diff --git a/mlx/backend/metal/rope.cpp b/mlx/backend/metal/rope.cpp
index 195d29c2e..1ca3597e5 100644
--- a/mlx/backend/metal/rope.cpp
+++ b/mlx/backend/metal/rope.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ void RoPE::eval_gpu(
   // Special case for inference (single time step and contiguous)
   bool single = in.flags().row_contiguous && (mat_size == in.shape(-1));
 
-  bool with_freqs = inputs.size() == 2;
+  bool with_freqs = inputs.size() == 3;
   std::ostringstream kname;
   kname << "rope_" << (single ? "single_" : "")
         << ((with_freqs) ? "freqs_" : "") << (forward_ ? "" : "vjp_")
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ void RoPE::eval_gpu(
   compute_encoder.set_compute_pipeline_state(kernel);
   compute_encoder.set_input_array(donated ? out : in, 0);
   compute_encoder.set_output_array(out, 1);
-  compute_encoder.set_bytes(offset_, 2);
+  compute_encoder.set_input_array(inputs[1], 2);
   compute_encoder.set_bytes(scale_, 3);
 
   size_t n_batch = in.size() / mat_size;
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ void RoPE::eval_gpu(
   }
 
   if (with_freqs) {
-    auto& freqs = inputs[1];
+    auto& freqs = inputs[2];
     compute_encoder.set_input_array(freqs, 10);
     auto freq_stride = freqs.strides()[0];
     compute_encoder.set_bytes(freq_stride, 11);
diff --git a/mlx/fast.cpp b/mlx/fast.cpp
index 01089d82d..0b50b4282 100644
--- a/mlx/fast.cpp
+++ b/mlx/fast.cpp
@@ -338,34 +338,50 @@ array rope(
     bool traditional,
     float base,
     float scale,
-    int offset,
     bool forward,
     StreamOrDevice s) {
   auto& x = inputs[0];
+  auto& offset = inputs[1];
   if (x.ndim() < 3) {
     std::ostringstream msg;
     msg << "[rope] Input must have at least 3 dimensions but got input with "
         << x.ndim() << " dimensions.";
     throw std::invalid_argument(msg.str());
   }
-  if (inputs.size() == 2 &&
-      (inputs[1].ndim() != 1 || inputs[1].shape(0) != dims / 2)) {
+  if (offset.size() != 1) {
+    std::ostringstream msg;
+    msg << "[rope] offset must be a scalar but has shape " << offset.shape()
+        << ".";
+    throw std::invalid_argument(msg.str());
+  }
+  if (!issubdtype(offset.dtype(), integer)) {
+    std::ostringstream msg;
+    msg << "[rope] offset must be an integer but got type " << offset.dtype()
+        << ".";
+    throw std::invalid_argument(msg.str());
+  }
+  if (offset.dtype().size() != 4) {
+    inputs[1] = astype(offset, uint32, s);
+  }
+  if (inputs.size() == 3 &&
+      (inputs[2].ndim() != 1 || inputs[2].shape(0) != dims / 2)) {
     std::ostringstream msg;
     msg << "[rope] freqs must be one dimensional with size " << dims / 2
-        << " but got shape " << inputs[1].shape() << ".";
+        << " but got shape " << inputs[2].shape() << ".";
     throw std::invalid_argument(msg.str());
   }
 
-  auto fallback = [dims, traditional, base, scale, offset, forward, s](
+  auto fallback = [dims, traditional, base, scale, forward, s](
                       std::vector<array> inputs) {
     auto& shape = inputs[0].shape();
     int ndim = shape.size();
-    auto x = reshape(inputs[0], {-1, shape[ndim - 2], shape[ndim - 1]}, s);
+    auto x = flatten(inputs[0], 0, ndim - 3, s);
     auto t = x.dtype();
-    auto N = x.shape(1) + offset;
     // Compute sines and cosines
     auto half_dims = dims / 2;
-    auto positions = multiply(arange(offset, N, t, s), array(scale, t), s);
+    auto& offset = inputs[1];
+    auto positions =
+        multiply(add(arange(x.shape(1), t, s), offset, s), array(scale, t), s);
 
     auto default_inv_freqs = [&inputs, &s, &t, base, half_dims]() {
       return exp(
@@ -377,7 +393,7 @@ array rope(
     };
 
