diff --git a/whisper/decoding.py b/whisper/decoding.py
index 49485d0..56bede8 100644
--- a/whisper/decoding.py
+++ b/whisper/decoding.py
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ class DecodingOptions:
 
     # implementation details
     fp16: bool = True  # use fp16 for most of the calculation
+    hotwords: Optional[str] = None
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -598,15 +599,20 @@ class DecodingTask:
                 prefix_tokens = prefix_tokens[-max_prefix_len:]
             tokens = tokens + prefix_tokens
 
-        if prompt := self.options.prompt:
+        if (prompt := self.options.prompt) or ((self.options.hotwords) and not self.options.prefix):
             prompt_tokens = (
                 self.tokenizer.encode(" " + prompt.strip())
                 if isinstance(prompt, str)
                 else prompt
             )
+            if (hotwords := self.options.hotwords) and not self.options.prefix:
+                hotwords_tokens = self.tokenizer.encode(" " + hotwords.strip())
+                if len(hotwords_tokens) >= self.n_ctx // 2:
+                    hotwords_tokens = hotwords_tokens[: self.n_ctx // 2 - 1]
             tokens = (
                 [self.tokenizer.sot_prev]
-                + prompt_tokens[-(self.n_ctx // 2 - 1) :]
+                + (hotwords_tokens if self.options.hotwords is not None else [])
+                + (prompt_tokens[-(self.n_ctx // 2 - 1) :] if self.options.prompt is not None else [])
                 + tokens
             )
 
diff --git a/whisper/transcribe.py b/whisper/transcribe.py
index 8e1240b..87f3ccb 100644
--- a/whisper/transcribe.py
+++ b/whisper/transcribe.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ def transcribe(
     append_punctuations: str = "\"'.。,，!！?？:：”)]}、",
     clip_timestamps: Union[str, List[float]] = "0",
     hallucination_silence_threshold: Optional[float] = None,
+    hotwords: Optional[str] = None,
     **decode_options,
 ):
     """
@@ -113,6 +114,9 @@ def transcribe(
         When word_timestamps is True, skip silent periods longer than this threshold (in seconds)
         when a possible hallucination is detected
 
+    hotwords: Optional[str]
+            optional hotwords to provide as a prompt for the all window.
+            
     Returns
     -------
     A dictionary containing the resulting text ("text") and segment-level details ("segments"), and
@@ -275,6 +279,7 @@ def transcribe(
             segment_duration = segment_size * HOP_LENGTH / SAMPLE_RATE
             mel_segment = pad_or_trim(mel_segment, N_FRAMES).to(model.device).to(dtype)
 
+            decode_options["hotwords"] = hotwords
             decode_options["prompt"] = all_tokens[prompt_reset_since:]
             result: DecodingResult = decode_with_fallback(mel_segment)
             tokens = torch.tensor(result.tokens)
@@ -546,6 +551,8 @@ def cli():
     parser.add_argument("--threads", type=optional_int, default=0, help="number of threads used by torch for CPU inference; supercedes MKL_NUM_THREADS/OMP_NUM_THREADS")
     parser.add_argument("--clip_timestamps", type=str, default="0", help="comma-separated list start,end,start,end,... timestamps (in seconds) of clips to process, where the last end timestamp defaults to the end of the file")
     parser.add_argument("--hallucination_silence_threshold", type=optional_float, help="(requires --word_timestamps True) skip silent periods longer than this threshold (in seconds) when a possible hallucination is detected")
+    parser.add_argument("--hotwords", type=str, default=None, help="optional hotwords to provide as a prompt for the all window")
+
     # fmt: on
 
     args = parser.parse_args().__dict__