diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/ggml-cuda.cu b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/ggml-cuda.cu
index 0878ab9c08af..ff1444b95073 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/ggml-cuda.cu
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/ggml-cuda.cu
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "ggml-cuda/arange.cuh"
 #include "ggml-cuda/argmax.cuh"
 #include "ggml-cuda/argsort.cuh"
+#include "ggml-cuda/lightning-indexer.cuh"
 #include "ggml-cuda/binbcast.cuh"
 #include "ggml-cuda/clamp.cuh"
 #include "ggml-cuda/col2im-1d.cuh"
@@ -2218,6 +2219,9 @@ static bool ggml_cuda_compute_forward(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx, struct gg
         case GGML_OP_TOP_K:
             ggml_cuda_op_top_k(ctx, dst);
             break;
+        case GGML_OP_LIGHTNING_INDEXER:
+            ggml_cuda_op_lightning_indexer(ctx, dst);
+            break;
         case GGML_OP_ARGSORT:
             ggml_cuda_op_argsort(ctx, dst);
             break;
@@ -4936,6 +4940,8 @@ static bool ggml_backend_cuda_device_supports_op(ggml_backend_dev_t dev, const g
             return ggml_is_contiguous(op->src[0]) && ggml_is_contiguous(op->src[1]);
         case GGML_OP_SUM:
             return ggml_is_contiguous_rows(op->src[0]);
+        case GGML_OP_LIGHTNING_INDEXER:
+            return op->src[1]->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 || op->src[1]->type == GGML_TYPE_F32;
         case GGML_OP_TOP_K:
         case GGML_OP_ARGSORT:
 #ifndef GGML_CUDA_USE_CUB
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/lightning-indexer.cu b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/lightning-indexer.cu
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e042dcb0231f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/lightning-indexer.cu
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#include "lightning-indexer.cuh"
+
+// GGML_OP_LIGHTNING_INDEXER (naive, correctness-first, F16/F32 K)
+template <typename T>
+static __global__ void lightning_indexer_kernel(
+        const char * __restrict__ q, const char * __restrict__ k,
+        const char * __restrict__ w, const char * __restrict__ m,
+        float * __restrict__ dst,
+        const int n_embd, const int n_head, const int n_kv,
+        const size_t nbq1, const size_t nbq2, const size_t nbq3,
+        const size_t nbk2, const size_t nbk3,
+        const size_t nbw1, const size_t nbw3,
+        const size_t nbm1, const size_t nbm3, const int nem3,
+        const size_t nb1,  const size_t nb3) {
+    const int ik = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;
+    const int t  = blockIdx.y;
+    const int s  = blockIdx.z;
+    if (ik >= n_kv) return;
+
+    const float       * w_row = (const float       *)(w + t*nbw1 + s*nbw3);
+    const ggml_fp16_t * m_row = (const ggml_fp16_t *)(m + t*nbm1 + (s % nem3)*nbm3);
+    float             * d_row = (float             *)((char *)dst + t*nb1 + s*nb3);
+    const T           * k_row = (const T           *)(k + (size_t)ik*nbk2 + s*nbk3);
+
+    float score = 0.0f;
+    for (int h = 0; h < n_head; ++h) {
+        const float * q_row = (const float *)(q + (size_t)h*nbq1 + t*nbq2 + s*nbq3);
+        float qk = 0.0f;
+        for (int i = 0; i < n_embd; ++i) {
+            float kv;
+            if constexpr (sizeof(T) == 2) { kv = __half2float(((const __half *)k_row)[i]); }
+            else                          { kv = ((const float *)k_row)[i]; }
+            qk += q_row[i] * kv;
+        }
+        score += fmaxf(qk, 0.0f) * w_row[h];
+    }
+    d_row[ik] = score + __half2float(*(const __half *)&m_row[ik]);
+}
+
+void ggml_cuda_op_lightning_indexer(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx, ggml_tensor * dst) {
+    const ggml_tensor * q = dst->src[0];
+    const ggml_tensor * k = dst->src[1];
+    const ggml_tensor * w = dst->src[2];
+    const ggml_tensor * m = dst->src[3];
+    GGML_ASSERT(dst->type == GGML_TYPE_F32 && q->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
+    GGML_ASSERT(  w->type == GGML_TYPE_F32 && m->type == GGML_TYPE_F16);
+
+    const int n_embd = q->ne[0], n_head = q->ne[1];
+    const int n_tokens = q->ne[2], n_stream = q->ne[3], n_kv = k->ne[2];
+    const int block = 128;
+    const dim3 grid((n_kv + block - 1)/block, n_tokens, n_stream);
+    cudaStream_t stream = ctx.stream();
+
+    if (k->type == GGML_TYPE_F16) {
+        lightning_indexer_kernel<__half><<<grid, block, 0, stream>>>(
+            (const char*)q->data,(const char*)k->data,(const char*)w->data,(const char*)m->data,(float*)dst->data,
+            n_embd,n_head,n_kv, q->nb[1],q->nb[2],q->nb[3], k->nb[2],k->nb[3],
+            w->nb[1],w->nb[3], m->nb[1],m->nb[3],(int)m->ne[3], dst->nb[1],dst->nb[3]);
+    } else if (k->type == GGML_TYPE_F32) {
+        lightning_indexer_kernel<float><<<grid, block, 0, stream>>>(
+            (const char*)q->data,(const char*)k->data,(const char*)w->data,(const char*)m->data,(float*)dst->data,
+            n_embd,n_head,n_kv, q->nb[1],q->nb[2],q->nb[3], k->nb[2],k->nb[3],
+            w->nb[1],w->nb[3], m->nb[1],m->nb[3],(int)m->ne[3], dst->nb[1],dst->nb[3]);
+    } else {
+        GGML_ABORT("lightning_indexer: unsupported K type %d", (int)k->type);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/lightning-indexer.cuh b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/lightning-indexer.cuh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..31fcc7d5ae0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/lightning-indexer.cuh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#include "common.cuh"
+
+void ggml_cuda_op_lightning_indexer(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx, ggml_tensor * dst);