diff --git a/src/axolotl/integrations/lm_eval/cli.py b/src/axolotl/integrations/lm_eval/cli.py
index 23aa1845f..7e2b4a1e6 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/integrations/lm_eval/cli.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/integrations/lm_eval/cli.py
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ def build_lm_eval_command(
     wandb_entity=None,
     model=None,
     revision=None,
+    apply_chat_template=None,
+    fewshot_as_multiturn=None,
 ):
     tasks_by_num_fewshot: dict[str, list] = defaultdict(list)
     for task in tasks:
@@ -55,7 +57,6 @@ def build_lm_eval_command(
             str(batch_size),
             "--output_path",
             output_path,
-            "--apply_chat_template",
         ]
         wandb_args = []
         if wandb_project:
@@ -65,10 +66,13 @@ def build_lm_eval_command(
         if wandb_args:
             lm_eval_args.append("--wandb_args")
             lm_eval_args.append(",".join(wandb_args))
+        if apply_chat_template:
+            lm_eval_args.append("--apply_chat_template")
         if num_fewshot_val:
             lm_eval_args.append("--num_fewshot")
             lm_eval_args.append(str(num_fewshot_val))
-            # lm_eval_args.append("--fewshot_as_multiturn")
+            if apply_chat_template and fewshot_as_multiturn:
+                lm_eval_args.append("--fewshot_as_multiturn")
 
         yield lm_eval_args
 
@@ -100,6 +104,8 @@ def lm_eval(config: str, cloud: Optional[str] = None):
             wandb_entity=cfg.wandb_entity,
             model=cfg.lm_eval_model or cfg.hub_model_id,
             revision=cfg.revision,
+            apply_chat_template=cfg.apply_chat_template,
+            fewshot_as_multiturn=cfg.fewshot_as_multiturn,
         ):
             subprocess.run(  # nosec
                 lm_eval_args,