diff --git a/src/Microsoft.ML.FastTree/FastTree.cs b/src/Microsoft.ML.FastTree/FastTree.cs
index 46aac0f066..9c5e7ec4cd 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.ML.FastTree/FastTree.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.ML.FastTree/FastTree.cs
@@ -2985,41 +2985,11 @@ void ICanSaveInTextFormat.SaveAsText(TextWriter writer, RoleMappedSchema schema)
         void ICanSaveInIniFormat.SaveAsIni(TextWriter writer, RoleMappedSchema schema, ICalibrator calibrator)
         {
             Host.CheckValue(writer, nameof(writer));
-            Host.CheckValue(schema, nameof(schema));
-            Host.CheckValueOrNull(calibrator);
-            string ensembleIni = TrainedEnsemble.ToTreeEnsembleIni(new FeaturesToContentMap(schema),
+            var ensembleIni = FastTreeIniFileUtils.TreeEnsembleToIni(Host, TrainedEnsemble, schema, calibrator,
                 InnerArgs, appendFeatureGain: true, includeZeroGainFeatures: false);
-            ensembleIni = AddCalibrationToIni(ensembleIni, calibrator);
             writer.WriteLine(ensembleIni);
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Get the calibration summary in INI format
-        /// </summary>
-        private string AddCalibrationToIni(string ini, ICalibrator calibrator)
-        {
-            Host.AssertValue(ini);
-            Host.AssertValueOrNull(calibrator);
-
-            if (calibrator == null)
-                return ini;
-
-            if (calibrator is PlattCalibrator)
-            {
-                string calibratorEvaluatorIni = IniFileUtils.GetCalibratorEvaluatorIni(ini, calibrator as PlattCalibrator);
-                return IniFileUtils.AddEvaluator(ini, calibratorEvaluatorIni);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                StringBuilder newSection = new StringBuilder();
-                newSection.AppendLine();
-                newSection.AppendLine();
-                newSection.AppendLine("[TLCCalibration]");
-                newSection.AppendLine("Type=" + calibrator.GetType().Name);
-                return ini + newSection;
-            }
-        }
-
         JToken ISingleCanSavePfa.SaveAsPfa(BoundPfaContext ctx, JToken input)
         {
             Host.CheckValue(ctx, nameof(ctx));
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.ML.FastTree/GamTrainer.cs b/src/Microsoft.ML.FastTree/GamTrainer.cs
index c5d213671c..3c6edf0acc 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.ML.FastTree/GamTrainer.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.ML.FastTree/GamTrainer.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using Microsoft.ML;
+using Microsoft.ML.Calibrator;
 using Microsoft.ML.Command;
 using Microsoft.ML.CommandLine;
 using Microsoft.ML.Core.Data;
@@ -647,7 +648,7 @@ public Stump(uint splitPoint, double lteValue, double gtValue)
     }
 
     public abstract class GamModelParametersBase : ModelParametersBase<float>, IValueMapper, ICalculateFeatureContribution,
-        IFeatureContributionMapper, ICanSaveInTextFormat, ICanSaveSummary
+        IFeatureContributionMapper, ICanSaveInTextFormat, ICanSaveSummary, ICanSaveInIniFormat
     {
         private readonly double[][] _binUpperBounds;
         private readonly double[][] _binEffects;
@@ -833,6 +834,7 @@ private void Map(in VBuffer<float> features, ref float response)
 
             double value = Intercept;
             var featuresValues = features.GetValues();
+
             if (features.IsDense)
             {
                 for (int i = 0; i < featuresValues.Length; ++i)
@@ -1028,6 +1030,114 @@ private void GetFeatureContributions(in VBuffer<float> features, ref VBuffer<flo
             Numeric.VectorUtils.SparsifyNormalize(ref contributions, top, bottom, normalize);
         }
 
+        void ICanSaveInIniFormat.SaveAsIni(TextWriter writer, RoleMappedSchema schema, ICalibrator calibrator)
+        {
+            Host.CheckValue(writer, nameof(writer));
+            var ensemble = new TreeEnsemble();
+
+            for (int featureIndex = 0; featureIndex < _numFeatures; featureIndex++)
+            {
+                var effects = _binEffects[featureIndex];
+                var binThresholds = _binUpperBounds[featureIndex];
+
+                Host.Assert(effects.Length == binThresholds.Length);
+                var numLeaves = effects.Length;
+                var numInternalNodes = numLeaves - 1;
+
+                var splitFeatures = Enumerable.Repeat(featureIndex, numInternalNodes).ToArray();
+                var (treeThresholds, lteChild, gtChild) = CreateBalancedTree(numInternalNodes, binThresholds);
+                var tree = CreateRegressionTree(numLeaves, splitFeatures, treeThresholds, lteChild, gtChild, effects);
+                ensemble.AddTree(tree);
+            }
+
+            // Adding the intercept as a dummy tree with the output values being the model intercept,
+            // works for reaching parity.
