diff --git a/include/ck/tensor_operation/gpu/thread/threadwise_tensor_slice_transfer_v3r1.hpp b/include/ck/tensor_operation/gpu/thread/threadwise_tensor_slice_transfer_v3r1.hpp
index dbe057e20d..4cd41ddb30 100644
--- a/include/ck/tensor_operation/gpu/thread/threadwise_tensor_slice_transfer_v3r1.hpp
+++ b/include/ck/tensor_operation/gpu/thread/threadwise_tensor_slice_transfer_v3r1.hpp
@@ -277,9 +277,12 @@ struct ThreadwiseTensorSliceTransfer_v3r1
         // sub-dword transpose between src_thread_scratch_ and dst_thread_scratch_
         // TODO make this logic more generic for more sub-dword datatype
         if constexpr(SrcVectorDim != DstVectorDim &&
-                     is_same<half_t, remove_cvref_t<SrcData>>::value &&
-                     is_same<half_t, remove_cvref_t<DstData>>::value &&
-                     SrcScalarPerVector % 2 == 0 && DstScalarPerVector % 2 == 0)
+                     ((is_same<half_t, remove_cvref_t<SrcData>>::value &&
+                       is_same<half_t, remove_cvref_t<DstData>>::value &&
+                       SrcScalarPerVector % 2 == 0 && DstScalarPerVector % 2 == 0) ||
+                      (is_same<int8_t, remove_cvref_t<SrcData>>::value &&
+                       is_same<int8_t, remove_cvref_t<DstData>>::value &&
+                       SrcScalarPerVector % 4 == 0 && DstScalarPerVector % 4 == 0)))
         {
             // each transpose does
             // DstScalarPerVector # of src vectors in src_thread_scratch_
diff --git a/include/ck/utility/transpose_vectors.hpp b/include/ck/utility/transpose_vectors.hpp
index 866241a947..31f9c02c74 100644
--- a/include/ck/utility/transpose_vectors.hpp
+++ b/include/ck/utility/transpose_vectors.hpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ __device__ void transpose_fp16_2x2(const half2_t& x0, const half2_t& x1, half2_t
 template <index_t NX, index_t NY>
 struct transpose_vectors<half_t, NX, NY>
 {
-    // we got [NY * NX] ammount of S data to be transposed
+    // we got [NY * NX] amount of S data to be transposed
     static constexpr index_t s_per_x = NY;
     static constexpr index_t s_per_y = NX;
 
@@ -83,5 +83,86 @@ struct transpose_vectors<half_t, NX, NY>
     }
 };
 
+// transpose int8 4x4
+__device__ void transpose_int8_4x4(const int8x4_t& x0,
+                                   const int8x4_t& x1,
+                                   const int8x4_t& x2,
+                                   const int8x4_t& x3,
+                                   int8x4_t& y0,
+                                   int8x4_t& y1,
+                                   int8x4_t& y2,
+                                   int8x4_t& y3)
+{
+    int32_t t0, t1;
+    int32_t z0, z1, z2, z3;
+    constexpr int32_t m0 = 0x05010400;
+    constexpr int32_t m1 = 0x05040100;
+    constexpr int32_t m2 = 0x07060302;
+    constexpr int32_t m3 = 0x07030602;
+
+    // ex: v_perm_b32(0x 11 22 33 44, 0x 55 66 77 88, 0x 05 01 04 00) -> 0x33774488
+    //                   -- -- -- --     -- -- -- --      -  -  -  -
+    //             index  7  6  5  4      3  2  1  0     33 77 44 88
+    // index is reversed because of little endianness (least significant bits first)
