diff --git a/src/diffusers/models/attention.py b/src/diffusers/models/attention.py
index 6ad0af18c1c9..31d1f1ff418a 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/models/attention.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/models/attention.py
@@ -286,6 +286,32 @@ def __init__(
         self.rescale_output_factor = rescale_output_factor
         self.proj_attn = nn.Linear(channels, channels, 1)
 
+        self._use_memory_efficient_attention_xformers = False
+
+    def set_use_memory_efficient_attention_xformers(self, use_memory_efficient_attention_xformers: bool):
+        if not is_xformers_available():
+            raise ModuleNotFoundError(
+                "Refer to https://github.com/facebookresearch/xformers for more information on how to install"
+                " xformers",
+                name="xformers",
+            )
+        elif not torch.cuda.is_available():
+            raise ValueError(
+                "torch.cuda.is_available() should be True but is False. xformers' memory efficient attention is only"
+                " available for GPU "
+            )
+        else:
+            try:
+                # Make sure we can run the memory efficient attention
+                _ = xformers.ops.memory_efficient_attention(
+                    torch.randn((1, 2, 40), device="cuda"),
+                    torch.randn((1, 2, 40), device="cuda"),
+                    torch.randn((1, 2, 40), device="cuda"),
+                )
+            except Exception as e:
+                raise e
+            self._use_memory_efficient_attention_xformers = use_memory_efficient_attention_xformers
+
     def reshape_heads_to_batch_dim(self, tensor):
         batch_size, seq_len, dim = tensor.shape
         head_size = self.num_heads
@@ -320,21 +346,26 @@ def forward(self, hidden_states):
         key_proj = self.reshape_heads_to_batch_dim(key_proj)
         value_proj = self.reshape_heads_to_batch_dim(value_proj)
 
-        attention_scores = torch.baddbmm(
-            torch.empty(
-                query_proj.shape[0],
-                query_proj.shape[1],
-                key_proj.shape[1],
-                dtype=query_proj.dtype,
-                device=query_proj.device,
-            ),
-            query_proj,
-            key_proj.transpose(-1, -2),
-            beta=0,
-            alpha=scale,
-        )
-        attention_probs = torch.softmax(attention_scores.float(), dim=-1).type(attention_scores.dtype)
-        hidden_states = torch.bmm(attention_probs, value_proj)
+        if self._use_memory_efficient_attention_xformers:
+            # Memory efficient attention
+            hidden_states = xformers.ops.memory_efficient_attention(query_proj, key_proj, value_proj, attn_bias=None)
+            hidden_states = hidden_states.to(query_proj.dtype)
+        else:
+            attention_scores = torch.baddbmm(
+                torch.empty(
+                    query_proj.shape[0],
+                    query_proj.shape[1],
+                    key_proj.shape[1],
+                    dtype=query_proj.dtype,
+                    device=query_proj.device,
+                ),
+                query_proj,
+                key_proj.transpose(-1, -2),
+                beta=0,
+                alpha=scale,
+            )
+            attention_probs = torch.softmax(attention_scores.float(), dim=-1).type(attention_scores.dtype)
+            hidden_states = torch.bmm(attention_probs, value_proj)
 
         # reshape hidden_states
         hidden_states = self.reshape_batch_dim_to_heads(hidden_states)