diff --git a/byaldi/colpali.py b/byaldi/colpali.py
index cc11dcb..e78e6b4 100644
--- a/byaldi/colpali.py
+++ b/byaldi/colpali.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import srsly
 import torch
-from colpali_engine.models import ColPali, ColPaliProcessor, ColQwen2, ColQwen2Processor
+from colpali_engine.models import ColPali, ColPaliProcessor, ColQwen2, ColQwen2Processor, ColIdefics3, ColIdefics3Processor
 from pdf2image import convert_from_path
 from PIL import Image
 
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ def __init__(
         if (
             "colpali" not in pretrained_model_name_or_path.lower()
             and "colqwen2" not in pretrained_model_name_or_path.lower()
+            and "colsmolvlm" not in pretrained_model_name_or_path.lower()
         ):
             raise ValueError(
-                "This pre-release version of Byaldi only supports ColPali and ColQwen2 for now. Incorrect model name specified."
+                "This pre-release version of Byaldi only supports ColPali, ColQwen2 and ColSmolVLM for now. Incorrect model name specified."
             )
 
         if verbose > 0:
@@ -89,6 +90,18 @@ def __init__(
                 ),
                 token=kwargs.get("hf_token", None) or os.environ.get("HF_TOKEN"),
             )
+        elif "colsmolvlm" in pretrained_model_name_or_path.lower():
+            self.model = ColIdefics3.from_pretrained(
+                self.pretrained_model_name_or_path,
+                torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
+                device_map=(
+                    "cuda"
+                    if device == "cuda"
+                    or (isinstance(device, torch.device) and device.type == "cuda")
+                    else None
+                ),
+                token=kwargs.get("hf_token", None) or os.environ.get("HF_TOKEN"),
+            )
         self.model = self.model.eval()
 
         if "colpali" in pretrained_model_name_or_path.lower():
@@ -107,6 +120,14 @@ def __init__(
                     token=kwargs.get("hf_token", None) or os.environ.get("HF_TOKEN"),
                 ),
             )
+        elif "colsmolvlm" in pretrained_model_name_or_path.lower():
+            self.processor = cast(
+                ColIdefics3Processor,
+                ColIdefics3Processor.from_pretrained(
+                    self.pretrained_model_name_or_path,
+                    token=kwargs.get("hf_token", None) or os.environ.get("HF_TOKEN"),
+                ),
+            )
 
         self.device = device
         if device != "cuda" and not (
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bf1d624..cfb3b5a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ maintainers = [
 ]
 
 dependencies = [
-    "colpali-engine>=0.3.4,<0.4.0",
+    "colpali-engine>=0.3.5,<0.4.0",
     "ml-dtypes",
     "mteb==1.6.35",
     "ninja",
diff --git a/tests/test_colsmolvlm.py b/tests/test_colsmolvlm.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0627353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_colsmolvlm.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+from typing import Generator
+
+import pytest
+from colpali_engine.models import ColIdefics3
+from colpali_engine.utils.torch_utils import get_torch_device, tear_down_torch
+
+from byaldi import RAGMultiModalModel
+from byaldi.colpali import ColPaliModel
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def colsmolvlm_rag_model() -> Generator[RAGMultiModalModel, None, None]:
+    device = get_torch_device("auto")
+    print(f"Using device: {device}")
+    yield RAGMultiModalModel.from_pretrained("vidore/colsmolvlm-alpha", device=device)
+    tear_down_torch()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.slow
+def test_load_colsmolvlm_from_pretrained(colsmolvlm_rag_model: RAGMultiModalModel):
+    assert isinstance(colsmolvlm_rag_model, RAGMultiModalModel)
+    assert isinstance(colsmolvlm_rag_model.model, ColPaliModel)
+    assert isinstance(colsmolvlm_rag_model.model.model, ColIdefics3)