+            var interceptTree = CreateRegressionTree(
+                numLeaves: 2,
+                splitFeatures: new[] { 0 },
+                rawThresholds: new[] { 0f },
+                lteChild: new[] { ~0 },
+                gtChild: new[] { ~1 },
+                leafValues: new[] { Intercept, Intercept });
+            ensemble.AddTree(interceptTree);
+
+            var ini = FastTreeIniFileUtils.TreeEnsembleToIni(
+                Host, ensemble, schema, calibrator, string.Empty, false, false);
+
+            // Remove the SplitGain values which are all 0.
+            // It's eaiser to remove them here, than to modify the FastTree code.
+            var goodLines = ini.Split(new[] { '\n' }).Where(line => !line.StartsWith("SplitGain="));
+            ini = string.Join("\n", goodLines);
+            writer.WriteLine(ini);
+        }
+
+        // GAM bins should be converted to balanced trees / binary search trees
+        // so that scoring takes O(log(n)) instead of O(n). The following utility
+        // creates a balanced tree.
+        private (float[], int[], int[]) CreateBalancedTree(int numInternalNodes, double[] binThresholds)
+        {
+            var binIndices = Enumerable.Range(0, numInternalNodes).ToArray();
+            var internalNodeIndices = new List<int>();
+            var lteChild = new List<int>();
+            var gtChild = new List<int>();
+            var internalNodeId = numInternalNodes;
+
+            CreateBalancedTreeRecursive(
+                0, binIndices.Length - 1, internalNodeIndices, lteChild, gtChild, ref internalNodeId);
+            // internalNodeId should have been counted all the way down to 0 (root node)
+            Host.Assert(internalNodeId == 0);
+
+            var tree = (
+                thresholds: internalNodeIndices.Select(x => (float)binThresholds[binIndices[x]]).ToArray(),
+                lteChild: lteChild.ToArray(),
+                gtChild: gtChild.ToArray());
+            return tree;
+        }
+
+        private int CreateBalancedTreeRecursive(int lower, int upper,
+            List<int> internalNodeIndices, List<int> lteChild, List<int> gtChild, ref int internalNodeId)
+        {
+            if (lower > upper)
+            {
+                // Base case: we've reached a leaf node
+                Host.Assert(lower == upper + 1);
+                return ~lower;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // This is postorder traversal algorithm and populating the internalNodeIndices/lte/gt lists in reverse.
+                // Preorder is the only option, because we need the results of both left/right recursions for populating the lists.
+                // As a result, lists are populated in reverse, because the root node should be the first item on the lists.
+                // Binary search tree algorithm (recursive splitting to half) is used for creating balanced tree.
