diff --git a/convert_hf_to_gguf.py b/convert_hf_to_gguf.py
index 5215de5503..07ae80c1fc 100755
--- a/convert_hf_to_gguf.py
+++ b/convert_hf_to_gguf.py
@@ -7969,6 +7969,20 @@ class VaetkiVisionModel(MmprojModel):
         if name.startswith("model.visual."):
             name = name.replace("model.visual.", "visual.")
 
+        # Split fused QKV tensors (build_vit fused QKV doesn't work for VAETKI)
+        if ".qkv." in name:
+            if data_torch.ndim == 2:
+                c3, _ = data_torch.shape
+            else:
+                c3 = data_torch.shape[0]
+            assert c3 % 3 == 0
+            c = c3 // 3
+            return [
+                (self.map_tensor_name(name.replace("qkv", "q")), data_torch[:c]),
+                (self.map_tensor_name(name.replace("qkv", "k")), data_torch[c:c * 2]),
+                (self.map_tensor_name(name.replace("qkv", "v")), data_torch[c * 2:]),
+            ]
+
         return [(self.map_tensor_name(name), data_torch)]