diff --git a/llmfoundry/callbacks/hf_checkpointer.py b/llmfoundry/callbacks/hf_checkpointer.py
index c0db8e1c28..f9618c5fa2 100644
--- a/llmfoundry/callbacks/hf_checkpointer.py
+++ b/llmfoundry/callbacks/hf_checkpointer.py
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ class HuggingFaceCheckpointer(Callback):
             that will get passed along to the MLflow ``save_model`` call.
             Expected to contain ``metadata`` and ``task`` keys. If either is
             unspecified, the defaults are ``'text-generation'`` and
-            ``{'task': 'llm/v1/completions'}`` respectively.
+            ``{'task': 'llm/v1/completions'}`` respectively. A default input example
+            and signature intended for text generation is also included under the
+            keys ``input_example`` and ``signature``.
         flatten_imports (Sequence[str]): A sequence of import prefixes that will
             be flattened when editing MPT files.
     """
@@ -126,6 +128,10 @@ def __init__(
         if mlflow_logging_config is None:
             mlflow_logging_config = {}
         if self.mlflow_registered_model_name is not None:
+            import numpy as np
+            from mlflow.models.signature import ModelSignature
+            from mlflow.types.schema import ColSpec, Schema
+
             # Both the metadata and the task are needed in order for mlflow
             # and databricks optimized model serving to work
             default_metadata = {'task': 'llm/v1/completions'}
@@ -135,6 +141,28 @@ def __init__(
                 **passed_metadata
             }
             mlflow_logging_config.setdefault('task', 'text-generation')
+
+            # Define a default input/output that is good for standard text generation LMs
+            input_schema = Schema([
+                ColSpec('string', 'prompt'),
+                ColSpec('double', 'temperature', optional=True),
+                ColSpec('integer', 'max_tokens', optional=True),
+                ColSpec('string', 'stop', optional=True),
+                ColSpec('integer', 'candidate_count', optional=True)
+            ])
+
+            output_schema = Schema([ColSpec('string', 'predictions')])
+
+            default_signature = ModelSignature(inputs=input_schema,
+                                               outputs=output_schema)
+
+            default_input_example = {
+                'prompt': np.array(['What is Machine Learning?'])
+            }
+            mlflow_logging_config.setdefault('input_example',
+                                             default_input_example)
+            mlflow_logging_config.setdefault('signature', default_signature)
+
         self.mlflow_logging_config = mlflow_logging_config
 
         self.huggingface_folder_name_fstr = os.path.join(
diff --git a/tests/a_scripts/inference/test_convert_composer_to_hf.py b/tests/a_scripts/inference/test_convert_composer_to_hf.py
index ba99cd43b3..ab2d569132 100644
--- a/tests/a_scripts/inference/test_convert_composer_to_hf.py
+++ b/tests/a_scripts/inference/test_convert_composer_to_hf.py
@@ -253,12 +253,12 @@ def test_callback_inits():
         save_folder='test',
         save_interval='1ba',
         mlflow_registered_model_name='test_model_name')
-    assert hf_checkpointer.mlflow_logging_config == {
-        'task': 'text-generation',
-        'metadata': {
-            'task': 'llm/v1/completions'
-        }
-    }
+
+    assert hf_checkpointer.mlflow_logging_config['task'] == 'text-generation'
+    assert hf_checkpointer.mlflow_logging_config['metadata'][
+        'task'] == 'llm/v1/completions'
+    assert 'input_example' in hf_checkpointer.mlflow_logging_config
+    assert 'signature' in hf_checkpointer.mlflow_logging_config
 
 
 @pytest.mark.gpu
@@ -331,6 +331,8 @@ def test_huggingface_conversion_callback_interval(
             transformers_model=ANY,
             path=ANY,
             task='text-generation',
+            input_example=ANY,
+            signature=ANY,
             metadata={'task': 'llm/v1/completions'})
         assert mlflow_logger_mock.register_model.call_count == 1
     else:
@@ -593,11 +595,34 @@ def test_huggingface_conversion_callback(
                 }
             }
         else:
+            import numpy as np
+            from mlflow.models.signature import ModelSignature
+            from mlflow.types.schema import ColSpec, Schema
+
+            input_schema = Schema([
+                ColSpec('string', 'prompt'),
+                ColSpec('double', 'temperature', optional=True),
+                ColSpec('integer', 'max_tokens', optional=True),
+                ColSpec('string', 'stop', optional=True),
+                ColSpec('integer', 'candidate_count', optional=True)
+            ])
+
+            output_schema = Schema([ColSpec('string', 'predictions')])
+
+            default_signature = ModelSignature(inputs=input_schema,
+                                               outputs=output_schema)
+
+            default_input_example = {
+                'prompt': np.array(['What is Machine Learning?'])
+            }
+
             expectation = {
                 'flavor': 'transformers',
                 'transformers_model': ANY,
                 'path': ANY,
                 'task': 'text-generation',
+                'signature': default_signature,
+                'input_example': default_input_example,
                 'metadata': {
                     'task': 'llm/v1/completions'
                 }