+    // clang-format off
+    asm volatile("v_perm_b32 %0, %1, %2, %3" : "=v"(t0) : "v"(bit_cast<int32_t>(x1)), "v"(bit_cast<int32_t>(x0)), "s"(m0));
+    asm volatile("v_perm_b32 %0, %1, %2, %3" : "=v"(t1) : "v"(bit_cast<int32_t>(x3)), "v"(bit_cast<int32_t>(x2)), "s"(m0));
+    asm volatile("v_perm_b32 %0, %1, %2, %3" : "=v"(z0) : "v"(bit_cast<int32_t>(t1)), "v"(bit_cast<int32_t>(t0)), "s"(m1));
+    asm volatile("v_perm_b32 %0, %1, %2, %3" : "=v"(z1) : "v"(bit_cast<int32_t>(t1)), "v"(bit_cast<int32_t>(t0)), "s"(m2));
+    asm volatile("v_perm_b32 %0, %1, %2, %3" : "=v"(t0) : "v"(bit_cast<int32_t>(x1)), "v"(bit_cast<int32_t>(x0)), "s"(m3));
+    asm volatile("v_perm_b32 %0, %1, %2, %3" : "=v"(t1) : "v"(bit_cast<int32_t>(x3)), "v"(bit_cast<int32_t>(x2)), "s"(m3));
+    asm volatile("v_perm_b32 %0, %1, %2, %3" : "=v"(z2) : "v"(bit_cast<int32_t>(t1)), "v"(bit_cast<int32_t>(t0)), "s"(m1));
+    asm volatile("v_perm_b32 %0, %1, %2, %3" : "=v"(z3) : "v"(bit_cast<int32_t>(t1)), "v"(bit_cast<int32_t>(t0)), "s"(m2));
+    // clang-format on
+
+    y0 = bit_cast<int8x4_t>(z0);
+    y1 = bit_cast<int8x4_t>(z1);
+    y2 = bit_cast<int8x4_t>(z2);
+    y3 = bit_cast<int8x4_t>(z3);
+}
+
+template <index_t NX, index_t NY>
+struct transpose_vectors<int8_t, NX, NY>
+{
+    // we got [NY * NX] amount of S data to be transposed
+    static constexpr index_t s_per_x = NY;
+    static constexpr index_t s_per_y = NX;
+
+    using S  = int8_t;
+    using VX = vector_type<int8_t, s_per_x>;
+    using VY = vector_type<int8_t, s_per_y>;
+
+    __device__ void operator()(const StaticallyIndexedArray<const VX&, NX>& vx_tuple,
+                               StaticallyIndexedArray<VY&, NY>& vy_tuple)
+    {
+        static constexpr auto I1 = Number<1>{};
+        static constexpr auto I2 = Number<2>{};
+        static constexpr auto I3 = Number<3>{};
+        static constexpr auto I4 = Number<4>{};
+
+        static_assert((NX % 4 == 0 && NY % 4 == 0), "wrong!");
+
+        // loop over 4x4 tile and transpose data from vx_tuple into vy_tuple
+        static_for<0, NY, 4>{}([&](auto iy) {
+            static_for<0, NX, 4>{}([&](auto ix) {
+                // reference to 4 int8 data from vx_tuple
+                const auto& x_s4_0 = vx_tuple[ix].template AsType<int8x4_t>()[iy / I4];
+                const auto& x_s4_1 = vx_tuple[ix + I1].template AsType<int8x4_t>()[iy / I4];
+                const auto& x_s4_2 = vx_tuple[ix + I2].template AsType<int8x4_t>()[iy / I4];
+                const auto& x_s4_3 = vx_tuple[ix + I3].template AsType<int8x4_t>()[iy / I4];
+
+                // reference to 4 int8 data from vy_tuple
+                auto& y_s4_0 = vy_tuple(iy).template AsType<int8x4_t>()(ix / I4);
+                auto& y_s4_1 = vy_tuple(iy + I1).template AsType<int8x4_t>()(ix / I4);
+                auto& y_s4_2 = vy_tuple(iy + I2).template AsType<int8x4_t>()(ix / I4);
+                auto& y_s4_3 = vy_tuple(iy + I3).template AsType<int8x4_t>()(ix / I4);
+
+                // transpose
+                transpose_int8_4x4(x_s4_0, x_s4_1, x_s4_2, x_s4_3, y_s4_0, y_s4_1, y_s4_2, y_s4_3);
+            });
+        });
+    }
+};
+
 } // namespace ck
 #endif