diff --git a/.agents/ci-caching.md b/.agents/ci-caching.md
index 6742049e6..aaac05f2d 100644
--- a/.agents/ci-caching.md
+++ b/.agents/ci-caching.md
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ Deliberately **not** applied to:
 
 | Workflow | Why it must keep seeing `backend/**` |
 |---|---|
-| `test.yml` | `TEST_PATHS` explicitly includes `./backend/go/cloud-proxy/...`, `./backend/go/local-store/...` and `./backend/go/valkey-store/...` |
+| `test.yml` | `TEST_PATHS` explicitly includes `./backend/go/cloud-proxy/...`, `./backend/go/local-store/...`, `./backend/go/valkey-store/...` and `./backend/go/qdrant-store/...` |
 | `lint.yml` | `.golangci.yml` carries `backend/`-scoped rules, so golangci-lint covers that tree |
 | `tests-e2e.yml` | The e2e suite drives real backends over gRPC |
 | `backend_pr.yml` | This is the workflow whose entire job is to rebuild the changed backend |
diff --git a/.github/backend-matrix.yml b/.github/backend-matrix.yml
index fa61fa514..fa40632f1 100644
--- a/.github/backend-matrix.yml
+++ b/.github/backend-matrix.yml
@@ -5977,6 +5977,35 @@ include:
     dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.golang"
     context: "./"
     ubuntu-version: '2404'
+  # qdrant-store
+  - build-type: ''
+    cuda-major-version: ""
+    cuda-minor-version: ""
+    platforms: 'linux/amd64'
+    platform-tag: 'amd64'
+    tag-latest: 'auto'
+    tag-suffix: '-cpu-qdrant-store'
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+    base-image: "ubuntu:24.04"
+    skip-drivers: 'false'
+    backend: "qdrant-store"
+    dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.golang"
+    context: "./"
+    ubuntu-version: '2404'
+  - build-type: ''
+    cuda-major-version: ""
+    cuda-minor-version: ""
+    platforms: 'linux/arm64'
+    platform-tag: 'arm64'
+    tag-latest: 'auto'
+    tag-suffix: '-cpu-qdrant-store'
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-24.04-arm'
+    base-image: "ubuntu:24.04"
+    skip-drivers: 'false'
+    backend: "qdrant-store"
+    dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.golang"
+    context: "./"
+    ubuntu-version: '2404'
   # rfdetr
   - build-type: ''
     cuda-major-version: ""
@@ -6757,6 +6786,10 @@ includeDarwin:
     tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-valkey-store"
     build-type: "metal"
     lang: "go"
+  - backend: "qdrant-store"
+    tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-qdrant-store"
+    build-type: "metal"
+    lang: "go"
   - backend: "llama-cpp-quantization"
     tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-llama-cpp-quantization"
     build-type: "mps"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a4c84a0e8..7e02884d1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ LocalAI
 /cloud-proxy
 /local-store
 /valkey-store
+/qdrant-store
 # prevent above rules from omitting the helm chart
 !charts/*
 # prevent above rules from omitting the api/localai folder
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e39c5dfa0..67171f38d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Disable parallel execution for backend builds
