diff --git a/common/chat.cpp b/common/chat.cpp
index 8a57e66cceb..988c5fe03d5 100644
--- a/common/chat.cpp
+++ b/common/chat.cpp
@@ -669,6 +669,12 @@ common_chat_templates_ptr common_chat_templates_init(
             "{%- if false %}");
     }
 
+    // TODO @megemini : this is a temporary fix for PaddleOCR image placeholder
+    if (default_template_src.find("<|IMAGE_START|><|IMAGE_PLACEHOLDER|><|IMAGE_END|>") != std::string::npos) {
+        string_replace_all(default_template_src, "image", "media_marker");
+        string_replace_all(default_template_src, "\"<|IMAGE_START|><|IMAGE_PLACEHOLDER|><|IMAGE_END|>\"", "content[\"text\"]");
+    }
+
     std::string token_bos = bos_token_override;
     std::string token_eos = eos_token_override;
     bool add_bos = false;