diff --git a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/config.py b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/config.py
index d788012dc7..9a33cc502e 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/config.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/config.py
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class ModelType(str, Enum):
     IPAdapter = "ip_adapter"
     CLIPVision = "clip_vision"
     T2IAdapter = "t2i_adapter"
+    SpandrelImageToImage = "spandrel_image_to_image"
 
 
 class SubModelType(str, Enum):
diff --git a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/load/model_loaders/spandrel_image_to_image.py b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/load/model_loaders/spandrel_image_to_image.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4241c21d24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/load/model_loaders/spandrel_image_to_image.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Optional
+
+from invokeai.backend.model_manager.config import (
+    AnyModel,
+    AnyModelConfig,
+    BaseModelType,
+    ModelFormat,
+    ModelType,
+    SubModelType,
+)
+from invokeai.backend.model_manager.load.load_default import ModelLoader
+from invokeai.backend.model_manager.load.model_loader_registry import ModelLoaderRegistry
+from invokeai.backend.spandrel_image_to_image_model import SpandrelImageToImageModel
+
+
+@ModelLoaderRegistry.register(
+    base=BaseModelType.Any, type=ModelType.SpandrelImageToImage, format=ModelFormat.Checkpoint
+)
+class SpandrelImageToImageModelLoader(ModelLoader):
+    """Class for loading Spandrel Image-to-Image models (i.e. models wrapped by spandrel.ImageModelDescriptor)."""
+
+    def _load_model(
+        self,
+        config: AnyModelConfig,
+        submodel_type: Optional[SubModelType] = None,
+    ) -> AnyModel:
+        if submodel_type is not None:
+            raise ValueError("Unexpected submodel requested for Spandrel model.")
+
+        model_path = Path(config.path)
+        model = SpandrelImageToImageModel.load_from_file(model_path)
+
+        return model
diff --git a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/probe.py b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/probe.py
index 28b42caa53..8ba63f0db5 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/probe.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/probe.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from picklescan.scanner import scan_file_path
 import invokeai.backend.util.logging as logger
 from invokeai.app.util.misc import uuid_string
 from invokeai.backend.model_hash.model_hash import HASHING_ALGORITHMS, ModelHash
+from invokeai.backend.spandrel_image_to_image_model import SpandrelImageToImageModel
 from invokeai.backend.util.silence_warnings import SilenceWarnings
 
 from .config import (
@@ -240,6 +241,14 @@ class ModelProbe(object):
         if len(ckpt) < 10 and all(isinstance(v, torch.Tensor) for v in ckpt.values()):
             return ModelType.TextualInversion
 
+        # Check if the model can be loaded as a SpandrelImageToImageModel.
+        try:
+            _ = SpandrelImageToImageModel.load_from_state_dict(ckpt)
+            return ModelType.SpandrelImageToImage
+        except Exception:
+            # TODO(ryand): Catch a more specific exception type here if we can.
+            pass
+
         raise InvalidModelConfigException(f"Unable to determine model type for {model_path}")
 
     @classmethod
@@ -570,6 +579,11 @@ class T2IAdapterCheckpointProbe(CheckpointProbeBase):
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
 
+class SpandrelImageToImageModelProbe(CheckpointProbeBase):
+    def get_base_type(self) -> BaseModelType:
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
 ########################################################
 # classes for probing folders
 #######################################################
diff --git a/invokeai/backend/raw_model.py b/invokeai/backend/raw_model.py
index 7bca6945d9..6cce354c45 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/raw_model.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/raw_model.py
@@ -1,15 +1,3 @@
-"""Base class for 'Raw' models.
-
-The RawModel class is the base class of LoRAModelRaw and TextualInversionModelRaw,
-and is used for type checking of calls to the model patcher. Its main purpose
-is to avoid a circular import issues when lora.py tries to import BaseModelType
-from invokeai.backend.model_manager.config, and the latter tries to import LoRAModelRaw
-from lora.py.
-
-The term 'raw' was introduced to describe a wrapper around a torch.nn.Module
-that adds additional methods and attributes.
-"""
-
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from typing import Optional
 
@@ -17,7 +5,17 @@ import torch
 
 
 class RawModel(ABC):
-    """Abstract base class for 'Raw' model wrappers."""
+    """Base class for 'Raw' models.
+
+    The RawModel class is the base class of LoRAModelRaw, TextualInversionModelRaw, etc.
+    and is used for type checking of calls to the model patcher. Its main purpose
+    is to avoid a circular import issues when lora.py tries to import BaseModelType
+    from invokeai.backend.model_manager.config, and the latter tries to import LoRAModelRaw
+    from lora.py.
+
+    The term 'raw' was introduced to describe a wrapper around a torch.nn.Module
+    that adds additional methods and attributes.
+    """
 
     @abstractmethod
     def to(
diff --git a/invokeai/backend/spandrel_image_to_image_model.py b/invokeai/backend/spandrel_image_to_image_model.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..270f521604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/invokeai/backend/spandrel_image_to_image_model.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, Optional
+
+import torch
+from spandrel import ImageModelDescriptor, ModelLoader
+
+from invokeai.backend.raw_model import RawModel
+
+
+class SpandrelImageToImageModel(RawModel):
+    """A wrapper for a Spandrel Image-to-Image model.
+
+    The main reason for having a wrapper class is to integrate with the type handling of RawModel.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, spandrel_model: ImageModelDescriptor[Any]):
+        self._spandrel_model = spandrel_model
+
+    @classmethod
+    def load_from_file(cls, file_path: str | Path):
+        model = ModelLoader().load_from_file(file_path)
+        if not isinstance(model, ImageModelDescriptor):
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Loaded a spandrel model of type '{type(model)}'. Only image-to-image models are supported "
+                "('ImageModelDescriptor')."
+            )
+
+        return cls(spandrel_model=model)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def load_from_state_dict(cls, state_dict: dict[str, torch.Tensor]):
+        model = ModelLoader().load_from_state_dict(state_dict)
+        if not isinstance(model, ImageModelDescriptor):
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Loaded a spandrel model of type '{type(model)}'. Only image-to-image models are supported "
+                "('ImageModelDescriptor')."
+            )
+
+        return cls(spandrel_model=model)
+
+    def supports_dtype(self, dtype: torch.dtype) -> bool:
+        """Check if the model supports the given dtype."""
+        if dtype == torch.float16:
+            return self._spandrel_model.supports_half
+        elif dtype == torch.bfloat16:
+            return self._spandrel_model.supports_bfloat16
+        elif dtype == torch.float32:
+            # All models support float32.
+            return True
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f"Unexpected dtype '{dtype}'.")
+
+    def to(
+        self,
+        device: Optional[torch.device] = None,
+        dtype: Optional[torch.dtype] = None,
+        non_blocking: bool = False,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Note: Some models have limited dtype support. Call supports_dtype(...) to check if the dtype is supported.
+        Note: The non_blocking parameter is currently ignored."""
+        # TODO(ryand): spandrel.ImageModelDescriptor.to(...) does not support non_blocking. We will access the model
+        # directly if we want to apply this optimization.
+        self._spandrel_model.to(device=device, dtype=dtype)