diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c4c7aa88..f17bb24b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ if (APPLE)
 else()
     option(WHISPER_OPENBLAS              "whisper: support for OpenBLAS" OFF)
     option(WHISPER_CUBLAS                "whisper: support for cuBLAS" OFF)
+    option(WHISPER_CLBLAST               "whisper: use CLBlast" OFF)
 endif()
 
 option(WHISPER_PERF "whisper: enable perf timings" OFF)
@@ -167,6 +168,21 @@ if (WHISPER_CUBLAS)
     endif()
 endif()
 
+if (WHISPER_CLBLAST)
+    find_package(CLBlast)
+    if (CLBlast_FOUND)
+        message(STATUS "CLBlast found")
+
+        set(GGML_OPENCL_SOURCES ggml-opencl.c ggml-opencl.h)
+
+        add_compile_definitions(GGML_USE_CLBLAST)
+
+        set(WHISPER_EXTRA_LIBS ${WHISPER_EXTRA_LIBS} clblast)
+    else()
+        message(WARNING "CLBlast not found")
+    endif()
+endif()
+
 # compiler flags
 
 if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
@@ -274,6 +290,7 @@ add_library(${TARGET}
     ggml.h
     ggml.c
     ${GGML_CUDA_SOURCES}
+    ${GGML_OPENCL_SOURCES}
     whisper.h
     whisper.cpp
     )
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 87ce8c41..07871362 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -171,6 +171,15 @@ ggml-cuda.o: ggml-cuda.cu ggml-cuda.h
 	$(NVCC) $(NVCCFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -Wno-pedantic -c $< -o $@
 endif
 
+ifdef WHISPER_CLBLAST
+	CFLAGS 		+= -DGGML_USE_CLBLAST
+	LDFLAGS	 	+= -lclblast -lOpenCL
+	WHISPER_OBJ	+= ggml-opencl.o
+	
+ggml-opencl.o: ggml-opencl.c ggml-opencl.h
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+endif
+
 ifdef WHISPER_GPROF
 	CFLAGS   += -pg
 	CXXFLAGS += -pg