diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4bda7b4f..55274446 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,12 +14,18 @@ The default text embedding (`TextEmbedding`) model is Flag Embedding, presented
 
 ## 🚀 Installation
 
-To install the FastEmbed library, pip works:
+To install the FastEmbed library, pip works best. You can install it with or without GPU support:
 
 ```bash
 pip install fastembed
 ```
 
+### ⚡️ With GPU
+
+```bash
+pip install fastembed-gpu
+```
+
 ## 📖 Quickstart
 
 ```python
@@ -42,6 +48,23 @@ embeddings_list = list(embedding_model.embed(documents))
 len(embeddings_list[0]) # Vector of 384 dimensions
 ```
 
+### ⚡️ FastEmbed on a GPU
+
+FastEmbed supports running on GPU devices. It requires installation of the `fastembed-gpu` package.
+Make sure not to have the `fastembed` package installed, as it might interfere with the `fastembed-gpu` package.
+
+```bash
+pip install fastembed-gpu
+``` 
+
+```python
+from fastembed import TextEmbedding
+
+embedding_model = TextEmbedding(model_name="BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5", providers=["CUDAExecutionProvider"])
+print("The model BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5 is ready to use on a GPU.")
+
+```
+
 ## Usage with Qdrant
 
 Installation with Qdrant Client in Python:
@@ -50,7 +73,13 @@ Installation with Qdrant Client in Python:
 pip install qdrant-client[fastembed]
 ```
 
-You might have to use ```pip install 'qdrant-client[fastembed]'``` on zsh.
+or 
+
+```bash
+pip install qdrant-client[fastembed-gpu]
+```
+
+You might have to use quotes ```pip install 'qdrant-client[fastembed]'``` on zsh.
 
 ```python
 from qdrant_client import QdrantClient
@@ -85,8 +114,4 @@ search_result = client.query(
     query_text="This is a query document"
 )
 print(search_result)
-```
-
-#### Similar Work
-
-Ilyas M. wrote about using [FlagEmbeddings with Optimum](https://twitter.com/IlysMoutawwakil/status/1705215192425288017) over CUDA.
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fastembed/common/__init__.py b/fastembed/common/__init__.py
index e69de29b..06e249f0 100644
--- a/fastembed/common/__init__.py
+++ b/fastembed/common/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from fastembed.common.onnx_model import OnnxProvider
+
+__all__ = ["OnnxProvider"]
diff --git a/fastembed/common/onnx_model.py b/fastembed/common/onnx_model.py
index 588b7bf5..5ce48719 100644
--- a/fastembed/common/onnx_model.py
+++ b/fastembed/common/onnx_model.py
@@ -1,7 +1,19 @@
 import os
 from multiprocessing import get_all_start_methods
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Dict, Generic, Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple, Type, TypeVar, Union
+from typing import (
+    Any,
+    Dict,
+    Generic,
+    Iterable,
+    List,
+    Optional,
+    Tuple,
+    Type,
+    TypeVar,
+    Union,
+    Sequence,
+)
 
 import numpy as np
 import onnxruntime as ort
@@ -14,6 +26,8 @@
 # Holds type of the embedding result
 T = TypeVar("T")
 
+OnnxProvider = Union[str, Tuple[str, Dict[Any, Any]]]
+
 
 class OnnxModel(Generic[T]):
     @classmethod
@@ -39,11 +53,21 @@ def load_onnx_model(
         model_dir: Path,
         model_file: str,
         threads: Optional[int],
+        providers: Optional[Sequence[OnnxProvider]] = None,
     ) -> None:
         model_path = model_dir / model_file
 
         # List of Execution Providers: https://onnxruntime.ai/docs/execution-providers
-        onnx_providers = ["CPUExecutionProvider"]
+
+        onnx_providers = ["CPUExecutionProvider"] if providers is None else list(providers)
+        available_providers = ort.get_available_providers()
+        for provider in onnx_providers:
+            # check providers available
+            provider_name = provider if isinstance(provider, str) else provider[0]
+            if provider_name not in available_providers:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Provider {provider_name} is not available. Available providers: {available_providers}"
+                )
 
         so = ort.SessionOptions()
         so.graph_optimization_level = ort.GraphOptimizationLevel.ORT_ENABLE_ALL
diff --git a/fastembed/sparse/sparse_text_embedding.py b/fastembed/sparse/sparse_text_embedding.py
index aa838ee8..f55f7c56 100644
--- a/fastembed/sparse/sparse_text_embedding.py
+++ b/fastembed/sparse/sparse_text_embedding.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-from typing import List, Type, Dict, Any, Union, Iterable, Optional
+from typing import List, Type, Dict, Any, Union, Iterable, Optional, Sequence
 
