diff --git a/fastchat/model/model_adapter.py b/fastchat/model/model_adapter.py
index 1c214f0b3..cbf18e4aa 100644
--- a/fastchat/model/model_adapter.py
+++ b/fastchat/model/model_adapter.py
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
     os.environ.get("PEFT_SHARE_BASE_WEIGHTS", "false").lower() == "true"
 )
 
-
 ANTHROPIC_MODEL_LIST = (
     "claude-1",
     "claude-2",
@@ -79,11 +78,17 @@ def load_model(self, model_path: str, from_pretrained_kwargs: dict):
             )
         try:
             model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
-                model_path, low_cpu_mem_usage=True, **from_pretrained_kwargs
+                model_path,
+                low_cpu_mem_usage=True,
+                trust_remote_code=True,
+                **from_pretrained_kwargs,
             )
         except NameError:
             model = AutoModel.from_pretrained(
-                model_path, low_cpu_mem_usage=True, **from_pretrained_kwargs
+                model_path,
+                low_cpu_mem_usage=True,
+                trust_remote_code=True,
+                **from_pretrained_kwargs,
             )
         return model, tokenizer