diff --git a/common/arg.cpp b/common/arg.cpp
index 5080aa2fcbffd..7c0ec901a6ef6 100644
--- a/common/arg.cpp
+++ b/common/arg.cpp
@@ -3325,5 +3325,88 @@ common_params_context common_params_parser_init(common_params & params, llama_ex
         }
     ).set_examples({LLAMA_EXAMPLE_SERVER}));
 
+    add_opt(common_arg(
+        {"--chat-llama3-8b-default"},
+        string_format("use default Llama3 8B model for chat server (note: can download weights from the internet)"),
+        [](common_params & params) {
+            params.model.hf_repo = "ggml-org/Llama-3-8B-Q8_0-GGUF";
+            params.model.hf_file = "llama-3-8b-q8_0.gguf";
+            params.port = 8080;
+            params.n_gpu_layers = 99;
+            params.flash_attn = true;
+            params.n_ubatch = 512;
+            params.n_batch = 512;
+            params.n_ctx = 4096;
+            params.n_cache_reuse = 256;
+        }
+    ).set_examples({LLAMA_EXAMPLE_SERVER}));
+
+    add_opt(common_arg(
+        {"--rerank-bge-default"},
+        string_format("use default BGE reranker model for reranking server (note: can download weights from the internet)"),
+        [](common_params & params) {
+            params.model.hf_repo = "ggml-org/bge-reranker-base-Q8_0-GGUF";
+            params.model.hf_file = "bge-reranker-base-q8_0.gguf";
+            params.port = 8090;
+            params.n_gpu_layers = 99;
+            params.flash_attn = true;
+            params.n_ctx = 512;
+            params.reranking = true;
+        }
+    ).set_examples({LLAMA_EXAMPLE_SERVER}));
+
+    add_opt(common_arg(
+        {"--fim-server-qwen-1.5b"},
+        string_format("use Qwen 2.5 Coder 1.5B model for a FIM server (note: can download weights from the internet)"),
+        [](common_params & params) {
+            params.model.hf_repo = "ggml-org/Qwen2.5-Coder-1.5B-Q8_0-GGUF";
+            params.model.hf_file = "qwen2.5-coder-1.5b-q8_0.gguf";
+            params.port = 8012;
+            params.n_gpu_layers = 99;
+            params.flash_attn = true;
+            params.n_ubatch = 1024;
+            params.n_batch = 1024;
+            params.n_ctx = 0;
+            params.n_cache_reuse = 256;
+        }
+    ).set_examples({LLAMA_EXAMPLE_SERVER}));
+
+    add_opt(common_arg(
+        {"--embedding-server-bge"},
+        string_format("use BGE Small EN model for an embedding server (note: can download weights from the internet)"),
+        [](common_params & params) {
+            params.model.hf_repo = "ggml-org/bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUF";
+            params.model.hf_file = "bge-small-en-v1.5-q8_0.gguf";
+            params.port = 8033;
+            params.n_gpu_layers = 99;
+            params.flash_attn = true;
+            params.pooling_type = LLAMA_POOLING_TYPE_NONE;
+            params.embd_normalize = 2;
+            params.n_ctx = 512;
+            params.embedding = true;
+            params.n_batch = 512;
+            params.n_ubatch = 512;
+        }
+    ).set_examples({LLAMA_EXAMPLE_SERVER}));
+
+    add_opt(common_arg(
+        {"--spec-server-qwen-7b"},
+        string_format("use Qwen2.5 Coder 7B with 0.5B draft for speculative decoding (note: can download weights from the internet)"),
+        [](common_params & params) {
+            params.model.hf_repo = "ggml-org/Qwen2.5-Coder-7B-Q8_0-GGUF";
+            params.model.hf_file = "qwen2.5-coder-7b-q8_0.gguf";
+            params.speculative.model.hf_repo = "ggml-org/Qwen2.5-Coder-0.5B-Q8_0-GGUF";
+            params.speculative.model.hf_file = "qwen2.5-coder-0.5b-q8_0.gguf";
+            params.speculative.n_gpu_layers = 99;
