diff --git a/llms/mlx_lm/tuner/utils.py b/llms/mlx_lm/tuner/utils.py
index 835cb482..8351ed1b 100644
--- a/llms/mlx_lm/tuner/utils.py
+++ b/llms/mlx_lm/tuner/utils.py
@@ -250,12 +250,14 @@ def remove_lora_layers(model: nn.Module) -> nn.Module:
     return model
 
 
-def print_trainable_parameters(model):
-    def nparams(m):
-        if isinstance(m, (nn.QuantizedLinear, nn.QuantizedEmbedding)):
-            return m.weight.size * (32 // m.bits)
-        return sum(v.size for _, v in tree_flatten(m.parameters()))
+def nparams(module):
+    if hasattr(module, "bits"):
+        n = 0 if not hasattr(module, "bias") else module.bias.size
+        return n + module.weight.size * 32 // module.bits
+    return sum(v.size for _, v in tree_flatten(module.parameters()))
 
+
+def print_trainable_parameters(model):
     leaf_modules = tree_flatten(
         model.leaf_modules(), is_leaf=lambda m: isinstance(m, nn.Module)
     )
diff --git a/llms/mlx_lm/utils.py b/llms/mlx_lm/utils.py
index 86b786ce..66a106a1 100644
--- a/llms/mlx_lm/utils.py
+++ b/llms/mlx_lm/utils.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Generator, List, Optional, Tuple, Type,
 import mlx.core as mx
 import mlx.nn as nn
 from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download
-from mlx.utils import tree_flatten, tree_reduce
+from mlx.utils import tree_flatten, tree_map, tree_reduce
 from transformers import PreTrainedTokenizer
 
 # Local imports
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from .models import cache
 from .sample_utils import make_logits_processors, make_sampler
 from .tokenizer_utils import TokenizerWrapper, load_tokenizer
 from .tuner.utils import dequantize as dequantize_model
-from .tuner.utils import load_adapters
+from .tuner.utils import load_adapters, nparams
 
 # Constants
 MODEL_REMAPPING = {
@@ -127,6 +127,17 @@ def _get_classes(config: dict):
     return arch.Model, arch.ModelArgs
 
 
+def compute_bits_per_weight(model):
+    model_bytes = tree_reduce(
+        lambda acc, x: acc + x.nbytes if isinstance(x, mx.array) else acc, model, 0
+    )
+    leaf_modules = tree_flatten(
+        model.leaf_modules(), is_leaf=lambda m: isinstance(m, nn.Module)
+    )
+    model_params = sum(nparams(m) for _, m in leaf_modules)
+    return model_bytes * 8 / model_params
+
+
 def get_model_path(path_or_hf_repo: str, revision: Optional[str] = None) -> Path:
     """
     Ensures the model is available locally. If the path does not exist locally,
@@ -496,15 +507,20 @@ def load_model(
         weights = model.sanitize(weights)
 
     if (quantization := config.get("quantization", None)) is not None:
-        # Handle legacy models which may not have everything quantized
+
         def class_predicate(p, m):
+            # Handle custom per layer quantizations
+            if p in config["quantization"]:
+                return config["quantization"][p]
             if not hasattr(m, "to_quantized"):
                 return False
+            # Handle legacy models which may not have everything quantized
             return f"{p}.scales" in weights
 
         nn.quantize(
             model,
-            **quantization,
+            group_size=quantization["group_size"],
+            bits=quantization["bits"],
             class_predicate=class_predicate,
         )
 
@@ -707,7 +723,13 @@ def save_weights(
 
 
 def quantize_model(
-    model: nn.Module, config: dict, q_group_size: int, q_bits: int
+    model: nn.Module,
+    config: dict,
+    q_group_size: int,
+    q_bits: int,
+    quant_predicate: Optional[
+        Callable[[str, nn.Module, dict], Union[bool, dict]]
+    ] = None,
 ) -> Tuple:
     """
     Applies quantization to the model weights.
@@ -717,17 +739,37 @@ def quantize_model(
         config (dict): Model configuration.
         q_group_size (int): Group size for quantization.
         q_bits (int): Bits per weight for quantization.
+        quant_predicate (Callable): A callable that decides how
+            to quantize each layer based on the path.
+            Accepts the layer `path`, the `module` and the model `config`.
+            Returns either a bool to signify quantize/no quantize or
+            a dict of quantization parameters to pass to `to_quantized`.
 
     Returns:
         Tuple: Tuple containing quantized weights and config.
     """
     quantized_config = copy.deepcopy(config)
-    nn.quantize(model, q_group_size, q_bits)
     quantized_config["quantization"] = {"group_size": q_group_size, "bits": q_bits}
+
+    # Add any custom quantization parameters to the config as we go
+    def _class_predicate(p, m):
+        bool_or_params = quant_predicate(p, m, config)
+        quantized_config["quantization"][p] = bool_or_params
+        return bool_or_params
+
+    nn.quantize(
+        model,
+        q_group_size,
+        q_bits,
+        class_predicate=_class_predicate if quant_predicate else None,
+    )
     # support hf model tree #957
     quantized_config["quantization_config"] = quantized_config["quantization"]
     quantized_weights = dict(tree_flatten(model.parameters()))
 
+    bpw = compute_bits_per_weight(model)
+    print(f"[INFO] Quantized model with {bpw:.3f} bits per weight.")
+
     return quantized_weights, quantized_config
 
 
@@ -764,6 +806,9 @@ def convert(
     upload_repo: str = None,
     revision: Optional[str] = None,
     dequantize: bool = False,
+    quant_predicate: Optional[
+        Callable[[str, nn.Module, dict], Union[bool, dict]]
+    ] = None,
 ):
     # Check the save path is empty
     if isinstance(mlx_path, str):
@@ -789,7 +834,9 @@ def convert(
     if quantize:
         print("[INFO] Quantizing")
         model.load_weights(list(weights.items()))
-        weights, config = quantize_model(model, config, q_group_size, q_bits)
+        weights, config = quantize_model(
+            model, config, q_group_size, q_bits, quant_predicate=quant_predicate
+        )
 
     if dequantize:
         print("[INFO] Dequantizing")