diff --git a/convert_hf_to_gguf.py b/convert_hf_to_gguf.py
index feef03d1c..930c1bdd0 100755
--- a/convert_hf_to_gguf.py
+++ b/convert_hf_to_gguf.py
@@ -849,6 +849,9 @@ class TextModel(ModelBase):
         if chkhsh == "2085e1638f6c377a0aa4ead21b27bb4cb941bf800df86ed391011769c1758dfb":
             # ref: https://huggingface.co/LGAI-EXAONE/EXAONE-4.0-32B
             res = "exaone4"
+        if chkhsh == "d4540891389ea895b53b399da6ac824becc30f2fba0e9ddbb98f92e55ca0e97c":
+            # ref: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-8B
+            res = "qwen2"
 
         if res is None:
             logger.warning("\n")
diff --git a/gguf-py/gguf/tensor_mapping.py b/gguf-py/gguf/tensor_mapping.py
index df490fc80..e6efc93fa 100644
--- a/gguf-py/gguf/tensor_mapping.py
+++ b/gguf-py/gguf/tensor_mapping.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class TensorNameMap:
             "language_model.model.embed_tokens",         # llama4
             "encoder",                                   # neobert
             "model.transformer.wte",                     # llada
+            "embed_tokens",                              # qwen3-embedding
         ),
 
         # Token type embeddings
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ class TensorNameMap:
             "transformer_encoder.{bid}.attention_norm",             # neobert
             "model.layers.{bid}.operator_norm",                     # lfm2
             "model.transformer.blocks.{bid}.attn_norm",             # llada
+            "layers.{bid}.input_layernorm",                         # qwen3-embedding
         ),
 
         # Attention norm 2
@@ -188,6 +190,7 @@ class TensorNameMap:
             "transformer.h.{bid}.attn.attention.q_proj",                 # exaone
             "model.layers.{bid}.self_attn.q_proj",                       # llama4
             "model.transformer.blocks.{bid}.q_proj",                     # llada
+            "layers.{bid}.self_attn.q_proj",                             # qwen3-embedding
         ),
 
         # Attention key
@@ -205,6 +208,7 @@ class TensorNameMap:
             "transformer.h.{bid}.attn.attention.k_proj",               # exaone
             "model.layers.{bid}.self_attn.k_proj",                     # llama4
             "model.transformer.blocks.{bid}.k_proj",                   # llada
+            "layers.{bid}.self_attn.k_proj",                           # qwen3-embedding
         ),
 
         # Attention value
@@ -221,6 +225,7 @@ class TensorNameMap:
             "transformer.h.{bid}.attn.attention.v_proj",                 # exaone
             "model.layers.{bid}.self_attn.v_proj",                       # llama4
             "model.transformer.blocks.{bid}.v_proj",                     # llada
+            "layers.{bid}.self_attn.v_proj",                             # qwen3-embedding
         ),
 
         # Attention output
@@ -254,6 +259,7 @@ class TensorNameMap:
             "model.layers.{bid}.self_attn.o_proj",                          # llama4
             "transformer_encoder.{bid}.wo",                                 # neobert
             "model.transformer.blocks.{bid}.attn_out",                      # llada
+            "layers.{bid}.self_attn.o_proj",                                # qwen3-embedding
         ),
 
         # Attention output norm
@@ -300,6 +306,7 @@ class TensorNameMap:
             "transformer_encoder.{bid}.ffn_norm",                            # neobert
             "model.layers.layers.{bid}.pre_mlp_norm",                        # plamo2
             "model.transformer.blocks.{bid}.ff_norm",                        # llada
+            "layers.{bid}.post_attention_layernorm",                         # qwen3-embedding
         ),
 
         # Post feed-forward norm
@@ -373,7 +380,8 @@ class TensorNameMap:
             "model.layers.{bid}.feed_forward.up_proj",                # llama4 jamba granite-hybrid
             "transformer_encoder.{bid}.ffn.w12",                      # neobert
             "model.layers.{bid}.block_sparse_moe.up",                 # smallthinker
-            "model.transformer.blocks.{bid}.up_proj",                  # llada
+            "model.transformer.blocks.{bid}.up_proj",                 # llada
+            "layers.{bid}.mlp.up_proj",                               # qwen3-embedding
         ),
 
         MODEL_TENSOR.FFN_UP_EXP: (
@@ -416,6 +424,7 @@ class TensorNameMap:
             "model.layers.{bid}.feed_forward.gate_proj",  # llama4 jamba granite-hybrid
             "model.layers.{bid}.block_sparse_moe.gate",   # smallthinker
             "model.transformer.blocks.{bid}.ff_proj",     # llada
+            "layers.{bid}.mlp.gate_proj",                 # qwen3-embedding
         ),
 
         MODEL_TENSOR.FFN_GATE_EXP: (
@@ -465,7 +474,8 @@ class TensorNameMap:
             "model.layers.{bid}.feed_forward.down_proj",              # llama4 jamba granite-hybrid
             "transformer_encoder.{bid}.ffn.w3",                       # neobert
             "model.layers.{bid}.block_sparse_moe.down",               # smallthinker
-            "model.transformer.blocks.{bid}.ff_out",                   # llada
+            "model.transformer.blocks.{bid}.ff_out",                  # llada
+            "layers.{bid}.mlp.down_proj",                             # qwen3-embedding
         ),
 
         MODEL_TENSOR.FFN_DOWN_EXP: (
@@ -497,6 +507,7 @@ class TensorNameMap:
             "encoder.layer.{bid}.attention.self.layer_norm_q",                # jina-bert-v2
             "transformer.layers.{bid}.attn.q_norm",                           # openelm
             "model.layers.layers.{bid}.mixer.q",                              # plamo2
+            "layers.{bid}.self_attn.q_norm",                                  # qwen3-embedding
         ),
 
         MODEL_TENSOR.ATTN_K_NORM: (
@@ -508,6 +519,7 @@ class TensorNameMap:
             "encoder.layer.{bid}.attention.self.layer_norm_k",                # jina-bert-v2
             "transformer.layers.{bid}.attn.k_norm",                           # openelm
             "model.layers.layers.{bid}.mixer.k",                              # plamo2
+            "layers.{bid}.self_attn.k_norm",                                  # qwen3-embedding
         ),
 
         MODEL_TENSOR.ROPE_FREQS: (
diff --git a/src/llama-model.cpp b/src/llama-model.cpp
index e3f12edd9..6b58fb8a0 100644
--- a/src/llama-model.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-model.cpp
@@ -899,6 +899,7 @@ void llama_model::load_hparams(llama_model_loader & ml) {
             } break;
         case LLM_ARCH_QWEN3:
             {
+                ml.get_key(LLM_KV_POOLING_TYPE, hparams.pooling_type, false);
                 ml.get_key(LLM_KV_ATTENTION_LAYERNORM_RMS_EPS, hparams.f_norm_rms_eps);
                 switch (hparams.n_layer) {
                     case 28: type = hparams.n_embd == 1024 ? LLM_TYPE_0_6B : LLM_TYPE_1_7B; break;