diff --git a/include/ortx_tokenizer.h b/include/ortx_tokenizer.h
index 015b90a33..53d3b47c1 100644
--- a/include/ortx_tokenizer.h
+++ b/include/ortx_tokenizer.h
@@ -276,6 +276,30 @@ extError_t ORTX_API_CALL OrtxApplyChatTemplate(const OrtxTokenizer* tokenizer, c
                                                const char* input, const char* tools, OrtxTensorResult** output,
                                                bool add_generation_prompt, bool tokenize);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Applies a chat template with additional template context values.
+ *
+ * Behaves like OrtxApplyChatTemplate, while also adding the properties from
+ * template_kwargs to the chat template context. template_kwargs must be a
+ * null-terminated JSON object or null. Core context properties such as messages,
+ * tools, and add_generation_prompt cannot be overridden.
+ *
+ * @param tokenizer Pointer to an OrtxTokenizer used for template processing.
+ * @param template_str Null-terminated string representing the chat template; can be null if tokenizer.json has one.
+ * @param input Null-terminated string containing the input to be processed.
+ * @param tools Null-terminated string containing the function tools.
+ * @param template_kwargs Null-terminated JSON object containing additional template context values; can be null.
+ * @param output Pointer to an OrtxTensorResult that will be populated with the output strings,
+ *        if tokenize is true, the ids will be in the output as indexed 1.
+ * @param add_generation_prompt Indicates whether to add a generation prompt to the output.
+ * @param tokenize Indicates whether to tokenize the templated text to IDs.
+ * @return extError_t Returns an error code indicating success or the type of failure.
+ */
+extError_t ORTX_API_CALL OrtxApplyChatTemplateWithOptions(const OrtxTokenizer* tokenizer, const char* template_str,
+                                                          const char* input, const char* tools,
+                                                          const char* template_kwargs, OrtxTensorResult** output,
+                                                          bool add_generation_prompt, bool tokenize);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/shared/api/c_api_tokenizer.cc b/shared/api/c_api_tokenizer.cc
index 7584d7052..052f00b62 100644
--- a/shared/api/c_api_tokenizer.cc
+++ b/shared/api/c_api_tokenizer.cc
@@ -467,8 +467,16 @@ extError_t ORTX_API_CALL OrtxApplyChatTemplate(const OrtxTokenizer* tokenizer, c
                                                const char* input, const char* tools,
                                                OrtxTensorResult** output, bool add_generation_prompt,
                                                bool tokenize) {
-  if (tokenizer == nullptr && template_str == nullptr) {
-    ReturnableStatus::last_error_message_ = "both tokenizer and template_str are null, no template to apply";
+  return OrtxApplyChatTemplateWithOptions(tokenizer, template_str, input, tools, nullptr, output,
+                                          add_generation_prompt, tokenize);
+}
+
+extError_t ORTX_API_CALL OrtxApplyChatTemplateWithOptions(const OrtxTokenizer* tokenizer, const char* template_str,
+                                                          const char* input, const char* tools,
+                                                          const char* template_kwargs, OrtxTensorResult** output,
+                                                          bool add_generation_prompt, bool tokenize) {
+  if (tokenizer == nullptr) {
+    ReturnableStatus::last_error_message_ = "tokenizer is null";
     return kOrtxErrorInvalidArgument;
   }
 
@@ -485,7 +493,8 @@ extError_t ORTX_API_CALL OrtxApplyChatTemplate(const OrtxTokenizer* tokenizer, c
 
   std::string text;
   std::vector<extTokenId_t> ids_vec;
-  status = token_ptr->ApplyChatTemplate(template_str, input, tools, text, ids_vec, add_generation_prompt, tokenize);
+  status = token_ptr->ApplyChatTemplate(template_str, input, tools, template_kwargs, text, ids_vec,
+                                        add_generation_prompt, tokenize);
   if (status.IsOk()) {
     auto result = std::make_unique<ort_extensions::TensorResult>();
     std::vector<std::unique_ptr<ortc::TensorBase>> tensors;
diff --git a/shared/api/chat_template.cc b/shared/api/chat_template.cc
index 1b454a60e..23bd8aca9 100644
--- a/shared/api/chat_template.cc
+++ b/shared/api/chat_template.cc
@@ -376,8 +376,9 @@ std::string normalize_tool_quotes(const std::string& input) {
 }
 
