diff --git a/_unittests/ut_torch_models/test_validate_models.py b/_unittests/ut_torch_models/test_validate_models.py
index d6b0b07d..dcb8112f 100644
--- a/_unittests/ut_torch_models/test_validate_models.py
+++ b/_unittests/ut_torch_models/test_validate_models.py
@@ -33,6 +33,27 @@ def test_validate_microsoft_phi4_reasoning(self):
         self.assertLess(summary["disc_onnx_ort_run_abs"], 1e-5)
         self.assertIn("onnx_filename", data)
 
+    @requires_transformers("4.52")
+    @requires_torch("2.7.99")
+    @requires_experimental()
+    @hide_stdout()
+    def test_validate_microsoft_phi3_mini_128k(self):
+        # python -m onnx_diagnostic validate -m microsoft/Phi-3-mini-128k-instruct
+        #       --run -v 1 --export custom  -o dump_test --no-quiet --device cuda --patch
+        summary, data = validate_model(
+            "microsoft/Phi-3-mini-128k-instruct",
+            do_run=True,
+            verbose=2,
+            exporter="custom",
+            do_same=True,
+            patch=True,
+            rewrite=True,
+            stop_if_static=2 if pv.Version(torch.__version__) > pv.Version("2.6.1") else 0,
+            dump_folder="dump_test/validate_microsoft_phi3_mini_128k",
+        )
+        self.assertLess(summary["disc_onnx_ort_run_abs"], 1e-5)
+        self.assertIn("onnx_filename", data)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main(verbosity=2)