diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6b81e69de..d83fdc7fd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -411,6 +411,9 @@ logging_steps:
 save_steps:
 eval_steps:
 
+# save model as safetensors (require safetensors package)
+save_safetensors:
+
 # whether to mask out or include the human's prompt from the training labels
 train_on_inputs: false
 # don't use this, leads to wonky training (according to someone on the internet)
diff --git a/src/axolotl/utils/trainer.py b/src/axolotl/utils/trainer.py
index 98ff9b3b9..d5697a9fe 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/trainer.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/trainer.py
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ def setup_trainer(cfg, train_dataset, eval_dataset, model, tokenizer):
         training_arguments_kwargs["hub_model_id"] = cfg.hub_model_id
         training_arguments_kwargs["push_to_hub"] = True
 
+    if cfg.save_safetensors:
+        training_arguments_kwargs["save_safetensors"] = cfg.save_safetensors
+
     training_args = AxolotlTrainingArguments(
         per_device_train_batch_size=cfg.micro_batch_size,
         per_device_eval_batch_size=cfg.eval_batch_size