diff --git a/packages/gguf/src/gguf.spec.ts b/packages/gguf/src/gguf.spec.ts
index 58852dbee..eb34dd199 100644
--- a/packages/gguf/src/gguf.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/gguf/src/gguf.spec.ts
@@ -283,4 +283,9 @@ describe("gguf", () => {
 		expect(parseGGUFQuantLabel("Codestral-22B-v0.1-IQ3_XS.gguf")).toEqual(undefined); // TODO: investigate IQ3_XS
 		expect(parseGGUFQuantLabel("Codestral-22B-v0.1-Q4_0_4_4.gguf")).toEqual("Q4_0"); // TODO: investigate Q4_0_4_4
 	});
+
+	it("calculate tensor data offset", async () => {
+		const { tensorDataOffset } = await gguf(URL_LLAMA);
+		expect(tensorDataOffset).toEqual(741056n);
+	});
 });
diff --git a/packages/gguf/src/gguf.ts b/packages/gguf/src/gguf.ts
index d83b405da..8a8dd442d 100644
--- a/packages/gguf/src/gguf.ts
+++ b/packages/gguf/src/gguf.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ export { parseGGUFQuantLabel, GGUF_QUANT_RE, GGUF_QUANT_RE_GLOBAL } from "@huggi
 
 export const RE_GGUF_FILE = /\.gguf$/;
 export const RE_GGUF_SHARD_FILE = /^(?<prefix>.*?)-(?<shard>\d{5})-of-(?<total>\d{5})\.gguf$/;
+const GGUF_DEFAULT_ALIGNMENT = 32; // defined in ggml.h
+const GGML_PAD = (x: number, n: number) => (x + n - 1) & ~(n - 1); // defined in ggml.h
 const PARALLEL_DOWNLOADS = 20;
 
 export interface GgufShardFileInfo {
@@ -384,14 +386,18 @@ export async function gguf(
 		});
 	}
 
+	// calculate absolute offset of tensor data
+	const alignment: number = Number(metadata["general.alignment"] ?? GGUF_DEFAULT_ALIGNMENT);
+	const tensorDataOffset = BigInt(GGML_PAD(offset, alignment));
+
 	if (params?.computeParametersCount) {
 		const parameterCount = tensorInfos
 			.map(({ shape }) => shape.reduce((acc, val) => acc * Number(val), 1))
 			.reduce((acc, val) => acc + val, 0);
 
-		return { metadata, tensorInfos, parameterCount };
+		return { metadata, tensorInfos, tensorDataOffset, parameterCount };
 	} else {
-		return { metadata, tensorInfos };
+		return { metadata, tensorInfos, tensorDataOffset };
 	}
 }
 
@@ -429,7 +435,10 @@ export async function ggufAllShards(
 			parameterCount: shards.map(({ parameterCount }) => parameterCount).reduce((acc, val) => acc + val, 0),
 		};
 	} else {
-		const { metadata, tensorInfos, parameterCount } = await gguf(url, { ...params, computeParametersCount: true });
-		return { shards: [{ metadata, tensorInfos }], parameterCount };
+		const { metadata, tensorInfos, tensorDataOffset, parameterCount } = await gguf(url, {
+			...params,
+			computeParametersCount: true,
+		});
+		return { shards: [{ metadata, tensorInfos, tensorDataOffset }], parameterCount };
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/gguf/src/types.ts b/packages/gguf/src/types.ts
index 4a6b40e16..aba842447 100644
--- a/packages/gguf/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/gguf/src/types.ts
@@ -155,4 +155,5 @@ export interface GGUFTensorInfo {
 export interface GGUFParseOutput<Options extends GGUFMetadataOptions = { strict: true }> {
 	metadata: GGUFMetadata<Options>;
 	tensorInfos: GGUFTensorInfo[];
+	tensorDataOffset: bigint;
 }