diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index f479dc3..000d9db 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "ggml-quants.h"
 #include "ggml.h"
 
+
 #if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__MINGW32__)
 #include <malloc.h> // using malloc.h with MSC/MINGW
 #elif !defined(__FreeBSD__) && !defined(__NetBSD__) && !defined(__OpenBSD__)
@@ -28,6 +29,10 @@
 #include <syscall.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef GGML_USE_OPENMP
+#include <omp.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef GGML_USE_METAL
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
@@ -1756,7 +1761,7 @@ struct ggml_compute_state_shared {
     int64_t perf_node_start_cycles;
     int64_t perf_node_start_time_us;
 
-    const int n_threads;
+    int n_threads;
 
     // synchronization primitives
     atomic_int n_active;  // num active threads
@@ -19670,6 +19675,59 @@ struct ggml_cplan ggml_graph_plan(const struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph, int n_threa
     return cplan;
 }
 
+static enum ggml_status ggml_graph_compute_parallel(struct ggml_compute_state * workers, int n_threads) {
+    enum ggml_status compute_status = GGML_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+
+#ifdef GGML_USE_OPENMP
+    if (n_threads > 1) {
+        #pragma omp parallel num_threads(n_threads)
+        {
+            #pragma omp single
+            {
+                // update the number of threads from the actual number of threads that we got from OpenMP
+                n_threads = omp_get_num_threads();
+                workers[0].shared->n_threads = n_threads;
+                workers[0].shared->n_active  = n_threads;
+            }
+            ggml_graph_compute_thread(&workers[omp_get_thread_num()]);
+        }
+    } else {
+        ggml_graph_compute_thread(&workers[0]);
+    }
+#else
+    // create thread pool
+    if (n_threads > 1) {
+        for (int j = 1; j < n_threads; ++j) {
+            const int rc = ggml_thread_create(&workers[j].thrd, NULL, ggml_graph_compute_thread, &workers[j]);
+            GGML_ASSERT(rc == 0);
+            UNUSED(rc);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // this is a work thread too
+    ggml_graph_compute_thread(&workers[0]);
+
+    // join or kill thread pool
+    if (n_threads > 1) {
+        for (int j = 1; j < n_threads; j++) {
+            const int rc = ggml_thread_join(workers[j].thrd, NULL);
+            GGML_ASSERT(rc == 0);
+            UNUSED(rc);
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+    // don't leave affinity set on the main thread
+    clear_numa_thread_affinity();
+
+    for (int j = 0; j < n_threads; j++) {
+        if (workers[j].ec != GGML_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+            compute_status = workers[j].ec;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    return compute_status;
+}
+
 enum ggml_status ggml_graph_compute(struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph, struct ggml_cplan * cplan) {
     {
         GGML_ASSERT(cplan);
@@ -19680,7 +19738,11 @@ enum ggml_status ggml_graph_compute(struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph, struct ggml_cpl
         }
     }
 
-    const int n_threads = cplan->n_threads;
+    int n_threads = cplan->n_threads;
+
+#if defined(GGML_USE_OPENMP)
+    n_threads = MIN(n_threads, omp_get_max_threads());
+#endif
 
     struct ggml_compute_state_shared state_shared = {
         /*.cgraph                  =*/ cgraph,
@@ -19696,47 +19758,20 @@ enum ggml_status ggml_graph_compute(struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph, struct ggml_cpl
         /*.current_chunk;          =*/ 0,
     };
     struct ggml_compute_state * workers = alloca(sizeof(struct ggml_compute_state)*n_threads);
-
-    // create thread pool
-    if (n_threads > 1) {
-        for (int j = 1; j < n_threads; ++j) {
-            workers[j] = (struct ggml_compute_state) {
-                .thrd   = 0,
-                .ith = j,
-                .shared = &state_shared,
-                .ec = GGML_STATUS_SUCCESS,
-            };
-
-            const int rc = ggml_thread_create(&workers[j].thrd, NULL, ggml_graph_compute_thread, &workers[j]);
-            GGML_ASSERT(rc == 0);
-            UNUSED(rc);
-        }
-    }
-
-    workers[0].ith = 0;
-    workers[0].shared = &state_shared;
-    workers[0].ec = GGML_STATUS_SUCCESS;
-
     const int64_t perf_start_cycles  = ggml_perf_cycles();
     const int64_t perf_start_time_us = ggml_perf_time_us();
 
-    // this is a work thread too
-    ggml_graph_compute_thread(&workers[0]);
-    enum ggml_status compute_status = workers[0].ec;
-
-    // don't leave affinity set on the main thread
-    clear_numa_thread_affinity();
-
-    // join or kill thread pool
-    if (n_threads > 1) {
-        for (int j = 1; j < n_threads; j++) {
-            const int rc = ggml_thread_join(workers[j].thrd, NULL);
-            GGML_ASSERT(rc == 0);
-            if (workers[j].ec != GGML_STATUS_SUCCESS)
-                compute_status = workers[j].ec;
-        }
+    for (int j = 0; j < n_threads; ++j) {
+        workers[j] = (struct ggml_compute_state) {
+            .thrd   = 0,
+            .ith    = j,
+            .shared = &state_shared,
+            .ec     = GGML_STATUS_SUCCESS,
+        };
     }
 
+    enum ggml_status compute_status = ggml_graph_compute_parallel(workers, n_threads);
+
     // performance stats (graph)
     {
         int64_t perf_cycles_cur  = ggml_perf_cycles()  - perf_start_cycles;