diff --git a/examples/runtime/engine/save_remote_state.py b/examples/runtime/engine/save_remote_state.py
index 47812695f..89afa5949 100644
--- a/examples/runtime/engine/save_remote_state.py
+++ b/examples/runtime/engine/save_remote_state.py
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ parser.add_argument(
     type=str,
     help="remote address to store model weights",
 )
+parser.add_argument(
+    "--remote-draft-model-save-url",
+    default=None,
+    type=str,
+    help="remote address to store draft model weights",
+)
 
 
 def main(args):
@@ -43,7 +49,10 @@ def main(args):
         raise ValueError("model path must be a local directory")
     # Create LLM instance from arguments
     llm = Engine(**dataclasses.asdict(engine_args))
-    llm.save_remote_model(url=args.remote_model_save_url)
+    llm.save_remote_model(
+        url=args.remote_model_save_url, draft_url=args.remote_draft_model_save_url
+    )
+    print("save remote (draft) model successfully")
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/hf_transformers_utils.py b/python/sglang/srt/hf_transformers_utils.py
index 9da66a3ec..0edfa92ae 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/hf_transformers_utils.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/hf_transformers_utils.py
@@ -126,6 +126,14 @@ def get_config(
         kwargs["gguf_file"] = model
         model = Path(model).parent
 
+    if is_remote_url(model):
+        # BaseConnector implements __del__() to clean up the local dir.
+        # Since config files need to exist all the time, so we DO NOT use
+        # with statement to avoid closing the client.
+        client = create_remote_connector(model)
+        client.pull_files(ignore_pattern=["*.pt", "*.safetensors", "*.bin"])
+        model = client.get_local_dir()
+
     config = AutoConfig.from_pretrained(
         model, trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code, revision=revision, **kwargs
     )
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler_update_weights_mixin.py b/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler_update_weights_mixin.py
index 8da3d07be..fdae2142c 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler_update_weights_mixin.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler_update_weights_mixin.py
@@ -121,9 +121,16 @@ class SchedulerUpdateWeightsMixin:
         url = params["url"]
 
         worker = self.tp_worker.worker
-
         worker.model_runner.save_remote_model(url)
 
+        if self.draft_worker is not None:
+            draft_url = params.get("draft_url", None)
+            assert (
+                draft_url is not None
+            ), "draft_url must be provided when draft model is enabled"
+            draft_worker = self.draft_worker.worker
+            draft_worker.model_runner.save_remote_model(draft_url)
+
     def save_sharded_model(self, params):
         worker = self.tp_worker.worker