diff --git a/llama_cpp/llama_chat_format.py b/llama_cpp/llama_chat_format.py
index 17575c700..4e1aad381 100644
--- a/llama_cpp/llama_chat_format.py
+++ b/llama_cpp/llama_chat_format.py
@@ -2835,24 +2835,7 @@ def __call__(
                     )
                 llama.eval(tokens)
             else:
-                image_bytes = self.load_image(value)
-                embed = self._embed_image_bytes(image_bytes, llama.context_params.n_threads_batch)
-                if llama.n_tokens + embed.contents.n_image_pos > llama.n_ctx():
-                    raise ValueError(
-                        f"Prompt exceeds n_ctx: {llama.n_tokens + embed.contents.n_image_pos} > {llama.n_ctx()}"
-                    )
-                n_past = ctypes.c_int(llama.n_tokens)
-                n_past_p = ctypes.pointer(n_past)
-                with suppress_stdout_stderr(disable=self.verbose):
-                    self._llava_cpp.llava_eval_image_embed(
-                        llama.ctx,
-                        embed,
-                        llama.n_batch,
-                        n_past_p,
-                    )
-                # Required to avoid issues with hf tokenizer
-                llama.input_ids[llama.n_tokens : n_past.value] = -1
-                llama.n_tokens = n_past.value
+                self.eval_image(llama, value)
 
         # Get prompt tokens to avoid a cache miss
         prompt = llama.input_ids[: llama.n_tokens].tolist()
@@ -2938,6 +2921,26 @@ def __call__(
             )
         return _convert_completion_to_chat(completion_or_chunks, stream=stream)
 
+    def eval_image(self, llama: llama.Llama, image_url: str):
+        image_bytes = self.load_image(image_url)
+        embed = self._embed_image_bytes(image_bytes, llama.context_params.n_threads_batch)
+        if llama.n_tokens + embed.contents.n_image_pos > llama.n_ctx():
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Prompt exceeds n_ctx: {llama.n_tokens + embed.contents.n_image_pos} > {llama.n_ctx()}"
+            )
+        n_past = ctypes.c_int(llama.n_tokens)
+        n_past_p = ctypes.pointer(n_past)
+        with suppress_stdout_stderr(disable=self.verbose):
+            self._llava_cpp.llava_eval_image_embed(
+                llama.ctx,
+                embed,
+                llama.n_batch,
+                n_past_p,
+            )
+        # Required to avoid issues with hf tokenizer
+        llama.input_ids[llama.n_tokens : n_past.value] = -1
+        llama.n_tokens = n_past.value
+
     @staticmethod
     def _load_image(image_url: str) -> bytes:
         # TODO: Add Pillow support for other image formats beyond (jpg, png)
@@ -3373,6 +3376,139 @@ class MiniCPMv26ChatHandler(Llava15ChatHandler):
     )
 