 OrtxStatus TokenizerImpl::ApplyChatTemplate(const char* template_str, const char* message, const char* tools,
-                                            std::string& output, std::vector<extTokenId_t>& ids_vec,
-                                            bool add_generation_prompt, bool tokenize) const {
+                                            const char* template_kwargs, std::string& output,
+                                            std::vector<extTokenId_t>& ids_vec, bool add_generation_prompt,
+                                            bool tokenize) const {
   OrtxStatus status;
   std::string input_str = minja::normalize_newlines(message);
 
@@ -408,7 +409,21 @@ OrtxStatus TokenizerImpl::ApplyChatTemplate(const char* template_str, const char
       throw std::runtime_error("Invalid or unsupported chat template.");
     }
 
-    std::shared_ptr<minja::Context> context;
+    json context_values = json::object();
+    if (template_kwargs) {
+      if (*template_kwargs == '\0') {
+        throw std::runtime_error("template_kwargs must be a JSON object or null.");
+      }
+      auto parsed_kwargs = json::parse(minja::normalize_newlines(template_kwargs), nullptr,
+                                       /*allow_exceptions=*/false);
+      if (parsed_kwargs.is_discarded()) {
+        throw std::runtime_error("Invalid template_kwargs JSON.");
+      }
+      if (!parsed_kwargs.is_object()) {
+        throw std::runtime_error("template_kwargs must be a JSON object.");
+      }
+      context_values = std::move(parsed_kwargs);
+    }
 
     // Check Phi-4-mini tool call case for quote normalization
     bool phi_4_mini = false;
@@ -462,20 +477,16 @@ OrtxStatus TokenizerImpl::ApplyChatTemplate(const char* template_str, const char
         tools_json = NormalizeTools(tools_str.c_str());
       }
 
-      // Add tools to the context
-      context = minja::Context::make(json({
-          {"messages", actual_messages},
-          {"tools", tools_json},
-          {"add_generation_prompt", add_generation_prompt},
-      }));
+      context_values["tools"] = std::move(tools_json);
     } else {
-      // No tools input, just use the messages
-      context = minja::Context::make(json({
-          {"messages", actual_messages},
-          {"add_generation_prompt", add_generation_prompt},
-      }));
+      context_values.erase("tools");
     }
 
+    // Core request values take precedence over additional template kwargs.
+    context_values["messages"] = std::move(actual_messages);
+    context_values["add_generation_prompt"] = add_generation_prompt;
+    auto context = minja::Context::make(std::move(context_values));
+
     // Set required context values
     context->set("strftime_now", minja::Value::callable(strftime_function));
     context->set("bos_token", tok_config_->bos_token_);
diff --git a/shared/api/tokenizer_impl.h b/shared/api/tokenizer_impl.h
index c919c8bff..7dfd53952 100644
--- a/shared/api/tokenizer_impl.h
+++ b/shared/api/tokenizer_impl.h
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ class TokenizerImpl : public OrtxObjectImpl {
   OrtxStatus Id2Token(extTokenId_t id, std::string& token, TokenizerDecodingState** state, bool skip_special_tokens) const;
   OrtxStatus GetDecoderPromptIds(size_t batch_size, const char* lang, const char* task, int no_timestamps,
                                  std::vector<std::vector<extTokenId_t>>& t_ids) const;
-  OrtxStatus ApplyChatTemplate(const char* template_str, const char* message, const char* tools, std::string& output,
+  OrtxStatus ApplyChatTemplate(const char* template_str, const char* message, const char* tools,
+                               const char* template_kwargs, std::string& output,
                                std::vector<extTokenId_t>& ids_vec, bool add_generation_prompt, bool tokenize) const;
 
