diff --git a/candle-nn/src/kv_cache.rs b/candle-nn/src/kv_cache.rs
index f0be71e1..363b401f 100644
--- a/candle-nn/src/kv_cache.rs
+++ b/candle-nn/src/kv_cache.rs
@@ -294,6 +294,27 @@ impl RotatingCache {
         Tensor::from_slice(&mask, (size1, size2), device)
     }
 
+    /// Returns the positions corresponding to all the elements that will be retured
+    /// *after* adding `seq_len` to the cache.
+    pub fn positions(&self, seq_len: usize) -> Vec<usize> {
+        if seq_len <= self.max_seq_len {
+            let upd_offset = (self.offset + seq_len) % self.max_seq_len;
+            let cache_out_len = (self.current_seq_len + seq_len).min(self.max_seq_len);
+            (0..cache_out_len)
+                .map(|i| {
+                    let pos_cache = self.current_seq_len + seq_len + i - upd_offset;
+                    if i < upd_offset {
+                        pos_cache
+                    } else {
+                        pos_cache - self.max_seq_len
+                    }
+                })
+                .collect()
+        } else {
+            (self.current_seq_len..(self.current_seq_len + seq_len)).collect()
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Returns the attn_mask to be applied *after* adding `seq_len` to the cache.
     pub fn attn_mask(&self, seq_len: usize, device: &Device) -> Result<Option<Tensor>> {
         let mask = if seq_len == 1 {
@@ -362,10 +383,17 @@ impl RotatingKvCache {
         self.k.current_seq_len()
     }
 
+    /// Returns the attn_mask to be applied *after* adding `seq_len` to the cache.
     pub fn attn_mask(&self, seq_len: usize, device: &Device) -> Result<Option<Tensor>> {
         self.k.attn_mask(seq_len, device)
     }
 
+    /// Returns the positions corresponding to all the elements that will be retured
+    /// *after* adding `seq_len` to the cache.
+    pub fn positions(&self, seq_len: usize) -> Vec<usize> {
+        self.k.positions(seq_len)
+    }
+
     pub fn reset(&mut self) {
         self.k.reset();
         self.v.reset();
diff --git a/candle-nn/tests/kv_cache.rs b/candle-nn/tests/kv_cache.rs
index b8d2ec48..c8a193a8 100644
--- a/candle-nn/tests/kv_cache.rs
+++ b/candle-nn/tests/kv_cache.rs
@@ -39,9 +39,16 @@ fn rotating_kv_cache() -> Result<()> {
         assert_eq!(cache.current_seq_len(), 0);
         let data = cache.current_data()?;
         assert!(data.is_none());
+        assert_eq!(cache.positions(1), &[0]);
+        assert_eq!(cache.positions(2), &[0, 1]);
         let t = Tensor::new(&[1., 2., 3.], &Device::Cpu)?;
         let data = cache.append(&t)?;
         assert_eq!(data.to_vec1::<f64>()?, [1., 2., 3.]);
+        assert_eq!(cache.positions(0), &[0, 1, 2]);
+        assert_eq!(cache.positions(1), &[0, 1, 2, 3]);
+        assert_eq!(cache.positions(2), &[0, 1, 2, 3, 4]);
+        assert_eq!(cache.positions(3), &[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
+        assert_eq!(cache.positions(4), &[6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
         let t = Tensor::new(&[4.], &Device::Cpu)?;
         let data = cache.append(&t)?;
         assert_eq!(data.to_vec1::<f64>()?, [1., 2., 3., 4.]);
@@ -79,11 +86,17 @@ fn rotating_kv_cache() -> Result<()> {
             mask.to_vec2::<u8>()?,
             &[[0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]],
         );
+        assert_eq!(cache.positions(0), &[12, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]);
+        assert_eq!(cache.positions(2), &[12, 13, 14, 9, 10, 11]);
+        assert_eq!(cache.positions(3), &[12, 13, 14, 15, 10, 11]);
+        assert_eq!(cache.positions(8), &[13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20]);
         let t = Tensor::new(&[0., 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6., 7., 8.], &Device::Cpu)?;
         let data = cache.append(&t)?;
         assert_eq!(data.to_vec1::<f64>()?, [0., 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6., 7., 8.]);
         assert_eq!(cache.current_seq_len(), 22);
         assert_eq!(cache.offset(), 0);
+        assert_eq!(cache.positions(0), &[16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21]);
+        assert_eq!(cache.positions(1), &[22, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21]);
 
         let mask = cache.attn_mask(1, &Device::Cpu)?;
         assert!(mask.is_none());