diff --git a/keras_nlp/src/utils/transformers/convert.py b/keras_nlp/src/utils/transformers/convert.py
index 9befb880ea..522a534e93 100644
--- a/keras_nlp/src/utils/transformers/convert.py
+++ b/keras_nlp/src/utils/transformers/convert.py
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@
 from keras_nlp.src.utils.transformers.convert_llama3 import (
     load_llama3_tokenizer,
 )
+from keras_nlp.src.utils.transformers.convert_mistral import (
+    load_mistral_backbone,
+)
+from keras_nlp.src.utils.transformers.convert_mistral import (
+    load_mistral_tokenizer,
+)
 from keras_nlp.src.utils.transformers.convert_pali_gemma import (
     load_pali_gemma_backbone,
 )
@@ -74,6 +80,8 @@ def load_transformers_backbone(cls, preset, load_weights):
         return load_albert_backbone(cls, preset, load_weights)
     if cls.__name__ == "BartBackbone":
         return load_bart_backbone(cls, preset, load_weights)
+    if cls.__name__ == "MistralBackbone":
+        return load_mistral_backbone(cls, preset, load_weights)
     raise ValueError(
         f"{cls} has not been ported from the Hugging Face format yet. "
         "Please check Hugging Face Hub for the Keras model. "
@@ -109,6 +117,8 @@ def load_transformers_tokenizer(cls, preset):
         return load_albert_tokenizer(cls, preset)
     if cls.__name__ == "BartTokenizer":
         return load_bart_tokenizer(cls, preset)
+    if cls.__name__ == "MistralTokenizer":
+        return load_mistral_tokenizer(cls, preset)
     raise ValueError(
         f"{cls} has not been ported from the Hugging Face format yet. "
         "Please check Hugging Face Hub for the Keras model. "
diff --git a/keras_nlp/src/utils/transformers/convert_mistral.py b/keras_nlp/src/utils/transformers/convert_mistral.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a8b989a4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/keras_nlp/src/utils/transformers/convert_mistral.py
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+# Copyright 2024 The KerasNLP Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+import numpy as np
+
+from keras_nlp.src.utils.preset_utils import HF_CONFIG_FILE
+from keras_nlp.src.utils.preset_utils import get_file
+from keras_nlp.src.utils.preset_utils import jax_memory_cleanup
+from keras_nlp.src.utils.preset_utils import load_config
+from keras_nlp.src.utils.transformers.safetensor_utils import SafetensorLoader
+
+
+def convert_backbone_config(transformers_config):
+    return {
+        "vocabulary_size": transformers_config["vocab_size"],
+        "num_layers": transformers_config["num_hidden_layers"],
+        "num_query_heads": transformers_config["num_attention_heads"],
+        "hidden_dim": transformers_config["hidden_size"],
+        "intermediate_dim": transformers_config["intermediate_size"],
+        "num_key_value_heads": transformers_config["num_key_value_heads"],
+        "rope_max_wavelength": transformers_config["rope_theta"],
+        "layer_norm_epsilon": transformers_config["rms_norm_eps"],
+        "sliding_window": transformers_config["sliding_window"],
+    }
+
+
+def convert_weights(backbone, loader):
+    # Embeddings
+    loader.port_weight(
+        keras_variable=backbone.token_embedding.embeddings,
+        hf_weight_key="model.embed_tokens.weight",
+        hook_fn=lambda hf_tensor, _: hf_tensor.astype(np.float16),
+    )
+    loader.port_weight(
+        keras_variable=backbone.token_embedding.reverse_embeddings,
+        hf_weight_key="lm_head.weight",
+        hook_fn=lambda hf_tensor, _: np.transpose(
+            hf_tensor.astype(np.float16), axes=(1, 0)
+        ),
+    )
+
+    # Attention blocks
+    for index in range(backbone.num_layers):
+        decoder_layer = backbone.transformer_layers[index]
+
+        # Norm layers
+        loader.port_weight(
+            keras_variable=decoder_layer._self_attention_layernorm.scale,
+            hf_weight_key=f"model.layers.{index}.input_layernorm.weight",
+            hook_fn=lambda hf_tensor, _: hf_tensor.astype(np.float16),
+        )
+        loader.port_weight(
+            keras_variable=decoder_layer._feedforward_layernorm.scale,
+            hf_weight_key=f"model.layers.{index}.post_attention_layernorm.weight",