+                var mid = (lower + upper) / 2;
+                var left = CreateBalancedTreeRecursive(
+                    lower, mid - 1, internalNodeIndices, lteChild, gtChild, ref internalNodeId);
+                var right = CreateBalancedTreeRecursive(
+                    mid + 1, upper, internalNodeIndices, lteChild, gtChild, ref internalNodeId);
+                internalNodeIndices.Insert(0, mid);
+                lteChild.Insert(0, left);
+                gtChild.Insert(0, right);
+                return --internalNodeId;
+            }
+        }
+        private static RegressionTree CreateRegressionTree(
+            int numLeaves, int[] splitFeatures, float[] rawThresholds, int[] lteChild, int[] gtChild, double[] leafValues)
+        {
+            var numInternalNodes = numLeaves - 1;
+            return RegressionTree.Create(
+                numLeaves: numLeaves,
+                splitFeatures: splitFeatures,
+                rawThresholds: rawThresholds,
+                lteChild: lteChild,
+                gtChild: gtChild.ToArray(),
+                leafValues: leafValues,
+                // Ignored arguments
+                splitGain: new double[numInternalNodes],
+                defaultValueForMissing: new float[numInternalNodes],
+                categoricalSplitFeatures: new int[numInternalNodes][],
+                categoricalSplit: new bool[numInternalNodes]);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The GAM model visualization command. Because the data access commands must access private members of
         /// <see cref="GamModelParametersBase"/>, it is convenient to have the command itself nested within the base
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.ML.FastTree/Utils/FastTreeIniFileUtils.cs b/src/Microsoft.ML.FastTree/Utils/FastTreeIniFileUtils.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a2a35136b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.ML.FastTree/Utils/FastTreeIniFileUtils.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System.Text;
+using Microsoft.ML.Calibrator;
+using Microsoft.ML.Data;
+using Microsoft.ML.Internal.Calibration;
+using Microsoft.ML.Internal.Utilities;
+
+namespace Microsoft.ML.Trainers.FastTree.Internal
+{
+    internal static class FastTreeIniFileUtils
+    {
+        public static string TreeEnsembleToIni(
+            IHost host, TreeEnsemble ensemble, RoleMappedSchema schema, ICalibrator calibrator,
+            string trainingParams, bool appendFeatureGain, bool includeZeroGainFeatures)
+        {
+            host.CheckValue(ensemble, nameof(ensemble));
+            host.CheckValue(schema, nameof(schema));
+
+            string ensembleIni = ensemble.ToTreeEnsembleIni(new FeaturesToContentMap(schema),
+                trainingParams, appendFeatureGain, includeZeroGainFeatures);
+            ensembleIni = AddCalibrationToIni(host, ensembleIni, calibrator);
+            return ensembleIni;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Get the calibration summary in INI format
+        /// </summary>
+        private static string AddCalibrationToIni(IHost host, string ini, ICalibrator calibrator)
+        {
+            host.AssertValue(ini);
+            host.AssertValueOrNull(calibrator);
+
+            if (calibrator == null)
+                return ini;
+
+            if (calibrator is PlattCalibrator)
+            {
+                string calibratorEvaluatorIni = IniFileUtils.GetCalibratorEvaluatorIni(ini, calibrator as PlattCalibrator);
+                return IniFileUtils.AddEvaluator(ini, calibratorEvaluatorIni);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                StringBuilder newSection = new StringBuilder();
+                newSection.AppendLine();
+                newSection.AppendLine();
+                newSection.AppendLine("[TLCCalibration]");
+                newSection.AppendLine("Type=" + calibrator.GetType().Name);
+                return ini + newSection;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.ML.Predictor.Tests/TestIniModels.cs b/test/Microsoft.ML.Predictor.Tests/TestIniModels.cs
index 58332208a3..edb6bd5e86 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.ML.Predictor.Tests/TestIniModels.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.ML.Predictor.Tests/TestIniModels.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Threading;
+using Microsoft.ML;
+using Microsoft.ML.Data;
+using Microsoft.ML.Internal.Calibration;
+using Microsoft.ML.Internal.Utilities;
+using Microsoft.ML.Internal.Internallearn;
+using Microsoft.ML.Trainers.FastTree;
+using Microsoft.ML.Tools;
+using Xunit;
+using Xunit.Abstractions;
 
 namespace Microsoft.ML.RunTests
 {
@@ -497,4 +510,95 @@ public ProcessDebugInformation RunCommandLine(string commandLine, string dir)
