diff --git a/dalle2_pytorch/dalle2_pytorch.py b/dalle2_pytorch/dalle2_pytorch.py
index 427e3e1b..388d8208 100644
--- a/dalle2_pytorch/dalle2_pytorch.py
+++ b/dalle2_pytorch/dalle2_pytorch.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import torch
 import torch.nn.functional as F
+from torch.utils.checkpoint import checkpoint
 from torch import nn, einsum
 import torchvision.transforms as T
 
@@ -108,6 +109,28 @@ def pad_tuple_to_length(t, length, fillvalue = None):
         return t
     return (*t, *((fillvalue,) * remain_length))
 
+# checkpointing helper function
+
+def make_checkpointable(fn, **kwargs):
+    if isinstance(fn, nn.ModuleList):
+        return [maybe(make_checkpointable)(el, **kwargs) for el in fn]
+
+    condition = kwargs.pop('condition', None)
+
+    if exists(condition) and not condition(fn):
+        return fn
+
+    @wraps(fn)
+    def inner(*args):
+        input_needs_grad = any([isinstance(el, torch.Tensor) and el.requires_grad for el in args])
+
+        if not input_needs_grad:
+            return fn(*args)
+
+        return checkpoint(fn, *args)
+
+    return inner
+
 # for controlling freezing of CLIP
 
 def set_module_requires_grad_(module, requires_grad):
@@ -1698,6 +1721,7 @@ def __init__(
         pixel_shuffle_upsample = True,
         final_conv_kernel_size = 1,
         combine_upsample_fmaps = False, # whether to combine the outputs of all upsample blocks, as in unet squared paper
+        checkpoint_during_training = False,
         **kwargs
     ):
         super().__init__()
@@ -1908,6 +1932,10 @@ def __init__(
 
         zero_init_(self.to_out) # since both OpenAI and @crowsonkb are doing it
 
+        # whether to checkpoint during training
+
+        self.checkpoint_during_training = checkpoint_during_training
+
     # if the current settings for the unet are not correct
     # for cascading DDPM, then reinit the unet with the right settings
     def cast_model_parameters(
@@ -1965,7 +1993,8 @@ def forward(
         image_cond_drop_prob = 0.,
         text_cond_drop_prob = 0.,
         blur_sigma = None,
-        blur_kernel_size = None
+        blur_kernel_size = None,
+        disable_checkpoint = False
     ):
         batch_size, device = x.shape[0], x.device
 
@@ -2087,17 +2116,29 @@ def forward(
         c = self.norm_cond(c)
         mid_c = self.norm_mid_cond(mid_c)
 
+        # gradient checkpointing
+
+        can_checkpoint = self.training and self.checkpoint_during_training and not disable_checkpoint
+        apply_checkpoint_fn = make_checkpointable if can_checkpoint else identity
+
+        # make checkpointable modules
+
+        init_resnet_block, mid_block1, mid_attn, mid_block2, final_resnet_block = [maybe(apply_checkpoint_fn)(module) for module in (self.init_resnet_block, self.mid_block1, self.mid_attn, self.mid_block2, self.final_resnet_block)]
+
+        can_checkpoint_cond = lambda m: isinstance(m, ResnetBlock)
+        downs, ups = [maybe(apply_checkpoint_fn)(m, condition = can_checkpoint_cond) for m in (self.downs, self.ups)]
+
         # initial resnet block
 
-        if exists(self.init_resnet_block):
-            x = self.init_resnet_block(x, t)
+        if exists(init_resnet_block):
+            x = init_resnet_block(x, t)
 
         # go through the layers of the unet, down and up
 
         down_hiddens = []
         up_hiddens = []
 
-        for pre_downsample, init_block, resnet_blocks, attn, post_downsample in self.downs:
+        for pre_downsample, init_block, resnet_blocks, attn, post_downsample in downs:
             if exists(pre_downsample):
                 x = pre_downsample(x)
 
@@ -2113,16 +2154,16 @@ def forward(
             if exists(post_downsample):
                 x = post_downsample(x)
 
-        x = self.mid_block1(x, t, mid_c)
+        x = mid_block1(x, t, mid_c)
 
-        if exists(self.mid_attn):
-            x = self.mid_attn(x)
+        if exists(mid_attn):
+            x = mid_attn(x)
 
-        x = self.mid_block2(x, t, mid_c)
+        x = mid_block2(x, t, mid_c)
 
         connect_skip = lambda fmap: torch.cat((fmap, down_hiddens.pop() * self.skip_connect_scale), dim = 1)
 
-        for init_block, resnet_blocks, attn, upsample in self.ups:
+        for init_block, resnet_blocks, attn, upsample in ups:
             x = connect_skip(x)
             x = init_block(x, t, c)
 
@@ -2139,7 +2180,7 @@ def forward(
 
         x = torch.cat((x, r), dim = 1)
 
-        x = self.final_resnet_block(x, t)
+        x = final_resnet_block(x, t)
 
         if exists(lowres_cond_img):
             x = torch.cat((x, lowres_cond_img), dim = 1)
diff --git a/dalle2_pytorch/version.py b/dalle2_pytorch/version.py
index adf1ed52..77f1c8e6 100644
--- a/dalle2_pytorch/version.py
+++ b/dalle2_pytorch/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.4.6'
+__version__ = '1.5.0'