diff --git a/ggml-backend.c b/ggml-backend.c
index f5bdcf07838aa4..749c618948b9f2 100644
--- a/ggml-backend.c
+++ b/ggml-backend.c
@@ -1041,6 +1041,7 @@ struct ggml_backend_sched {
     bool is_alloc;
 
     int n_backends;
+    bool skip_cpu;
 
     ggml_backend_t backends[GGML_SCHED_MAX_BACKENDS];
     ggml_backend_buffer_type_t bufts[GGML_SCHED_MAX_BACKENDS];
@@ -1638,6 +1639,10 @@ static enum ggml_status ggml_backend_sched_compute_splits(ggml_backend_sched_t s
         int split_backend_id = split->backend_id;
         ggml_backend_t split_backend = sched->backends[split_backend_id];
 
+        if (sched->skip_cpu && ggml_backend_is_cpu(split_backend)) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
         // copy the input tensors to the split backend
         for (int j = 0; j < split->n_inputs; j++) {
             ggml_backend_t input_backend = ggml_backend_sched_get_tensor_backend(sched, split->inputs[j]);
@@ -1782,6 +1787,10 @@ void ggml_backend_sched_free(ggml_backend_sched_t sched) {
     free(sched);
 }
 
+void ggml_backend_sched_set_skip_cpu(ggml_backend_sched_t sched, bool value) {
+    sched->skip_cpu = value;
+}
+
 void ggml_backend_sched_reset(ggml_backend_sched_t sched) {
     // reset state for the next run
     if (!sched->is_reset) {
diff --git a/ggml-backend.h b/ggml-backend.h
index d1becc840f0aac..49632ac844eff9 100644
--- a/ggml-backend.h
+++ b/ggml-backend.h
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ extern "C" {
     GGML_API ggml_backend_sched_t ggml_backend_sched_new(ggml_backend_t * backends, ggml_backend_buffer_type_t * bufts, int n_backends, size_t graph_size, bool parallel);
     GGML_API void                 ggml_backend_sched_free(ggml_backend_sched_t sched);
 
+    GGML_API void                 ggml_backend_sched_set_skip_cpu(ggml_backend_sched_t sched, bool value);
+
     // Initialize backend buffers from a measure graph
     GGML_API bool                 ggml_backend_sched_reserve(ggml_backend_sched_t sched, struct ggml_cgraph * measure_graph);
 
diff --git a/llama.cpp b/llama.cpp
index 32653d665d60d9..a9f3a0e2cd065d 100644
--- a/llama.cpp
+++ b/llama.cpp
@@ -18026,6 +18026,10 @@ void llama_dump_timing_info_yaml(FILE * stream, const llama_context * ctx) {
             1.0e6 * ctx->n_sample / ctx->t_sample_us);
 }
 
+void llama_set_skip_cpu(struct llama_context * ctx, bool value) {
+    ggml_backend_sched_set_skip_cpu(ctx->sched, value);
+}
+
 // For internal test use
 const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, struct ggml_tensor *>> & llama_internal_get_tensor_map(
     struct llama_context * ctx
diff --git a/llama.h b/llama.h
index 5d7f33e3aa8775..98cbf2639d6c38 100644
--- a/llama.h
+++ b/llama.h
@@ -1104,6 +1104,8 @@ extern "C" {
 
     LLAMA_API void llama_dump_timing_info_yaml(FILE * stream, const struct llama_context * ctx);
 
+    LLAMA_API void llama_set_skip_cpu(struct llama_context * ctx, bool value);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif