diff --git a/src/liger_kernel/chunked_loss/dpo_loss.py b/src/liger_kernel/chunked_loss/dpo_loss.py
index f7a14e539..633aebf43 100644
--- a/src/liger_kernel/chunked_loss/dpo_loss.py
+++ b/src/liger_kernel/chunked_loss/dpo_loss.py
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ def forward(
         ref_bias=None,
         ignore_index=-100,
         beta=0.1,
+        alpha=1.0,
         compute_nll_loss=False,
         compiled=True,
         use_ref_model=True,
@@ -126,7 +127,8 @@ def forward(
             ref_weight (torch.Tensor, optional): Reference model weight tensor. Shape: (vocab_size, hidden_size)
             ref_bias (torch.Tensor, optional): Reference model bias tensor. Shape: (vocab_size,)
             ignore_index (int): Index to ignore in loss computation
-            beta (float): Weight for the odds ratio loss
+            beta (float): Weight for the direct preference loss
+            alpha (float): Weight for the NLL loss component
             compute_nll_loss (bool): Whether to compute the NLL loss
             compiled (bool): Whether to use torch compile
             use_ref_model (bool): Whether to use a reference model
@@ -144,6 +146,7 @@ def forward(
             bias=bias,
             ignore_index=ignore_index,
             beta=beta,
+            alpha=alpha,
             compute_nll_loss=compute_nll_loss,
             compiled=compiled,
             use_ref_model=use_ref_model,
@@ -158,7 +161,7 @@ def forward(
     @staticmethod
     def backward(ctx, *grad_output):
         grads = LigerFusedLinearPreferenceBase.backward(ctx, grad_output)[:4]
-        return *grads, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None
+        return *grads, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None
 
 
 class LigerFusedLinearDPOLoss(torch.nn.Module):
@@ -170,6 +173,7 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         ignore_index: int = -100,
         beta: float = 0.1,
+        alpha: float = 1.0,
         compute_nll_loss: bool = False,
         compiled: bool = True,
         use_ref_model: bool = True,
@@ -180,7 +184,8 @@ def __init__(
         """
         Args:
             ignore_index (int): Index to ignore in the loss.
-            beta (float): Weight for the odds ratio loss.
+            beta (float): Weight for the direct preference loss.
+            alpha (float): Weight for the NLL loss component.
             compute_nll_loss (bool): Whether to compute the NLL loss.
             compiled (bool): Whether to use the torch compiled kernel.
             use_ref_model (bool): Whether to use a reference model for the DPO loss.
@@ -190,6 +195,7 @@ def __init__(
         super().__init__()
         self.ignore_index = ignore_index
         self.beta = beta
+        self.alpha = alpha
         self.compute_nll_loss = compute_nll_loss
         self.compiled = compiled
         self.use_ref_model = use_ref_model
@@ -220,6 +226,7 @@ def forward(
             ref_bias,
             self.ignore_index,
             self.beta,
+            self.alpha,
             self.compute_nll_loss,
             self.compiled,
             self.use_ref_model,
diff --git a/test/chunked_loss/test_dpo_loss.py b/test/chunked_loss/test_dpo_loss.py
index de5762f26..2c39af796 100644
--- a/test/chunked_loss/test_dpo_loss.py
+++ b/test/chunked_loss/test_dpo_loss.py
@@ -643,8 +643,9 @@ def test_correctness_functional(B, T, H, V, scalar, dtype, atol, rtol, bias, ref
         ref_input,
         ref_weight1,
         ref_bias1,
-        -100,
-        0.1,
+        -100,  # ignore_index
+        0.1,   # beta
+        1.0,   # alpha
         compute_nll_loss,
     )
     loss2, aggregated_aux_outputs2 = liger_fused_linear_dpo(
@@ -655,8 +656,9 @@ def test_correctness_functional(B, T, H, V, scalar, dtype, atol, rtol, bias, ref
         ref_input,
         ref_weight2,
         ref_bias2,
-        -100,
-        0.1,
+        -100,  # ignore_index
+        0.1,   # beta
+        1.0,   # alpha
         compute_nll_loss,
     )
 
@@ -886,14 +888,15 @@ def test_correctness_functional_apo_loss_types(
         ref_input,
         ref_weight1,
         ref_bias1,
-        -100,
-        0.1,
+        -100,   # ignore_index
+        0.1,    # beta
+        1.0,    # alpha
         compute_nll_loss,
-        True,  # compiled
-        True,  # use_ref_model
+        True,   # compiled
+        True,   # use_ref_model
         False,  # average_log_prob
-        1,  # chunk_size
-        loss_type,  # loss_type
+        1,      # chunk_size
+        loss_type,
     )
 
     # For comparison, create a LigerFusedLinearDPOLoss with the loss_type
@@ -936,3 +939,39 @@ def test_invalid_loss_type():
         # Should not raise an exception
         loss_fn = LigerFusedLinearDPOLoss(loss_type=loss_type)
         assert loss_fn.loss_type == loss_type
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("dtype", [torch.float32, torch.bfloat16])
+def test_alpha_scales_nll_loss(dtype):
+    """
+    Verify that alpha is actually forwarded and scales the NLL component.
+    With compute_nll_loss=True, loss(alpha=2) should differ from loss(alpha=1).
+    """
+    B, T, H, V = 4, 16, 32, 64
+    atol = 1e-4 if dtype == torch.float32 else 5e-2
+
+    _weight = torch.randn(V, H, device=device, dtype=dtype)
+    _ref_weight = torch.randn(V, H, device=device, dtype=dtype)
+    _input = torch.randn(B, T, H, device=device, dtype=dtype)
+    target = torch.randint(0, V, (B, T), device=device, dtype=torch.long)
+
+    def run(alpha):
+        inp = _input.detach().clone().requires_grad_(True)
+        w = _weight.detach().clone().requires_grad_(True)
+        rw = _ref_weight.detach().clone().requires_grad_(True)
+        loss_fn = LigerFusedLinearDPOLoss(
+            beta=0.1,
+            alpha=alpha,
+            compute_nll_loss=True,
+            use_ref_model=True,
+            average_log_prob=False,
+        )
+        loss, _ = loss_fn(w, inp, target, None, _input.detach(), rw, None)
+        return loss
+
+    loss_alpha1 = run(alpha=1.0)
+    loss_alpha2 = run(alpha=2.0)
+
+    assert not torch.allclose(loss_alpha1, loss_alpha2, atol=atol), (
+        f"Expected losses to differ when alpha changes, but got {loss_alpha1} vs {loss_alpha2}"
+    )