diff --git a/llama/patches/0019-allow-arrays-of-strings.patch b/llama/patches/0019-allow-arrays-of-strings.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ac0888dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llama/patches/0019-allow-arrays-of-strings.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: jmorganca <jmorganca@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2025 17:41:07 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] allow arrays of strings
+
+---
+ ggml/src/gguf.cpp | 1 -
+ 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/ggml/src/gguf.cpp b/ggml/src/gguf.cpp
+index ab13669c..9dfefd43 100644
+--- a/ggml/src/gguf.cpp
++++ b/ggml/src/gguf.cpp
+@@ -777,7 +777,6 @@ enum gguf_type gguf_get_arr_type(const struct gguf_context * ctx, int64_t key_id
+ 
+ const void * gguf_get_arr_data(const struct gguf_context * ctx, int64_t key_id) {
+     GGML_ASSERT(key_id >= 0 && key_id < gguf_get_n_kv(ctx));
+-    GGML_ASSERT(ctx->kv[key_id].get_type() != GGUF_TYPE_STRING);
+     return ctx->kv[key_id].data.data();
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/ml/backend/ggml/ggml/src/gguf.cpp b/ml/backend/ggml/ggml/src/gguf.cpp
index ab13669c5..9dfefd436 100644
--- a/ml/backend/ggml/ggml/src/gguf.cpp
+++ b/ml/backend/ggml/ggml/src/gguf.cpp
@@ -777,7 +777,6 @@ enum gguf_type gguf_get_arr_type(const struct gguf_context * ctx, int64_t key_id
 
 const void * gguf_get_arr_data(const struct gguf_context * ctx, int64_t key_id) {
     GGML_ASSERT(key_id >= 0 && key_id < gguf_get_n_kv(ctx));
-    GGML_ASSERT(ctx->kv[key_id].get_type() != GGUF_TYPE_STRING);
     return ctx->kv[key_id].data.data();
 }