diff --git a/examples/models/llama2/eval_llama_lib.py b/examples/models/llama2/eval_llama_lib.py
index 5e23a250026..d44820e1873 100644
--- a/examples/models/llama2/eval_llama_lib.py
+++ b/examples/models/llama2/eval_llama_lib.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from executorch.extension.llm.tokenizer.tokenizer import (
     Tokenizer as SentencePieceTokenizer,
 )
-
+from executorch.extension.llm.tokenizer.utils import get_tokenizer
 from lm_eval.api.model import LM
 
 from .export_llama_lib import (
@@ -103,11 +103,7 @@ def gen_eval_wrapper(
     Returns:
         eval_wrapper (LM): A wrapper interface for the lm-evaluation-harness library.
     """
-    try:
-        tokenizer = SentencePieceTokenizer(model_path=str(args.tokenizer_path))
-    except Exception:
-        print("Using Tiktokenizer")
-        tokenizer = Tiktoken(model_path=str(args.tokenizer_path))
+    tokenizer = get_tokenizer(args.tokenizer_path)
 
     # ExecuTorch Binary Evaluation
     if (model := args.pte) is not None:
diff --git a/extension/llm/tokenizer/targets.bzl b/extension/llm/tokenizer/targets.bzl
index 023968165bb..8229bced89e 100644
--- a/extension/llm/tokenizer/targets.bzl
+++ b/extension/llm/tokenizer/targets.bzl
@@ -25,6 +25,27 @@ def define_common_targets():
         ],
     )
 
+    runtime.python_library(
+        name = "utils",
+        srcs = [
+            "utils.py",
+        ],
+        base_module = "executorch.extension.llm.utils",
+        visibility = [
+            "//executorch/examples/...",
+            "//executorch/extension/llm/tokenizer/...",
+            "//bento/...",
+            "//bento_kernels/...",
+        ],
+        deps = [
+            "//executorch/examples/models/llama2/tokenizer:tiktoken",
+        ],
+        _is_external_target = True,
+        external_deps = [
+            "sentencepiece-py",
+        ],
+    )
+
     runtime.python_binary(
         name = "tokenizer_py",
         main_module = "executorch.extension.llm.tokenizer.tokenizer",
diff --git a/extension/llm/tokenizer/utils.py b/extension/llm/tokenizer/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..97aa4bf0c02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extension/llm/tokenizer/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+
+# pyre-ignore: Undefined import [21]: Could not find a module corresponding to import `executorch.examples.models.llama2.tokenizer.tiktoken`.
+from executorch.examples.models.llama2.tokenizer.tiktoken import Tokenizer as Tiktoken
+from executorch.extension.llm.tokenizer.tokenizer import (
+    Tokenizer as SentencePieceTokenizer,
+)
+
+
+def get_tokenizer(tokenizer_path):
+    try:
+        tokenizer = SentencePieceTokenizer(model_path=str(tokenizer_path))
+    except Exception:
+        print("Using Tiktokenizer")
+        tokenizer = Tiktoken(model_path=str(tokenizer_path))
+    return tokenizer