diff --git a/candle-core/src/safetensors.rs b/candle-core/src/safetensors.rs
index fd4966e02c..4d38ce4308 100644
--- a/candle-core/src/safetensors.rs
+++ b/candle-core/src/safetensors.rs
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ fn convert(view: &st::TensorView<'_>, device: &Device) -> Result<Tensor> {
         st::Dtype::F16 => convert_::<half::f16>(view, device),
         st::Dtype::F32 => convert_::<f32>(view, device),
         st::Dtype::F64 => convert_::<f64>(view, device),
+        st::Dtype::F8_E4M3 => convert_::<F8E4M3>(view, device),
         dtype => Err(Error::UnsupportedSafeTensorDtype(dtype)),
     }
 }