diff --git a/common/common.cpp b/common/common.cpp
index be3606c1..664a6f4c 100644
--- a/common/common.cpp
+++ b/common/common.cpp
@@ -1408,6 +1408,10 @@ bool gpt_params_find_arg(int argc, char ** argv, const std::string & arg, gpt_pa
         params.k_cache_hadamard = true;
         return true;
     }
+    if (arg == "-smgs" || arg == "--split-mode-graph-scheduling") {
+        params.split_mode_graph_scheduling = true;
+        return true;
+    }
     if (arg == "--numa") {
         CHECK_ARG
         std::string value(argv[i]);
@@ -2089,6 +2093,7 @@ void gpt_params_print_usage(int /*argc*/, char ** argv, const gpt_params & param
     options.push_back({ "*",         "-ser,  --smart-expert-reduction", "experts reduction (default: %d,%g)", params.min_experts, params.thresh_experts});
     options.push_back({ "*",         "-mqkv,  --merge-qkv,",            "merge Q,K,V (default: %d)", params.merge_qkv});
     options.push_back({ "*",         "-khad,  --k-cache-hadamard,",     "Use Hadamard transform for K-cache (default: %d)", params.k_cache_hadamard});
+    options.push_back({ "*",         "-smgs, --split-mode-graph-scheduling,", "Force Split Mode Graph Scheduling (default: %d)", params.split_mode_graph_scheduling});
     options.push_back({ "*",         "-vq, --validate-quants",          "validate quantized data while loading the model (default: %d)", params.validate_quants});
     options.push_back({ "*",           "-p,    --prompt PROMPT",        "prompt to start generation with\n"
                                                                         "in conversation mode, this will be used as system prompt\n"
@@ -3112,6 +3117,7 @@ struct llama_context_params llama_context_params_from_gpt_params(const gpt_param
     cparams.rope_cache        = params.rope_cache;
     cparams.graph_reuse       = params.graph_reuse;
     cparams.k_cache_hadamard  = params.k_cache_hadamard;
+    cparams.split_mode_graph_scheduling = params.split_mode_graph_scheduling;
     cparams.min_experts       = params.min_experts;
     cparams.thresh_experts    = params.thresh_experts;
     cparams.only_active_experts = params.only_active_exps;
@@ -4093,6 +4099,7 @@ void yaml_dump_non_result_info(FILE * stream, const gpt_params & params, const l
     fprintf(stream, "rope_cache: %s # default: false\n", params.rope_cache ? "true" : "false");
     fprintf(stream, "graph_reuse: %s # default: false\n", params.graph_reuse ? "true" : "false");
     fprintf(stream, "k_cache_hadamard: %s # default: false\n", params.k_cache_hadamard ? "true" : "false");
+    fprintf(stream, "split_mode_graph_scheduling: %s # default: false\n", params.split_mode_graph_scheduling ? "true" : "false");
     fprintf(stream, "ser: %d,%g # defaulr: -1,0\n", params.min_experts, params.thresh_experts);
     fprintf(stream, "temp: %f # default: 0.8\n", sparams.temp);
 
diff --git a/common/common.h b/common/common.h
index 9b6fc25a..e0b7f53b 100644
--- a/common/common.h
+++ b/common/common.h
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ struct gpt_params {
     bool only_active_exps  = true;  // if true, offload only active experts (relevant only for hybrid CPU/GPU)
     bool merge_qkv         = false; // if true, merge separate Q, K, V tensors into a single, contiguous tensor
     bool k_cache_hadamard  = false; // if true, use Hadamard transform for the K-cache (only makes sense with quantized cache)
+    bool split_mode_graph_scheduling = false; // if true, force split mode graph scheduling
 
     std::string cache_type_k = "f16"; // KV cache data type for the K
     std::string cache_type_v = "f16"; // KV cache data type for the V
diff --git a/include/llama.h b/include/llama.h
index a4637407..2f56a01c 100644
--- a/include/llama.h
+++ b/include/llama.h
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ extern "C" {
         float thresh_experts;
         bool only_active_experts;
         bool k_cache_hadamard;  // if true, apply Hadamard transfrom to K-cache
+        bool split_mode_graph_scheduling; // if true, force split mode graph scheduling
 