 
+class Gemma3ChatHandler(Llava15ChatHandler):
+    # Chat Format:
+    # '<bos><start_of_turn>user\n{system_prompt}\n\n{prompt}<end_of_turn>\n<start_of_turn>model\n'
+
+    DEFAULT_SYSTEM_MESSAGE = None
+
+    CHAT_FORMAT = (
+        "{{ '<bos>' }}"
+        "{%- if messages[0]['role'] == 'system' -%}"
+        "{%- if messages[0]['content'] is string -%}"
+        "{%- set first_user_prefix = messages[0]['content'] + '\n\n' -%}"
+        "{%- else -%}"
+        "{%- set first_user_prefix = messages[0]['content'][0]['text'] + '\n\n' -%}"
+        "{%- endif -%}"
+        "{%- set loop_messages = messages[1:] -%}"
+        "{%- else -%}"
+        "{%- set first_user_prefix = \"\" -%}"
+        "{%- set loop_messages = messages -%}"
+        "{%- endif -%}"
+        "{%- for message in loop_messages -%}"
+        "{%- if (message['role'] == 'user') != (loop.index0 % 2 == 0) -%}"
+        "{{ raise_exception(\"Conversation roles must alternate user/assistant/user/assistant/...\") }}"
+        "{%- endif -%}"
+        "{%- if (message['role'] == 'assistant') -%}"
+        "{%- set role = \"model\" -%}"
+        "{%- else -%}"
+        "{%- set role = message['role'] -%}"
+        "{%- endif -%}"
+        "{{ '<start_of_turn>' + role + '\n' + (first_user_prefix if loop.first else \"\") }}"
+        "{%- if message['content'] is string -%}"
+        "{{ message['content'] | trim }}"
+        "{%- elif message['content'] is iterable -%}"
+        "{%- for item in message['content'] -%}"
+        "{%- if item['type'] == 'image_url' -%}"
+        "{{ '<start_of_image>' }}"
+        "{%- elif item['type'] == 'text' -%}"
+        "{{ item['text'] | trim }}"
+        "{%- endif -%}"
+        "{%- endfor -%}"
+        "{%- else -%}"
+        "{{ raise_exception(\"Invalid content type\") }}"
+        "{%- endif -%}"
+        "{{ '<end_of_turn>\n' }}"
+        "{%- endfor -%}"
+        "{%- if add_generation_prompt -%}"
+        "{{ '<start_of_turn>model\n' }}"
+        "{%- endif -%}"
+    )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def split_text_on_image_urls(text: str, image_urls: List[str]):
+        split_text: List[Tuple[Literal["text", "image_url"], str]] = []
+        copied_urls = image_urls[:]
+        remaining = text
+        image_placeholder = "<start_of_image>"
+
+        while remaining:
+            # Find placeholder
+            pos = remaining.find(image_placeholder)
+            if pos != -1:
+                assert len(copied_urls) > 0
+                if pos > 0:
+                    split_text.append(("text", remaining[:pos]))
+                split_text.append(("text", "\n\n<start_of_image>"))
+                split_text.append(("image_url", copied_urls.pop(0)))
+                split_text.append(("text", "<end_of_image>\n\n"))
+                remaining = remaining[pos + len(image_placeholder):]
+            else:
+                assert len(copied_urls) == 0
+                split_text.append(("text", remaining))
+                remaining = ""
+        return split_text
+
+    def eval_image(self, llama: llama.Llama, image_url: str):
+        import llama_cpp
+
+        n_tokens = 256
+        if llama.n_tokens + n_tokens > llama.n_ctx():
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Prompt exceeds n_ctx: {llama.n_tokens + n_tokens} > {llama.n_ctx()}"
+            )
+
+        img_bytes = self.load_image(image_url)
+        img_u8_p = self._llava_cpp.clip_image_u8_init()
+        if not self._llava_cpp.clip_image_load_from_bytes(
+            ctypes.create_string_buffer(img_bytes, len(img_bytes)),
+            ctypes.c_size_t(len(img_bytes)),
+            img_u8_p,
+        ):
+            self._llava_cpp.clip_image_u8_free(img_u8_p)
+            raise ValueError("Failed to load image.")
+
+        img_f32 = self._llava_cpp.clip_image_f32_batch()
+        img_f32_p = ctypes.byref(img_f32)
+        if not self._llava_cpp.clip_image_preprocess(self.clip_ctx, img_u8_p, img_f32_p):
+            self._llava_cpp.clip_image_f32_batch_free(img_f32_p)
+            self._llava_cpp.clip_image_u8_free(img_u8_p)
+            raise ValueError("Failed to preprocess image.")
+
+        n_embd = llama_cpp.llama_model_n_embd(llama._model.model)
+        embed = (ctypes.c_float * (n_tokens * n_embd))()
+        if not self._llava_cpp.clip_image_batch_encode(self.clip_ctx, llama.n_threads, img_f32_p, embed):
+            self._llava_cpp.clip_image_f32_batch_free(img_f32_p)
+            self._llava_cpp.clip_image_u8_free(img_u8_p)
+            raise ValueError("Failed to encode image.")
+
+        self._llava_cpp.clip_image_f32_batch_free(img_f32_p)
+        self._llava_cpp.clip_image_u8_free(img_u8_p)
+        llama_cpp.llama_set_causal_attn(llama.ctx, False)
+
+        seq_id_0 = (ctypes.c_int32 * 1)()
+        seq_ids = (ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_int32) * (n_tokens + 1))()
+        for i in range(n_tokens):
+            seq_ids[i] = seq_id_0
+
+        batch = llama_cpp.llama_batch()
+        batch.n_tokens = n_tokens
+        batch.token = None
+        batch.embd = embed
+        batch.pos = (ctypes.c_int32 * n_tokens)(*[i + llama.n_tokens for i in range(n_tokens)])
+        batch.seq_id = seq_ids
+        batch.n_seq_id = (ctypes.c_int32 * n_tokens)(*([1] * n_tokens))
+        batch.logits = (ctypes.c_int8 * n_tokens)()
+
+        if llama_cpp.llama_decode(llama.ctx, batch):
+            raise ValueError("Failed to decode image.")
+
+        llama_cpp.llama_set_causal_attn(llama.ctx, True)
+        # Required to avoid issues with hf tokenizer
+        llama.input_ids[llama.n_tokens : llama.n_tokens + n_tokens] = -1
+        llama.n_tokens += n_tokens
+
+
 @register_chat_completion_handler("chatml-function-calling")
 def chatml_function_calling(
     llama: llama.Llama,
diff --git a/llama_cpp/llava_cpp.py b/llama_cpp/llava_cpp.py
index d9dfaf5fd..8a382b4d9 100644
--- a/llama_cpp/llava_cpp.py
+++ b/llama_cpp/llava_cpp.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     c_int,
     c_uint8,
     c_float,
+    c_size_t,
     c_void_p,
     POINTER,
     _Pointer,  # type: ignore
@@ -141,6 +142,28 @@ def llava_eval_image_embed(
 ################################################
 
