diff --git a/examples/scripts/chat.py b/examples/scripts/chat.py
index 499bfa42da..594f217ab7 100644
--- a/examples/scripts/chat.py
+++ b/examples/scripts/chat.py
@@ -231,6 +231,26 @@ def load_model_and_tokenizer(args):
     return model, tokenizer
 
 
+def parse_eos_tokens(tokenizer, eos_tokens, eos_token_ids):
+    if tokenizer.pad_token_id is None:
+        pad_token_id = tokenizer.eos_token_id
+    else:
+        pad_token_id = tokenizer.pad_token_id
+
+    all_eos_token_ids = []
+
+    if eos_tokens is not None:
+        all_eos_token_ids.extend(tokenizer.convert_tokens_to_ids(eos_tokens.split(",")))
+
+    if eos_token_ids is not None:
+        all_eos_token_ids.extend([int(token_id) for token_id in eos_token_ids.split(",")])
+
+    if len(all_eos_token_ids) == 0:
+        all_eos_token_ids.append(tokenizer.eos_token_id)
+
+    return pad_token_id, all_eos_token_ids
+
+
 def chat_cli():
     parser = TrlParser(ChatArguments)
     args = parser.parse_args_into_dataclasses()[0]
@@ -252,6 +272,8 @@ def chat_cli():
     model, tokenizer = load_model_and_tokenizer(args)
     generation_streamer = TextIteratorStreamer(tokenizer, skip_special_tokens=True)
 
+    pad_token_id, eos_token_ids = parse_eos_tokens(tokenizer, args.eos_tokens, args.eos_token_ids)
+
     interface = RichInterface(model_name=args.model_name_or_path, user_name=user)
     interface.clear()
     chat = clear_chat_history(current_args.system_prompt)
@@ -322,8 +344,8 @@ def chat_cli():
                 top_k=current_args.top_k,
                 top_p=current_args.top_p,
                 repetition_penalty=current_args.repetition_penalty,
-                pad_token_id=tokenizer.pad_token_id,
-                eos_token_id=tokenizer.eos_token_id,
+                pad_token_id=pad_token_id,
+                eos_token_id=eos_token_ids,
             )
 
             thread = Thread(target=model.generate, kwargs=generation_kwargs)
diff --git a/trl/commands/cli_utils.py b/trl/commands/cli_utils.py
index f511c20376..4a947d53e3 100644
--- a/trl/commands/cli_utils.py
+++ b/trl/commands/cli_utils.py
@@ -200,6 +200,14 @@ class ChatArguments:
     top_k: int = field(default=50, metadata={"help": "Value of k for top-k sampling"})
     top_p: float = field(default=1.0, metadata={"help": "Value of p for nucleus sampling"})
     repetition_penalty: float = field(default=1.0, metadata={"help": "Repetition penalty"})
+    eos_tokens: str = field(
+        default=None,
+        metadata={"help": "EOS tokens to stop the generation. If multiple they should be comma separated"},
+    )
+    eos_token_ids: str = field(
+        default=None,
+        metadata={"help": "EOS token IDs to stop the generation. If multiple they should be comma separated"},
+    )
     # model loading
     model_revision: str = field(
         default="main",