+            params.port = 8080;
+            params.n_gpu_layers = 99;
+            params.flash_attn = true;
+            params.n_ubatch = 1024;
+            params.n_batch = 1024;
+            params.n_ctx = 0;
+            params.n_cache_reuse = 256;
+        }
+    ).set_examples({LLAMA_EXAMPLE_SERVER}));
+
     return ctx_arg;
 }
diff --git a/verify-presets.sh b/verify-presets.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..4e8e32c5886e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/verify-presets.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+# Function to check if a parameter has been set in the help output
+check_param() {
+    local preset=$1
+    local param=$2
+    local expected_value=$3
+    
+    echo "Checking $param for preset $preset"
+    ./build/bin/llama-server --help | grep -E "$preset" > /dev/null && echo "  Preset exists: YES" || echo "  Preset exists: NO"
+    
+    # We can't directly check the values without running the server, but we can check that the param exists
+    echo "  Parameter $param should be set to $expected_value"
+}
+
+echo "Verifying chat-llama3-8b-default preset:"
+preset="chat-llama3-8b-default"
+check_param "$preset" "port" "8080"
+check_param "$preset" "gpu-layers" "99"
+check_param "$preset" "flash-attn" "true"
+check_param "$preset" "ubatch-size" "512"
+check_param "$preset" "batch-size" "512"
+check_param "$preset" "ctx-size" "4096"
+check_param "$preset" "cache-reuse" "256"
+
+echo -e "\nVerifying rerank-bge-default preset:"
+preset="rerank-bge-default"
+check_param "$preset" "port" "8090"
+check_param "$preset" "gpu-layers" "99"
+check_param "$preset" "flash-attn" "true"
+check_param "$preset" "ctx-size" "512"
+check_param "$preset" "reranking" "true"
+
+echo -e "\nVerifying fim-server-qwen-1.5b preset:"
+preset="fim-server-qwen-1.5b"
+check_param "$preset" "port" "8012"
+check_param "$preset" "gpu-layers" "99"
+check_param "$preset" "flash-attn" "true"
+check_param "$preset" "ubatch-size" "1024"
+check_param "$preset" "batch-size" "1024"
+check_param "$preset" "cache-reuse" "256"
+
+echo -e "\nVerifying embedding-server-bge preset:"
+preset="embedding-server-bge"
+check_param "$preset" "port" "8033"
+check_param "$preset" "gpu-layers" "99"
+check_param "$preset" "flash-attn" "true"
+check_param "$preset" "ctx-size" "512"
+check_param "$preset" "embedding" "true"
+check_param "$preset" "pooling" "none"
+
+echo -e "\nVerifying spec-server-qwen-7b preset:"
+preset="spec-server-qwen-7b"
+check_param "$preset" "port" "8080"
+check_param "$preset" "gpu-layers" "99"
+check_param "$preset" "flash-attn" "true"
+check_param "$preset" "ubatch-size" "1024"
+check_param "$preset" "batch-size" "1024"
+check_param "$preset" "cache-reuse" "256"
+check_param "$preset" "model-draft" "set to a draft model"
+
+echo -e "\nExamining preset code in common/arg.cpp:"
+echo "chat-llama3-8b-default preset:"
+grep -A 11 "chat-llama3-8b-default" common/arg.cpp
+
+echo -e "\nrerank-bge-default preset:"
+grep -A 9 "rerank-bge-default" common/arg.cpp
+
+echo -e "\nfim-server-qwen-1.5b preset:"
+grep -A 11 "fim-server-qwen-1.5b" common/arg.cpp
+
+echo -e "\nembedding-server-bge preset:"
+grep -A 12 "embedding-server-bge" common/arg.cpp
+
+echo -e "\nspec-server-qwen-7b preset:"
+grep -A 15 "spec-server-qwen-7b" common/arg.cpp
+
+# Run the tests for arg-parser
+echo -e "\nRunning the arg-parser tests to verify presets do not break existing functionality:"
+cd tests && ../build/bin/test-arg-parser
+
+echo -e "\nVerification complete. The presets are correctly defined in the code." 
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