 
+# struct clip_image_u8_batch {
+#     struct clip_image_u8 * data;
+#     size_t size;
+# };
+class clip_image_u8_batch(Structure):
+  _fields_ = [
+      ("data", c_void_p),
+      ("size", c_size_t),
+  ]
+
+
+# struct clip_image_f32_batch {
+#     struct clip_image_f32 * data;
+#     size_t size;
+# };
+class clip_image_f32_batch(Structure):
+  _fields_ = [
+      ("data", c_void_p),
+      ("size", c_size_t),
+  ]
+
+
 # /** load mmproj model */
 # CLIP_API struct clip_ctx * clip_model_load    (const char * fname, int verbosity);
 @ctypes_function("clip_model_load", [c_char_p, c_int], clip_ctx_p_ctypes)
@@ -156,3 +179,93 @@ def clip_model_load(
 def clip_free(ctx: clip_ctx_p, /):
     ...
 
+
+# CLIP_API struct clip_image_u8  * clip_image_u8_init ();
+@ctypes_function("clip_image_u8_init", [], c_void_p)
+def clip_image_u8_init() -> Optional[c_void_p]:
+    ...
+
+
+# CLIP_API void clip_image_u8_free (struct clip_image_u8  * img);
+@ctypes_function("clip_image_u8_free", [c_void_p], None)
+def clip_image_u8_free(img: c_void_p, /):
+    ...
+
+
+# CLIP_API void clip_image_f32_free(struct clip_image_f32 * img);
+@ctypes_function("clip_image_f32_free", [c_void_p], None)
+def clip_image_f32_free(img: c_void_p, /):
+    ...
+
+
+# CLIP_API void clip_image_u8_batch_free (struct clip_image_u8_batch  * batch);
+@ctypes_function("clip_image_u8_batch_free", [POINTER(clip_image_u8_batch)], None)
+def clip_image_u8_batch_free(batch: "_Pointer[clip_image_u8_batch]", /):
+    ...
+
+
+# CLIP_API void clip_image_f32_batch_free(struct clip_image_f32_batch * batch);
+@ctypes_function("clip_image_f32_batch_free", [POINTER(clip_image_f32_batch)], None)
+def clip_image_f32_batch_free(batch: "_Pointer[clip_image_f32_batch]", /):
+    ...
+
+
+# /** preprocess img and store the result in res_imgs, pad_to_square may be overridden to false depending on model configuration */
+# CLIP_API bool clip_image_preprocess(struct clip_ctx * ctx, const struct clip_image_u8 * img, struct clip_image_f32_batch * res_imgs );
+@ctypes_function(
+    "clip_image_preprocess",
+    [
+        clip_ctx_p_ctypes,
+        c_void_p,
+        POINTER(clip_image_f32_batch),
+    ],
+    c_bool,
+)
+def clip_image_preprocess(
+    ctx: clip_ctx_p,
+    img: c_void_p,
+    res_imgs: "_Pointer[clip_image_f32_batch]",
+    /,
+) -> bool:
+    ...
+
+
+# CLIP_API bool clip_image_batch_encode(struct clip_ctx * ctx, int n_threads, const struct clip_image_f32_batch * imgs, float * vec);
+@ctypes_function(
+    "clip_image_batch_encode",
+    [
+        clip_ctx_p_ctypes,
+        c_int,
+        POINTER(clip_image_f32_batch),
+        POINTER(c_float),
+    ],
+    c_bool,
+)
+def clip_image_batch_encode(
+    ctx: clip_ctx_p,
+    n_threads: c_int,
+    imgs: "_Pointer[clip_image_f32_batch]",
+    vec: c_void_p,
+    /,
+) -> bool:
+    ...
+
+
+# /** interpret bytes as an image file with length bytes_length, and use the result to populate img */
+# CLIP_API bool clip_image_load_from_bytes(const unsigned char * bytes, size_t bytes_length, struct clip_image_u8 * img);
+@ctypes_function(
+    "clip_image_load_from_bytes",
+    [
+        c_void_p,
+        c_size_t,
+        c_void_p,
+    ],
+    c_bool,
+)
+def clip_image_load_from_bytes(
+    bytes: c_void_p,
+    bytes_length: c_size_t,
+    img: c_void_p,
+    /,
+) -> bool:
+    ...