diff --git a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py
index d77fb5b2871f..458e52766c82 100644
--- a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py
+++ b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 from accelerate.utils import set_seed
 from diffusers import AutoencoderKL, DDPMScheduler, StableDiffusionPipeline, UNet2DConditionModel
 from diffusers.optimization import get_scheduler
+from diffusers.utils.import_utils import is_xformers_available
 from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository, whoami
 from PIL import Image
 from torchvision import transforms
@@ -522,6 +523,15 @@ def main():
     vae = AutoencoderKL.from_pretrained(args.pretrained_model_name_or_path, subfolder="vae")
     unet = UNet2DConditionModel.from_pretrained(args.pretrained_model_name_or_path, subfolder="unet")
 
+    if is_xformers_available():
+        try:
+            unet.enable_xformers_memory_efficient_attention()
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning(
+                "Could not enable memory efficient attention. Make sure xformers is installed"
+                f" correctly and a GPU is available: {e}"
+            )
+    
     vae.requires_grad_(False)
     if not args.train_text_encoder:
         text_encoder.requires_grad_(False)
diff --git a/src/diffusers/modeling_utils.py b/src/diffusers/modeling_utils.py
index 704ba00cad29..df394425b815 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/modeling_utils.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/modeling_utils.py
@@ -178,6 +178,38 @@ def disable_gradient_checkpointing(self):
         """
         if self._supports_gradient_checkpointing:
             self.apply(partial(self._set_gradient_checkpointing, value=False))
+            
+            
+     def set_use_memory_efficient_attention_xformers(self, valid: bool) -> None:
+        # Recursively walk through all the children.
+        # Any children which exposes the set_use_memory_efficient_attention_xformers method
+        # gets the message
+        def fn_recursive_set_mem_eff(module: torch.nn.Module):
+            if hasattr(module, "set_use_memory_efficient_attention_xformers"):
+                module.set_use_memory_efficient_attention_xformers(valid)
+
+            for child in module.children():
+                fn_recursive_set_mem_eff(child)
+
+        for module in self.children():
+            if isinstance(module, torch.nn.Module):
+                fn_recursive_set_mem_eff(module)
+
+    def enable_xformers_memory_efficient_attention(self):
+        r"""
+        Enable memory efficient attention as implemented in xformers.
+        When this option is enabled, you should observe lower GPU memory usage and a potential speed up at inference
+        time. Speed up at training time is not guaranteed.
+        Warning: When Memory Efficient Attention and Sliced attention are both enabled, the Memory Efficient Attention
+        is used.
+        """
+        self.set_use_memory_efficient_attention_xformers(True)
+
+    def disable_xformers_memory_efficient_attention(self):
+        r"""
+        Disable memory efficient attention as implemented in xformers.
+        """
+        self.set_use_memory_efficient_attention_xformers(False)
 
     def save_pretrained(
         self,
diff --git a/src/diffusers/pipeline_utils.py b/src/diffusers/pipeline_utils.py
index 7e759e987fb4..052d2643db9d 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/pipeline_utils.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/pipeline_utils.py
@@ -710,3 +710,37 @@ def progress_bar(self, iterable):
 
     def set_progress_bar_config(self, **kwargs):
         self._progress_bar_config = kwargs
+
+        
+        def enable_xformers_memory_efficient_attention(self):
+        r"""
+        Enable memory efficient attention as implemented in xformers.
+        When this option is enabled, you should observe lower GPU memory usage and a potential speed up at inference
+        time. Speed up at training time is not guaranteed.
+        Warning: When Memory Efficient Attention and Sliced attention are both enabled, the Memory Efficient Attention
+        is used.
+        """
+        self.set_use_memory_efficient_attention_xformers(True)
+
+    def disable_xformers_memory_efficient_attention(self):
+        r"""
+        Disable memory efficient attention as implemented in xformers.
+        """
+        self.set_use_memory_efficient_attention_xformers(False)
+
+    def set_use_memory_efficient_attention_xformers(self, valid: bool) -> None:
+        # Recursively walk through all the children.
+        # Any children which exposes the set_use_memory_efficient_attention_xformers method
+        # gets the message
+        def fn_recursive_set_mem_eff(module: torch.nn.Module):
+            if hasattr(module, "set_use_memory_efficient_attention_xformers"):
+                module.set_use_memory_efficient_attention_xformers(valid)
+
+            for child in module.children():
+                fn_recursive_set_mem_eff(child)
+
+        module_names, _, _ = self.extract_init_dict(dict(self.config))
+        for module_name in module_names:
+            module = getattr(self, module_name)
+            if isinstance(module, torch.nn.Module):
+                fn_recursive_set_mem_eff(module)