diff --git a/src/llama-quant.cpp b/src/llama-quant.cpp
index 43e05c3d56f..5877acc7d9a 100644
--- a/src/llama-quant.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-quant.cpp
@@ -802,6 +802,7 @@ ggml_type llama_ftype_get_default_type(llama_ftype ftype) {
         case LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q1_0: return GGML_TYPE_Q1_0;
 
         case LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_MXFP4_MOE: return GGML_TYPE_MXFP4;
+        case LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_NVFP4:     return GGML_TYPE_NVFP4;
 
         // K-quants
         case LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q2_K_S:
diff --git a/tools/quantize/quantize.cpp b/tools/quantize/quantize.cpp
index 3d33d47d98b..9d23f5819f8 100644
--- a/tools/quantize/quantize.cpp
+++ b/tools/quantize/quantize.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ static const std::vector<quant_option> QUANT_OPTIONS = {
     { "Q4_0",     LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q4_0,     " 4.34G, +0.4685 ppl @ Llama-3-8B",  },
     { "Q4_1",     LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q4_1,     " 4.78G, +0.4511 ppl @ Llama-3-8B",  },
     { "MXFP4_MOE",LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_MXFP4_MOE," MXFP4 MoE",  },
+    { "NVFP4",    LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_NVFP4,    " NVFP4 4.0 bpw quantization",  },
     { "Q5_0",     LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q5_0,     " 5.21G, +0.1316 ppl @ Llama-3-8B",  },
     { "Q5_1",     LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q5_1,     " 5.65G, +0.1062 ppl @ Llama-3-8B",  },
     { "IQ2_XXS",  LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_XXS,  " 2.06 bpw quantization",            },