diff --git a/candle-core/src/quantized/avx.rs b/candle-core/src/quantized/avx.rs
index 37a4e3ba..d4b05bb0 100644
--- a/candle-core/src/quantized/avx.rs
+++ b/candle-core/src/quantized/avx.rs
@@ -638,3 +638,35 @@ pub(crate) fn vec_dot_q5k_q8k(n: usize, xs: &[BlockQ5K], ys: &[BlockQ8K]) -> Res
         Ok(hsum_float_8(acc) + summs)
     }
 }
+
+#[inline(always)]
+pub(crate) fn vec_dot_q8k_q8k(n: usize, xs: &[BlockQ8K], ys: &[BlockQ8K]) -> Result<f32> {
+    let qk = QK_K;
+    if n % qk != 0 {
+        crate::bail!("vec_dot_q8k_8k: {n} is not divisible by {qk}")
+    }
+
+    unsafe {
+        let mut acc = _mm256_setzero_ps();
+        for (xs, ys) in xs.iter().zip(ys.iter()) {
+            let mut sumi = _mm256_setzero_si256();
+            let x_qs = xs.qs.as_ptr();
+            let y_qs = ys.qs.as_ptr();
+            for j in (0..QK_K).step_by(32) {
+                let xs = _mm256_loadu_si256(x_qs.add(j) as *const __m256i);
+                let ys = _mm256_loadu_si256(y_qs.add(j) as *const __m256i);
+
+                let xs0 = _mm256_cvtepi8_epi16(_mm256_extracti128_si256(xs, 0));
+                let ys0 = _mm256_cvtepi8_epi16(_mm256_extracti128_si256(ys, 0));
+                sumi = _mm256_add_epi32(sumi, _mm256_madd_epi16(xs0, ys0));
+
+                let xs1 = _mm256_cvtepi8_epi16(_mm256_extracti128_si256(xs, 1));
+                let ys1 = _mm256_cvtepi8_epi16(_mm256_extracti128_si256(ys, 1));
+                sumi = _mm256_add_epi32(sumi, _mm256_madd_epi16(xs1, ys1));
+            }
+            let d = _mm256_set1_ps(xs.d * ys.d);
+            acc = _mm256_fmadd_ps(d, _mm256_cvtepi32_ps(sumi), acc);
+        }
+        Ok(hsum_float_8(acc))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/candle-core/src/quantized/k_quants.rs b/candle-core/src/quantized/k_quants.rs
index 80d36555..7567c446 100644
--- a/candle-core/src/quantized/k_quants.rs
+++ b/candle-core/src/quantized/k_quants.rs
@@ -1758,6 +1758,9 @@ impl GgmlType for BlockQ8K {
 
     #[allow(unreachable_code)]
     fn vec_dot(n: usize, xs: &[Self], ys: &[Self::VecDotType]) -> Result<f32> {
+        #[cfg(target_feature = "avx")]
+        return super::avx::vec_dot_q8k_q8k(n, xs, ys);
+
         #[cfg(target_feature = "neon")]
         return super::neon::vec_dot_q8k_q8k(n, xs, ys);
 
diff --git a/candle-wasm-tests/tests/quantized_tests.rs b/candle-wasm-tests/tests/quantized_tests.rs
index 8beeab60..5d53728c 100644
--- a/candle-wasm-tests/tests/quantized_tests.rs
+++ b/candle-wasm-tests/tests/quantized_tests.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ fn ggml_reference_matmul_error(dtype: GgmlDType) -> Result<f32> {
         GgmlDType::Q5_0 => 0.001353,
         GgmlDType::Q5_1 => 0.001363,
         GgmlDType::Q8_0 => 0.000092,
+
+        // Not from the ggml repo.
+        GgmlDType::Q8K => 0.00065,
         _ => candle::bail!("No GGML results for quantization type {dtype:?}",),
     };
     Ok(err)
@@ -181,3 +184,9 @@ fn quantized_matmul_q6k() -> Result<()> {
     ggml_matmul_error_test::<candle::quantized::k_quants::BlockQ6K>()?;
     Ok(())
 }
+
+#[wasm_bindgen_test]
+fn quantized_matmul_q8k() -> Result<()> {
+    ggml_matmul_error_test::<candle::quantized::k_quants::BlockQ8K>()?;
+    Ok(())
+}