diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index 093d38d00ae35..07257d48f0084 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -2324,6 +2324,7 @@ static_assert(GGML_OP_POOL_COUNT == 2, "GGML_OP_POOL_COUNT != 2");
 
 
 static const char * GGML_UNARY_OP_NAME[GGML_UNARY_OP_COUNT] = {
+    "IDENTITY",
     "ABS",
     "SGN",
     "NEG",
@@ -2338,7 +2339,7 @@ static const char * GGML_UNARY_OP_NAME[GGML_UNARY_OP_COUNT] = {
     "HARDSIGMOID",
 };
 
-static_assert(GGML_UNARY_OP_COUNT == 12, "GGML_UNARY_OP_COUNT != 12");
+static_assert(GGML_UNARY_OP_COUNT == 13, "GGML_UNARY_OP_COUNT != 13");
 
 
 static_assert(sizeof(struct ggml_object)%GGML_MEM_ALIGN == 0, "ggml_object size must be a multiple of GGML_MEM_ALIGN");
@@ -11765,6 +11766,7 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_mul_mat(
     enum ggml_type    const vec_dot_type          = type_traits[type].vec_dot_type;
     ggml_from_float_t const from_float_to_vec_dot = type_traits[vec_dot_type].from_float;
     int64_t           const vec_dot_num_rows      = type_traits[type].nrows;
+    enum ggml_unary_op const activation           = (enum ggml_unary_op) ggml_get_op_params_i32(dst, 0);
 
     GGML_ASSERT(ne0 == ne01);
     GGML_ASSERT(ne1 == ne11);
@@ -12028,6 +12030,20 @@ UseGgmlGemm2:;
                 for (int cn = 0; cn < nrc; ++cn) {
                     memcpy(&dst_col[iir0 + cn*nb1/nb0], tmp + (cn*16), (MIN(iir0 + blck_0, ir011) - iir0)*sizeof(float));
                 }
+
+                float * dst_ptr = &dst_col[iir0];
+                const int64_t n = MIN(iir0 + blck_0, ir011) - iir0;
+                switch (activation) {
+                    case GGML_UNARY_OP_IDENTITY:
+                        memcpy(dst_ptr, tmp, n*sizeof(float));
+                        break;
+                    case GGML_UNARY_OP_SILU:
+                        ggml_vec_silu_f32(n, dst_ptr, tmp);
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        GGML_ASSERT(false);
+                        break;
+                }
             }
         }
     }
@@ -16806,6 +16822,8 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_unary(
     const enum ggml_unary_op op = ggml_get_unary_op(dst);
 
     switch (op) {
+        case GGML_UNARY_OP_IDENTITY:
+            break; // nothing to do
         case GGML_UNARY_OP_ABS:
             {
                 ggml_compute_forward_abs(params, dst);
@@ -19143,6 +19161,20 @@ void ggml_graph_clear(struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph) {
     memset(cgraph->visited_hash_table.keys, 0, cgraph->visited_hash_table.size * sizeof(struct ggml_tensor *));
 }
 
+void ggml_graph_optimize(struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph) {
+    for (int i = 1; i < cgraph->n_nodes; ++i) {
+        struct ggml_tensor * node_current  = cgraph->nodes[i-0];
+        struct ggml_tensor * node_previous = cgraph->nodes[i-1];
+
+        if (node_current->op == GGML_OP_UNARY && ggml_get_unary_op(node_current) == GGML_UNARY_OP_SILU
+            && node_previous->op == GGML_OP_MUL_MAT) {
+
+            ggml_set_op_params_i32(node_previous, 0, ggml_get_op_params_i32(node_current, 0));
+            ggml_set_op_params_i32(node_current,  0, (int32_t) GGML_UNARY_OP_IDENTITY);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 //
 // thread data
 //
@@ -19348,6 +19380,7 @@ static int ggml_get_n_tasks(struct ggml_tensor * node, int n_threads, int n_cur_
             } break;
         case GGML_OP_UNARY:
             switch (ggml_get_unary_op(node)) {
+                case GGML_UNARY_OP_IDENTITY:
                 case GGML_UNARY_OP_ABS:
                 case GGML_UNARY_OP_SGN:
                 case GGML_UNARY_OP_NEG:
diff --git a/ggml.h b/ggml.h
index fe60538220680..2fd4ca775b063 100644
--- a/ggml.h
+++ b/ggml.h
@@ -513,6 +513,8 @@ extern "C" {
     };
 
     enum ggml_unary_op {
+        GGML_UNARY_OP_IDENTITY,
+
         GGML_UNARY_OP_ABS,
         GGML_UNARY_OP_SGN,
         GGML_UNARY_OP_NEG,
@@ -1999,6 +2001,7 @@ extern "C" {
     GGML_API void                 ggml_graph_cpy         (struct ggml_cgraph * src, struct ggml_cgraph * dst);
     GGML_API void                 ggml_graph_reset       (struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph);  // zero grads
     GGML_API void                 ggml_graph_clear       (struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph);
+    GGML_API void                 ggml_graph_optimize    (struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph);
 
     GGML_API size_t ggml_graph_overhead(void);
     GGML_API size_t ggml_graph_overhead_custom(size_t size, bool grads);
diff --git a/llama.cpp b/llama.cpp
index 2f1123d4e1678..e55c1f0604636 100644
--- a/llama.cpp
+++ b/llama.cpp
@@ -10919,6 +10919,8 @@ static struct ggml_cgraph * llama_build_graph(
 
     llm.free();
 
+    ggml_graph_optimize(result);
+
     return result;
 }