diff --git a/launch.py b/launch.py
index 75edb66a..a592e1ba 100644
--- a/launch.py
+++ b/launch.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 import importlib.util
 import shlex
+import platform
 
 dir_repos = "repositories"
 dir_tmp = "tmp"
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ def extract_arg(args, name):
 
 
 args, skip_torch_cuda_test = extract_arg(args, '--skip-torch-cuda-test')
+args, xformers = extract_arg(args, '--xformers')
 
 
 def repo_dir(name):
@@ -124,6 +126,12 @@ if not is_installed("gfpgan"):
 if not is_installed("clip"):
     run_pip(f"install {clip_package}", "clip")
 
+if not is_installed("xformers") and xformers:
+    if platform.system() == "Windows":
+        run_pip("install https://github.com/C43H66N12O12S2/stable-diffusion-webui/releases/download/a/xformers-0.0.14.dev0-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl", "xformers")
+    elif platform.system() == "Linux":
+        run_pip("install xformers", "xformers")
+
 os.makedirs(dir_repos, exist_ok=True)
 
 git_clone("https://github.com/CompVis/stable-diffusion.git", repo_dir('stable-diffusion'), "Stable Diffusion", stable_diffusion_commit_hash)
diff --git a/modules/sd_hijack.py b/modules/sd_hijack.py
index ba808a39..5d93f7f6 100644
--- a/modules/sd_hijack.py
+++ b/modules/sd_hijack.py
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ def apply_optimizations():
     undo_optimizations()
 
     ldm.modules.diffusionmodules.model.nonlinearity = silu
-
-    if cmd_opts.opt_split_attention_v1:
+    if not cmd_opts.disable_opt_xformers_attention and not (cmd_opts.opt_split_attention or torch.version.hip) and shared.xformers_available:
+        ldm.modules.attention.CrossAttention.forward = sd_hijack_optimizations.xformers_attention_forward
+        ldm.modules.diffusionmodules.model.AttnBlock.forward = sd_hijack_optimizations.xformers_attnblock_forward
+    elif cmd_opts.opt_split_attention_v1:
         ldm.modules.attention.CrossAttention.forward = sd_hijack_optimizations.split_cross_attention_forward_v1
-    elif not cmd_opts.disable_opt_split_attention and (cmd_opts.opt_split_attention or torch.cuda.is_available()):
-        ldm.modules.attention.CrossAttention.forward = sd_hijack_optimizations.split_cross_attention_forward
+    elif cmd_opts.opt_split_attention or torch.cuda.is_available():
+        ldm.modules.attention_CrossAttention_forward = sd_hijack_optimizations.split_cross_attention_forward
         ldm.modules.diffusionmodules.model.AttnBlock.forward = sd_hijack_optimizations.cross_attention_attnblock_forward
 
 
diff --git a/modules/sd_hijack_optimizations.py b/modules/sd_hijack_optimizations.py
index 3351c740..e43e2c7a 100644
--- a/modules/sd_hijack_optimizations.py
+++ b/modules/sd_hijack_optimizations.py
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 import math
 import torch
 from torch import einsum
-
+try:
+    import xformers.ops
+    import functorch
+    xformers._is_functorch_available = True
+    shared.xformers_available = True
+except:
+    print('Cannot find xformers, defaulting to split attention. Try setting --xformers in your webui-user file if you wish to install it.')
+    continue
 from ldm.util import default
 from einops import rearrange
 
@@ -115,6 +122,25 @@ def split_cross_attention_forward(self, x, context=None, mask=None):
 
     return self.to_out(r2)
 
+def xformers_attention_forward(self, x, context=None, mask=None):
+    h = self.heads
+    q_in = self.to_q(x)
+    context = default(context, x)
+    hypernetwork = shared.selected_hypernetwork()
+    hypernetwork_layers = (hypernetwork.layers if hypernetwork is not None else {}).get(context.shape[2], None)
+    if hypernetwork_layers is not None:
+        k_in = self.to_k(hypernetwork_layers[0](context))
+        v_in = self.to_v(hypernetwork_layers[1](context))
+    else:
+        k_in = self.to_k(context)
+        v_in = self.to_v(context)
+    q, k, v = map(lambda t: rearrange(t, 'b n (h d) -> b n h d', h=h), (q_in, k_in, v_in))
+    del q_in, k_in, v_in
+    out = xformers.ops.memory_efficient_attention(q, k, v, attn_bias=None)
+
+    out = rearrange(out, 'b n h d -> b n (h d)', h=h)
+    return self.to_out(out)
+
 def cross_attention_attnblock_forward(self, x):
         h_ = x
         h_ = self.norm(h_)
@@ -177,3 +203,13 @@ def cross_attention_attnblock_forward(self, x):
         h3 += x
 
         return h3
+    
+def xformers_attnblock_forward(self, x):
+        h_ = x
+        h_ = self.norm(h_)
+        q1 = self.q(h_).contiguous()
+        k1 = self.k(h_).contiguous()
+        v = self.v(h_).contiguous()
+        out = xformers.ops.memory_efficient_attention(q1, k1, v)
+        out = self.proj_out(out)
+        return x+out
diff --git a/modules/shared.py b/modules/shared.py
index 475d7e52..d68df751 100644
--- a/modules/shared.py
+++ b/modules/shared.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ parser.add_argument("--realesrgan-models-path", type=str, help="Path to director
 parser.add_argument("--scunet-models-path", type=str, help="Path to directory with ScuNET model file(s).", default=os.path.join(models_path, 'ScuNET'))
 parser.add_argument("--swinir-models-path", type=str, help="Path to directory with SwinIR model file(s).", default=os.path.join(models_path, 'SwinIR'))
 parser.add_argument("--ldsr-models-path", type=str, help="Path to directory with LDSR model file(s).", default=os.path.join(models_path, 'LDSR'))
+parser.add_argument("--disable-opt-xformers-attention", action='store_true', help="force-disables xformers attention optimization")
 parser.add_argument("--opt-split-attention", action='store_true', help="force-enables cross-attention layer optimization. By default, it's on for torch.cuda and off for other torch devices.")
 parser.add_argument("--disable-opt-split-attention", action='store_true', help="force-disables cross-attention layer optimization")
 parser.add_argument("--opt-split-attention-v1", action='store_true', help="enable older version of split attention optimization that does not consume all the VRAM it can find")
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ device = devices.device
 
 batch_cond_uncond = cmd_opts.always_batch_cond_uncond or not (cmd_opts.lowvram or cmd_opts.medvram)
 parallel_processing_allowed = not cmd_opts.lowvram and not cmd_opts.medvram
-
+xformers_available = False
 config_filename = cmd_opts.ui_settings_file
 
 hypernetworks = hypernetwork.load_hypernetworks(os.path.join(models_path, 'hypernetworks'))
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 631fe616..81641d68 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ resize-right
 torchdiffeq
 kornia
 lark
+functorch
diff --git a/requirements_versions.txt b/requirements_versions.txt
index fdff2687..fec3e9d5 100644
--- a/requirements_versions.txt
+++ b/requirements_versions.txt
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ resize-right==0.0.2
 torchdiffeq==0.2.3
 kornia==0.6.7
 lark==1.1.2
+functorch==0.2.1