diff --git a/trlx/trainer/accelerate_base_trainer.py b/trlx/trainer/accelerate_base_trainer.py
index 5e24eec14..15c804ae6 100644
--- a/trlx/trainer/accelerate_base_trainer.py
+++ b/trlx/trainer/accelerate_base_trainer.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import sys
 from abc import abstractmethod
 from time import time
-from typing import Dict, Sequence, Tuple, Union
+from typing import Dict, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Union
 
 import torch
 import torch.nn.functional as F
@@ -196,15 +196,16 @@ def generate_eval(self, input_ids, attention_mask=None, **kwargs):
                 input_ids=input_ids, attention_mask=attention_mask, **kwargs
             )
 
-    def save(self, directory=None):
-        """Creates checkpoint of optimizer, scheduler and a model"""
+    def save(self, directory: Optional[str] = None):
+        """Creates a checkpoint of the optimizer, scheduler and model"""
         self.accelerator.save_state(directory or self.config.train.checkpoint_dir)
-        if directory:
-            self.model.base_model.save_pretrained(f"hf_model_{directory}")
-        else:
-            self.model.base_model.save_pretrained(
-                f"hf_model_{self.config.train.checkpoint_dir}"
-            )
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def save_pretrained(self, directory: Optional[str] = None):
+        """Save the model and its configuration file to a directory, so that it can be re-loaded with the
+        `transformers.PreTrainedModel.from_pretrained` method.
+        """
+        pass
 
     def load(self, directory=None):
         """Load checkpoint of optimizer, scheduler and a model"""
diff --git a/trlx/trainer/accelerate_ilql_trainer.py b/trlx/trainer/accelerate_ilql_trainer.py
index 66b88e330..a5191697b 100644
--- a/trlx/trainer/accelerate_ilql_trainer.py
+++ b/trlx/trainer/accelerate_ilql_trainer.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Sequence, Union, cast
+from typing import Optional, Sequence, Union, cast
 
 import torch
 
@@ -92,3 +92,14 @@ def prepare_learning(self):
         self.n_updates_per_batch = 1
         self.total_steps = self.config.train.epochs * len(train_dataloader)
         self.total_steps = min(self.total_steps, self.config.train.total_steps)
+
+    def save_pretrained(self, directory: Optional[str] = None):
+        # TODO: Support saving with `transformers.PreTrainedModel.save_pretrained`.
+        # This is currently not supported becasue `nn.ilql_models.CausalLMWithValueHeads`
+        # requires a custom `generate` method using its (value/q) heads to steer
+        # sampling - something that is not possible with the default
+        # `transformers.PreTrainedModel.generate`.
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            "`AccelerateILQLTrainer` does not currently support automatic saving "
+            "with `transformers.PreTrainedModel.save_pretrained`."
+        )
diff --git a/trlx/trainer/accelerate_ppo_trainer.py b/trlx/trainer/accelerate_ppo_trainer.py
index 85da0bd16..06593b2a2 100644
--- a/trlx/trainer/accelerate_ppo_trainer.py
+++ b/trlx/trainer/accelerate_ppo_trainer.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import json
 import os
 import uuid
-from typing import Tuple
+from typing import Optional, Tuple
 
 import torch
 from torchtyping import TensorType
@@ -218,3 +218,8 @@ def prepare_learning(self):
             * len(self.train_dataloader)
         )
         self.total_steps = min(self.total_steps, self.config.train.total_steps)
+
+    def save_pretrained(self, directory: Optional[str] = None):
+        directory = f"{directory or self.config.train.checkpoint_dir}/hf_model"
+        self.accelerator.unwrap_model(self.model).base_model.save_pretrained(directory)
+        self.tokenizer.save_pretrained(directory)