diff --git a/flash_attn/layers/rotary.py b/flash_attn/layers/rotary.py
index 059b72b..da1b049 100644
--- a/flash_attn/layers/rotary.py
+++ b/flash_attn/layers/rotary.py
@@ -136,20 +136,20 @@ class RotaryEmbedding(torch.nn.Module):
 
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, dim_model: int, *_, **__):
+    def __init__(self, dim: int, base=10000, *_, **__):
         super().__init__()
         # Generate and save the inverse frequency buffer (non trainable)
-        inv_freq = 1.0 / (10000 ** (torch.arange(0, dim_model, 2).float() / dim_model))
+        inv_freq = 1.0 / (base ** (torch.arange(0, dim, 2).float() / dim))
         self.register_buffer("inv_freq", inv_freq)
 
         self._seq_len_cached = 0
         self._cos_cached = None
         self._sin_cached = None
 
-    def _update_cos_sin_cache(self, x):
+    def _update_cos_sin_cache(self, x, seqlen_offset=0):
         """x: (batch, seqlen, nheads, headdim) or (batch, seqlen, 3, nheads, headdim)
         """
-        seqlen = x.shape[1]
+        seqlen = x.shape[1] + seqlen_offset
         # Reset the tables if the sequence length has changed,
         # or if we're on a new device (possibly due to tracing for instance)
         if (seqlen > self._seq_len_cached or self._cos_cached.device != x.device
@@ -162,6 +162,11 @@ class RotaryEmbedding(torch.nn.Module):
             self._cos_cached = torch.cos(freqs).to(x.dtype)
             self._sin_cached = torch.sin(freqs).to(x.dtype)
 
-    def forward(self, qkv: torch.Tensor) -> Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
-        self._update_cos_sin_cache(qkv)
-        return apply_rotary_emb_qkv_(qkv, self._cos_cached, self._sin_cached)
+    def forward(self, qkv: torch.Tensor, seqlen_offset: int = 0) -> Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
+        """
+        seqlen_offset: can be used in generation where the qkv being passed in is only the last
+        token in the batch.
+        """
+        self._update_cos_sin_cache(qkv, seqlen_offset)
+        return apply_rotary_emb_qkv_(qkv, self._cos_cached[seqlen_offset:],
+                                     self._sin_cached[seqlen_offset:])