-.NOTPARALLEL: backends/diffusers backends/llama-cpp backends/turboquant backends/bonsai backends/outetts backends/piper backends/stablediffusion-ggml backends/trellis2cpp backends/trellis2cpp-darwin backends/whisper backends/crispasr backends/parakeet-cpp backends/moss-transcribe-cpp backends/nemo-speech-cpp backends/faster-whisper backends/silero-vad backends/local-store backends/valkey-store backends/cloud-proxy backends/huggingface backends/rfdetr backends/rfdetr-cpp backends/insightface backends/speaker-recognition backends/kitten-tts backends/kokoro backends/chatterbox backends/llama-cpp-darwin backends/neutts build-darwin-python-backend build-darwin-go-backend backends/mlx backends/mlx-video backends/diffuser-darwin backends/mlx-vlm backends/mlx-audio backends/mlx-distributed backends/stablediffusion-ggml-darwin backends/vllm backends/vllm-omni backends/longcat-video backends/sglang backends/moonshine backends/pocket-tts backends/qwen-tts backends/faster-qwen3-tts backends/qwen-asr backends/nemo backends/voxcpm backends/whisperx backends/ace-step backends/acestep-cpp backends/fish-speech backends/voxtral backends/opus backends/trl backends/llama-cpp-quantization backends/kokoros backends/sam3-cpp backends/qwen3-tts-cpp backends/moss-tts-cpp backends/magpie-tts-cpp backends/vllm-cpp backends/omnivoice-cpp backends/vibevoice-cpp backends/localvqe backends/tinygrad backends/sherpa-onnx backends/ds4 backends/ds4-darwin backends/liquid-audio backends/supertonic backends/depth-anything-cpp backends/privacy-filter backends/privacy-filter-darwin backends/audio-cpp backends/audio-cpp-darwin
+.NOTPARALLEL: backends/diffusers backends/llama-cpp backends/turboquant backends/bonsai backends/outetts backends/piper backends/stablediffusion-ggml backends/trellis2cpp backends/trellis2cpp-darwin backends/whisper backends/crispasr backends/parakeet-cpp backends/moss-transcribe-cpp backends/nemo-speech-cpp backends/faster-whisper backends/silero-vad backends/local-store backends/valkey-store backends/qdrant-store backends/cloud-proxy backends/huggingface backends/rfdetr backends/rfdetr-cpp backends/insightface backends/speaker-recognition backends/kitten-tts backends/kokoro backends/chatterbox backends/llama-cpp-darwin backends/neutts build-darwin-python-backend build-darwin-go-backend backends/mlx backends/mlx-video backends/diffuser-darwin backends/mlx-vlm backends/mlx-audio backends/mlx-distributed backends/stablediffusion-ggml-darwin backends/vllm backends/vllm-omni backends/longcat-video backends/sglang backends/moonshine backends/pocket-tts backends/qwen-tts backends/faster-qwen3-tts backends/qwen-asr backends/nemo backends/voxcpm backends/whisperx backends/ace-step backends/acestep-cpp backends/fish-speech backends/voxtral backends/opus backends/trl backends/llama-cpp-quantization backends/kokoros backends/sam3-cpp backends/qwen3-tts-cpp backends/moss-tts-cpp backends/magpie-tts-cpp backends/vllm-cpp backends/omnivoice-cpp backends/vibevoice-cpp backends/localvqe backends/tinygrad backends/sherpa-onnx backends/ds4 backends/ds4-darwin backends/liquid-audio backends/supertonic backends/depth-anything-cpp backends/privacy-filter backends/privacy-filter-darwin backends/audio-cpp backends/audio-cpp-darwin
 .NOTPARALLEL: backends/whisper-medusa
 .NOTPARALLEL: backends/funasr
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ else
 	GORELEASER=$(shell which goreleaser)
 endif
 
