diff --git a/tests/test_timing.py b/tests/test_timing.py
index 9bab838..58a2812 100644
--- a/tests/test_timing.py
+++ b/tests/test_timing.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import pytest
 import scipy.ndimage
 import torch
 
-from whisper.timing import dtw_cpu, dtw_cuda, median_filter
+from whisper.timing import dtw_cpu, dtw_cuda, median_filter, dtw_hpu
 
 sizes = [
     (10, 20),
@@ -94,3 +94,15 @@ def test_median_filter_equivalence(shape):
         filtered_gpu = median_filter(x.cuda(), filter_width).cpu()
 
         assert np.allclose(filtered_cpu, filtered_gpu)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.requires_hpu
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("N, M", sizes)
+def test_dtw_hpu_equivalence(N: int, M: int):
+    x_numpy = np.random.randn(N, M).astype(np.float32)
+    x_hpu = torch.from_numpy(x_numpy).to("hpu")
+
+    trace_cpu = dtw_cpu(x_numpy)
+    trace_hpu = dtw_hpu(x_hpu)
+
+    assert np.allclose(trace_cpu, trace_hpu)
diff --git a/tests/test_transcribe.py b/tests/test_transcribe.py
index 599221a..49be253 100644
--- a/tests/test_transcribe.py
+++ b/tests/test_transcribe.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from whisper.tokenizer import get_tokenizer
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("model_name", whisper.available_models())
 def test_transcribe(model_name: str):
     device = "cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu"
-    model = whisper.load_model(model_name).to(device)
+    model = whisper.load_model(model_name, device=device)
     audio_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "jfk.flac")
 
     language = "en" if model_name.endswith(".en") else None
diff --git a/whisper/timing.py b/whisper/timing.py
index e563414..af58c39 100644
--- a/whisper/timing.py
+++ b/whisper/timing.py
@@ -138,7 +138,45 @@ def dtw_cuda(x, BLOCK_SIZE=1024):
     return backtrace(trace.cpu().numpy())
 
 
+def dtw_hpu(x, BLOCK_SIZE=1024):
+    """
+    DTW implementation for HPU.
+    """
+    M, N = x.shape
+    assert M < BLOCK_SIZE, f"M should be smaller than {BLOCK_SIZE=}"
+
+    x_skew = F.pad(x, (0, M + 1), value=np.inf).flatten()[: M * (N + M)].reshape(M, N + M)
+    x_skew = x_skew.T.contiguous()
+
+    # Initialize cost and trace matrices with high values for comparison
+    cost = torch.ones(N + M + 2, M + 2, device="hpu") * np.inf
+    cost[0, 0] = 0  # Start point for DTW
+    trace = torch.zeros_like(cost, dtype=torch.int32, device="hpu")
+
+    for k in range(1, N + M + 1):
+        p0 = cost[k - 1, :M]
+        p1 = cost[k, :M]
+        p2 = cost[k, 1:M + 1]
+
+        c0 = p0.clone()
+        c1 = p1.clone()
+        c2 = p2.clone()
+
+        x_row = x_skew[k - 1, :M]
+
+        cost_row = x_row + torch.min(torch.min(c0, c1), c2)
+        cost[k + 1, 1:M + 1] = cost_row
+
+        # Track path by storing traces
+        trace[k + 1, 1:M + 1] = 2 * (c2 <= c0) * (c2 <= c1) + 1 * (c1 <= c0) * (c1 <= c2) + 0 * (c0 <= c1) * (c0 <= c2)
+
+    trace = trace.T.flatten()[: (M + 1) * (M + N + 3)].reshape(M + 1, M + N + 3)[:, : N + 1]
+    return backtrace(trace.cpu().numpy())
+
+
 def dtw(x: torch.Tensor) -> np.ndarray:
+    if torch.hpu.is_available():
+        return dtw_hpu(x)
     if x.is_cuda:
         try:
             return dtw_cuda(x)
diff --git a/whisper/transcribe.py b/whisper/transcribe.py
index 8e1240b..f3ceffd 100644
--- a/whisper/transcribe.py
+++ b/whisper/transcribe.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from .audio import (
     pad_or_trim,
 )
 from .decoding import DecodingOptions, DecodingResult
+from .hpu_utils import load_default_hpu
 from .timing import add_word_timestamps
 from .tokenizer import LANGUAGES, TO_LANGUAGE_CODE, get_tokenizer
 from .utils import (
@@ -125,6 +126,8 @@ def transcribe(
         if dtype == torch.float16:
             warnings.warn("FP16 is not supported on CPU; using FP32 instead")
             dtype = torch.float32
+        if model.device == torch.device("hpu") and torch.hpu.is_available():
+            warnings.warn("Performing inference on HPU when CUDA is available")
 
     if dtype == torch.float32:
         decode_options["fp16"] = False
@@ -508,12 +511,22 @@ def cli():
             f"model should be one of {available_models()} or path to a model checkpoint"
         )
 
+    def valid_device(device_name):
+        if device_name == "cuda" and not torch.cuda.is_available():
+            warnings.warn("CUDA is not available; using CPU instead")
+            device_name = "cpu"
+        if device_name == "hpu" and not torch.hpu.is_available():
+            warnings.warn("HPU is not available; using CPU instead")
+            device_name = "cpu"
+
+        return device_name
+
     # fmt: off
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter)
     parser.add_argument("audio", nargs="+", type=str, help="audio file(s) to transcribe")
     parser.add_argument("--model", default="turbo", type=valid_model_name, help="name of the Whisper model to use")
     parser.add_argument("--model_dir", type=str, default=None, help="the path to save model files; uses ~/.cache/whisper by default")
-    parser.add_argument("--device", default="cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu", help="device to use for PyTorch inference")
+    parser.add_argument("--device", default=load_default_hpu(), type=valid_device, help="device to use for PyTorch inference (hpu/cuda/cpu)")
     parser.add_argument("--output_dir", "-o", type=str, default=".", help="directory to save the outputs")
     parser.add_argument("--output_format", "-f", type=str, default="all", choices=["txt", "vtt", "srt", "tsv", "json", "all"], help="format of the output file; if not specified, all available formats will be produced")
     parser.add_argument("--verbose", type=str2bool, default=True, help="whether to print out the progress and debug messages")