diff --git a/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/llama_attn_hijack_flash.py b/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/llama_attn_hijack_flash.py
index b0163a655..39cfb5c17 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/llama_attn_hijack_flash.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/llama_attn_hijack_flash.py
@@ -58,7 +58,24 @@ def replace_llama_attn_with_flash_attn(packed: Optional[bool] = False):
         )
     except ImportError:
         LOG.info(
-            "optimized flash-attention CrossEntropyLoss not found (run `pip install git+https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention.git#egg=xentropy_cuda_lib&subdirectory=csrc/xentropy`)"
+            "optimized flash-attention CrossEntropyLoss not found (run `pip install 'git+https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention.git#egg=xentropy_cuda_lib&subdirectory=csrc/xentropy'`)"
+        )
+
+    try:
+        from flash_attn.ops.rms_norm import RMSNorm
+
+        LOG.info("patching with flash_attn.ops.rms_norm")
+
+        class LlamaRMSNorm(RMSNorm):
+            """Patched LLamaRMSNorm"""
+
+            def __init__(self, hidden_size, eps=1e-6):
+                super().__init__(hidden_size, eps=eps)
+
+        transformers.models.llama.modeling_llama.LlamaRMSNorm = LlamaRMSNorm
+    except ImportError:
+        LOG.info(
+            "optimized flash-attention RMSNorm not found (run `pip install 'git+https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention.git#egg=dropout_layer_norm&subdirectory=csrc/layer_norm'`)"
         )