diff --git a/modules/sd_models.py b/modules/sd_models.py
index 5f992064..8f794b47 100644
--- a/modules/sd_models.py
+++ b/modules/sd_models.py
@@ -134,6 +134,14 @@ def load_model_weights(model, checkpoint_file, sd_model_hash):
 
     devices.dtype = torch.float32 if shared.cmd_opts.no_half else torch.float16
 
+    vae_file = os.path.splitext(checkpoint_file)[0] + ".vae.pt"
+    if os.path.exists(vae_file):
+        print(f"Loading VAE weights from: {vae_file}")
+        vae_ckpt = torch.load(vae_file, map_location="cpu")
+        vae_dict = {k: v for k, v in vae_ckpt["state_dict"].items() if k[0:4] != "loss"}
+
+        model.first_stage_model.load_state_dict(vae_dict)
+
     model.sd_model_hash = sd_model_hash
     model.sd_model_checkpint = checkpoint_file