diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 758f1a0d..056c9ec6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@ clean: ## Remove build related file
 	rm -rf ./go-piper
 	rm -rf $(BINARY_NAME)
 	rm -rf release/
+	rm -rf ./backend/cpp/grpc/grpc_repo
+	rm -rf ./backend/cpp/grpc/build
+	rm -rf ./backend/cpp/grpc/installed_packages
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/cpp/llama clean
 
 ## Build:
@@ -409,9 +412,30 @@ ifeq ($(BUILD_TYPE),metal)
 	cp go-llama/build/bin/ggml-metal.metal backend-assets/grpc/
 endif
 
-backend/cpp/llama/grpc-server:
-	LLAMA_VERSION=$(CPPLLAMA_VERSION) $(MAKE) -C backend/cpp/llama grpc-server
+## BACKEND CPP LLAMA START
+# Sets the variables in case it has to build the gRPC locally.
+INSTALLED_PACKAGES=$(CURDIR)/backend/cpp/grpc/installed_packages
+INSTALLED_LIB_CMAKE=$(INSTALLED_PACKAGES)/lib/cmake
+ADDED_CMAKE_ARGS=-Dabsl_DIR=${INSTALLED_LIB_CMAKE}/absl \
+                 -DProtobuf_DIR=${INSTALLED_LIB_CMAKE}/protobuf \
+                 -Dutf8_range_DIR=${INSTALLED_LIB_CMAKE}/utf8_range \
+                 -DgRPC_DIR=${INSTALLED_LIB_CMAKE}/grpc \
+                 -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES=${INSTALLED_PACKAGES}/include
 
+backend/cpp/llama/grpc-server:
+ifdef BUILD_GRPC_FOR_BACKEND_LLAMA
+	backend/cpp/grpc/script/build_grpc.sh ${INSTALLED_PACKAGES}
+	export _PROTOBUF_PROTOC=${INSTALLED_PACKAGES}/bin/proto && \
+	export _GRPC_CPP_PLUGIN_EXECUTABLE=${INSTALLED_PACKAGES}/bin/grpc_cpp_plugin && \
+	export PATH=${PATH}:${INSTALLED_PACKAGES}/bin && \
+	CMAKE_ARGS="${ADDED_CMAKE_ARGS}" LLAMA_VERSION=$(CPPLLAMA_VERSION) $(MAKE) -C backend/cpp/llama grpc-server 
+else
+	echo "BUILD_GRPC_FOR_BACKEND_LLAMA is not defined."
+	LLAMA_VERSION=$(CPPLLAMA_VERSION) $(MAKE) -C backend/cpp/llama grpc-server			
+endif
+## BACKEND CPP LLAMA END
+		
+##
 backend-assets/grpc/llama-cpp: backend-assets/grpc backend/cpp/llama/grpc-server
 	cp -rfv backend/cpp/llama/grpc-server backend-assets/grpc/llama-cpp
 # TODO: every binary should have its own folder instead, so can have different metal implementations
diff --git a/backend/cpp/grpc/.gitignore b/backend/cpp/grpc/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e533db2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/cpp/grpc/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+installed_packages/
+grpc_build/
+grpc_repo/
diff --git a/backend/cpp/grpc/script/build_grpc.sh b/backend/cpp/grpc/script/build_grpc.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..98ece5b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/cpp/grpc/script/build_grpc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Builds locally from sources the packages needed by the llama cpp backend.
+
+# Makes sure a few base packages exist.
+# sudo apt-get --no-upgrade -y install g++ gcc binutils cmake git build-essential autoconf libtool pkg-config 
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
+echo "Script directory: $SCRIPT_DIR"
+
+CPP_INSTALLED_PACKAGES_DIR=$1
+if [ -z ${CPP_INSTALLED_PACKAGES_DIR} ]; then 
+    echo "CPP_INSTALLED_PACKAGES_DIR env variable not set. Don't know where to install: failed."; 
+    echo
+    exit -1
+fi
+
+if [ -d "${CPP_INSTALLED_PACKAGES_DIR}" ]; then
+  echo "gRPC installation directory already exists. Nothing to do."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# The depth when cloning a git repo. 1 speeds up the clone when the repo history is not needed.
+GIT_CLONE_DEPTH=1
+
+NUM_BUILD_THREADS=$(nproc --ignore=1)
+
+# Google gRPC --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+TAG_LIB_GRPC="v1.59.0"
+GIT_REPO_LIB_GRPC="https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git"
+GRPC_REPO_DIR="${SCRIPT_DIR}/../grpc_repo"
+GRPC_BUILD_DIR="${SCRIPT_DIR}/../grpc_build"
+SRC_DIR_LIB_GRPC="${GRPC_REPO_DIR}/grpc"
+
+echo "SRC_DIR_LIB_GRPC: ${SRC_DIR_LIB_GRPC}"
+echo "GRPC_REPO_DIR: ${GRPC_REPO_DIR}"
+echo "GRPC_BUILD_DIR: ${GRPC_BUILD_DIR}"
+
+mkdir -pv ${GRPC_REPO_DIR}
+
+rm   -rf ${GRPC_BUILD_DIR}
+mkdir -pv ${GRPC_BUILD_DIR}
+
+mkdir -pv ${CPP_INSTALLED_PACKAGES_DIR}
+	
+if [ -d "${SRC_DIR_LIB_GRPC}" ]; then
+  echo "gRPC source already exists locally. Not cloned again."
+else  
+  ( cd ${GRPC_REPO_DIR} && \
+    git clone --depth ${GIT_CLONE_DEPTH} -b ${TAG_LIB_GRPC} ${GIT_REPO_LIB_GRPC} && \
+    cd ${SRC_DIR_LIB_GRPC} && \
+    git submodule update --init --recursive --depth ${GIT_CLONE_DEPTH} 
+  )    
+fi
+
+( cd ${GRPC_BUILD_DIR} && \
+  cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" \
+     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+     -DgRPC_INSTALL=ON \
+     -DEXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH=${CPP_INSTALLED_PACKAGES_DIR}/grpc/bin \
+     -DLIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH=${CPP_INSTALLED_PACKAGES_DIR}/grpc/lib \
+     -DgRPC_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
+     -DgRPC_BUILD_CSHARP_EXT=OFF \
+     -DgRPC_BUILD_GRPC_CPP_PLUGIN=ON \
+     -DgRPC_BUILD_GRPC_CSHARP_PLUGIN=OFF \
+     -DgRPC_BUILD_GRPC_NODE_PLUGIN=OFF \
+     -DgRPC_BUILD_GRPC_OBJECTIVE_C_PLUGIN=OFF \
+     -DgRPC_BUILD_GRPC_PHP_PLUGIN=OFF \
+     -DgRPC_BUILD_GRPC_PYTHON_PLUGIN=ON \
+     -DgRPC_BUILD_GRPC_RUBY_PLUGIN=OFF \
+     -Dprotobuf_WITH_ZLIB=ON \
+     -DRE2_BUILD_TESTING=OFF \
+     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CPP_INSTALLED_PACKAGES_DIR}/ \
+     ${SRC_DIR_LIB_GRPC}  && \
+  cmake --build .  -- -j ${NUM_BUILD_THREADS} && \
+  cmake --build .  --target install -- -j ${NUM_BUILD_THREADS} 
+)
+
+rm -rf ${GRPC_BUILD_DIR}
+rm -rf ${GRPC_REPO_DIR}
+