+            hook_fn=lambda hf_tensor, _: hf_tensor.astype(np.float16),
+        )
+
+        # Attention layers
+        loader.port_weight(
+            keras_variable=decoder_layer._self_attention_layer._query_dense.kernel,
+            hf_weight_key=f"model.layers.{index}.self_attn.q_proj.weight",
+            hook_fn=lambda hf_tensor, keras_shape: np.reshape(
+                np.transpose(hf_tensor.astype(np.float16)), keras_shape
+            ),
+        )
+        loader.port_weight(
+            keras_variable=decoder_layer._self_attention_layer._key_dense.kernel,
+            hf_weight_key=f"model.layers.{index}.self_attn.k_proj.weight",
+            hook_fn=lambda hf_tensor, keras_shape: np.reshape(
+                np.transpose(hf_tensor.astype(np.float16)), keras_shape
+            ),
+        )
+        loader.port_weight(
+            keras_variable=decoder_layer._self_attention_layer._value_dense.kernel,
+            hf_weight_key=f"model.layers.{index}.self_attn.v_proj.weight",
+            hook_fn=lambda hf_tensor, keras_shape: np.reshape(
+                np.transpose(hf_tensor.astype(np.float16)), keras_shape
+            ),
+        )
+        loader.port_weight(
+            keras_variable=decoder_layer._self_attention_layer._output_dense.kernel,
+            hf_weight_key=f"model.layers.{index}.self_attn.o_proj.weight",
+            hook_fn=lambda hf_tensor, keras_shape: np.reshape(
+                np.transpose(hf_tensor.astype(np.float16)), keras_shape
+            ),
+        )
+
+        # MLP layers
+        loader.port_weight(
+            keras_variable=decoder_layer._feedforward_gate_dense.kernel,
+            hf_weight_key=f"model.layers.{index}.mlp.gate_proj.weight",
+            hook_fn=lambda hf_tensor, _: np.transpose(
+                hf_tensor.astype(np.float16), axes=(1, 0)
+            ),
+        )
+        loader.port_weight(
+            keras_variable=decoder_layer._feedforward_intermediate_dense.kernel,
+            hf_weight_key=f"model.layers.{index}.mlp.up_proj.weight",
+            hook_fn=lambda hf_tensor, _: np.transpose(
+                hf_tensor.astype(np.float16), axes=(1, 0)
+            ),
+        )
+        loader.port_weight(
+            keras_variable=decoder_layer._feedforward_output_dense.kernel,
+            hf_weight_key=f"model.layers.{index}.mlp.down_proj.weight",
+            hook_fn=lambda hf_tensor, _: np.transpose(
+                hf_tensor.astype(np.float16), axes=(1, 0)
+            ),
+        )
+
+    # Normalization
+    loader.port_weight(
+        keras_variable=backbone.layer_norm.scale,
+        hf_weight_key="model.norm.weight",
+        hook_fn=lambda hf_tensor, _: hf_tensor.astype(np.float16),
+    )
+
+    return backbone
+
+
+def load_mistral_backbone(cls, preset, load_weights):
+    transformers_config = load_config(preset, HF_CONFIG_FILE)
+    keras_config = convert_backbone_config(transformers_config)
+    backbone = cls(**keras_config)
+    if load_weights:
+        jax_memory_cleanup(backbone)
+        with SafetensorLoader(preset) as loader:
+            convert_weights(backbone, loader)
+    return backbone
+
+
+def load_mistral_tokenizer(cls, preset):
+    return cls(get_file(preset, "tokenizer.model"))
diff --git a/keras_nlp/src/utils/transformers/convert_mistral_test.py b/keras_nlp/src/utils/transformers/convert_mistral_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82ac9eccc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/keras_nlp/src/utils/transformers/convert_mistral_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Copyright 2024 The KerasNLP Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+import pytest
+
+from keras_nlp.src.models.mistral.mistral_causal_lm import MistralCausalLM
+from keras_nlp.src.tests.test_case import TestCase
+
+
+class TestTask(TestCase):
+    @pytest.mark.large
+    def test_convert_tiny_preset(self):
+        model = MistralCausalLM.from_preset("hf://cosmo3769/tiny-mistral-test")
+        prompt = "What is your favorite condiment?"
+        model.generate([prompt], max_length=15)
+
+    # TODO: compare numerics with huggingface model