diff --git a/llama_cpp/llama_cpp.py b/llama_cpp/llama_cpp.py
index 2a1d3f0..e946adb 100644
--- a/llama_cpp/llama_cpp.py
+++ b/llama_cpp/llama_cpp.py
@@ -664,6 +664,18 @@ class llama_timings(Structure):
     ]
 
 
+# // used in chat template
+# typedef struct llama_chat_message {
+#     const char * role;
+#     const char * content;
+# } llama_chat_message;
+class llama_chat_message(Structure):
+    _fields_ = [
+        ("role", c_char_p),
+        ("content", c_char_p),
+    ]
+
+
 # // Helpers for getting default parameters
 # LLAMA_API struct llama_model_params llama_model_default_params(void);
 def llama_model_default_params() -> llama_model_params:
@@ -1956,6 +1968,47 @@ _lib.llama_token_to_piece.argtypes = [llama_model_p, llama_token, c_char_p, c_in
 _lib.llama_token_to_piece.restype = c_int32
 
 
+# /// Apply chat template. Inspired by hf apply_chat_template() on python.
+# /// Both "model" and "custom_template" are optional, but at least one is required. "custom_template" has higher precedence than "model"
+# /// NOTE: This function only support some known jinja templates. It is not a jinja parser.
+# /// @param tmpl A Jinja template to use for this chat. If this is nullptr, the model’s default chat template will be used instead.
+# /// @param chat Pointer to a list of multiple llama_chat_message
+# /// @param n_msg Number of llama_chat_message in this chat
+# /// @param add_ass Whether to end the prompt with the token(s) that indicate the start of an assistant message.
+# /// @param buf A buffer to hold the output formatted prompt. The recommended alloc size is 2 * (total number of characters of all messages)
+# /// @param length The size of the allocated buffer
+# /// @return The total number of bytes of the formatted prompt. If is it larger than the size of buffer, you may need to re-alloc it and then re-apply the template.
+# LLAMA_API int32_t llama_chat_apply_template(
+#           const struct llama_model * model,
+#                         const char * tmpl,
+#    const struct llama_chat_message * chat,
+#                             size_t   n_msg,
+#                               bool   add_ass,
+#                               char * buf,
+#                            int32_t   length);
+def llama_chat_apply_template(
+        model: llama_model_p,
+        tmpl: bytes,
+        chat: "ctypes._Pointer[llama_chat_message]",
+        n_msg: int,
+) -> int:
+    return _lib.llama_chat_apply_template(
+        model,
+        tmpl,
+        chat,
+        n_msg
+    )
+
+_lib.llama_chat_apply_template.argtypes = [
+    ctypes.c_void_p,
+    ctypes.c_char_p,
+    ctypes.POINTER(llama_chat_message),
+    ctypes.c_size_t
+]
+_lib.llama_chat_apply_template.restype = ctypes.c_int32
+
+
+
 # //
 # // Grammar
 # //
diff --git a/vendor/llama.cpp b/vendor/llama.cpp
index a0c2dad..f53119c 160000
--- a/vendor/llama.cpp
+++ b/vendor/llama.cpp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a0c2dad9d43456c677e205c6240a5f8afb0121ac
+Subproject commit f53119cec4f073b6d214195ecbe1fad3abdf2b34