diff --git a/bindings/go/context_params.go b/bindings/go/context_params.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cfc6dbbf9f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/go/context_params.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package whisper
+
+func (p *ContextParams) UseGPU() bool {
+	return bool(p.use_gpu)
+}
+
+func (p *ContextParams) SetUseGPU(v bool) {
+	p.use_gpu = toBool(v)
+}
+
+func (p *ContextParams) UseFlashAttention() bool {
+	return bool(p.flash_attn)
+}
+
+func (p *ContextParams) SetUseFlashAttention(v bool) {
+	p.flash_attn = toBool(v)
+}
diff --git a/bindings/go/pkg/whisper/model.go b/bindings/go/pkg/whisper/model.go
index 68a150223c7..7de2ff69e97 100644
--- a/bindings/go/pkg/whisper/model.go
+++ b/bindings/go/pkg/whisper/model.go
@@ -23,19 +23,21 @@ var _ Model = (*model)(nil)
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // LIFECYCLE
 
-func New(path string) (Model, error) {
-	model := new(model)
+func New(path string, options ...modelOption) (Model, error) {
 	if _, err := os.Stat(path); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
-	} else if ctx := whisper.Whisper_init(path); ctx == nil {
-		return nil, ErrUnableToLoadModel
-	} else {
-		model.ctx = ctx
-		model.path = path
 	}
 
-	// Return success
-	return model, nil
+	params := whisper.DefaultContextParams()
+	for _, option := range options {
+		option.apply(&params)
+	}
+
+	if ctx := whisper.Whisper_init_with_params(path, params); ctx != nil {
+		return &model{path, ctx}, nil
+	}
+
+	return nil, ErrUnableToLoadModel
 }
 
 func (model *model) Close() error {
diff --git a/bindings/go/pkg/whisper/model_option.go b/bindings/go/pkg/whisper/model_option.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e630545d61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/go/pkg/whisper/model_option.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package whisper
+
+import whisper "github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/bindings/go"
+
+type ContextParams = whisper.ContextParams
+
+type (
+	modelOption     interface{ apply(*ContextParams) }
+	modelOptionFunc func(*ContextParams)
+)
+
+func (fn modelOptionFunc) apply(to *ContextParams) {
+	fn(to)
+}
+
+func WithUseGPU(v bool) modelOption {
+	return modelOptionFunc(func(p *ContextParams) {
+		p.SetUseGPU(v)
+	})
+}
+
+func WithUseFlashAttention(v bool) modelOption {
+	return modelOptionFunc(func(p *ContextParams) {
+		p.SetUseFlashAttention(v)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/bindings/go/whisper.go b/bindings/go/whisper.go
index 3ef73414d90..8081f553051 100644
--- a/bindings/go/whisper.go
+++ b/bindings/go/whisper.go
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ type (
 	TokenData        C.struct_whisper_token_data
 	SamplingStrategy C.enum_whisper_sampling_strategy
 	Params           C.struct_whisper_full_params
+	ContextParams    C.struct_whisper_context_params
 )
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -102,15 +103,23 @@ var (
 // Allocates all memory needed for the model and loads the model from the given file.
 // Returns NULL on failure.
 func Whisper_init(path string) *Context {
+	return Whisper_init_with_params(path, DefaultContextParams())
+}
+
+func Whisper_init_with_params(path string, params ContextParams) *Context {
 	cPath := C.CString(path)
 	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cPath))
-	if ctx := C.whisper_init_from_file_with_params(cPath, C.whisper_context_default_params()); ctx != nil {
+	if ctx := C.whisper_init_from_file_with_params(cPath, (C.struct_whisper_context_params)(params)); ctx != nil {
 		return (*Context)(ctx)
 	} else {
 		return nil
 	}
 }
 
+func DefaultContextParams() ContextParams {
+	return ContextParams(C.whisper_context_default_params())
+}
+
 // Frees all memory allocated by the model.
 func (ctx *Context) Whisper_free() {
 	C.whisper_free((*C.struct_whisper_context)(ctx))