diff --git a/src/axolotl/utils/models.py b/src/axolotl/utils/models.py
index d7105daba..5c54c7998 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/models.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/models.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ from transformers import (
     BitsAndBytesConfig,
     Gemma3ForConditionalGeneration,
     GPTQConfig,
+    HqqConfig,
     Llama4ForConditionalGeneration,
     LlavaForConditionalGeneration,
     Mistral3ForConditionalGeneration,
@@ -852,23 +853,23 @@ class ModelLoader:
         if (
             self.cfg.adapter in ["qlora", "lora"]
             and hasattr(self.model_config, "quantization_config")
-            and self.model_config.quantization_config["quant_method"]
-            in ["gptq", "awq", "bitsandbytes"]
+            and getattr(self.model_config.quantization_config, "quant_method")
+            in ["gptq", "awq", "bitsandbytes", "hqq"]
         ):
-            if self.model_config.quantization_config["quant_method"] == "gptq":
-                self.model_kwargs["quantization_config"] = GPTQConfig(
-                    **self.model_config.quantization_config
-                )
-            elif self.model_config.quantization_config["quant_method"] == "awq":
-                self.model_kwargs["quantization_config"] = AwqConfig(
-                    **self.model_config.quantization_config
-                )
-            elif (
-                self.model_config.quantization_config["quant_method"] == "bitsandbytes"
-            ):
-                self.model_kwargs["quantization_config"] = BitsAndBytesConfig(
-                    **self.model_config.quantization_config
-                )
+            quant_config_class_dict = {
+                "gptq": GPTQConfig,
+                "awq": AwqConfig,
+                "bitsandbytes": BitsAndBytesConfig,
+                "hqq": HqqConfig,
+            }
+
+            quant_config_class = quant_config_class_dict[
+                getattr(self.model_config.quantization_config, "quant_method")
+            ]
+            self.model_kwargs["quantization_config"] = quant_config_class(
+                **self.model_config.quantization_config
+            )
+
         elif self.cfg.adapter == "qlora" and self.model_kwargs["load_in_4bit"]:
             bnb_config = {
                 "load_in_4bit": True,
@@ -903,6 +904,13 @@ class ModelLoader:
                 **bnb_config,
             )
 
+        elif self.cfg.hqq_nbits:
+            from axolotl.utils.schemas.quant import get_hqq_quant_config_kwargs
+
+            self.model_kwargs["quantization_config"] = HqqConfig(
+                get_hqq_quant_config_kwargs(self.cfg)
+            )
+
         # no longer needed per https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/pull/26610
         if "quantization_config" in self.model_kwargs or self.cfg.gptq:
             self.model_kwargs.pop("load_in_8bit", None)
diff --git a/src/axolotl/utils/schemas/config.py b/src/axolotl/utils/schemas/config.py
index 732ae60cf..b3625ee25 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/schemas/config.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/schemas/config.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ from axolotl.utils.schemas.model import (
 )
 from axolotl.utils.schemas.multimodal import MultiModalConfig
 from axolotl.utils.schemas.peft import LoraConfig, ReLoRAConfig
+from axolotl.utils.schemas.quant import HQQConfig
 from axolotl.utils.schemas.training import HyperparametersConfig
 from axolotl.utils.schemas.trl import TRLConfig
 from axolotl.utils.schemas.vllm import VllmConfig
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ class AxolotlInputConfig(
     ModelOutputConfig,
     LoraConfig,
     ReLoRAConfig,
+    HQQConfig,
     HyperparametersConfig,
     WandbConfig,
     MLFlowConfig,
@@ -377,6 +379,18 @@ class AxolotlInputConfig(
             raise ValueError(f"Only one of {', '.join(fields)} must be set")
         return data
 
+    @model_validator(mode="before")
+    @classmethod
+    def check_hqq_config_redundancy(cls, data):
+        if (data.get("load_in_4bit") or data.get("load_in_8bit")) and data.get(
+            "hqq_nbits"
+        ):
+
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Can't simultaneously set `hqq` configurations and `load_in_4bit` / `load_in_8bit`"
+            )
+        return data
+
     @model_validator(mode="before")
     @classmethod
     def check_batch_size_fields(cls, data):
diff --git a/src/axolotl/utils/schemas/quant.py b/src/axolotl/utils/schemas/quant.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62c33d99b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/schemas/quant.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+""" "
+Takes care of quantization configuration
+"""
+
+from typing import Literal
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, model_validator
+
+
+class HQQConfig(BaseModel):
+    """HQQ configuration subset"""
+
+    hqq_nbits: Literal[8, 4, 3, 2, 1] | None = None
+    hqq_group_size: int | None = None
+    hqq_target_module: list[str] | None = None
+
+    @model_validator(mode="before")
+    @classmethod
+    def check_hqq_config_fields(cls, data):
+        fields = ("hqq_nbits", "hqq_group_size")
+        non_empty_count = sum(1 for field in fields if data.get(field))
+        if non_empty_count == 1 or (
+            data.get("'hqq_target_module") and non_empty_count < 2
+        ):
+            raise ValueError(
+                "If using HQQ, must set both `hqq_nbits` and `hqq_group_size`"
+            )
+
+
+def get_hqq_quant_config_kwargs(cfg):
+
+    # If no target module is specified, then target the whole model
+    if cfg.hqq_module_name is None:
+        return {
+            "nbits": cfg.hqq_nbits,
+            "group_size": cfg.hqq_group_size,
+        }
+
+    hqq_target_module = cfg.hqq_target_module
+    if not isinstance(cfg.hqq_target_module, list):
+        hqq_target_module = [hqq_target_module]
+
+    hqq_quant_config_kwargs = {"dynamic_config": {}}
+    for module in hqq_target_module:
+        hqq_quant_config_kwargs["dynamic_config"][module] = {
+            "nbits": cfg.hqq_nbits,
+            "group_size": cfg.hqq_group_size,
+        }
+    return hqq_quant_config_kwargs