diff --git a/llms/mlx_lm/tokenizer_utils.py b/llms/mlx_lm/tokenizer_utils.py
index 0fa41ac0..10a257f6 100644
--- a/llms/mlx_lm/tokenizer_utils.py
+++ b/llms/mlx_lm/tokenizer_utils.py
@@ -254,21 +254,33 @@ class TokenizerWrapper:
     huggingface tokenizer.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, tokenizer, detokenizer_class=NaiveStreamingDetokenizer):
+    def __init__(
+        self, tokenizer, detokenizer_class=NaiveStreamingDetokenizer, eos_token_ids=None
+    ):
         self._tokenizer = tokenizer
         self._detokenizer = detokenizer_class(tokenizer)
+        self._eos_token_ids = (
+            set(eos_token_ids)
+            if eos_token_ids is not None
+            else {tokenizer.eos_token_id}
+        )
 
     def __getattr__(self, attr):
         if attr == "detokenizer":
             return self._detokenizer
+        elif attr == "eos_token_ids":
+            return self._eos_token_ids
         elif attr.startswith("_"):
             return self.__getattribute__(attr)
         else:
             return getattr(self._tokenizer, attr)
 
     def __setattr__(self, attr, value):
-        if attr == "detokenizer":
-            raise AttributeError("Cannot set the detokenizer.")
+        if attr in {"detokenizer", "eos_token_ids"}:
+            if attr == "detokenizer":
+                raise AttributeError("Cannot set the detokenizer.")
+            elif attr == "eos_token_ids":
+                self._eos_token_ids = set(value) if value is not None else set()
         elif attr.startswith("_"):
             super().__setattr__(attr, value)
         else:
@@ -315,7 +327,7 @@ def _is_bpe_decoder(decoder):
     return isinstance(decoder, dict) and decoder.get("type", None) == "ByteLevel"
 
 
-def load_tokenizer(model_path, tokenizer_config_extra={}):
+def load_tokenizer(model_path, tokenizer_config_extra={}, eos_token_ids=None):
     """Load a huggingface tokenizer and try to infer the type of streaming
     detokenizer to use.
 
@@ -336,7 +348,10 @@ def load_tokenizer(model_path, tokenizer_config_extra={}):
             elif _is_bpe_decoder(tokenizer_content["decoder"]):
                 detokenizer_class = BPEStreamingDetokenizer
 
+    if isinstance(eos_token_ids, int):
+        eos_token_ids = [eos_token_ids]
     return TokenizerWrapper(
         AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_path, **tokenizer_config_extra),
         detokenizer_class,
+        eos_token_ids=eos_token_ids,
     )
diff --git a/llms/mlx_lm/utils.py b/llms/mlx_lm/utils.py
index 66a106a1..d81bb66a 100644
--- a/llms/mlx_lm/utils.py
+++ b/llms/mlx_lm/utils.py
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ def stream_generate(
                 prompt_time = time.perf_counter() - tic
                 prompt_tps = prompt.size / prompt_time
                 tic = time.perf_counter()
-            if token == tokenizer.eos_token_id:
+            if token in tokenizer.eos_token_ids:
                 break
 
             detokenizer.add_token(token)
@@ -467,11 +467,11 @@ def load_model(
         lazy (bool): If False eval the model parameters to make sure they are
             loaded in memory before returning, otherwise they will be loaded
             when needed. Default: ``False``
-        model_config (dict, optional): Configuration parameters for the model.
-            Defaults to an empty dictionary.
+        model_config (dict, optional): Optional configuration parameters for the
+            model. Defaults to an empty dictionary.
         get_model_classes (Callable[[dict], Tuple[Type[nn.Module], Type]], optional):
             A function that returns the model class and model args class given a config.
-            Defaults to the _get_classes function.
+            Defaults to the ``_get_classes`` function.
 
     Returns:
         nn.Module: The loaded and initialized model.
@@ -480,7 +480,6 @@ def load_model(
         FileNotFoundError: If the weight files (.safetensors) are not found.
         ValueError: If the model class or args class are not found or cannot be instantiated.
     """
-
     config = load_config(model_path)
     config.update(model_config)
 
@@ -530,7 +529,7 @@ def load_model(
         mx.eval(model.parameters())
 
     model.eval()
-    return model
+    return model, config
 
 
 def load(
@@ -563,11 +562,13 @@ def load(
     """
     model_path = get_model_path(path_or_hf_repo)
 
-    model = load_model(model_path, lazy, model_config)
+    model, config = load_model(model_path, lazy)
     if adapter_path is not None:
         model = load_adapters(model, adapter_path)
         model.eval()
-    tokenizer = load_tokenizer(model_path, tokenizer_config)
+    tokenizer = load_tokenizer(
+        model_path, tokenizer_config, eos_token_ids=config.get("eos_token_id", None)
+    )
 
     return model, tokenizer
 
@@ -575,9 +576,10 @@ def load(
 def fetch_from_hub(
     model_path: Path, lazy: bool = False
 ) -> Tuple[nn.Module, dict, PreTrainedTokenizer]:
-    model = load_model(model_path, lazy)
-    config = load_config(model_path)
-    tokenizer = load_tokenizer(model_path)
+    model, config = load_model(model_path, lazy)
+    tokenizer = load_tokenizer(
+        model_path, eos_token_ids=config.get("eos_token_id", None)
+    )
     return model, config, tokenizer
 
 
diff --git a/llms/tests/test_utils_load_model.py b/llms/tests/test_utils_load_model.py
index 73ee1352..5821f9e9 100644
--- a/llms/tests/test_utils_load_model.py
+++ b/llms/tests/test_utils_load_model.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class TestLoadModelCustomGetClasses(unittest.TestCase):
             return CustomQwenModel, CustomQwenConfig
 
         model_path = get_model_path(HF_MODEL_PATH)
-        model = load_model(model_path, get_model_classes=custom_get_classes)
+        model, _ = load_model(model_path, get_model_classes=custom_get_classes)
 
         self.assertIsInstance(model, CustomQwenModel)
         self.assertTrue(hasattr(model, "custom_attribute"))
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class TestLoadModelCustomGetClasses(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_load_model_with_default_get_classes(self):
         model_path = get_model_path(HF_MODEL_PATH)
-        model = load_model(model_path)
+        model, _ = load_model(model_path)
 
         self.assertIsInstance(model, Qwen2Model)