diff --git a/src/olmo_core/distributed/fsdp/fsdp.py b/src/olmo_core/distributed/fsdp/fsdp.py
index f23dbe1b..bd39047e 100644
--- a/src/olmo_core/distributed/fsdp/fsdp.py
+++ b/src/olmo_core/distributed/fsdp/fsdp.py
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ class FSDPShardingStrategy(StrEnum):
     only done within a node, which can be more performant for medium to large-sized models.
     """
 
+    SHARD_GRAD_OP = "SHARD_GRAD_OP"
+    """
+    Like ``FULL_SHARD`` except parameters are not resharded after the forward pass when gradients
+    are enabled, instead only after the backwards pass.
+    """
+
 
 @dataclass
 class FSDPDebugConfig:
@@ -233,9 +239,11 @@ def forward(self, *args, **kwargs):
             for module in self.state.forward_execution_order:
                 self.state.forward_prefetch_queue.append(module)
 
-        keep_full_params_with_grads = False
-        if self.is_root and not self.free_root_after_forward and torch.is_grad_enabled():
-            keep_full_params_with_grads = True
+        # Determine whether to reshard after the forward pass.
+        keep_full_params_with_grads = (
+            (self.is_root and not self.free_root_after_forward)
+            or self.sharding_strategy == FSDPShardingStrategy.SHARD_GRAD_OP
+        ) and torch.is_grad_enabled()
 
         # Unshard parameters in-place.
         self._unshard(set_grads=keep_full_params_with_grads)