diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3384fb5e..0e48a056 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ STABLEDIFFUSION_VERSION?=4a3cd6aeae6f66ee57eae9a0075f8c58c3a6a38f
 TINYDREAM_REPO?=https://github.com/M0Rf30/go-tiny-dream
 TINYDREAM_VERSION?=c04fa463ace9d9a6464313aa5f9cd0f953b6c057
 
+ONNX_VERSION?=1.20.0
+ONNX_ARCH?=x64
+ONNX_OS?=linux
+
 export BUILD_TYPE?=
 export STABLE_BUILD_TYPE?=$(BUILD_TYPE)
 export CMAKE_ARGS?=
@@ -89,7 +93,20 @@ ifeq ($(NATIVE),false)
 	CMAKE_ARGS+=-DGGML_NATIVE=OFF
 endif
 
+# Detect if we are running on arm64
+ifneq (,$(findstring aarch64,$(shell uname -m)))
+	ONNX_ARCH=aarch64
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(OS),Darwin)
+	ONNX_OS=osx
+	ifneq (,$(findstring aarch64,$(shell uname -m)))
+		ONNX_ARCH=arm64
+	else ifneq (,$(findstring arm64,$(shell uname -m)))
+		ONNX_ARCH=arm64
+	else
+		ONNX_ARCH=x86_64
+	endif
 
 	ifeq ($(OSX_SIGNING_IDENTITY),)
 		OSX_SIGNING_IDENTITY := $(shell security find-identity -v -p codesigning | grep '"' | head -n 1 | sed -E 's/.*"(.*)"/\1/')
@@ -195,6 +212,7 @@ ALL_GRPC_BACKENDS+=backend-assets/util/llama-cpp-rpc-server
 ALL_GRPC_BACKENDS+=backend-assets/grpc/rwkv
 ALL_GRPC_BACKENDS+=backend-assets/grpc/whisper
 ALL_GRPC_BACKENDS+=backend-assets/grpc/local-store
+ALL_GRPC_BACKENDS+=backend-assets/grpc/silero-vad
 ALL_GRPC_BACKENDS+=$(OPTIONAL_GRPC)
 # Use filter-out to remove the specified backends
 ALL_GRPC_BACKENDS := $(filter-out $(SKIP_GRPC_BACKEND),$(ALL_GRPC_BACKENDS))
@@ -281,6 +299,20 @@ sources/go-stable-diffusion:
 sources/go-stable-diffusion/libstablediffusion.a: sources/go-stable-diffusion
 	CPATH="$(CPATH):/usr/include/opencv4" $(MAKE) -C sources/go-stable-diffusion libstablediffusion.a
 
+sources/onnxruntime:
+	mkdir -p sources/onnxruntime
+	curl -L https://github.com/microsoft/onnxruntime/releases/download/v$(ONNX_VERSION)/onnxruntime-$(ONNX_OS)-$(ONNX_ARCH)-$(ONNX_VERSION).tgz -o sources/onnxruntime/onnxruntime-$(ONNX_OS)-$(ONNX_ARCH)-$(ONNX_VERSION).tgz
+	cd sources/onnxruntime && tar -xvf onnxruntime-$(ONNX_OS)-$(ONNX_ARCH)-$(ONNX_VERSION).tgz && rm onnxruntime-$(ONNX_OS)-$(ONNX_ARCH)-$(ONNX_VERSION).tgz
+	cd sources/onnxruntime && mv onnxruntime-$(ONNX_OS)-$(ONNX_ARCH)-$(ONNX_VERSION)/* ./
+
+backend-assets/lib/libonnxruntime.so.1: backend-assets/lib sources/onnxruntime
+	cp -rfv sources/onnxruntime/lib/* backend-assets/lib/
+ifeq ($(OS),Darwin)
+	mv backend-assets/lib/libonnxruntime.$(ONNX_VERSION).dylib backend-assets/lib/libonnxruntime.dylib
+else
+	mv backend-assets/lib/libonnxruntime.so.$(ONNX_VERSION) backend-assets/lib/libonnxruntime.so.1
+endif
+
 ## tiny-dream
 sources/go-tiny-dream:
 	mkdir -p sources/go-tiny-dream
@@ -837,6 +869,13 @@ ifneq ($(UPX),)
 	$(UPX) backend-assets/grpc/stablediffusion
 endif
 