  private:
diff --git a/test/pp_api_test/test_tokenizer_chat.cc b/test/pp_api_test/test_tokenizer_chat.cc
index 90e5f3f03..211a55975 100644
--- a/test/pp_api_test/test_tokenizer_chat.cc
+++ b/test/pp_api_test/test_tokenizer_chat.cc
@@ -2255,4 +2255,118 @@ TEST(OrtxTokenizerTest, ChatTemplateDivisionByZero) {
         messages_json.c_str(), nullptr, result.ToBeAssigned(), false, false);
     EXPECT_NE(err, kOrtxOK) << "Expected modulo by zero to return an error.";
   }
+}
+
+TEST(OrtxTokenizerTest, ChatTemplateAcceptsTypedTemplateKwargs) {
+  OrtxObjectPtr<OrtxTokenizer> tokenizer(OrtxCreateTokenizer, "data/phi-4-base");
+  ASSERT_EQ(tokenizer.Code(), kOrtxOK) << OrtxGetLastErrorMessage();
+
+  const std::string template_str =
+      R"({% if enable_thinking is defined and not enable_thinking %}NO_THINK{% else %}THINK{% endif %}|{{ reasoning_effort }}|{{ level }})";
+  const std::string messages_json = R"([{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}])";
+  const std::string template_kwargs =
+      R"({"enable_thinking":false,"reasoning_effort":"low","level":2})";
+  OrtxObjectPtr<OrtxTensorResult> result;
+
+  auto err = OrtxApplyChatTemplateWithOptions(
+      tokenizer.get(), template_str.c_str(), messages_json.c_str(), nullptr,
+      template_kwargs.c_str(), result.ToBeAssigned(), true, false);
+  ASSERT_EQ(err, kOrtxOK) << OrtxGetLastErrorMessage();
+
+  OrtxObjectPtr<OrtxTensor> tensor;
+  ASSERT_EQ(OrtxTensorResultGetAt(result.get(), 0, tensor.ToBeAssigned()), kOrtxOK);
+  const char* text = nullptr;
+  ASSERT_EQ(OrtxGetTensorData(tensor.get(), reinterpret_cast<const void**>(&text), nullptr, nullptr), kOrtxOK);
+  EXPECT_STREQ(text, "NO_THINK|low|2");
+}
+
+TEST(OrtxTokenizerTest, ChatTemplateKwargsCannotOverrideCoreContext) {
+  OrtxObjectPtr<OrtxTokenizer> tokenizer(OrtxCreateTokenizer, "data/phi-4-base");
+  ASSERT_EQ(tokenizer.Code(), kOrtxOK) << OrtxGetLastErrorMessage();
+
+  const std::string template_str =
+      R"({{ messages[0].content }}|{% if add_generation_prompt %}GEN{% else %}NO_GEN{% endif %}|{% if tools is defined %}TOOLS{% else %}NO_TOOLS{% endif %})";
+  const std::string messages_json = R"([{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}])";
+  const std::string template_kwargs =
+      R"({"messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Override"}],"add_generation_prompt":false,"tools":[{"name":"override"}]})";
+  OrtxObjectPtr<OrtxTensorResult> result;
+
+  auto err = OrtxApplyChatTemplateWithOptions(
+      tokenizer.get(), template_str.c_str(), messages_json.c_str(), nullptr,
+      template_kwargs.c_str(), result.ToBeAssigned(), true, false);
+  ASSERT_EQ(err, kOrtxOK) << OrtxGetLastErrorMessage();
+
+  OrtxObjectPtr<OrtxTensor> tensor;
+  ASSERT_EQ(OrtxTensorResultGetAt(result.get(), 0, tensor.ToBeAssigned()), kOrtxOK);
+  const char* text = nullptr;
+  ASSERT_EQ(OrtxGetTensorData(tensor.get(), reinterpret_cast<const void**>(&text), nullptr, nullptr), kOrtxOK);
+  EXPECT_STREQ(text, "Hello|GEN|NO_TOOLS");
+}
+
+TEST(OrtxTokenizerTest, ChatTemplateRejectsInvalidTemplateKwargs) {
+  OrtxObjectPtr<OrtxTokenizer> tokenizer(OrtxCreateTokenizer, "data/phi-4-base");
+  ASSERT_EQ(tokenizer.Code(), kOrtxOK) << OrtxGetLastErrorMessage();
+
+  const std::string messages_json = R"([{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}])";
