diff --git a/server/clip_server/model/flash_attention.py b/server/clip_server/model/flash_attention.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4db0c2e14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/clip_server/model/flash_attention.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import torch
+import torch.nn as nn
+from torch import Tensor
+from typing import Optional, Tuple
+
+from torch.nn.functional import linear
+try:
+    from flash_attn.flash_attn_interface import flash_attn_unpadded_func
+except ImportError:
+    flash_attn_unpadded_func = None
+
+
+class MultiheadAttention(nn.MultiheadAttention):
+    def __init__(self, embed_dim, num_heads, dropout=0, bias=True, add_bias_kv=False, add_zero_attn=False,
+                 kdim=None, vdim=None, batch_first=False, device=None, dtype=None) -> None:
+        assert flash_attn_unpadded_func is not None, "FlashAttention is not installed."
+        super().__init__(embed_dim, num_heads, dropout, bias, add_bias_kv, add_zero_attn,
+                        kdim, vdim, batch_first, device, dtype)
+
+    def attention(
+        self,
+        q, k, v,
+        batch_size=1,
+        seqlen=77,
+        key_padding_mask=None,
+        softmax_scale=None,
+        attention_dropout=0.0,
+        causal=False,
+        cu_seqlens=None,
+        max_s=None,
+        need_weights=False
+    ):
+        """Implements the multihead softmax attention.
+        Arguments
+        ---------
+            q,k,v: The tensor containing the query, key, and value. each of (B*S, H, D)
+            key_padding_mask: a bool tensor of shape (B, S)
+
+        """
+        assert not need_weights
+        assert q.dtype in [torch.float16, torch.bfloat16]
+        assert q.is_cuda
+
+        if cu_seqlens is None:
+            max_s = seqlen
+            cu_seqlens = torch.arange(0, (batch_size + 1) * seqlen, step=seqlen, dtype=torch.int32,
+                                    device=q.device)
+            output = flash_attn_unpadded_func(
+                q, k, v, cu_seqlens, cu_seqlens, max_s, max_s, attention_dropout,
+                softmax_scale=softmax_scale, causal=causal
+            )
+
+        return output
+
+    def forward(
+        self,
+        query: Tensor,
+        key: Tensor,
+        value: Tensor,
+        key_padding_mask: Optional[Tensor] = None,
+        need_weights: bool = False,
+        attn_mask: Optional[Tensor] = None,
+        average_attn_weights: bool = True
+    ) -> Tuple[Tensor, Optional[Tensor]]:
+        # set up shape vars
+        seqlen, batch_size, embed_dim = query.shape
+        
+        if isinstance(embed_dim, torch.Tensor):
+            # embed_dim can be a tensor when JIT tracing
+            head_dim = embed_dim.div(self.num_heads, rounding_mode='trunc')
+        else:
+            head_dim = embed_dim // self.num_heads
+        assert head_dim * self.num_heads == embed_dim, f"embed_dim {embed_dim} not divisible by num_heads {self.num_heads}"
+
+        # in-projection
+        q, k, v = linear(query, self.in_proj_weight, self.in_proj_bias).chunk(3, dim=-1)
+        q = q.contiguous().view((batch_size * seqlen, self.num_heads, head_dim))
+        k = k.contiguous().view((batch_size * seqlen, self.num_heads, head_dim))
+        v = v.contiguous().view((batch_size * seqlen, self.num_heads, head_dim))
+        
+        # flash attention
+        attn_output = self.attention(q, k, v, batch_size, seqlen)
+
+        # out-projection
+        attn_output = attn_output.contiguous().view(seqlen * batch_size, embed_dim)
+        attn_output = linear(attn_output, self.out_proj.weight, self.out_proj.bias)
+        attn_output = attn_output.view(seqlen, batch_size, embed_dim)
+
+        return attn_output, None
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diff --git a/server/clip_server/model/model.py b/server/clip_server/model/model.py
index 7c4d6633e..190195ada 100644
--- a/server/clip_server/model/model.py
+++ b/server/clip_server/model/model.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 from open_clip.timm_model import TimmModel
 from open_clip.utils import freeze_batch_norm_2d
 from open_clip.factory import _MODEL_CONFIGS
+from flash_attention import MultiheadAttention
 
 
 # From PyTorch internals
@@ -277,11 +278,13 @@ def __init__(
         scale_heads: bool = False,
         scale_attn: bool = False,
         scale_fc: bool = False,
+        use_flash: bool = True,
     ):
         super().__init__()
 
         self.ln_1 = LayerNorm(d_model)
-        self.attn = nn.MultiheadAttention(d_model, n_head)
+        # TODO: `use_flash` needs to be verified
+        self.attn = MultiheadAttention(d_model, n_head) if use_flash else nn.MultiheadAttention(d_model, n_head)
         self.ln_attn = LayerNorm(d_model) if scale_attn else nn.Identity()
 
         self.ln_2 = LayerNorm(d_model)