diff --git a/python/llm/src/ipex_llm/transformers/convert.py b/python/llm/src/ipex_llm/transformers/convert.py
index 385dfae5..8996f8a3 100644
--- a/python/llm/src/ipex_llm/transformers/convert.py
+++ b/python/llm/src/ipex_llm/transformers/convert.py
@@ -1997,6 +1997,11 @@ def _optimize_post(model, lightweight_bmm=False):
             resampler_module_name = model.resampler.__class__.__module__
             resampler_module = importlib.import_module(resampler_module_name)
             resampler_module._in_projection_packed = _in_projection_packed
+
+            # for minicpm-v-2_6 benchmarking purposes
+            from ipex_llm.transformers.models.minicpmv import minicpmv_decode_stream_wrapper
+            minicpmv_decode_stream = minicpmv_decode_stream_wrapper(module.MiniCPMV._decode_stream)
+            model._decode_stream = MethodType(minicpmv_decode_stream, model)
         elif model.vpm.config.model_type == "idefics2":
             # MiniCPM-V 2.5
             from ipex_llm.transformers.models.minicpmv import siglip_attention_forward
diff --git a/python/llm/src/ipex_llm/transformers/models/minicpmv.py b/python/llm/src/ipex_llm/transformers/models/minicpmv.py
index 638b92c4..89aca6d0 100644
--- a/python/llm/src/ipex_llm/transformers/models/minicpmv.py
+++ b/python/llm/src/ipex_llm/transformers/models/minicpmv.py
@@ -13,15 +13,22 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+# Some parts of this file is adapted from
+# https://huggingface.co/openbmb/MiniCPM-V-2_6/blob/main/modeling_minicpmv.py
+# which is licensed under Apache License 2.0:
+#
+# https://github.com/OpenBMB/MiniCPM/blob/main/LICENSE
+#
 
 
 import math
 import torch
+from threading import Thread
 from typing import Optional, List
 from torch.nn.functional import linear
 from ipex_llm.transformers.models.common import merge_qkv_base
 from ipex_llm.transformers.models.common import attention_softmax
-from transformers import AutoProcessor
+from transformers import AutoProcessor, TextIteratorStreamer
 from transformers.generation.logits_process import RepetitionPenaltyLogitsProcessor
 
 
@@ -111,6 +118,38 @@ def _in_projection_packed(
         return linear(q, w_q, b_q), linear(k, w_k, b_k), linear(v, w_v, b_v)
 
 
+# for minicpm-v-2_6 benchmarking purposes
+def minicpmv_decode_stream_wrapper(origin_decode_stream):
+    def minicpv_decode_stream(
+        self,
+        inputs_embeds,
+        tokenizer,
+        **kwargs
+    ):
+        streamer = kwargs.get('streamer', None)
+        if streamer is not None:
+            terminators = [tokenizer.convert_tokens_to_ids(i) for i in self.terminators]
+            generation_kwargs = {
+                'inputs_embeds': inputs_embeds,
+                'pad_token_id': 0,
+                'eos_token_id': terminators,
+            }
+            generation_kwargs.update(kwargs)
+
+            thread = Thread(target=self.llm.generate, kwargs=generation_kwargs)
+            thread.start()
+
+            return streamer
+        else:
+            return origin_decode_stream(
+                self=self,
+                inputs_embeds=inputs_embeds,
+                tokenizer=tokenizer,
+                **kwargs
+            )
+    return minicpv_decode_stream
+
+
 # MiniCPM-V-2
 # modified from timm.models.vision_transformer.Attention.forward
 def vision_transformer_attention_forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
@@ -209,6 +248,12 @@ def minicpmv_generate_wrapper(origin_generate):
         **kwargs
     ):
         RepetitionPenaltyLogitsProcessor.__call__ = patched_repetition_penalty_call
+
+        # for minicpm-v-2_6 benchmarking purposes
+        stream = kwargs.get("stream", False)
+        if isinstance(stream, TextIteratorStreamer):
+            kwargs.update({'streamer': stream})
+
         return origin_generate(
             *inputs,
             **kwargs,