diff --git a/aiter/ops/triton/quant/fused_fp8_quant.py b/aiter/ops/triton/quant/fused_fp8_quant.py
index f0583a86b3..52b83d3125 100644
--- a/aiter/ops/triton/quant/fused_fp8_quant.py
+++ b/aiter/ops/triton/quant/fused_fp8_quant.py
@@ -497,25 +497,46 @@ def fused_flatten_fp8_group_quant(
     x: torch.Tensor,
     group_size,
     dtype_quant=fp8_dtype,
+    transpose_scale: bool = False,
 ):
     """
     Flatten the last two dimension of x and perform FP8 per-token group quantization along the last dimension
 
     Key parameters:
     - x: Matrix X with shape (M, N1, N2).
+    - transpose_scale: If True, return scale with shape (M, cdiv(N1*N2, group_size))
+                       but stored in column-major (transposed) memory layout.
+                       Equivalent to: scale.transpose(0, 1).contiguous().view(*scale.shape)
+                       Mirrors the same flag on fused_rms_fp8_group_quant.
 
     Returns:
     - out: The output matrix with shape (M, N1 * N2).
     - out_block_scales: The output matrix with shape (M, cdiv((N1 * N2), group_size)).
+                        When transpose_scale=True, has column-major memory layout.
     """
     M, N1, N2 = x.shape
 
     BLOCK_SIZE_N2 = max(triton.next_power_of_2(N2), group_size)
     N = N1 * N2
+    num_bs_cols = triton.cdiv(N, group_size)
     out = torch.empty((M, N), dtype=dtype_quant, device=x.device)
-    out_block_scales = torch.empty(
-        (M, triton.cdiv(N, group_size)), dtype=torch.float32, device=x.device
-    )
+
+    if transpose_scale:
+        # Allocate as (num_bs_cols, M) so the row-major storage of this tensor
+        # is equivalent to a column-major (M, num_bs_cols) layout. We then
+        # tell the inner kernel to write with swapped strides, and view back
+        # to (M, num_bs_cols) at the end.
+        out_block_scales = torch.empty(
+            (num_bs_cols, M), dtype=torch.float32, device=x.device
+        )
+        out_bs_row_stride = out_block_scales.stride(1)  # = 1
+        out_bs_col_stride = out_block_scales.stride(0)  # = M
+    else:
+        out_block_scales = torch.empty(
+            (M, num_bs_cols), dtype=torch.float32, device=x.device
+        )
+        out_bs_row_stride = out_block_scales.stride(0)  # = num_bs_cols
+        out_bs_col_stride = out_block_scales.stride(1)  # = 1
 
     DTYPE_MAX = (
         torch.finfo(out.dtype).max
@@ -532,7 +553,8 @@ def fused_flatten_fp8_group_quant(
         out_block_scales,
         *x.stride(),
         *out.stride(),
-        *out_block_scales.stride(),
+        out_bs_row_stride,
+        out_bs_col_stride,
         N2,
         BLOCK_SIZE_N2=BLOCK_SIZE_N2,
         QUANT_BLOCK_SIZE=group_size,
@@ -540,6 +562,13 @@ def fused_flatten_fp8_group_quant(
         DTYPE_MIN=-DTYPE_MAX,
     )
 
+    if transpose_scale:
+        # Reinterpret the (num_bs_cols, M) row-major buffer back as
+        # (M, num_bs_cols) — same shape as default path, but data is now
+        # in column-major layout (consumers like CK bpreshuffle GEMM
+        # expect this layout when called with the new attribute marker).
+        out_block_scales = out_block_scales.view(M, num_bs_cols)
+
     return out, out_block_scales
 
 
diff --git a/op_tests/triton_tests/quant/test_fused_fp8_quant.py b/op_tests/triton_tests/quant/test_fused_fp8_quant.py
index 96d4f31fd0..1f69715f43 100644
--- a/op_tests/triton_tests/quant/test_fused_fp8_quant.py
+++ b/op_tests/triton_tests/quant/test_fused_fp8_quant.py
@@ -365,6 +365,66 @@ def test_fused_flatten_fp8_group_quant(M: int, N1: int, N2: int, dtype):
     torch.testing.assert_close(y_upcast_torch, y_upcast_triton, atol=0.1, rtol=0.1)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("M", [1, 32, 256])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("N1, N2", [(16, 128)])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("dtype", [torch.float16, torch.bfloat16])
+def test_fused_flatten_fp8_group_quant_transpose_scale(
+    M: int, N1: int, N2: int, dtype
+):
+    """Test that transpose_scale parameter returns scale with transposed memory layout."""
+    torch.manual_seed(0)
+    group_size = 128
+    dtype_quant = aiter.dtypes.fp8
+    x = torch.randn((N1, M, N2), dtype=dtype, device="cuda") / 10
+    x = x.transpose(0, 1)
+
+    # Call with transpose_scale=False (original behavior)
+    y_q_orig, y_s_orig = fused_flatten_fp8_group_quant(
+        x,
+        group_size=group_size,
+        dtype_quant=dtype_quant,
+        transpose_scale=False,
+    )
+
+    # Call with transpose_scale=True
+    y_q_transposed, y_s_transposed = fused_flatten_fp8_group_quant(
+        x,
+        group_size=group_size,
+        dtype_quant=dtype_quant,
+        transpose_scale=True,
+    )
+
+    num_bs_cols = (N1 * N2 + group_size - 1) // group_size
+
+    # Verify that both outputs have the same shape
+    assert y_s_orig.shape == (
+        M,
+        num_bs_cols,
+    ), f"Expected shape (M, num_bs_cols), got {y_s_orig.shape}"
+    assert y_s_transposed.shape == (
+        M,
+        num_bs_cols,
+    ), f"Expected shape (M, num_bs_cols), got {y_s_transposed.shape}"
+
+    # Verify that transpose_scale=True version is equivalent to .transpose().contiguous().view()
+    y_s_expected = y_s_orig.transpose(0, 1).contiguous().view(*y_s_orig.shape)
+
+    # Verify that both have the same shape and strides (row-major after view)
+    assert (
+        y_s_orig.stride() == y_s_transposed.stride()
+    ), "Both should have row-major strides"
+    assert (
+        y_s_orig.is_contiguous() and y_s_transposed.is_contiguous()
+    ), "Both should be contiguous"
+
+    # Verify numerical correctness - values should match the transpose().contiguous().view() pattern
+    torch.testing.assert_close(y_s_transposed, y_s_expected, atol=1e-6, rtol=1e-6)
+
+    # Verify that the quantized fp8 tensor is identical
+    # For fp8 tensors, use exact bitwise comparison
+    torch.testing.assert_close(y_q_transposed, y_q_orig, atol=0, rtol=0)
+
+
 def run_torch_reduce_act_mul_fp8_group_quant(
     x, x2, activation, dtype, dtype_quant, group_size=128
 ):