diff --git a/.changeset/eleven-items-love.md b/.changeset/eleven-items-love.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37b3cf6b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/eleven-items-love.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"livekit-plugins-openai": patch
+---
+
+Groq integration with Whisper-compatible STT endpoints
diff --git a/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-openai/livekit/plugins/openai/models.py b/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-openai/livekit/plugins/openai/models.py
index 092684519..c655f6662 100644
--- a/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-openai/livekit/plugins/openai/models.py
+++ b/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-openai/livekit/plugins/openai/models.py
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@
     "gemma2-9b-it",
 ]
 
+GroqAudioModels = Literal[
+    "whisper-large-v3",
+    "distil-whisper-large-v3-en",
+    "whisper-large-v3-turbo"
+]
+
 DeepSeekChatModels = Literal[
     "deepseek-coder",
     "deepseek-chat",
diff --git a/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-openai/livekit/plugins/openai/stt.py b/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-openai/livekit/plugins/openai/stt.py
index be36817d9..480117c78 100644
--- a/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-openai/livekit/plugins/openai/stt.py
+++ b/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-openai/livekit/plugins/openai/stt.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import dataclasses
 import io
+import os
 import wave
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
 
 import openai
 
-from .models import WhisperModels
+from .models import WhisperModels, GroqAudioModels
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -80,6 +81,39 @@ def __init__(
             ),
         )
 
+    
+    @staticmethod
+    def with_groq(
+        *,
+        model: GroqAudioModels = "whisper-large-v3-turbo",
+        api_key: str | None = None,
+        base_url: str | None = "https://api.groq.com/openai/v1",
+        client: openai.AsyncClient | None = None,
+        language: str = "en",
+        detect_language: bool = False,
+    ) -> STT:
+        """
+        Create a new instance of Groq STT.
+
+        ``api_key`` must be set to your Groq API key, either using the argument or by setting
+        the ``GROQ_API_KEY`` environmental variable.
+        """
+        
+        # Use environment variable if API key is not provided
+        api_key = api_key or os.environ.get("GROQ_API_KEY")
+        if api_key is None:
+            raise ValueError("Groq API key is required")
+
+        # Instantiate and return a configured STT instance
+        return STT(
+            model=model,
+            api_key=api_key,
+            base_url=base_url,
+            client=client,
+            language=language,
+            detect_language=detect_language,
+        )
+
     def _sanitize_options(self, *, language: str | None = None) -> _STTOptions:
         config = dataclasses.replace(self._opts)
         config.language = language or config.language