diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-webgpu/ggml-webgpu-shader-lib.hpp b/ggml/src/ggml-webgpu/ggml-webgpu-shader-lib.hpp
index babaddb654..66c1c3c897 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-webgpu/ggml-webgpu-shader-lib.hpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-webgpu/ggml-webgpu-shader-lib.hpp
@@ -2774,6 +2774,10 @@ class ggml_webgpu_shader_lib {
                 defines.push_back("TYPE_F32");
                 variant += "_f32";
                 break;
+            case GGML_TYPE_F16:
+                defines.push_back("TYPE_F16");
+                variant += "_f16";
+                break;
             case GGML_TYPE_I32:
                 defines.push_back("TYPE_I32");
                 variant += "_i32";
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-webgpu/ggml-webgpu.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-webgpu/ggml-webgpu.cpp
index 370f05dfe6..c001cda7d1 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-webgpu/ggml-webgpu.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-webgpu/ggml-webgpu.cpp
@@ -4290,7 +4290,8 @@ static bool ggml_backend_webgpu_device_supports_op(ggml_backend_dev_t dev, const
             supports_op = (src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F32 || src0->type == GGML_TYPE_I32);
             break;
         case GGML_OP_REPEAT:
-            supports_op = (src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F32 || src0->type == GGML_TYPE_I32 || src0->type == GGML_TYPE_I16);
+            supports_op = (src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F32 || src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 || src0->type == GGML_TYPE_I32 ||
+                           src0->type == GGML_TYPE_I16);
             break;
         case GGML_OP_CPY:
         case GGML_OP_CONT:
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-webgpu/wgsl-shaders/repeat.wgsl b/ggml/src/ggml-webgpu/wgsl-shaders/repeat.wgsl
index 6e2a1a8b61..43b883e679 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-webgpu/wgsl-shaders/repeat.wgsl
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-webgpu/wgsl-shaders/repeat.wgsl
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ struct Params {
 #ifdef TYPE_I32
 #define DataType i32
 #endif
+#ifdef TYPE_F16
+#define DataType f16
+#endif
 #ifdef TYPE_I16
 // same size (16-bit) is sufficient for repeat
 #define DataType f16
diff --git a/tests/test-backend-ops.cpp b/tests/test-backend-ops.cpp
index 4098acaaf9..8f3fb45dab 100644
--- a/tests/test-backend-ops.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-backend-ops.cpp
@@ -8511,6 +8511,7 @@ static std::vector<std::unique_ptr<test_case>> make_test_cases_eval() {
         test_cases.emplace_back(new test_repeat(GGML_TYPE_F32, {10, 5, 4, ne3}, {1, 2, 1, 1}));
         test_cases.emplace_back(new test_repeat(GGML_TYPE_F32, {10, 5, 4, ne3}, {1, 1, 2, 1}));
         test_cases.emplace_back(new test_repeat(GGML_TYPE_F32, {10, 5, 4, ne3}, {1, 1, 1, 2}));
+        test_cases.emplace_back(new test_repeat(GGML_TYPE_F16, {10, 5, 4, ne3}, {2, 1, 1, 1}));
         test_cases.emplace_back(new test_repeat(GGML_TYPE_I32, {10, 5, 4, ne3}, {2, 1, 1, 1}));
         test_cases.emplace_back(new test_repeat(GGML_TYPE_I16, {10, 5, 4, ne3}, {1, 1, 1, 2}));
         test_cases.emplace_back(new test_repeat(GGML_TYPE_BF16, {10, 5, 4, ne3}, {2, 1, 1, 1}));