     auto inv_freqs =
-        inputs.size() == 2 ? reciprocal(inputs[1], s) : default_inv_freqs();
+        inputs.size() == 3 ? reciprocal(inputs[2], s) : default_inv_freqs();
     auto theta =
         multiply(expand_dims(positions, 1, s), expand_dims(inv_freqs, 0, s), s);
     auto coss = cos(theta, s);
@@ -436,7 +452,7 @@ array rope(
         x.shape(),
         x.dtype(),
         std::make_shared<RoPE>(
-            stream, fallback, dims, traditional, base, scale, offset, forward),
+            stream, fallback, dims, traditional, base, scale, forward),
         std::move(inputs));
   }
   return fallback(std::move(inputs))[0];
@@ -448,10 +464,10 @@ array rope(
     bool traditional,
     std::optional<float> base,
     float scale,
-    int offset,
+    const array& offset,
     const std::optional<array>& freqs /* = std::nullopt */,
     StreamOrDevice s /* = {} */) {
-  std::vector<array> inputs = {x};
+  std::vector<array> inputs = {x, offset};
   if (freqs) {
     inputs.push_back(astype(*freqs, float32, s));
     if (base) {
@@ -467,11 +483,23 @@ array rope(
       traditional,
       base.has_value() ? *base : 1.0,
       scale,
-      offset,
       true,
       s);
 }
 
+array rope(
+    const array& x,
+    int dims,
+    bool traditional,
+    std::optional<float> base,
+    float scale,
+    int offset,
+    const std::optional<array>& freqs /* = std::nullopt */,
+    StreamOrDevice s /* = {} */) {
+  return rope(
+      x, dims, traditional, base, scale, array(offset, int32), freqs, s);
+}
+
 std::vector<array> RoPE::vjp(
     const std::vector<array>& primals,
     const std::vector<array>& cotangents,
@@ -482,29 +510,24 @@ std::vector<array> RoPE::vjp(
                    traditional = traditional_,
                    base = base_,
                    scale = scale_,
-                   offset = offset_,
                    forward = forward_,
                    s](std::vector<array> inputs) {
-    return std::vector<array>{rope(
-        std::move(inputs),
-        dims,
-        traditional,
-        base,
-        scale,
-        offset,
-        !forward,
-        s)};
+    return std::vector<array>{
+        rope(std::move(inputs), dims, traditional, base, scale, !forward, s)};
   };
-
-  auto inputs = cotangents;
-  if (primals.size() == 2) {
-    inputs.push_back(primals[1]);
+  if (argnums.size() > 1 || argnums[0] != 0) {
+    throw std::invalid_argument(
+        "[RoPE::vjp] vjp for offset or frequencies not supported");
+  }
+  auto inputs = std::vector<array>{cotangents[0], primals[1]};
+  if (primals.size() == 3) {
+    inputs.push_back(primals[2]);
   }
   return {array(
       cotangents[0].shape(),
       cotangents[0].dtype(),
       std::make_shared<RoPE>(
-          s, fallback, dims_, traditional_, base_, scale_, offset_, !forward_),
+          s, fallback, dims_, traditional_, base_, scale_, !forward_),
       std::move(inputs))};
 }
 
@@ -513,7 +536,7 @@ bool RoPE::is_equivalent(const Primitive& other) const {
   return (
       dims_ == a_other.dims_ && base_ == a_other.base_ &&
       scale_ == a_other.scale_ && traditional_ == a_other.traditional_ &&
-      offset_ == a_other.offset_ && forward_ == a_other.forward_);
+      forward_ == a_other.forward_);
 }
 
 /** Computes: O = softmax(Q @ K.T) @ V **/
diff --git a/mlx/fast.h b/mlx/fast.h
index 0b9608eec..9e6586cf6 100644
--- a/mlx/fast.h
+++ b/mlx/fast.h
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ array rope(
     const std::optional<array>& freqs = std::nullopt,
     StreamOrDevice s = {});
 
+array rope(
+    const array& x,
+    int dims,
+    bool traditional,
+    std::optional<float> base,
+    float scale,
+    const array& offset,
+    const std::optional<array>& freqs = std::nullopt,
+    StreamOrDevice s = {});
+
 /** Computes: O = softmax(Q @ K.T) @ V **/
 array scaled_dot_product_attention(
     const array& queries,
diff --git a/mlx/fast_primitives.h b/mlx/fast_primitives.h
index 0ec316327..0ddc815d9 100644
--- a/mlx/fast_primitives.h
+++ b/mlx/fast_primitives.h
@@ -150,14 +150,12 @@ class RoPE : public Custom {
       bool traditional,
       float base,
       float scale,
-      int offset,
       bool forward)
       : Custom(stream, fallback),
         dims_(dims),
         traditional_(traditional),
         base_(base),
         scale_(scale),
-        offset_(offset),
         forward_(forward) {}
 
   void eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, std::vector<array>& outputs)
@@ -183,7 +181,6 @@ class RoPE : public Custom {
   bool traditional_;
   float base_;
   float scale_;
-  int offset_;
   bool forward_;
 };
 
diff --git a/python/src/fast.cpp b/python/src/fast.cpp
index 5f04f3e69..91a7293fb 100644
--- a/python/src/fast.cpp
+++ b/python/src/fast.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,17 @@ void init_fast(nb::module_& parent_module) {
 