         // Abort callback
         // if it returns true, execution of llama_decode() will be aborted
diff --git a/src/llama-build-context.cpp b/src/llama-build-context.cpp
index ba2ffc32..0c0ef048 100644
--- a/src/llama-build-context.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-build-context.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ llm_build_context::llm_build_context(
         fused_mmad       (cparams.fused_mmad),
         rope_cache       (cparams.rope_cache),
         k_cache_hadamard (cparams.k_cache_hadamard),
+        split_mode_graph_scheduling (cparams.split_mode_graph_scheduling),
         min_experts      (cparams.min_experts),
         thresh_experts   (cparams.thresh_experts),
         pooling_type     (cparams.pooling_type),
diff --git a/src/llama-build-context.h b/src/llama-build-context.h
index 7d8a0931..347b177a 100644
--- a/src/llama-build-context.h
+++ b/src/llama-build-context.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ struct llm_build_context {
     const bool fused_mmad;
     const bool rope_cache;
     const bool k_cache_hadamard;
+    const bool split_mode_graph_scheduling;
     const int  min_experts;
     const float thresh_experts;
 
diff --git a/src/llama-cparams.h b/src/llama-cparams.h
index d911378d..c45d9975 100644
--- a/src/llama-cparams.h
+++ b/src/llama-cparams.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ struct llama_cparams {
     bool rope_cache;
     bool graph_reuse;
     bool k_cache_hadamard;
+    bool split_mode_graph_scheduling;
     int  min_experts;
     float thresh_experts;
 
diff --git a/src/llama.cpp b/src/llama.cpp
index 178b8f77..326bf0e7 100644
--- a/src/llama.cpp
+++ b/src/llama.cpp
@@ -4054,6 +4054,7 @@ struct llama_context_params llama_context_default_params() {
         /*.thtesh_experts              =*/ 0.0f,
         /*.only_active_experts         =*/ false,
         /*.k_cache_hadamard            =*/ false,
+        /*.split_mode_graph_scheduling =*/ false,
         /*.abort_callback              =*/ nullptr,
         /*.abort_callback_data         =*/ nullptr,
         /*.offload_policy              =*/ nullptr,
@@ -4342,6 +4343,7 @@ struct llama_context * llama_new_context_with_model(
     cparams.rope_cache       = params.rope_cache;
     cparams.graph_reuse      = params.graph_reuse;
     cparams.k_cache_hadamard = params.k_cache_hadamard;
+    cparams.split_mode_graph_scheduling = params.split_mode_graph_scheduling;
     cparams.min_experts      = params.min_experts;
     cparams.thresh_experts   = params.thresh_experts;
     cparams.cuda_params      = params.cuda_params;
@@ -4430,6 +4432,7 @@ struct llama_context * llama_new_context_with_model(
     LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s: rope_cache    = %d\n",     __func__, cparams.rope_cache);
     LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s: graph_reuse   = %d\n",     __func__, cparams.graph_reuse);
     LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s: k_cache_hadam = %d\n",     __func__, cparams.k_cache_hadamard);
+    LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s: split_mode_graph_scheduling = %d\n",   __func__, cparams.split_mode_graph_scheduling);
     LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s: ser           = %d, %g\n", __func__, cparams.min_experts, cparams.thresh_experts);
     LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s: freq_base     = %.1f\n",   __func__, cparams.rope_freq_base);
     LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s: freq_scale    = %g\n",     __func__, cparams.rope_freq_scale);
@@ -4773,10 +4776,14 @@ struct llama_context * llama_new_context_with_model(
         LLAMA_LOG_INFO("XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Setting only active experts offload\n");
         ggml_backend_sched_set_only_active_experts(ctx->sched, true);
     }
-    if (model->split_mode == LLAMA_SPLIT_MODE_GRAPH && !model->has_tensor_overrides()) {
+    if (model->split_mode == LLAMA_SPLIT_MODE_GRAPH && (!model->has_tensor_overrides() || cparams.split_mode_graph_scheduling)) {
         ggml_backend_sched_set_split_mode_graph(ctx->sched, true);
         ggml_backend_sched_set_max_extra_alloc(ctx->sched, params.max_extra_alloc);
-    }
+        if (model->has_tensor_overrides() && cparams.split_mode_graph_scheduling) {
+            LLAMA_LOG_INFO("XXXXXXXX Split Mode Graph Scheduling is FORCED despite tensor overrides due to user choice.\n");
+            LLAMA_LOG_INFO("XXXXXXXX It may or might NOT infer properly due to unsupported combinations between SMGS and every possible tensor overrides.\n");
+        }
+    } 
 
     return ctx;
 }