diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-opencl/ggml-opencl.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-opencl/ggml-opencl.cpp
index 715a19404..4f1f937bb 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-opencl/ggml-opencl.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-opencl/ggml-opencl.cpp
@@ -14802,6 +14802,9 @@ static void ggml_cl_sigmoid(ggml_backend_t backend, const ggml_tensor * src0, co
         kernel = backend_ctx->kernel_sigmoid_f32;
     } else if (src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 && dst->type == GGML_TYPE_F16) {
         kernel = backend_ctx->kernel_sigmoid_f16;
+    } else if (src0->type == GGML_TYPE_BF16 && dst->type == GGML_TYPE_BF16) {
+        // bf16 converted to f16
+        kernel = backend_ctx->kernel_sigmoid_f16;
     } else {
         GGML_ASSERT(false && "Unsupported data types for sigmoid (input and output must be both f32 or f16)");
     }