diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump_deps.yaml b/.github/workflows/bump_deps.yaml
index 49e489beb00b..9507129c70dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump_deps.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump_deps.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ jobs:
             variable: "LLAMA_VERSION"
             branch: "master"
             file: "backend/cpp/llama-cpp/Makefile"
+          - repository: "TheTom/llama-cpp-turboquant"
+            variable: "TURBOQUANT_VERSION"
+            branch: "feature/turboquant-kv-cache"
+            file: "backend/cpp/llama-cpp/Makefile"
           - repository: "ggml-org/whisper.cpp"
             variable: "WHISPER_CPP_VERSION"
             branch: "master"
@@ -63,6 +67,3 @@ jobs:
           branch: "update/${{ matrix.variable }}"
           body: ${{ steps.bump.outputs.message }}
           signoff: true
-
-
-
diff --git a/backend/cpp/llama-cpp/Makefile b/backend/cpp/llama-cpp/Makefile
index 7dd393ccac95..02dbc32f2a11 100644
--- a/backend/cpp/llama-cpp/Makefile
+++ b/backend/cpp/llama-cpp/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 LLAMA_VERSION?=0fcb3760b2b9a3a496ef14621a7e4dad7a8df90f
 LLAMA_REPO?=https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp
 
+TURBOQUANT_VERSION?=8ad0f00e9a38df6c29fc10363341dde300f92ae4
+
 CMAKE_ARGS?=
 BUILD_TYPE?=
 NATIVE?=false
diff --git a/backend/cpp/llama-cpp/patches/sources.yaml b/backend/cpp/llama-cpp/patches/sources.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4e671f5cc11d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/cpp/llama-cpp/patches/sources.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Patch sources for the llama-cpp backend.
+# Each source declares a fork whose commits are extracted as patches
+# and applied on top of upstream llama.cpp during the build.
+# See scripts/patch_utils/apply_patches.sh for the generic patch engine.
+#
+# version_var: Makefile variable with the pinned fork commit SHA
+# base_var:    Makefile variable with the upstream base commit SHA
+# Both are read from version_file (relative to backend dir) to compute the diff.
+sources:
+  - name: turboquant
+    repo: https://github.com/TheTom/llama-cpp-turboquant.git
+    version_var: TURBOQUANT_VERSION
+    base_var: LLAMA_VERSION
+    version_file: Makefile
diff --git a/backend/cpp/llama-cpp/prepare.sh b/backend/cpp/llama-cpp/prepare.sh
index f9b7e3dd2651..b6f2c25c891c 100644
--- a/backend/cpp/llama-cpp/prepare.sh
+++ b/backend/cpp/llama-cpp/prepare.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+set -e
 
-## Patches
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+REPO_ROOT="$SCRIPT_DIR/../../.."
 
-## Apply patches from the `patches` directory
-if [ -d "patches" ]; then
-    for patch in $(ls patches); do
-        echo "Applying patch $patch"
-        patch -d llama.cpp/ -p1 < patches/$patch
-    done 
-fi
-
-set -e
+## Apply patches from sources and/or local .patch files
+"$REPO_ROOT/scripts/patch_utils/apply_patches.sh" "$SCRIPT_DIR" llama.cpp
 
