diff --git a/mlx/ops.cpp b/mlx/ops.cpp
index ca3d60dd7..2dfe33a05 100644
--- a/mlx/ops.cpp
+++ b/mlx/ops.cpp
@@ -2971,6 +2971,35 @@ array conv_general(
     input_dilation = std::vector<int>(spatial_dims, input_dilation_int);
   }
 
+  // Check for negative padding
+  bool has_neg_padding = false;
+  for (auto& pd : padding_lo) {
+    has_neg_padding = (pd < 0);
+  }
+  for (auto& pd : padding_hi) {
+    has_neg_padding = (pd < 0);
+  }
+
+  // Handle negative padding
+  if (has_neg_padding) {
+    std::vector<int> starts(in.ndim(), 0);
+    std::vector<int> stops = in.shape();
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < spatial_dims; i++) {
+      if (padding_lo[i] < 0) {
+        starts[i + 1] -= padding_lo[i];
+        padding_lo[i] = 0;
+      }
+
+      if (padding_hi[i] < 0) {
+        stops[i + 1] += padding_hi[i];
+        padding_hi[i] = 0;
+      }
+    }
+
+    in = slice(in, std::move(starts), std::move(stops), s);
+  }
+
   // Get output shapes
   std::vector<int> out_shape = conv_out_shape(
       in.shape(),