is it just regular mayonnaise with vinegar or something else?"},
+        ]
+
+        try:
+            formatted_template = template.render(
+                messages=messages,
+                bos_token=bos_token,
+                eos_token=eos_token,
+                add_generation_prompt=add_generation_prompt,
+            )
+        except jinja2.exceptions.UndefinedError:
+            # system message is incompatible with set format
+            formatted_template = template.render(
+                messages=messages[1:],
+                bos_token=bos_token,
+                eos_token=eos_token,
+                add_generation_prompt=add_generation_prompt,
+            )
+
+        return formatted_template
+    else:
+        # Display the raw template
+        return chat_template
+
+
+# Example usage:
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Extract chat template from a GGUF model file"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("model_file", type=str, help="Path to the GGUF model file")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-r",
+        "--render-template",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Render the chat template using Jinja2. Default is False.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-b",
+        "--bos",
+        default="<s>",
+        help="Set a bos special token. Default is '<s>'.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-e",
+        "--eos",
+        default="</s>",
+        help="Set a eos special token. Default is '</s>'.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-g",
+        "--agp",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Add generation prompt. Default is False.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-v",
+        "--verbose",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Output model keys. Default is False.",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if args.verbose:
+        logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
+    else:
+        logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+
+    chat_template = get_chat_template(args.model_file)
+    rendered_template = render_chat_template(
+        chat_template,
+        args.bos,
+        args.eos,
+        add_generation_prompt=args.agp,
+        render_template=args.render_template,
+    )
+    print(rendered_template)  # noqa: NP100
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
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index eb6baa6c749c0..562e72a00bcd2 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.7.1 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.2 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "atomicwrites"
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 [[package]]
@@ -1194,4 +1201,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
-content-hash = "c8c4cc87637266a7b85debcbafa8887c5ad81cc8ef40e98a3f52c7c50af05c03"
+content-hash = "8e03f3a9b833fd86890a318a86d42dc4ca71353bc08af5dffd98efddf59f7e2b"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 25e2e20b24896..07dfbdee784a0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ classifiers = [
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.9"
 numpy = "^1.25.0"
-sentencepiece = ">=0.1.98,<0.2.0"
 transformers = ">=4.35.2,<5.0.0"
 protobuf = ">=4.21.0,<5.0.0"
 gguf = { path = "./gguf-py" }
 torch = { version = "^2.2.0", source = "pytorch" }
+sentencepiece = "^0.2.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 pytest = "^5.2"
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-convert_legacy_llama.txt b/requirements/requirements-convert_legacy_llama.txt
index 1d07b09522f61..4950705aa24b4 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-convert_legacy_llama.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-convert_legacy_llama.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 numpy~=1.26.4
 sentencepiece~=0.2.0
 transformers>=4.40.1,<5.0.0
+jinja2>=3.1.0
 gguf>=0.1.0
 protobuf>=4.21.0,<5.0.0