diff --git a/megatron/model/__init__.py b/megatron/model/__init__.py
index 2306749fcb..5928a16343 100644
--- a/megatron/model/__init__.py
+++ b/megatron/model/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     from apex.normalization import MixedFusedRMSNorm as RMSNorm
 else:
     from .rmsnorm import RMSNorm
-    from torch.nn import LayerNorm
+    from .layer_norm_p1 import LayerNorm1P as LayerNorm
 
 from .distributed import DistributedDataParallel
 from .bert_model import BertModel
diff --git a/megatron/model/layer_norm_p1.py b/megatron/model/layer_norm_p1.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..edaac6675a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/megatron/model/layer_norm_p1.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import math
+import numbers
+
+import torch
+import torch.nn as nn
+from torch.nn.parameter import Parameter
+from torch.nn import init
+
+
+class LayerNorm1P(torch.nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, normalized_shape, eps=1e-5, apply_layernorm_1p=False):
+        super(LayerNorm1P, self).__init__()
+        self.eps = eps
+        self.apply_layernorm_1p = apply_layernorm_1p
+        
+        if isinstance(normalized_shape, numbers.Integral):
+            normalized_shape = (normalized_shape,)
+        self.normalized_shape = torch.Size(normalized_shape)
+        self.weight = Parameter(torch.Tensor(*normalized_shape))
+        self.bias = Parameter(torch.Tensor(*normalized_shape))
+        self.reset_parameters()
+    
+    def reset_parameters(self):
+
+        if self.apply_layernorm_1p:
+            init.zeros_(self.weight)
+            init.zeros_(self.bias)
+        else:
+            init.ones_(self.weight)
+            init.zeros_(self.bias)
+    
+    def forward(self, input):
+        if self.apply_layernorm_1p:
+            weight_plus_1 = (self.weight + 1)
+            output = torch.nn.functional.layer_norm(input, self.normalized_shape, weight_plus_1, self.bias, self.eps)
+            return output
+        else:
+            return torch.nn.functional.layer_norm(input, self.normalized_shape, self.weight, self.bias, self.eps)
diff --git a/megatron/model/transformer.py b/megatron/model/transformer.py
index e75f13a24f..1672dbe7e0 100644
--- a/megatron/model/transformer.py
+++ b/megatron/model/transformer.py
@@ -913,7 +913,8 @@ def __init__(self, config,
             else:
                 self.input_layernorm = LayerNorm(
                     config.hidden_size,
-                    eps=config.layernorm_epsilon)
+                    eps=config.layernorm_epsilon,
+                    apply_layernorm_1p=args.apply_layernorm_1p)
         else:
             self.input_layernorm = RMSNorm(config.hidden_size, config.layernorm_epsilon)
         # Self attention.
@@ -939,7 +940,8 @@ def __init__(self, config,
             else:
                 self.post_attention_layernorm = LayerNorm(
                     config.hidden_size,
-                    eps=config.layernorm_epsilon)
+                    eps=config.layernorm_epsilon,
+                    apply_layernorm_1p=args.apply_layernorm_1p)
         else:
             self.post_attention_layernorm = RMSNorm(config.hidden_size, config.layernorm_epsilon)
             # Cross attention.
@@ -1762,7 +1764,8 @@ def build_layer(layer_number, n_e):
                 else:
                     self.final_layernorm = LayerNorm(
                         config.hidden_size,
-                        eps=config.layernorm_epsilon)
+                        eps=config.layernorm_epsilon,
+                        apply_layernorm_1p=args.apply_layernorm_1p)
             else:
                 self.final_layernorm = RMSNorm(config.hidden_size, config.layernorm_epsilon)