diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/ggml-cuda.cu b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/ggml-cuda.cu
index 925a9ffe0..4df1b9308 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/ggml-cuda.cu
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/ggml-cuda.cu
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "ggml-cuda/rope.cuh"
 #include "ggml-cuda/roll.cuh"
 #include "ggml-cuda/scale.cuh"
+#include "ggml-cuda/snake.cuh"
 #include "ggml-cuda/softcap.cuh"
 #include "ggml-cuda/softmax.cuh"
 #include "ggml-cuda/ssm-conv.cuh"
@@ -3757,6 +3758,35 @@ static int ggml_cuda_try_fuse(ggml_backend_cuda_context * cuda_ctx, ggml_cgraph
         return 2;
     }
 
+    // Snake activation: y = x + sin(a*x)^2 * inv_b
+    // Naive 5-op decomposition emitted by frontends: mul -> sin -> sqr -> mul -> add
+    if (ggml_can_fuse_subgraph(cgraph, i,
+            { GGML_OP_MUL, GGML_OP_SIN, GGML_OP_SQR, GGML_OP_MUL, GGML_OP_ADD },
+            { i + 4 })) {
+        const ggml_tensor * mul0 = cgraph->nodes[i];
+        const ggml_tensor * sqr  = cgraph->nodes[i + 2];
+        const ggml_tensor * mul1 = cgraph->nodes[i + 3];
+        ggml_tensor *       add  = cgraph->nodes[i + 4];
+
+        // x carries the full activation shape, a is the broadcast operand
+        const ggml_tensor * x = ggml_are_same_shape(mul0, mul0->src[0]) ? mul0->src[0] : mul0->src[1];
+        const ggml_tensor * a = (x == mul0->src[0]) ? mul0->src[1] : mul0->src[0];
+
+        // mul1 reads sqr and inv_b in either operand order
+        const ggml_tensor * inv_b = (mul1->src[0] == sqr) ? mul1->src[1] : mul1->src[0];
+
+        // closure check: the trailing add must read the same x as the leading mul
+        const ggml_tensor * x_in_add = (add->src[0] == mul1) ? add->src[1] : add->src[0];
+
+        const bool type_ok  = (x->type == GGML_TYPE_F32 || x->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 || x->type == GGML_TYPE_BF16);
+        const bool shape_ok = ggml_are_same_shape(a, inv_b) && a->ne[0] == 1 && a->ne[1] == x->ne[1];
+
+        if (type_ok && shape_ok && x_in_add == x && add->type == x->type) {
+            ggml_cuda_op_snake_fused(*cuda_ctx, x, a, inv_b, add);
+            return 4;
+        }
+    }
+
     // multi-(add or mul)
     if (node->op == GGML_OP_ADD || node->op == GGML_OP_MUL) {
         int     n_fuse = 0;
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/snake.cu b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/snake.cu
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..384638c1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/snake.cu
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#include "snake.cuh"
+#include "convert.cuh"
+
+// Fused Snake activation: y = x + sin^2(a * x) * inv_b
+// x: [T, C] (T contiguous), a: [1, C], inv_b: [1, C]
+// Supports F32, F16, BF16 data with F32 compute.
+
+template <typename T>
+static __global__ void snake_kernel(
+        const T     * __restrict__ x,
+        const float * __restrict__ a,
+        const float * __restrict__ inv_b,
+        T           * __restrict__ dst,
+        const int    total,
+        const uint3  T_len_fastdiv) {
+    const int idx = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;
+    if (idx >= total) return;
+
+    const int c = (int) fastdiv((uint32_t) idx, T_len_fastdiv);
+
+    const float xi = ggml_cuda_cast<float>(x[idx]);
+    const float s  = sinf(a[c] * xi);
+    dst[idx] = ggml_cuda_cast<T>(xi + s * s * inv_b[c]);
+}
+
+// Internal launcher with explicit x/a/inv_b/dst tensors.
+// Shared by the public op (reads dst->src) and the fusion path (explicit args).
+static void launch_snake(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx,
+                         const ggml_tensor * x,
+                         const ggml_tensor * a,
+                         const ggml_tensor * inv_b,
+                         ggml_tensor *       dst) {
+    const float * a_d     = (const float *)a->data;
+    const float * inv_b_d = (const float *)inv_b->data;
+
+    const int   T = (int)x->ne[0];
+    const int   C = (int)x->ne[1];
+    const int   total = T * C;
+    const uint3 T_len_fastdiv = init_fastdiv_values((uint64_t) T);
+
+    const int block_size = 256;
+    const int grid_size  = (total + block_size - 1) / block_size;
+
+    cudaStream_t stream = ctx.stream();
+
+    switch (x->type) {
+        case GGML_TYPE_F32: {
+            snake_kernel<<<grid_size, block_size, 0, stream>>>(
+                (const float *)x->data, a_d, inv_b_d, (float *)dst->data, total, T_len_fastdiv);
+        } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_F16: {
+            snake_kernel<<<grid_size, block_size, 0, stream>>>(
+                (const half *)x->data, a_d, inv_b_d, (half *)dst->data, total, T_len_fastdiv);
+        } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_BF16: {
+            snake_kernel<<<grid_size, block_size, 0, stream>>>(
+                (const nv_bfloat16 *)x->data, a_d, inv_b_d, (nv_bfloat16 *)dst->data, total, T_len_fastdiv);
+        } break;
+        default:
+            GGML_ABORT("snake: unsupported type");
+    }
+}
+
+// Fusion entry: caller supplies x/a/inv_b explicitly from the matched
+// mul -> sin -> sqr -> mul -> add pattern. The dst is the trailing add output.
+void ggml_cuda_op_snake_fused(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx,
+                              const ggml_tensor * x,
+                              const ggml_tensor * a,
+                              const ggml_tensor * inv_b,
+                              ggml_tensor *       dst) {
+    launch_snake(ctx, x, a, inv_b, dst);
+}
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/snake.cuh b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/snake.cuh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f6f1cb3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/snake.cuh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include "common.cuh"
+
+// Fusion entry point. Caller supplies x/a/inv_b explicitly.
+void ggml_cuda_op_snake_fused(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx,
+                              const ggml_tensor * x,
+                              const ggml_tensor * a,
+                              const ggml_tensor * inv_b,
+                              ggml_tensor *       dst);