diff --git a/invokeai/backend/flux/controlnet/state_dict_utils.py b/invokeai/backend/flux/controlnet/state_dict_utils.py
index 98ec3d1250..daf79ef327 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/flux/controlnet/state_dict_utils.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/flux/controlnet/state_dict_utils.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ from typing import Any, Dict
 
 import torch
 
+from invokeai.backend.flux.model import FluxParams
+
 
 def is_state_dict_xlabs_controlnet(sd: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
     """Is the state dict for an XLabs ControlNet model?
@@ -239,3 +241,57 @@ def convert_diffusers_instantx_state_dict_to_bfl_format(sd: Dict[str, torch.Tens
     # Assert that all keys have been handled.
     assert len(sd) == 0
     return new_sd
+
+
+def infer_flux_params_from_state_dict(sd: Dict[str, torch.Tensor]) -> FluxParams:
+    """Infer the FluxParams from the shape of a FLUX state dict. When a model is distributed in diffusers format, this
+    information is all contained in the config.json file that accompanies the model. However, being apple to infer the
+    params from the state dict enables us to load models (e.g. an InstantX ControlNet) from a single weight file.
+    """
+    hidden_size = sd["img_in.weight"].shape[0]
+    mlp_hidden_dim = sd["double_blocks.0.img_mlp.0.weight"].shape[0]
+    # mlp_ratio is a float, but we treat it as an int here to avoid having to think about possible flost precision
+    # issues. In practice, mlp_ratio is usually 4.
+    mlp_ratio = mlp_hidden_dim // hidden_size
+
+    head_dim = sd["double_blocks.0.img_attn.norm.query_norm.scale"].shape[0]
+    num_heads = hidden_size // head_dim
+
+    # Count the number of double blocks.
+    double_block_index = 0
+    while f"double_blocks.{double_block_index}.img_attn.qkv.weight" in sd:
+        double_block_index += 1
+
+    # Count the number of single blocks.
+    single_block_index = 0
+    while f"single_blocks.{single_block_index}.linear1.weight" in sd:
+        single_block_index += 1
+
+    return FluxParams(
+        in_channels=sd["img_in.weight"].shape[1],
+        vec_in_dim=sd["vector_in.in_layer.weight"].shape[1],
+        context_in_dim=sd["txt_in.weight"].shape[1],
+        hidden_size=hidden_size,
+        mlp_ratio=mlp_ratio,
+        num_heads=num_heads,
+        depth=double_block_index,
+        depth_single_blocks=single_block_index,
+        # axes_dim cannot be inferred from the state dict. The hard-coded value is correct for dev/schnell models.
+        axes_dim=[16, 56, 56],
+        # theta cannot be inferred from the state dict. The hard-coded value is correct for dev/schnell models.
+        theta=10_000,
+        qkv_bias="double_blocks.0.img_attn.qkv.bias" in sd,
+        guidance_embed="guidance_in.in_layer.weight" in sd,
+    )
+
+
+def infer_instantx_num_control_modes_from_state_dict(sd: Dict[str, torch.Tensor]) -> int | None:
+    """Infer the number of ControlNet Union modes from the shape of a InstantX ControlNet state dict.
+
+    Returns None if the model is not a ControlNet Union model. Otherwise returns the number of modes.
+    """
+    mode_embedder_key = "controlnet_mode_embedder.weight"
+    if mode_embedder_key not in sd:
+        return None
+
+    return sd[mode_embedder_key].shape[0]