-TEST_PATHS?=./api/... ./pkg/... ./core/... ./backend/go/cloud-proxy/... ./backend/go/local-store/... ./backend/go/valkey-store/...
+TEST_PATHS?=./api/... ./pkg/... ./core/... ./backend/go/cloud-proxy/... ./backend/go/local-store/... ./backend/go/valkey-store/... ./backend/go/qdrant-store/...
 
 ## Coverage output and the committed baseline that CI compares against.
 ## The gate is strict: total coverage must never decrease (no tolerance).
@@ -427,6 +427,11 @@ test-valkey-store: backends/valkey-store
 	BACKENDS_PATH=$(abspath ./)/backends \
 	$(GOCMD) run github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo --flake-attempts $(TEST_FLAKES) --label-filter='valkey' -v -r tests/integration
 
+## Needs a Qdrant gRPC endpoint in $$QDRANT_ADDR, e.g. localhost:6334.
+test-qdrant-store: backends/qdrant-store
+	BACKENDS_PATH=$(abspath ./)/backends \
+	$(GOCMD) run github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo --flake-attempts $(TEST_FLAKES) --label-filter='qdrant' -v -r tests/integration
+
 test-opus:
 	@echo 'Running opus backend tests'
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/go/opus libopusshim.so
@@ -641,6 +646,7 @@ prepare-test-extra: protogen-python
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/go/trellis2cpp
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/go/kimodocpp
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/go/valkey-store
+	$(MAKE) -C backend/go/qdrant-store
 
 test-extra: prepare-test-extra
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/transformers test
@@ -680,6 +686,7 @@ test-extra: prepare-test-extra
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/go/trellis2cpp test
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/go/kimodocpp test
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/go/valkey-store test
+	$(MAKE) -C backend/go/qdrant-store test
 
 ##
 ## End-to-end gRPC tests that exercise a built backend container image.
@@ -1329,6 +1336,7 @@ BACKEND_AUDIO_CPP = audio-cpp|audio-cpp|.|false|false
 BACKEND_PIPER = piper|golang|.|false|true
 BACKEND_LOCAL_STORE = local-store|golang|.|false|true
 BACKEND_VALKEY_STORE = valkey-store|golang|.|false|true
+BACKEND_QDRANT_STORE = qdrant-store|golang|.|false|true
 BACKEND_CLOUD_PROXY = cloud-proxy|golang|.|false|true
 BACKEND_HUGGINGFACE = huggingface|golang|.|false|true
 BACKEND_SILERO_VAD = silero-vad|golang|.|false|true
@@ -1435,6 +1443,7 @@ $(eval $(call generate-docker-build-target,$(BACKEND_AUDIO_CPP)))
 $(eval $(call generate-docker-build-target,$(BACKEND_PIPER)))
 $(eval $(call generate-docker-build-target,$(BACKEND_LOCAL_STORE)))
 $(eval $(call generate-docker-build-target,$(BACKEND_VALKEY_STORE)))
+$(eval $(call generate-docker-build-target,$(BACKEND_QDRANT_STORE)))
 $(eval $(call generate-docker-build-target,$(BACKEND_CLOUD_PROXY)))
 $(eval $(call generate-docker-build-target,$(BACKEND_HUGGINGFACE)))
 $(eval $(call generate-docker-build-target,$(BACKEND_SILERO_VAD)))
@@ -1511,7 +1520,7 @@ $(eval $(call generate-docker-build-target,$(BACKEND_SUPERTONIC)))
 docker-save-%: backend-images
 	docker save local-ai-backend:$* -o backend-images/$*.tar
 
