diff --git a/llama/llama.cpp/tools/mtmd/mtmd.cpp b/llama/llama.cpp/tools/mtmd/mtmd.cpp
index e38297383..57f6f0ab6 100644
--- a/llama/llama.cpp/tools/mtmd/mtmd.cpp
+++ b/llama/llama.cpp/tools/mtmd/mtmd.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ enum mtmd_slice_tmpl {
     // TODO @ngxson : add support for idefics (SmolVLM)
 };
 
+mtmd_input_text* mtmd_input_text_init(const char * text, bool add_special, bool parse_special) {
+    return new mtmd_input_text{text, add_special, parse_special};
+}
+
+void mtmd_input_text_free(mtmd_input_text* input_text) {
+    if (input_text) {
+        delete input_text;
+    }
+}
+
 const char * mtmd_default_marker() {
     return "<__media__>";
 }
diff --git a/llama/llama.cpp/tools/mtmd/mtmd.h b/llama/llama.cpp/tools/mtmd/mtmd.h
index f4ea07d3a..cf287224b 100644
--- a/llama/llama.cpp/tools/mtmd/mtmd.h
+++ b/llama/llama.cpp/tools/mtmd/mtmd.h
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ typedef struct mtmd_input_chunk  mtmd_input_chunk;
 typedef struct mtmd_input_chunks mtmd_input_chunks;
 typedef struct mtmd_input_text   mtmd_input_text;
 
+MTMD_API mtmd_input_text* mtmd_input_text_init(const char * text, bool add_special, bool parse_special);
+MTMD_API void mtmd_input_text_free(mtmd_input_text* input_text);
+
 struct mtmd_context_params {
     bool use_gpu;
     bool print_timings;