+from fastembed.common import OnnxProvider
 from fastembed.sparse.sparse_embedding_base import SparseTextEmbeddingBase, SparseEmbedding
 from fastembed.sparse.splade_pp import SpladePP
 
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ def __init__(
         model_name: str,
         cache_dir: Optional[str] = None,
         threads: Optional[int] = None,
+        providers: Optional[Sequence[OnnxProvider]] = None,
         **kwargs,
     ):
         super().__init__(model_name, cache_dir, threads, **kwargs)
@@ -49,7 +51,9 @@ def __init__(
         for EMBEDDING_MODEL_TYPE in self.EMBEDDINGS_REGISTRY:
             supported_models = EMBEDDING_MODEL_TYPE.list_supported_models()
             if any(model_name.lower() == model["model"].lower() for model in supported_models):
-                self.model = EMBEDDING_MODEL_TYPE(model_name, cache_dir, threads, **kwargs)
+                self.model = EMBEDDING_MODEL_TYPE(
+                    model_name, cache_dir, threads, providers=providers, **kwargs
+                )
                 return
 
         raise ValueError(
diff --git a/fastembed/sparse/splade_pp.py b/fastembed/sparse/splade_pp.py
index f59114ca..cfb130c1 100644
--- a/fastembed/sparse/splade_pp.py
+++ b/fastembed/sparse/splade_pp.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple, Union, Type
+from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple, Union, Type, Sequence
 
 import numpy as np
 
-from fastembed.common.onnx_model import EmbeddingWorker, OnnxModel
+from fastembed.common.onnx_model import EmbeddingWorker, OnnxModel, OnnxProvider
 from fastembed.common.utils import define_cache_dir
 from fastembed.sparse.sparse_embedding_base import SparseEmbedding, SparseTextEmbeddingBase
 
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ def __init__(
         model_name: str,
         cache_dir: Optional[str] = None,
         threads: Optional[int] = None,
+        providers: Optional[Sequence[OnnxProvider]] = None,
         **kwargs,
     ):
         """
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ def __init__(
             model_dir=model_dir,
             model_file=model_description["model_file"],
             threads=threads,
+            providers=providers,
         )
 
     def embed(
diff --git a/fastembed/text/onnx_embedding.py b/fastembed/text/onnx_embedding.py
index 059cce20..f2ae46fc 100644
--- a/fastembed/text/onnx_embedding.py
+++ b/fastembed/text/onnx_embedding.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-from typing import Dict, Optional, Tuple, Union, Iterable, Type, List, Any
+from typing import Dict, Optional, Tuple, Union, Iterable, Type, List, Any, Sequence
 
 import numpy as np
 
-from fastembed.common.onnx_model import OnnxModel, EmbeddingWorker
+from fastembed.common.onnx_model import OnnxModel, EmbeddingWorker, OnnxProvider
 from fastembed.common.models import normalize
 from fastembed.common.utils import define_cache_dir
 from fastembed.text.text_embedding_base import TextEmbeddingBase
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ def __init__(
         model_name: str = "BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5",
         cache_dir: Optional[str] = None,
         threads: Optional[int] = None,
+        providers: Optional[Sequence[OnnxProvider]] = None,
         **kwargs,
     ):
         """
@@ -235,6 +236,7 @@ def __init__(
             model_dir=model_dir,
             model_file=model_description["model_file"],
             threads=threads,
+            providers=providers,
         )
 
     def embed(
diff --git a/fastembed/text/text_embedding.py b/fastembed/text/text_embedding.py
index 10b43625..d9923b3d 100644
--- a/fastembed/text/text_embedding.py
+++ b/fastembed/text/text_embedding.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Type, Union
+from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Type, Union, Sequence
 
 import numpy as np
 
+from fastembed.common import OnnxProvider
 from fastembed.text.e5_onnx_embedding import E5OnnxEmbedding
 from fastembed.text.jina_onnx_embedding import JinaOnnxEmbedding
 from fastembed.text.onnx_embedding import OnnxTextEmbedding
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ def __init__(
         model_name: str = "BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5",
         cache_dir: Optional[str] = None,
         threads: Optional[int] = None,
+        providers: Optional[Sequence[OnnxProvider]] = None,
         **kwargs,
     ):
         super().__init__(model_name, cache_dir, threads, **kwargs)
@@ -56,7 +58,9 @@ def __init__(
         for EMBEDDING_MODEL_TYPE in self.EMBEDDINGS_REGISTRY:
             supported_models = EMBEDDING_MODEL_TYPE.list_supported_models()
             if any(model_name.lower() == model["model"].lower() for model in supported_models):
-                self.model = EMBEDDING_MODEL_TYPE(model_name, cache_dir, threads, **kwargs)
+                self.model = EMBEDDING_MODEL_TYPE(
+                    model_name, cache_dir, threads, providers=providers, **kwargs
+                )
                 return
 
         raise ValueError(