+  OrtxObjectPtr<OrtxTensorResult> result;
+
+  auto empty_string = OrtxApplyChatTemplateWithOptions(
+      tokenizer.get(), "{{ messages[0].content }}", messages_json.c_str(), nullptr,
+      "", result.ToBeAssigned(), true, false);
+  EXPECT_EQ(empty_string, kOrtxErrorInvalidArgument);
+  EXPECT_STREQ(OrtxGetLastErrorMessage(), "template_kwargs must be a JSON object or null.");
+
+  auto invalid_json = OrtxApplyChatTemplateWithOptions(
+      tokenizer.get(), "{{ messages[0].content }}", messages_json.c_str(), nullptr,
+      "{", result.ToBeAssigned(), true, false);
+  EXPECT_EQ(invalid_json, kOrtxErrorInvalidArgument);
+  EXPECT_STREQ(OrtxGetLastErrorMessage(), "Invalid template_kwargs JSON.");
+
+  auto non_object = OrtxApplyChatTemplateWithOptions(
+      tokenizer.get(), "{{ messages[0].content }}", messages_json.c_str(), nullptr,
+      "[]", result.ToBeAssigned(), true, false);
+  EXPECT_EQ(non_object, kOrtxErrorInvalidArgument);
+  EXPECT_STREQ(OrtxGetLastErrorMessage(), "template_kwargs must be a JSON object.");
+}
+
+TEST(OrtxTokenizerTest, ChatTemplateRejectsNullTokenizerWithExplicitTemplate) {
+  const std::string messages_json = R"([{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}])";
+  OrtxObjectPtr<OrtxTensorResult> result;
+
+  auto err = OrtxApplyChatTemplateWithOptions(
+      nullptr, "{{ messages[0].content }}", messages_json.c_str(), nullptr,
+      nullptr, result.ToBeAssigned(), true, false);
+  EXPECT_EQ(err, kOrtxErrorInvalidArgument);
+  EXPECT_STREQ(OrtxGetLastErrorMessage(), "tokenizer is null");
+}
+
+TEST(OrtxTokenizerTest, LegacyChatTemplateApiMatchesNullTemplateKwargs) {
+  OrtxObjectPtr<OrtxTokenizer> tokenizer(OrtxCreateTokenizer, "data/phi-4-base");
+  ASSERT_EQ(tokenizer.Code(), kOrtxOK) << OrtxGetLastErrorMessage();
+
+  const std::string template_str = R"({{ messages[0].content }}|{{ add_generation_prompt }})";
+  const std::string messages_json = R"([{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}])";
+  OrtxObjectPtr<OrtxTensorResult> legacy_result;
+  OrtxObjectPtr<OrtxTensorResult> options_result;
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(OrtxApplyChatTemplate(
+                tokenizer.get(), template_str.c_str(), messages_json.c_str(), nullptr,
+                legacy_result.ToBeAssigned(), true, false),
+            kOrtxOK);
+  ASSERT_EQ(OrtxApplyChatTemplateWithOptions(
+                tokenizer.get(), template_str.c_str(), messages_json.c_str(), nullptr, nullptr,
+                options_result.ToBeAssigned(), true, false),
+            kOrtxOK);
+
+  OrtxObjectPtr<OrtxTensor> legacy_tensor;
+  OrtxObjectPtr<OrtxTensor> options_tensor;
+  ASSERT_EQ(OrtxTensorResultGetAt(legacy_result.get(), 0, legacy_tensor.ToBeAssigned()), kOrtxOK);
+  ASSERT_EQ(OrtxTensorResultGetAt(options_result.get(), 0, options_tensor.ToBeAssigned()), kOrtxOK);
+  const char* legacy_text = nullptr;
+  const char* options_text = nullptr;
+  ASSERT_EQ(OrtxGetTensorData(legacy_tensor.get(), reinterpret_cast<const void**>(&legacy_text), nullptr, nullptr),
+            kOrtxOK);
+  ASSERT_EQ(OrtxGetTensorData(options_tensor.get(), reinterpret_cast<const void**>(&options_text), nullptr, nullptr),
+            kOrtxOK);
+  EXPECT_STREQ(legacy_text, options_text);
 }
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