diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/configs/model_config.py b/python/sglang/srt/configs/model_config.py
index 654095c85..860568097 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/configs/model_config.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/configs/model_config.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import json
 import logging
 import math
+import os
 from enum import IntEnum, auto
 from typing import List, Optional, Set, Union
 
@@ -234,6 +235,20 @@ class ModelConfig:
         if quant_cfg is None:
             # compressed-tensors uses a "compression_config" key
             quant_cfg = getattr(self.hf_config, "compression_config", None)
+        if quant_cfg is None:
+            # check if is modelopt model -- modelopt doesn't have corresponding field
+            # in hf `config.json` but has a standalone `hf_quant_config.json` in the root directory
+            # example: https://huggingface.co/nvidia/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-FP8/tree/main
+            is_local = os.path.isdir(self.model_path)
+            modelopt_quant_config = {"quant_method": "modelopt"}
+            if not is_local:
+                from huggingface_hub import HfApi
+
+                hf_api = HfApi()
+                if hf_api.file_exists(self.model_path, "hf_quant_config.json"):
+                    quant_cfg = modelopt_quant_config
+            elif os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.model_path, "hf_quant_config.json")):
+                quant_cfg = modelopt_quant_config
         return quant_cfg
 
     # adapted from https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/blob/v0.6.4.post1/vllm/config.py
diff --git a/test/srt/test_eval_fp8_accuracy.py b/test/srt/test_eval_fp8_accuracy.py
index 12b2499d9..a9d126fdf 100644
--- a/test/srt/test_eval_fp8_accuracy.py
+++ b/test/srt/test_eval_fp8_accuracy.py
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 import unittest
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 
-import torch
-
 from sglang.srt.utils import kill_process_tree
 from sglang.test.run_eval import run_eval
 from sglang.test.test_utils import (
     DEFAULT_FP8_MODEL_NAME_FOR_ACCURACY_TEST,
     DEFAULT_FP8_MODEL_NAME_FOR_DYNAMIC_QUANT_ACCURACY_TEST,
-    DEFAULT_FP8_MODEL_NAME_FOR_MODELOPT_QUANT_ACCURACY_TEST,
-    DEFAULT_FP8_MODEL_NAME_FOR_MODELOPT_QUANT_ACCURACY_TEST_REVISION,
     DEFAULT_MODEL_NAME_FOR_TEST,
     DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_FOR_SERVER_LAUNCH,
     DEFAULT_URL_FOR_TEST,
@@ -110,50 +106,5 @@ class TestEvalFP8DynamicQuantAccuracy(CustomTestCase):
         )
 
 
-class TestEvalFP8ModelOptQuantAccuracy(CustomTestCase):
-
-    def _run_test(self, model, other_args, expected_score):
-        base_url = DEFAULT_URL_FOR_TEST
-        other_args = other_args or []
-
-        process = popen_launch_server(
-            model,
-            base_url,
-            timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_FOR_SERVER_LAUNCH,
-            other_args=other_args,
-        )
-
-        try:
-            args = SimpleNamespace(
-                base_url=base_url,
-                model=model,
-                eval_name="mmlu",
-                num_examples=64,
-                num_threads=32,
-                temperature=0.1,
-            )
-
-            metrics = run_eval(args)
-            self.assertGreaterEqual(metrics["score"], expected_score)
-        finally:
-            kill_process_tree(process.pid)
-
-    @unittest.skipIf(
-        torch.version.hip is not None, "modelopt quantization unsupported on ROCm"
-    )
-    def test_mmlu_offline_only(self):
-        """Test with offline quantization only."""
-        self._run_test(
-            model=DEFAULT_FP8_MODEL_NAME_FOR_MODELOPT_QUANT_ACCURACY_TEST,
-            other_args=[
-                "--quantization",
-                "modelopt",
-                "--revision",
-                DEFAULT_FP8_MODEL_NAME_FOR_MODELOPT_QUANT_ACCURACY_TEST_REVISION,
-            ],
-            expected_score=0.64,
-        )
-
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/test/srt/test_modelopt.py b/test/srt/test_modelopt.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..166af22a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/srt/test_modelopt.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import unittest
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+
+import torch
+
+from sglang.srt.utils import kill_process_tree
+from sglang.test.run_eval import run_eval
+from sglang.test.test_utils import (
+    DEFAULT_FP8_MODEL_NAME_FOR_MODELOPT_QUANT_ACCURACY_TEST,
+    DEFAULT_FP8_MODEL_NAME_FOR_MODELOPT_QUANT_ACCURACY_TEST_REVISION,
+    DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_FOR_SERVER_LAUNCH,
+    DEFAULT_URL_FOR_TEST,
+    CustomTestCase,
+    popen_launch_server,
+)
+
+
+class TestEvalFP8ModelOptQuantAccuracy(CustomTestCase):
+
+    def _run_test(self, model, other_args, expected_score):
+        base_url = DEFAULT_URL_FOR_TEST
+        other_args = other_args or []
+
+        process = popen_launch_server(
+            model,
+            base_url,
+            timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_FOR_SERVER_LAUNCH,
+            other_args=other_args,
+        )
+
+        try:
+            args = SimpleNamespace(
+                base_url=base_url,
+                model=model,
+                eval_name="mmlu",
+                num_examples=64,
+                num_threads=32,
+                temperature=0.1,
+            )
+
+            metrics = run_eval(args)
+            self.assertGreaterEqual(metrics["score"], expected_score)
+        finally:
+            kill_process_tree(process.pid)
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(
+        torch.version.hip is not None, "modelopt quantization unsupported on ROCm"
+    )
+    def test_mmlu_offline_only(self):
+        """Test with offline quantization only."""
+        self._run_test(
+            model=DEFAULT_FP8_MODEL_NAME_FOR_MODELOPT_QUANT_ACCURACY_TEST,
+            other_args=[
+                "--revision",
+                DEFAULT_FP8_MODEL_NAME_FOR_MODELOPT_QUANT_ACCURACY_TEST_REVISION,
+            ],
+            expected_score=0.64,
+        )