+## Copy server files into grpc-server build directory
 for file in $(ls llama.cpp/tools/server/); do
     cp -rfv llama.cpp/tools/server/$file llama.cpp/tools/grpc-server/
 done
@@ -28,4 +24,3 @@ else
     echo "add_subdirectory(grpc-server)" >> llama.cpp/tools/CMakeLists.txt
 fi
 set -e
-
diff --git a/scripts/patch_utils/apply_patches.sh b/scripts/patch_utils/apply_patches.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..3733743d458b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/patch_utils/apply_patches.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# apply_patches.sh — Generic patch fetcher and applier for any backend.
+#
+# Usage: ./apply_patches.sh <source-dir> <target-dir>
+#
+#   <source-dir>  Directory containing a patches/ folder (with optional sources.yaml)
+#   <target-dir>  The cloned upstream repo to patch (e.g., llama.cpp/)
+#
+# Behavior (idempotent):
+#   1. If patches/sources.yaml exists and yq is available, for each source:
+#      - If patches/<name>/ already has .patch files: skip fetching (vendored)
+#      - Otherwise: clone the fork at a pinned SHA, diff against the pinned
+#        upstream SHA, and generate patches
+#   2. Apply all patches (skips already-applied ones)
+#   3. Fails fast on any patch application error
+#
+# sources.yaml fields:
+#   name         — subdirectory name for this source's patches
+#   repo         — fork git URL
+#   version_var  — Makefile variable holding the pinned fork commit SHA
+#   base_var     — Makefile variable holding the pinned upstream commit SHA
+#   version_file — Makefile path (relative to backend dir)
+
+set -e
+
+# Use /tmp for patch temp files to avoid macOS long-path issues
+export TMPDIR="${TMPDIR_OVERRIDE:-/tmp}"
+
+read_makefile_var() {
+    grep -m1 "^${1}?=" "$2" | cut -d'=' -f2
+}
+
+apply_one_patch() {
+    local target_dir="$1"
+    local patch_file="$2"
+    local label="$3"
+
+    if patch -d "$target_dir" -p1 --reverse --dry-run < "$patch_file" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "  Already applied, skipping: $label"
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    echo "  Applying: $label"
+    patch -d "$target_dir" -p1 --forward < "$patch_file" || { echo "FAILED: $patch_file"; exit 1; }
+}
+
+apply_patches() {
+    local SOURCE_DIR="$(cd "$1" && pwd)"
+    local TARGET_DIR="$2"
+    local PATCHES_DIR="$SOURCE_DIR/patches"
+
+    if [ ! -d "$PATCHES_DIR" ]; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    # Phase 1: Generate missing patches from fork sources
+    if [ -f "$PATCHES_DIR/sources.yaml" ] && command -v yq &>/dev/null; then
+        local SOURCE_COUNT
+        SOURCE_COUNT=$(yq '.sources | length' "$PATCHES_DIR/sources.yaml")
+
+        for i in $(seq 0 $((SOURCE_COUNT - 1))); do
+            local NAME REPO VERSION_VAR BASE_VAR VERSION_FILE
+            NAME=$(yq ".sources[$i].name" "$PATCHES_DIR/sources.yaml")
+            REPO=$(yq ".sources[$i].repo" "$PATCHES_DIR/sources.yaml")
+            VERSION_VAR=$(yq ".sources[$i].version_var" "$PATCHES_DIR/sources.yaml")
+            BASE_VAR=$(yq ".sources[$i].base_var" "$PATCHES_DIR/sources.yaml")
+            VERSION_FILE=$(yq ".sources[$i].version_file" "$PATCHES_DIR/sources.yaml")
+
+            local MAKEFILE="$SOURCE_DIR/$VERSION_FILE"
+            local FORK_SHA BASE_SHA
+            FORK_SHA=$(read_makefile_var "$VERSION_VAR" "$MAKEFILE")
+            BASE_SHA=$(read_makefile_var "$BASE_VAR" "$MAKEFILE")
+
+            if [ -z "$FORK_SHA" ] || [ -z "$BASE_SHA" ]; then
+                echo "WARNING: Could not read $VERSION_VAR or $BASE_VAR from $MAKEFILE — skipping '$NAME'"
+                continue
+            fi
+
+            local SOURCE_PATCH_DIR="$PATCHES_DIR/$NAME"
+            local EXISTING
+            EXISTING=$(ls "$SOURCE_PATCH_DIR"/*.patch 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+
+            if [ "$EXISTING" -gt 0 ]; then
+                echo "Patches [$NAME]: $EXISTING patches already present — skipping fetch."
+            else
+                echo "Patches [$NAME]: generating from $REPO"
+                echo "  base (upstream): ${BASE_SHA:0:12}"
+                echo "  head (fork):     ${FORK_SHA:0:12}"
+
+                local TMPDIR_CLONE
+                TMPDIR_CLONE=$(mktemp -d)
+
+                if git clone "$REPO" "$TMPDIR_CLONE/fork" 2>&1; then
+                    cd "$TMPDIR_CLONE/fork"
+
+                    # Fetch the upstream base commit (may not be in the fork's history)
+                    git fetch origin "$FORK_SHA" 2>&1 || true
+                    git checkout "$FORK_SHA" 2>&1
+
+                    # We need the base commit in the history to compute the diff.
+                    # If the fork is a real GitHub fork, it shares history with upstream.
+                    # Otherwise, fetch it explicitly.
+                    if ! git cat-file -e "$BASE_SHA" 2>/dev/null; then
+                        echo "  Base commit not in fork history — fetching from upstream"
+                        local UPSTREAM_URL
+                        # Derive upstream URL from base_var context or use llama.cpp default
+                        UPSTREAM_URL=$(yq ".sources[$i].upstream_repo // \"\"" "$PATCHES_DIR/sources.yaml")
+                        if [ -n "$UPSTREAM_URL" ] && [ "$UPSTREAM_URL" != "null" ]; then
+                            git remote add upstream "$UPSTREAM_URL" 2>/dev/null || true
+                            git fetch upstream 2>&1
+                        fi
+                    fi
+
+                    local PATCH_COUNT
+                    PATCH_COUNT=$(git rev-list --count "$BASE_SHA".."$FORK_SHA" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+                    echo "  $PATCH_COUNT commits in diff"
+
+                    if [ "$PATCH_COUNT" -gt 0 ]; then
+                        mkdir -p "$SOURCE_PATCH_DIR"
+                        git format-patch "$BASE_SHA".."$FORK_SHA" -o "$SOURCE_PATCH_DIR/" >/dev/null 2>&1
+                        echo "  Generated $PATCH_COUNT patches in patches/$NAME/"
+                    fi
+                    cd "$SOURCE_DIR"
+                else
+                    echo "WARNING: Failed to clone $REPO — skipping source '$NAME'"
+                fi
+
+                rm -rf "$TMPDIR_CLONE"
+            fi
+        done
+    elif [ -f "$PATCHES_DIR/sources.yaml" ]; then
+        echo "WARNING: yq not found — skipping source-based patch generation."
+    fi
+
+    # Phase 2: Apply patches (subdirectories first, then top-level)
+    for source_dir in $(find "$PATCHES_DIR" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | sort); do
+        for p in $(ls "$source_dir"/*.patch 2>/dev/null | sort); do
+            apply_one_patch "$TARGET_DIR" "$p" "$(basename "$source_dir")/$(basename "$p")"
+        done
+    done
+    for p in $(ls "$PATCHES_DIR"/*.patch 2>/dev/null | sort); do
+        apply_one_patch "$TARGET_DIR" "$p" "$(basename "$p")"
+    done
+}
+
+# Run with arguments
+if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <source-dir> <target-dir>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+apply_patches "$1" "$2"