diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/ggml-cuda.cu b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/ggml-cuda.cu
index d22b5657d..3e2c62295 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/ggml-cuda.cu
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/ggml-cuda.cu
@@ -1836,6 +1836,20 @@ static void ggml_cuda_mul_mat(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx, const ggml_tensor
         ggml_cuda_mul_mat_vec_f(ctx, src0, src1, nullptr, dst);
         return;
     }
+    // A transposed vector can still use MMVQ (i.e. ne01 == 1)
+    if (ne01 == 1 && ne11 > MMVF_MAX_BATCH_SIZE && ne2 == 1 && ne3 == 1
+            && src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F32
+            && ggml_is_contiguous(src0) && ggml_is_contiguous(src1) && ggml_is_contiguous(dst)
+            && ggml_cuda_should_use_mmvf(src1->type, cc, src1->ne, src1->nb, /*ne11 =*/ 1)) {
+        ggml_tensor dst_vec = *dst;
+        dst_vec.ne[0] = ne11;
+        dst_vec.ne[1] = 1;
+        dst_vec.nb[1] = dst_vec.nb[0]*ne11;
+        dst_vec.nb[2] = dst_vec.nb[1];
+        dst_vec.nb[3] = dst_vec.nb[1];
+        ggml_cuda_mul_mat_vec_f(ctx, src1, src0, nullptr, &dst_vec);
+        return;
+    }
     if (ggml_cuda_should_use_mmf(src0->type, cc, warp_size, src0->ne, src0->nb, ne11, /*mul_mat_id =*/ false)) {
         ggml_cuda_mul_mat_f(ctx, src0, src1, nullptr, dst);
         return;