diff --git a/llms/mlx_lm/utils.py b/llms/mlx_lm/utils.py
index f4e0658d..90327436 100644
--- a/llms/mlx_lm/utils.py
+++ b/llms/mlx_lm/utils.py
@@ -57,13 +57,14 @@ def _get_classes(config: dict):
     return arch.Model, arch.ModelArgs
 
 
-def get_model_path(path_or_hf_repo: str) -> Path:
+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,
     it is downloaded from the Hugging Face Hub.
 
     Args:
         path_or_hf_repo (str): The local path or Hugging Face repository ID of the model.
+        revision (str, optional): A revision id which can be a branch name, a tag, or a commit hash.
 
     Returns:
         Path: The path to the model.
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ def get_model_path(path_or_hf_repo: str) -> Path:
         model_path = Path(
             snapshot_download(
                 repo_id=path_or_hf_repo,
+                revision=revision,
                 allow_patterns=[
                     "*.json",
                     "*.safetensors",
@@ -556,9 +558,10 @@ def convert(
     q_bits: int = 4,
     dtype: str = "float16",
     upload_repo: str = None,
+    revision: Optional[str] = None,
 ):
     print("[INFO] Loading")
-    model_path = get_model_path(hf_path)
+    model_path = get_model_path(hf_path, revision=revision)
     model, config, tokenizer = fetch_from_hub(model_path, lazy=True)
 
     weights = dict(tree_flatten(model.parameters()))