-docker-build-backends: docker-build-llama-cpp docker-build-ik-llama-cpp docker-build-turboquant docker-build-bonsai docker-build-ds4 docker-build-rerankers docker-build-vllm docker-build-vllm-omni docker-build-longcat-video docker-build-sglang docker-build-transformers docker-build-outetts docker-build-diffusers docker-build-kokoro docker-build-faster-whisper docker-build-crispasr docker-build-coqui docker-build-chatterbox docker-build-vibevoice docker-build-liquid-audio docker-build-moonshine docker-build-pocket-tts docker-build-qwen-tts docker-build-fish-speech docker-build-faster-qwen3-tts docker-build-qwen-asr docker-build-nemo docker-build-voxcpm docker-build-whisperx docker-build-ace-step docker-build-acestep-cpp docker-build-voxtral docker-build-mlx-distributed docker-build-trl docker-build-llama-cpp-quantization docker-build-tinygrad docker-build-kokoros docker-build-sam3-cpp docker-build-rfdetr-cpp docker-build-qwen3-tts-cpp docker-build-moss-tts-cpp docker-build-magpie-tts-cpp docker-build-vllm-cpp docker-build-omnivoice-cpp docker-build-vibevoice-cpp docker-build-localvqe docker-build-insightface docker-build-speaker-recognition docker-build-sherpa-onnx docker-build-cloud-proxy docker-build-supertonic docker-build-depth-anything-cpp docker-build-moss-transcribe-cpp docker-build-nemo-speech-cpp docker-build-privacy-filter docker-build-trellis2cpp docker-build-valkey-store docker-build-audio-cpp
+docker-build-backends: docker-build-llama-cpp docker-build-ik-llama-cpp docker-build-turboquant docker-build-bonsai docker-build-ds4 docker-build-rerankers docker-build-vllm docker-build-vllm-omni docker-build-longcat-video docker-build-sglang docker-build-transformers docker-build-outetts docker-build-diffusers docker-build-kokoro docker-build-faster-whisper docker-build-crispasr docker-build-coqui docker-build-chatterbox docker-build-vibevoice docker-build-liquid-audio docker-build-moonshine docker-build-pocket-tts docker-build-qwen-tts docker-build-fish-speech docker-build-faster-qwen3-tts docker-build-qwen-asr docker-build-nemo docker-build-voxcpm docker-build-whisperx docker-build-ace-step docker-build-acestep-cpp docker-build-voxtral docker-build-mlx-distributed docker-build-trl docker-build-llama-cpp-quantization docker-build-tinygrad docker-build-kokoros docker-build-sam3-cpp docker-build-rfdetr-cpp docker-build-qwen3-tts-cpp docker-build-moss-tts-cpp docker-build-magpie-tts-cpp docker-build-vllm-cpp docker-build-omnivoice-cpp docker-build-vibevoice-cpp docker-build-localvqe docker-build-insightface docker-build-speaker-recognition docker-build-sherpa-onnx docker-build-cloud-proxy docker-build-supertonic docker-build-depth-anything-cpp docker-build-moss-transcribe-cpp docker-build-nemo-speech-cpp docker-build-privacy-filter docker-build-trellis2cpp docker-build-valkey-store docker-build-qdrant-store docker-build-audio-cpp
 docker-build-backends: docker-build-whisper-medusa
 docker-build-backends: docker-build-funasr
 
diff --git a/backend/README.md b/backend/README.md
index 41c7e215e..5e7f40d16 100644
--- a/backend/README.md
+++ b/backend/README.md
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ The backend system provides language-specific Dockerfiles that handle the build
 - **piper**: Text-to-speech synthesis Golang with C bindings using rhaspy/piper
 - **local-store**: Vector storage backend
 - **valkey-store**: Durable vector storage backend backed by Valkey Search (FT.*)
+- **qdrant-store**: Durable vector storage backend backed by Qdrant (self-hosted or Qdrant Cloud)
 
