diff --git a/candle-examples/examples/stable-diffusion/main.rs b/candle-examples/examples/stable-diffusion/main.rs
index 6a08d9c8..74e816d4 100644
--- a/candle-examples/examples/stable-diffusion/main.rs
+++ b/candle-examples/examples/stable-diffusion/main.rs
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ struct Args {
     img2img_strength: f64,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, clap::ValueEnum)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, clap::ValueEnum, PartialEq, Eq)]
 enum StableDiffusionVersion {
     V1_5,
     V2_1,
@@ -204,7 +204,18 @@ impl ModelFile {
                     Self::Clip => (version.repo(), version.clip_file(use_f16)),
                     Self::Clip2 => (version.repo(), version.clip2_file(use_f16)),
                     Self::Unet => (version.repo(), version.unet_file(use_f16)),
-                    Self::Vae => (version.repo(), version.vae_file(use_f16)),
+                    Self::Vae => {
+                        // Override for SDXL when using f16 weights.
+                        // See https://github.com/huggingface/candle/issues/1060
+                        if version == StableDiffusionVersion::Xl && use_f16 {
+                            (
+                                "madebyollin/sdxl-vae-fp16-fix",
+                                "diffusion_pytorch_model.safetensors",
+                            )
+                        } else {
+                            (version.repo(), version.vae_file(use_f16))
+                        }
+                    }
                 };
                 let filename = Api::new()?.model(repo.to_string()).get(path)?;
                 Ok(filename)