         }
     }
 #endif
+
+    public sealed class TestIniModels : TestDataPipeBase
+    {
+        public TestIniModels(ITestOutputHelper output) : base(output)
+        {
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void TestGamRegressionIni()
+        {
+            var mlContext = new MLContext(seed: 0);
+            var idv = mlContext.Data.CreateTextReader(
+                    new TextLoader.Arguments()
+                    {
+                        HasHeader = false,
+                        Column = new[]
+                        {
+                            new TextLoader.Column("Label", DataKind.R4, 0),
+                            new TextLoader.Column("Features", DataKind.R4, 1, 9)
+                        }
+                    }).Read(GetDataPath("breast-cancer.txt"));
+
+            var pipeline = mlContext.Transforms.ReplaceMissingValues("Features")
+                .Append(mlContext.Regression.Trainers.GeneralizedAdditiveModels());
+            var model = pipeline.Fit(idv);
+            var data = model.Transform(idv);
+
+            var roleMappedSchema = new RoleMappedSchema(data.Schema, false,
+                new KeyValuePair<RoleMappedSchema.ColumnRole, string>(RoleMappedSchema.ColumnRole.Feature, "Features"),
+                new KeyValuePair<RoleMappedSchema.ColumnRole, string>(RoleMappedSchema.ColumnRole.Label, "Label"));
+
+            string modelIniPath = GetOutputPath(FullTestName + "-model.ini");
+            using (Stream iniStream = File.Create(modelIniPath))
+            using (StreamWriter iniWriter = Utils.OpenWriter(iniStream))
+                ((ICanSaveInIniFormat)model.LastTransformer.Model).SaveAsIni(iniWriter, roleMappedSchema);
+
+            var results = mlContext.Regression.Evaluate(data);
+
+            // Getting parity results from maml.exe:
+            // maml.exe ini ini=model.ini out=model_ini.zip data=breast-cancer.txt  loader=TextLoader{col=Label:R4:0 col=Features:R4:1-9} xf=NAHandleTransform{col=Features slot=- ind=-} kind=Regression
+            Assert.Equal(0.093256807643323947, results.L1);
+            Assert.Equal(0.025707474358979077, results.L2);
+            Assert.Equal(0.16033550560926635, results.Rms);
+            Assert.Equal(0.88620288753853549, results.RSquared);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void TestGamBinaryClassificationIni()
+        {
+            var mlContext = new MLContext(seed: 0);
+            var idv = mlContext.Data.CreateTextReader(
+                    new TextLoader.Arguments()
+                    {
+                        HasHeader = false,
+                        Column = new[]
+                        {
+                            new TextLoader.Column("Label", DataKind.BL, 0),
+                            new TextLoader.Column("Features", DataKind.R4, 1, 9)
+                        }
+                    }).Read(GetDataPath("breast-cancer.txt"));
+
+            var pipeline = mlContext.Transforms.ReplaceMissingValues("Features")
+                .Append(mlContext.BinaryClassification.Trainers.GeneralizedAdditiveModels());
+            var model = pipeline.Fit(idv);
+            var data = model.Transform(idv);
+
+            var roleMappedSchema = new RoleMappedSchema(data.Schema, false,
+                new KeyValuePair<RoleMappedSchema.ColumnRole, string>(RoleMappedSchema.ColumnRole.Feature, "Features"),
+                new KeyValuePair<RoleMappedSchema.ColumnRole, string>(RoleMappedSchema.ColumnRole.Label, "Label"));
+
+            var calibratedPredictor = model.LastTransformer.Model as CalibratedPredictor;
+            var predictor = calibratedPredictor.SubPredictor as ICanSaveInIniFormat;
+            string modelIniPath = GetOutputPath(FullTestName + "-model.ini");
+
+            using (Stream iniStream = File.Create(modelIniPath))
+            using (StreamWriter iniWriter = Utils.OpenWriter(iniStream))
+                predictor.SaveAsIni(iniWriter, roleMappedSchema, calibratedPredictor.Calibrator);
+
+            var results = mlContext.BinaryClassification.Evaluate(data);
+
+            // Getting parity results from maml.exe:
+            // maml.exe ini ini=model.ini out=model_ini.zip data=breast-cancer.txt  loader=TextLoader{col=Label:R4:0 col=Features:R4:1-9} xf=NAHandleTransform{col=Features slot=- ind=-} kind=Binary
+            Assert.Equal(0.99545199224483139, results.Auc);
+            Assert.Equal(0.96995708154506433, results.Accuracy);
+            Assert.Equal(0.95081967213114749, results.PositivePrecision);
+            Assert.Equal(0.96265560165975106, results.PositiveRecall);
+            Assert.Equal(0.95670103092783509, results.F1Score);
+            Assert.Equal(0.11594021906091197, results.LogLoss);
+        }
+    }
+
 }