diff --git a/BackendBench/llm_client.py b/BackendBench/llm_client.py
index 35e575c5..e8ccda24 100644
--- a/BackendBench/llm_client.py
+++ b/BackendBench/llm_client.py
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@
 
 import anthropic
 import requests
+import torch
 from tenacity import retry
 from tenacity.wait import wait_random_exponential
+from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer
 
 from .kernel_templates import KernelTemplateManager
 
@@ -128,6 +130,96 @@ def _extract_code_from_response(self, response: str) -> str:
         return response[start:end].strip()
 
 
+class HuggingFaceKernelGenerator(LLMKernelGenerator):
+    """
+    LLM Kernel Generator that uses local HuggingFace model.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        model_name: str = "meta-llama/Llama-2-7b-chat-hf",
+        device: str = "cuda",
+        max_new_tokens: int = 2048,
+        hf_token: Optional[str] = None,
+    ):
+        self.model_name = model_name
+        self.device = device
+        self.max_new_tokens = max_new_tokens
+        self.template_manager = KernelTemplateManager()
+        self.tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(self.model_name, token=hf_token)
+        self.model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(self.model_name, torch_dtype="auto").to(
+            self.device
+        )
+        self.model.eval()
+
+    @property
+    def readme_server_description(self) -> str:
+        return f"Local HuggingFace model ({self.model_name})"
+
+    @property
+    def readme_setup_section(self) -> str:
+        return """## Setup
+This backend uses a local HuggingFace model and requires:
+```bash
+pip install torch torchvision torchaudio transformers
+```
+"""
+
+    def generate_kernel(
+        self,
+        op_name: str,
+        op_signature: str,
+        op_description: str,
+        framework: str = "triton",
+        feedback: Optional[str] = None,
+    ) -> str:
+        if feedback:
+            prompt = self.template_manager.create_refinement_prompt(
+                op_name, op_signature, op_description, framework, feedback
+            )
+        else:
+            prompt = self.template_manager.create_prompt(
+                op_name, op_signature, op_description, framework
+            )
+
+        print("\n=== DEBUG: PROMPT SENT TO LOCAL LLM ===")
+        print(prompt)
+        print("=== END PROMPT ===\n")
+
+        try:
+            content = self.call_llm(prompt)
+            if not content:
+                raise RuntimeError("Empty response from local LLM")
+
+            extracted_code = self._extract_code_from_response(content)
+
+            print("\n=== DEBUG: RAW LOCAL LLM RESPONSE ===")
+            print(content)
+            print("=== DEBUG: EXTRACTED CODE ===")
+            print(extracted_code)
+            print("=== END DEBUG ===\n")
+
+            return extracted_code
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to generate kernel for {op_name}: {str(e)}")
+
+    @retry(wait=wait_random_exponential(multiplier=2, min=1, max=60, exp_base=2))
+    def call_llm(self, prompt: str) -> str:
+        inputs = self.tokenizer(prompt, return_tensors="pt").to(self.device)
+        with torch.no_grad():
+            outputs = self.model.generate(
+                **inputs,
+                max_new_tokens=self.max_new_tokens,
+                do_sample=True,
+                top_p=0.95,
+                temperature=0.7,
+            )
+        response = self.tokenizer.decode(outputs[0], skip_special_tokens=True)
+        # Extract the part of the response that comes after the prompt
+        return response[len(prompt) :].strip()
+
+
 class LLMRelayKernelGenerator(LLMKernelGenerator):
     """
     LLM Kernel Generator that uses local plugboard server.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ae6bafcc..551bf216 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pandas",
     "datasets",
     "tenacity",
+    "transformers>=4.56.2",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]