diff --git a/examples/llama/BUILD.bazel b/examples/llama/BUILD.bazel
index 8444e78..13e5e3a 100644
--- a/examples/llama/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/examples/llama/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 load("@aspect_bazel_lib//lib:tar.bzl", "mtree_spec", "tar")
 load("@aspect_bazel_lib//lib:transitions.bzl", "platform_transition_filegroup")
+load("@bazel_skylib//rules:native_binary.bzl", "native_binary")
 load("@rules_oci//oci:defs.bzl", "oci_image", "oci_load", "oci_push")
 load("@zml//bazel:zig.bzl", "zig_cc_binary")
 
+
 zig_cc_binary(
     name = "llama",
     srcs = [
@@ -164,6 +166,22 @@ zig_cc_binary(
     ],
 )
 
+zig_cc_binary(
+    name = "test_tokenizer",
+    main = "test_tokenizer.zig",
+    deps = [
+        "//third_party/tigerbeetle:flags",
+        "@zml//stdx",
+        "@zml//zml",
+    ],
+    # Note: all Llama-3.x tokenizers are the same,
+    # but using the 3.2-1B version because downloading the tokenizer triggers downloading the model.
+    args = [
+    "--tokenizer=$(location @Meta-Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct//:tokenizer)",
+    ],
+    data = ["@Meta-Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct//:tokenizer"],
+)
+
 mtree_spec(
     name = "mtree",
     srcs = [":llama"],
diff --git a/examples/llama/test_tokenizer.zig b/examples/llama/test_tokenizer.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..304a6cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/llama/test_tokenizer.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const log = std.log.scoped(.@"//llama:test_tokenizer");
+
+const flags = @import("tigerbeetle/flags");
+const zml = @import("zml");
+
+const Flags = struct {
+    tokenizer: []const u8,
+    prompt: []const u8 =
+        \\Examples of titles:
+        \\📉 Stock Market Trends
+        \\🍪 Perfect Chocolate Chip Recipe
+        \\Evolution of Music Streaming
+        \\Remote Work Productivity Tips
+        \\Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
+        \\🎮 Video Game Development Insights
+        \\
+    ,
+    expected: []const u8 = "128000,41481,315,15671,512,9468,241,231,12937,8152,50730,198,9468,235,103,24118,39520,32013,26371,198,35212,3294,315,10948,45910,198,25732,5664,5761,1968,26788,198,9470,16895,22107,304,39435,198,9468,236,106,8519,4140,11050,73137,198",
+    verbose: bool = false,
+};
+
+pub fn main() !void {
+    var gpa: std.heap.GeneralPurposeAllocator(.{}) = .{};
+    const allocator = gpa.allocator();
+
+    var raw_args = std.process.args();
+    const args = flags.parse(&raw_args, Flags);
+
+    log.info("\tLoading tokenizer from {s}", .{args.tokenizer});
+    var tokenizer = try zml.aio.detectFormatAndLoadTokenizer(allocator, args.tokenizer);
+    log.info("✅\tLoaded tokenizer from {s}", .{args.tokenizer});
+    defer tokenizer.deinit();
+
+    const prompt_tok = try tokenizer.encode(allocator, args.prompt, .{ .debug = args.verbose });
+
+    log.info("Input: {s}\nOutput: {d}", .{ args.prompt, prompt_tok });
+    if (args.expected.len > 0) {
+        var expected = try std.ArrayList(u32).initCapacity(allocator, args.prompt.len);
+        var it = std.mem.splitSequence(u8, args.expected, ",");
+        while (it.next()) |int_token| {
+            const tok = try std.fmt.parseInt(u32, int_token, 10);
+            try expected.append(tok);
+        }
+        if (std.mem.eql(u32, expected.items, prompt_tok)) {
+            log.info("All good !", .{});
+        } else {
+            log.err("Doesn't match expected: {d}", .{expected.items});
+        }
+    }
+}