diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0f9a5c632..759e6932c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -364,6 +364,9 @@ dataset_prepared_path: data/last_run_prepared
 push_dataset_to_hub: # repo path
 # push checkpoints to hub
 hub_model_id: # repo path to push finetuned model
+# how to push checkpoints to hub
+# https://huggingface.co/docs/transformers/v4.31.0/en/main_classes/trainer#transformers.TrainingArguments.hub_strategy
+hub_strategy:
 # whether to use hf `use_auth_token` for loading datasets. Useful for fetching private datasets
 # required to be true when used in combination with `push_dataset_to_hub`
 hf_use_auth_token: # boolean
diff --git a/src/axolotl/utils/trainer.py b/src/axolotl/utils/trainer.py
index b143cb01f..a446b2625 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/trainer.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/trainer.py
@@ -440,6 +440,9 @@ def setup_trainer(cfg, train_dataset, eval_dataset, model, tokenizer, total_num_
         training_arguments_kwargs["push_to_hub"] = True
         training_arguments_kwargs["hub_private_repo"] = True
 
+        if cfg.hub_strategy:
+            training_arguments_kwargs["hub_strategy"] = cfg.hub_strategy
+
     if cfg.save_safetensors:
         training_arguments_kwargs["save_safetensors"] = cfg.save_safetensors