+backend-assets/grpc/silero-vad: backend-assets/grpc backend-assets/lib/libonnxruntime.so.1
+	CGO_LDFLAGS="$(CGO_LDFLAGS)" CPATH="$(CPATH):$(CURDIR)/sources/onnxruntime/include/" LIBRARY_PATH=$(CURDIR)/backend-assets/lib \
+	$(GOCMD) build -ldflags "$(LD_FLAGS)" -tags "$(GO_TAGS)" -o backend-assets/grpc/silero-vad ./backend/go/vad/silero
+ifneq ($(UPX),)
+	$(UPX) backend-assets/grpc/silero-vad
+endif
+
 backend-assets/grpc/tinydream: sources/go-tiny-dream sources/go-tiny-dream/libtinydream.a backend-assets/grpc
 	CGO_LDFLAGS="$(CGO_LDFLAGS)" LIBRARY_PATH=$(CURDIR)/go-tiny-dream \
 	$(GOCMD) build -ldflags "$(LD_FLAGS)" -tags "$(GO_TAGS)" -o backend-assets/grpc/tinydream ./backend/go/image/tinydream
diff --git a/backend/backend.proto b/backend/backend.proto
index 96f7c88f..d6e8f236 100644
--- a/backend/backend.proto
+++ b/backend/backend.proto
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ service Backend {
   rpc Rerank(RerankRequest) returns (RerankResult) {}
 
   rpc GetMetrics(MetricsRequest) returns (MetricsResponse);
+
+  rpc VAD(VADRequest) returns (VADResponse) {}
 }
 
 // Define the empty request
@@ -293,6 +295,19 @@ message TTSRequest {
   optional string language = 5;
 }
 
+message VADRequest {
+  repeated float audio = 1;
+}
+
+message VADSegment {
+  float start = 1;
+  float end = 2;
+}
+
+message VADResponse {
+  repeated VADSegment segments = 1;
+}
+
 message SoundGenerationRequest {
   string text = 1;
   string model = 2;
diff --git a/backend/go/vad/silero/main.go b/backend/go/vad/silero/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..28f51e49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/go/vad/silero/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package main
+
+// Note: this is started internally by LocalAI and a server is allocated for each model
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+
+	grpc "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc"
+)
+
+var (
+	addr = flag.String("addr", "localhost:50051", "the address to connect to")
+)
+
+func main() {
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if err := grpc.StartServer(*addr, &VAD{}); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/backend/go/vad/silero/vad.go b/backend/go/vad/silero/vad.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a164d2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/go/vad/silero/vad.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package main
+
+// This is a wrapper to statisfy the GRPC service interface
+// It is meant to be used by the main executable that is the server for the specific backend type (falcon, gpt3, etc)
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc/base"
+	pb "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc/proto"
+	"github.com/streamer45/silero-vad-go/speech"
+)
+
+type VAD struct {
+	base.SingleThread
+	detector *speech.Detector
+}
+
+func (vad *VAD) Load(opts *pb.ModelOptions) error {
+	v, err := speech.NewDetector(speech.DetectorConfig{
+		ModelPath:  opts.ModelFile,
+		SampleRate: 16000,
+		//WindowSize:           1024,
+		Threshold:            0.5,
+		MinSilenceDurationMs: 0,
+		SpeechPadMs:          0,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("create silero detector: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	vad.detector = v
+	return err
+}
+
+func (vad *VAD) VAD(req *pb.VADRequest) (pb.VADResponse, error) {
+	audio := req.Audio
+
+	segments, err := vad.detector.Detect(audio)
+	if err != nil {
+		return pb.VADResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("detect: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	vadSegments := []*pb.VADSegment{}
+	for _, s := range segments {
+		vadSegments = append(vadSegments, &pb.VADSegment{
+			Start: float32(s.SpeechStartAt),
+			End:   float32(s.SpeechEndAt),
+		})
+	}
+
+	return pb.VADResponse{
+		Segments: vadSegments,
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/core/http/endpoints/localai/vad.go b/core/http/endpoints/localai/vad.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5a5d929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/http/endpoints/localai/vad.go
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package localai
+
+import (
+	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
+	"github.com/mudler/LocalAI/core/backend"
+	"github.com/mudler/LocalAI/core/config"
+	fiberContext "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/core/http/ctx"
+	"github.com/mudler/LocalAI/core/schema"
+	"github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc/proto"
+	"github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/model"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+)
+
+// VADEndpoint is Voice-Activation-Detection endpoint
+// @Summary	Detect voice fragments in an audio stream
+// @Accept json
+// @Param		request	body		schema.VADRequest	true	"query params"
+// @Success 200 {object} proto.VADResponse "Response"
+// @Router		/vad [post]
+func VADEndpoint(cl *config.BackendConfigLoader, ml *model.ModelLoader, appConfig *config.ApplicationConfig) func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+	return func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+
+		input := new(schema.VADRequest)
+
+		// Get input data from the request body
+		if err := c.BodyParser(input); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		modelFile, err := fiberContext.ModelFromContext(c, cl, ml, input.Model, false)
+		if err != nil {
+			modelFile = input.Model
+			log.Warn().Msgf("Model not found in context: %s", input.Model)
+		}
+
+		cfg, err := cl.LoadBackendConfigFileByName(modelFile, appConfig.ModelPath,
+			config.LoadOptionDebug(appConfig.Debug),
+			config.LoadOptionThreads(appConfig.Threads),
+			config.LoadOptionContextSize(appConfig.ContextSize),
+			config.LoadOptionF16(appConfig.F16),
+		)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Err(err)
+			modelFile = input.Model
+			log.Warn().Msgf("Model not found in context: %s", input.Model)
+		} else {
+			modelFile = cfg.Model
+		}
+		log.Debug().Msgf("Request for model: %s", modelFile)
+
+		opts := backend.ModelOptions(*cfg, appConfig, model.WithBackendString(cfg.Backend), model.WithModel(modelFile))
+
+		vadModel, err := ml.Load(opts...)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		req := proto.VADRequest{
+			Audio: input.Audio,
+		}
+		resp, err := vadModel.VAD(c.Context(), &req)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		return c.JSON(resp)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/core/http/routes/localai.go b/core/http/routes/localai.go
index a2ef16a5..e7097741 100644
--- a/core/http/routes/localai.go
+++ b/core/http/routes/localai.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ func RegisterLocalAIRoutes(app *fiber.App,
 	}
 
