diff --git a/open_instruct/dataset_transformation.py b/open_instruct/dataset_transformation.py
index 0c21cfab00..e39e8a1c89 100644
--- a/open_instruct/dataset_transformation.py
+++ b/open_instruct/dataset_transformation.py
@@ -913,11 +913,59 @@ def get_tokenizer_tulu_v2_2(tc: "TokenizerConfig"):
     return tokenizer
 
 
+def get_tokenizer_tulu_no_pad_tok_addition(tc: "TokenizerConfig"):
+    config = AutoConfig.from_pretrained(tc.tokenizer_name_or_path, revision=tc.tokenizer_revision)
+    # @vwxyzjn: "olmo" handles both `olmo2` and `olmoe`.
+    if "olmo" in config.model_type:
+        if "olmo" in tc.chat_template_name:
+            assert not tc.add_bos, "For newer OLMo chat templates, you must *not* run with `--add_bos`."
+        else:
+            assert tc.add_bos, "For OLMo, you must run with `--add_bos`."
+        assert tc.use_fast, "For OLMo, you must use fast tokenizer."
+
+    tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(
+        tc.tokenizer_name_or_path,
+        revision=tc.tokenizer_revision,
+        trust_remote_code=tc.trust_remote_code,
+        use_fast=tc.use_fast,
+    )
+
+    # set the tokenizer chat template to the training format
+    # this will be used for encoding the training examples
+    # and saved together with the tokenizer to be used later.
+    if tc.chat_template_name in CHAT_TEMPLATES:
+        tokenizer.chat_template = CHAT_TEMPLATES[tc.chat_template_name]
+    else:
+        try:
+            if is_jinja_file(tc.chat_template_name):
+                with open(tc.chat_template_name) as f:
+                    tokenizer.chat_template = f.read()
+            else:
+                tokenizer.chat_template = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(
+                    tc.tokenizer_name_or_path, revision=tc.tokenizer_revision
+                ).chat_template
+        except Exception:
+            raise ValueError(f"Could not find chat template for {tc.tokenizer_name_or_path}.")
+
+    if tc.add_bos:
+        if tokenizer.chat_template.startswith("{{ bos_token }}") or (
+            tokenizer.bos_token is not None and tokenizer.chat_template.startswith(tokenizer.bos_token)
+        ):
+            raise ValueError(
+                "You specified add_bos=True, but the chat template already has a bos_token at the beginning."
+            )
+        # also add bos in the chat template if not already there
+        tokenizer.chat_template = "{{ bos_token }}" + tokenizer.chat_template
+
+    return tokenizer
+
+
 GET_TOKENIZER_FN = {
     "get_tokenizer_simple_v1": get_tokenizer_simple_v1,
     "get_tokenizer_tulu_v1": get_tokenizer_tulu_v1,  # old version, see https://github.com/allenai/open-instruct/pull/570
     "get_tokenizer_tulu_v2_1": get_tokenizer_tulu_v2_1,
     "get_tokenizer_tulu_v2_2": get_tokenizer_tulu_v2_2,
+    "get_tokenizer_tulu_no_pad_tok_addition": get_tokenizer_tulu_no_pad_tok_addition,
 }
 
 DEFAULT_SFT_MESSAGES_KEY = "messages"