diff --git a/tests/test_sft_trainer.py b/tests/test_sft_trainer.py
index 037c0420f..28e0f024e 100644
--- a/tests/test_sft_trainer.py
+++ b/tests/test_sft_trainer.py
@@ -1377,6 +1377,34 @@ def test_run_moe_ft_and_inference(dataset_path):
         )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not is_fms_accelerate_available(plugins="moe"),
+    reason="Only runs if fms-accelerate is installed along with accelerated-moe plugin",
+)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "dataset_path",
+    [
+        TWITTER_COMPLAINTS_DATA_JSONL,
+    ],
+)
+def test_run_moe_ft_with_save_model_dir(dataset_path):
+    """Check if we can finetune a moe model and check if hf checkpoint is created"""
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tempdir:
+        save_model_dir = os.path.join(tempdir, "save_model")
+        data_args = copy.deepcopy(DATA_ARGS)
+        data_args.training_data_path = dataset_path
+        model_args = copy.deepcopy(MODEL_ARGS)
+        model_args.model_name_or_path = "Isotonic/TinyMixtral-4x248M-MoE"
+        train_args = copy.deepcopy(TRAIN_ARGS)
+        train_args.output_dir = tempdir
+        train_args.save_model_dir = save_model_dir
+        fast_moe_config = FastMoeConfig(fast_moe=FastMoe(ep_degree=1))
+        sft_trainer.train(
+            model_args, data_args, train_args, fast_moe_config=fast_moe_config
+        )
+        assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(save_model_dir, "hf_converted_checkpoint"))
+
+
 ############################# Helper functions #############################
 def _test_run_causallm_ft(training_args, model_args, data_args, tempdir):
     train_args = copy.deepcopy(training_args)
diff --git a/tuning/config/acceleration_configs/fast_moe.py b/tuning/config/acceleration_configs/fast_moe.py
index 6c618e7d7..f36fbf4c3 100644
--- a/tuning/config/acceleration_configs/fast_moe.py
+++ b/tuning/config/acceleration_configs/fast_moe.py
@@ -59,13 +59,20 @@ def __post_init__(self):
 def get_callbacks(**kwargs):
     pretrained_model_name_or_path = kwargs.pop("pretrained_model_name_or_path")
     trainer = kwargs.pop("trainer")
+    save_model_dir = kwargs.pop("save_model_dir")
     callbacks = []
     if is_recover_safetensors_from_dcp_available:
 
         class ConvertAndSaveHFCheckpointAtEverySave(TrainerCallback):
-            def __init__(self, pretrained_model_name_or_path: str, trainer: Trainer):
+            def __init__(
+                self,
+                pretrained_model_name_or_path: str,
+                trainer: Trainer,
+                save_model_dir: str,
+            ):
                 self.pretrained_model_name_or_path = pretrained_model_name_or_path
                 self.trainer = trainer
+                self.save_model_dir = save_model_dir
 
             def on_save(
                 self,
@@ -76,18 +83,15 @@ def on_save(
             ):
                 """
                 Save all HF files and convert dcp checkpoint to safetensors at every save operation.
+                Also saves the final model in save_model_dir if provided.
                 """
 
-                def checkpoint():
-                    checkpoint_dir = os.path.join(
-                        args.output_dir,
-                        f"{PREFIX_CHECKPOINT_DIR}-{state.global_step}",
-                    )
+                def checkpoint(checkpoint_dir, save_dir):
                     hf_converted_output_dir = os.path.join(
-                        checkpoint_dir, "hf_converted_checkpoint"
+                        save_dir, "hf_converted_checkpoint"
                     )
                     if os.path.exists(hf_converted_output_dir):
-                        # if the folder already exists
+                        # If the folder already exists
                         # we return, since this is possible to happen
                         # saving the checkpointing at the end of the training
                         return
@@ -98,17 +102,17 @@ def checkpoint():
                             self.pretrained_model_name_or_path,
                             hf_converted_output_dir,
                         )
-                        # save tokenizer
+                        # Save tokenizer
                         if self.trainer.processing_class:
                             self.trainer.processing_class.save_pretrained(
                                 hf_converted_output_dir
                             )
-                        # save training args
+                        # Save training args
                         torch.save(
                             args,
                             os.path.join(hf_converted_output_dir, TRAINING_ARGS_NAME),
                         )
-                        # save model config files
+                        # Save model config files
                         self.trainer.model.config.save_pretrained(
                             hf_converted_output_dir
                         )
@@ -116,15 +120,28 @@ def checkpoint():
                     except Exception as e:
                         raise ValueError(
                             f"Failed to convert the checkpoint {checkpoint_dir}\
-                                to a HF compatible checkpoint"
+                                to a HF compatible checkpoint in {save_dir}"
                         ) from e
 
                 if state.is_world_process_zero:
-                    checkpoint()
+                    # Save periodic checkpoint
+                    checkpoint_dir = os.path.join(
+                        args.output_dir, f"{PREFIX_CHECKPOINT_DIR}-{state.global_step}"
+                    )
+                    checkpoint(checkpoint_dir, checkpoint_dir)
+
+                    # If final save directory is provided, save the model there
+                    if (
+                        getattr(self, "save_model_dir", None)
+                        and state.global_step == state.max_steps
+                    ):
+                        if not os.path.exists(self.save_model_dir):
+                            os.mkdir(self.save_model_dir)
+                        checkpoint(checkpoint_dir, self.save_model_dir)
 
         callbacks.append(
             ConvertAndSaveHFCheckpointAtEverySave(
-                pretrained_model_name_or_path, trainer
+                pretrained_model_name_or_path, trainer, save_model_dir
             )
         )
     return callbacks
diff --git a/tuning/sft_trainer.py b/tuning/sft_trainer.py
index 196fa63d8..1d090540e 100644
--- a/tuning/sft_trainer.py
+++ b/tuning/sft_trainer.py
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ def train(
             active_plugins=framework.active_plugins,
             trainer=trainer,
             pretrained_model_name_or_path=model_args.model_name_or_path,
+            save_model_dir=train_args.save_model_dir,
         ):
             trainer.add_callback(clb)