 	app.Post("/tts", localai.TTSEndpoint(cl, ml, appConfig))
+	app.Post("/vad", localai.VADEndpoint(cl, ml, appConfig))
 
 	// Stores
 	sl := model.NewModelLoader("")
diff --git a/core/schema/localai.go b/core/schema/localai.go
index 861ed577..08afc6df 100644
--- a/core/schema/localai.go
+++ b/core/schema/localai.go
@@ -30,10 +30,16 @@ type TTSRequest struct {
 	Input    string `json:"input" yaml:"input"` // text input
 	Voice    string `json:"voice" yaml:"voice"` // voice audio file or speaker id
 	Backend  string `json:"backend" yaml:"backend"`
-	Language string `json:"language,omitempty" yaml:"language,omitempty"` // (optional) language to use with TTS model
+	Language string `json:"language,omitempty" yaml:"language,omitempty"`               // (optional) language to use with TTS model
 	Format   string `json:"response_format,omitempty" yaml:"response_format,omitempty"` // (optional) output format
 }
 
+// @Description VAD request body
+type VADRequest struct {
+	Model string    `json:"model" yaml:"model"` // model name or full path
+	Audio []float32 `json:"audio" yaml:"audio"` // model name or full path
+}
+
 type StoresSet struct {
 	Store string `json:"store,omitempty" yaml:"store,omitempty"`
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 93ef4779..de723044 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/pion/turn/v2 v2.1.6 // indirect
 	github.com/pion/webrtc/v3 v3.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.24.7 // indirect
+	github.com/streamer45/silero-vad-go v0.2.1 // indirect
+	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.27.4 // indirect
+	github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/wlynxg/anet v0.0.4 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/mock v0.4.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 932888ad..b92ae6a1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -674,6 +674,11 @@ github.com/sourcegraph/annotate v0.0.0-20160123013949-f4cad6c6324d/go.mod h1:Udh
 github.com/sourcegraph/syntaxhighlight v0.0.0-20170531221838-bd320f5d308e/go.mod h1:HuIsMU8RRBOtsCgI77wP899iHVBQpCmg4ErYMZB+2IA=
 github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v1.1.0 h1:7c1g84S4BPRrfL5Xrdp6fOJ206sU9y293DDHaoy0bLI=
 github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v1.1.0/go.mod h1:JwIasOWyU6f++ZhiEuf87xNszmSA2myDM2Kzu9HwQUA=
+github.com/spf13/cast v1.3.1/go.mod h1:Qx5cxh0v+4UWYiBimWS+eyWzqEqokIECu5etghLkUJE=
+github.com/spf13/cast v1.5.0 h1:rj3WzYc11XZaIZMPKmwP96zkFEnnAmV8s6XbB2aY32w=
+github.com/spf13/cast v1.5.0/go.mod h1:SpXXQ5YoyJw6s3/6cMTQuxvgRl3PCJiyaX9p6b155UU=
+github.com/streamer45/silero-vad-go v0.2.1 h1:Li1/tTC4H/3cyw6q4weX+U8GWwEL3lTekK/nYa1Cvuk=
+github.com/streamer45/silero-vad-go v0.2.1/go.mod h1:B+2FXs/5fZ6pzl6unUZYhZqkYdOB+3saBVzjOzdZnUs=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.7.0 h1:ntdiHjuueXFgm5nzDRdOS4yfT43P5Fnud6DH50rz/7w=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.7.0/go.mod h1:ancEpBxwJDODSW/UG4rDrAqiKolqNNh2DX3mk86cAdo=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
diff --git a/pkg/grpc/backend.go b/pkg/grpc/backend.go
index 637a6db1..21435891 100644
--- a/pkg/grpc/backend.go
+++ b/pkg/grpc/backend.go
@@ -53,4 +53,6 @@ type Backend interface {
 	Rerank(ctx context.Context, in *pb.RerankRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*pb.RerankResult, error)
 
