diff --git a/model2vec/model.py b/model2vec/model.py
index 62255b8c..9a8d8e8d 100644
--- a/model2vec/model.py
+++ b/model2vec/model.py
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ def from_pretrained(
         path: PathLike,
         token: str | None = None,
         normalize: bool | None = None,
+        dimensionality: int | None = None,
     ) -> StaticModel:
         """
         Load a StaticModel from a local path or huggingface hub path.
@@ -159,12 +160,27 @@ def from_pretrained(
         :param path: The path to load your static model from.
         :param token: The huggingface token to use.
         :param normalize: Whether to normalize the embeddings.
+        :param dimensionality: The dimensionality of the model. If this is None, use the dimensionality of the model.
+            This is useful if you want to load a model with a lower dimensionality.
+            Note that this only applies if you have trained your model using mrl or PCA.
         :return: A StaticModel
+        :raises: ValueError if the dimensionality is greater than the model dimensionality.
         """
         from model2vec.hf_utils import load_pretrained
 
         embeddings, tokenizer, config, metadata = load_pretrained(path, token=token, from_sentence_transformers=False)
 
+        if dimensionality is not None:
+            if dimensionality > embeddings.shape[1]:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Dimensionality {dimensionality} is greater than the model dimensionality {embeddings.shape[1]}"
+                )
+            embeddings = embeddings[:, :dimensionality]
+            if config.get("apply_pca", None) is None:
+                logger.warning(
+                    "You are reducing the dimensionality of the model, but we can't find a pca key in the model config. This might not work as expected."
+                )
+
         return cls(
             embeddings,
             tokenizer,
diff --git a/tests/test_model.py b/tests/test_model.py
index 810fed84..ebcf37fe 100644
--- a/tests/test_model.py
+++ b/tests/test_model.py
@@ -182,6 +182,36 @@ def test_load_pretrained(
     assert loaded_model.config == mock_config
 
 
+def test_load_pretrained_dim(
+    tmp_path: Path, mock_vectors: np.ndarray, mock_tokenizer: Tokenizer, mock_config: dict[str, str]
+) -> None:
+    """Test loading a pretrained model after saving it."""
+    # Save the model to a temporary path
+    model = StaticModel(vectors=mock_vectors, tokenizer=mock_tokenizer, config=mock_config)
+    save_path = tmp_path / "saved_model"
+    model.save_pretrained(save_path)
+
+    # Load the model back from the same path
+    loaded_model = StaticModel.from_pretrained(save_path, dimensionality=2)
+
+    # Assert that the loaded model has the same properties as the original one
+    np.testing.assert_array_equal(loaded_model.embedding, mock_vectors[:, :2])
+    assert loaded_model.tokenizer.get_vocab() == mock_tokenizer.get_vocab()
+    assert loaded_model.config == mock_config
+
+    # Load the model back from the same path
+    loaded_model = StaticModel.from_pretrained(save_path, dimensionality=None)
+
+    # Assert that the loaded model has the same properties as the original one
+    np.testing.assert_array_equal(loaded_model.embedding, mock_vectors)
+    assert loaded_model.tokenizer.get_vocab() == mock_tokenizer.get_vocab()
+    assert loaded_model.config == mock_config
+
+    # Load the model back from the same path
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        StaticModel.from_pretrained(save_path, dimensionality=3000)
+
+
 def test_initialize_normalize(mock_vectors: np.ndarray, mock_tokenizer: Tokenizer) -> None:
     """Tests whether the normalization initialization is correct."""
     model = StaticModel(mock_vectors, mock_tokenizer, {}, normalize=None)