diff --git a/src/lerobot/scripts/lerobot_train.py b/src/lerobot/scripts/lerobot_train.py
index 44c94a1eb..6e8458523 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/scripts/lerobot_train.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/scripts/lerobot_train.py
@@ -211,8 +211,12 @@ def train(cfg: TrainPipelineConfig, accelerator: "Accelerator | None" = None):
         # Accelerate auto-detects the device based on the available hardware and ignores the policy.device setting.
         # Force the device to be CPU when the active config's device is set to CPU (works for both policy and reward model training).
         force_cpu = cfg.trainable_config.device == "cpu"
+        # Drive Accelerate's autocast from policy.dtype (bf16/fp16 activate it; float32/absent -> launcher default).
+        policy_dtype = getattr(cfg.trainable_config, "dtype", None)
+        mixed_precision = {"bfloat16": "bf16", "float16": "fp16", "float32": "no"}.get(policy_dtype)
         accelerator = Accelerator(
             step_scheduler_with_optimizer=False,
+            mixed_precision=mixed_precision,
             kwargs_handlers=[ddp_kwargs],
             cpu=force_cpu,
         )