diff --git a/pipelines/stable_diffusion/pipeline_stable_diffusion.py b/pipelines/stable_diffusion/pipeline_stable_diffusion.py
index 550513b5c943..f0b353d931d4 100644
--- a/pipelines/stable_diffusion/pipeline_stable_diffusion.py
+++ b/pipelines/stable_diffusion/pipeline_stable_diffusion.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ def __call__(
         guidance_scale: Optional[float] = 7.5,
         eta: Optional[float] = 0.0,
         generator: Optional[torch.Generator] = None,
+        latents: Optional[torch.FloatTensor] = None,
         output_type: Optional[str] = "pil",
         **kwargs,
     ):
@@ -98,12 +99,18 @@ def __call__(
             # to avoid doing two forward passes
             text_embeddings = torch.cat([uncond_embeddings, text_embeddings])
 
-        # get the intial random noise
-        latents = torch.randn(
-            (batch_size, self.unet.in_channels, height // 8, width // 8),
-            generator=generator,
-            device=self.device,
-        )
+        # get the initial random noise unless the user supplied it
+        latents_shape = (batch_size, self.unet.in_channels, height // 8, width // 8)
+        if latents is None:
+            latents = torch.randn(
+                latents_shape,
+                generator=generator,
+                device=self.device,
+            )
+        else:
+            if latents.shape != latents_shape:
+                raise ValueError(f"Unexpected latents shape, got {latents.shape}, expected {latents_shape}")
+            latents = latents.to(self.device)
 
         # set timesteps
         accepts_offset = "offset" in set(inspect.signature(self.scheduler.set_timesteps).parameters.keys())