 	GetTokenMetrics(ctx context.Context, in *pb.MetricsRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*pb.MetricsResponse, error)
+
+	VAD(ctx context.Context, in *pb.VADRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*pb.VADResponse, error)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/grpc/base/base.go b/pkg/grpc/base/base.go
index 3356f86b..2e1fb209 100644
--- a/pkg/grpc/base/base.go
+++ b/pkg/grpc/base/base.go
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ func (llm *Base) StoresFind(*pb.StoresFindOptions) (pb.StoresFindResult, error)
 	return pb.StoresFindResult{}, fmt.Errorf("unimplemented")
 }
 
+func (llm *Base) VAD(*pb.VADRequest) (pb.VADResponse, error) {
+	return pb.VADResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("unimplemented")
+}
+
 func memoryUsage() *pb.MemoryUsageData {
 	mud := pb.MemoryUsageData{
 		Breakdown: make(map[string]uint64),
diff --git a/pkg/grpc/client.go b/pkg/grpc/client.go
index 14481620..9c8b302e 100644
--- a/pkg/grpc/client.go
+++ b/pkg/grpc/client.go
@@ -392,3 +392,21 @@ func (c *Client) GetTokenMetrics(ctx context.Context, in *pb.MetricsRequest, opt
 	client := pb.NewBackendClient(conn)
 	return client.GetMetrics(ctx, in, opts...)
 }
+
+func (c *Client) VAD(ctx context.Context, in *pb.VADRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*pb.VADResponse, error) {
+	if !c.parallel {
+		c.opMutex.Lock()
+		defer c.opMutex.Unlock()
+	}
+	c.setBusy(true)
+	defer c.setBusy(false)
+	c.wdMark()
+	defer c.wdUnMark()
+	conn, err := grpc.Dial(c.address, grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+	client := pb.NewBackendClient(conn)
+	return client.VAD(ctx, in, opts...)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/grpc/embed.go b/pkg/grpc/embed.go
index cf624344..a5828a5f 100644
--- a/pkg/grpc/embed.go
+++ b/pkg/grpc/embed.go
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ func (e *embedBackend) Rerank(ctx context.Context, in *pb.RerankRequest, opts ..
 	return e.s.Rerank(ctx, in)
 }
 
+func (e *embedBackend) VAD(ctx context.Context, in *pb.VADRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*pb.VADResponse, error) {
+	return e.s.VAD(ctx, in)
+}
+
 func (e *embedBackend) GetTokenMetrics(ctx context.Context, in *pb.MetricsRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*pb.MetricsResponse, error) {
 	return e.s.GetMetrics(ctx, in)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/grpc/interface.go b/pkg/grpc/interface.go
index 97b958cc..9214e3cf 100644
--- a/pkg/grpc/interface.go
+++ b/pkg/grpc/interface.go
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ type LLM interface {
 	StoresDelete(*pb.StoresDeleteOptions) error
 	StoresGet(*pb.StoresGetOptions) (pb.StoresGetResult, error)
 	StoresFind(*pb.StoresFindOptions) (pb.StoresFindResult, error)
+
+	VAD(*pb.VADRequest) (pb.VADResponse, error)
 }
 
 func newReply(s string) *pb.Reply {
diff --git a/pkg/grpc/server.go b/pkg/grpc/server.go
index 0e602a42..0b2a167f 100644
--- a/pkg/grpc/server.go
+++ b/pkg/grpc/server.go
@@ -227,6 +227,18 @@ func (s *server) StoresFind(ctx context.Context, in *pb.StoresFindOptions) (*pb.
 	return &res, nil
 }
 
+func (s *server) VAD(ctx context.Context, in *pb.VADRequest) (*pb.VADResponse, error) {
+	if s.llm.Locking() {
+		s.llm.Lock()
+		defer s.llm.Unlock()
+	}
+	res, err := s.llm.VAD(in)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &res, nil
+}
+
 func StartServer(address string, model LLM) error {
 	lis, err := net.Listen("tcp", address)
 	if err != nil {