   m.def(
       "rope",
-      &mx::fast::rope,
+      [](const mx::array& a,
+         int dims,
+         bool traditional,
+         std::optional<float> base,
+         float scale,
+         const ScalarOrArray& offset,
+         const std::optional<mx::array>& freqs /* = std::nullopt */,
+         mx::StreamOrDevice s /* = {} */) {
+        return mx::fast::rope(
+            a, dims, traditional, base, scale, to_array(offset), freqs, s);
+      },
       "a"_a,
       "dims"_a,
       nb::kw_only(),
@@ -90,7 +100,7 @@ void init_fast(nb::module_& parent_module) {
       "freqs"_a = nb::none(),
       "stream"_a = nb::none(),
       nb::sig(
-          "def rope(a: array, dims: int, *, traditional: bool, base: Optional[float], scale: float, offset: int, freqs: Optional[array] = None, stream: Union[None, Stream, Device] = None) -> array"),
+          "def rope(a: array, dims: int, *, traditional: bool, base: Optional[float], scale: float, offset: Union[int, array], freqs: Optional[array] = None, stream: Union[None, Stream, Device] = None) -> array"),
       R"pbdoc(
         Apply rotary positional encoding to the input.
 
@@ -104,7 +114,7 @@ void init_fast(nb::module_& parent_module) {
               each dimension in the positional encodings. Exactly one of ``base`` and
               ``freqs`` must be ``None``.
             scale (float): The scale used to scale the positions.
-            offset (int): The position offset to start at.
+            offset (int or array): The position offset to start at.
             freqs (array, optional): Optional frequencies to use with RoPE.
               If set, the ``base`` parameter must be ``None``. Default: ``None``.
 
diff --git a/python/src/ops.cpp b/python/src/ops.cpp
index 1f5ecb5cf..99a81fb8e 100644
--- a/python/src/ops.cpp
+++ b/python/src/ops.cpp
@@ -22,21 +22,25 @@ namespace mx = mlx::core;
 namespace nb = nanobind;
 using namespace nb::literals;
 
-using Scalar = std::variant<int, double>;
+using Scalar = std::variant<bool, int, double>;
 
-mx::Dtype scalar_to_dtype(Scalar scalar) {
-  if (std::holds_alternative<int>(scalar)) {
+mx::Dtype scalar_to_dtype(Scalar s) {
+  if (std::holds_alternative<int>(s)) {
     return mx::int32;
-  } else {
+  } else if (std::holds_alternative<double>(s)) {
     return mx::float32;
+  } else {
+    return mx::bool_;
   }
 }
 
 double scalar_to_double(Scalar s) {
-  if (std::holds_alternative<double>(s)) {
-    return std::get<double>(s);
+  if (auto pv = std::get_if<int>(&s); pv) {
+    return static_cast<double>(*pv);
+  } else if (auto pv = std::get_if<double>(&s); pv) {
+    return *pv;
   } else {
-    return static_cast<double>(std::get<int>(s));
+    return static_cast<double>(std::get<bool>(s));
   }
 }
 
@@ -1367,9 +1371,9 @@ void init_ops(nb::module_& m) {
             dtype,
             s);
       },
-      "start"_a,
-      "stop"_a,
-      "step"_a = nb::none(),
+      "start"_a.noconvert(),
+      "stop"_a.noconvert(),
+      "step"_a.noconvert() = nb::none(),
       "dtype"_a = nb::none(),
       nb::kw_only(),
       "stream"_a = nb::none(),
@@ -1413,8 +1417,8 @@ void init_ops(nb::module_& m) {
             dtype,
             s);
       },
-      "stop"_a,
-      "step"_a = nb::none(),
+      "stop"_a.noconvert(),
+      "step"_a.noconvert() = nb::none(),
       "dtype"_a = nb::none(),
       nb::kw_only(),
       "stream"_a = nb::none(),
diff --git a/python/tests/test_fast.py b/python/tests/test_fast.py
index 56006e59f..524b43d1b 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_fast.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_fast.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import mlx_tests
 
 
 def rope_orig(x, dims, traditional, base, scale, offset, freqs=None):
+    offset = offset.item() if isinstance(offset, mx.array) else offset
     N = x.shape[-2] + offset
     dtype = x.dtype
     half_D = dims // 2
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ class TestFast(mlx_tests.MLXTestCase):
         dtypes = [mx.float32, mx.float16, mx.bfloat16]
         bases = [10000.0, 1000000.0]
         scales = [1.0, 2.0]
-        offsets = [0, 3]
+        offsets = [0, 3, mx.array(3)]
         traditional = [True, False]
 
         for traditional in [True, False]:
diff --git a/python/tests/test_ops.py b/python/tests/test_ops.py
index 7d010135a..d76a8143e 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_ops.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_ops.py
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ class TestOps(mlx_tests.MLXTestCase):
             a = mx.arange(float("inf"), 1, float("inf"))
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             a = mx.arange(float("inf"), 1, 5)
-        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             INT_MAX = 2147483647
             a = mx.arange(0, INT_MAX + 1, 1)