 #### C++ Backends (`cpp/`)
 - **llama-cpp**: Llama.cpp integration
diff --git a/backend/go/qdrant-store/Makefile b/backend/go/qdrant-store/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f1a385ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/go/qdrant-store/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+GOCMD=go
+TEST_FLAKES?=5
+
+qdrant-store:
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 $(GOCMD) build -ldflags "$(LD_FLAGS)" -tags "$(GO_TAGS)" -o qdrant-store ./
+
+package:
+	bash package.sh
+
+build: qdrant-store package
+
+test:
+	$(GOCMD) run github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo --flake-attempts $(TEST_FLAKES) -v -r ./
+
+clean:
+	rm -f qdrant-store
diff --git a/backend/go/qdrant-store/config.go b/backend/go/qdrant-store/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f223ecc62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/go/qdrant-store/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	pb "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc/proto"
+	"github.com/qdrant/go-client/qdrant"
+)
+
+type Config struct {
+	Host           string
+	Port           int
+	APIKey         string
+	UseTLS         bool
+	TLSSkipVerify  bool
+	TLSCACert      string
+	Collection     string
+	Distance       qdrant.Distance
+	RequestTimeout time.Duration
+}
+
+func (c Config) Addr() string {
+	return net.JoinHostPort(c.Host, strconv.Itoa(c.Port))
+}
+
+func loadConfig(opts *pb.ModelOptions) (Config, error) {
+	cfg := Config{
+		Host:           "localhost",
+		Port:           6334,
+		Distance:       qdrant.Distance_Cosine,
+		RequestTimeout: 5 * time.Second,
+	}
+	var apiKeyEnv string
+
+	for _, o := range opts.GetOptions() {
+		key, value, _ := strings.Cut(o, ":")
+		key, value = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(key)), strings.TrimSpace(value)
+		var err error
+		switch key {
+		case "addr":
+			cfg.Host, cfg.Port, err = parseAddr(value)
+		case "api_key":
+			cfg.APIKey = value
+		case "api_key_env":
+			apiKeyEnv = value
+		case "tls":
+			cfg.UseTLS, err = strconv.ParseBool(value)
+		case "tls_skip_verify":
+			cfg.TLSSkipVerify, err = strconv.ParseBool(value)
+		case "tls_ca_cert":
+			cfg.TLSCACert = value
+		case "collection":
+			cfg.Collection = value
+		case "distance_metric":
+			cfg.Distance, err = parseDistance(value)
+		case "request_timeout_ms":
+			var ms uint64
+			ms, err = strconv.ParseUint(value, 10, 31)
+			if ms > 0 {
+				cfg.RequestTimeout = time.Duration(ms) * time.Millisecond
+			}
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return Config{}, fmt.Errorf("qdrant-store: invalid option %q: %w", o, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if cfg.TLSCACert != "" || cfg.TLSSkipVerify {
+		cfg.UseTLS = true
+	}
+
+	if cfg.APIKey == "" && apiKeyEnv != "" {
+		cfg.APIKey = os.Getenv(apiKeyEnv)
+	}
+	return cfg, nil
+}
+
+func parseAddr(addr string) (string, int, error) {
+	host, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(addr)
+	if err != nil {
+		if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "missing port") {
+			return "", 0, err
+		}
+		return strings.Trim(addr, "[]"), 6334, nil
+	}
+	p, err := strconv.Atoi(port)
+	if err != nil || p < 1 || p > 65535 {
+		return "", 0, fmt.Errorf("bad port %q", port)
+	}
+	return host, p, nil
+}
+
+func parseDistance(name string) (qdrant.Distance, error) {
+	for n, v := range qdrant.Distance_value {
+		if v != int32(qdrant.Distance_UnknownDistance) && strings.EqualFold(n, name) {
+			return qdrant.Distance(v), nil
+		}
+	}
+	return 0, fmt.Errorf("want COSINE, EUCLID, DOT or MANHATTAN")
+}
diff --git a/backend/go/qdrant-store/main.go b/backend/go/qdrant-store/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..393aabf45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/go/qdrant-store/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"os"
+
+	grpc "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc"
+	"github.com/mudler/xlog"
+)
+
+var (
+	addr = flag.String("addr", "localhost:50051", "the address to connect to")
+)
+
+func main() {
+	xlog.SetLogger(xlog.NewLogger(xlog.LogLevel(os.Getenv("LOCALAI_LOG_LEVEL")), os.Getenv("LOCALAI_LOG_FORMAT")))
+
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if err := grpc.StartServer(*addr, &QdrantStore{}); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/backend/go/qdrant-store/package.sh b/backend/go/qdrant-store/package.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ea688a5d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/go/qdrant-store/package.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+CURDIR=$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")
+
+mkdir -p "$CURDIR/package"
+cp -avf "$CURDIR/qdrant-store" "$CURDIR/package/"
+cp -rfv "$CURDIR/run.sh" "$CURDIR/package/"
diff --git a/backend/go/qdrant-store/run.sh b/backend/go/qdrant-store/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..932ccf020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/go/qdrant-store/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -ex
+
+CURDIR=$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")
+
+exec "$CURDIR"/qdrant-store "$@"
diff --git a/backend/go/qdrant-store/store.go b/backend/go/qdrant-store/store.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3459e340
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/go/qdrant-store/store.go
@@ -0,0 +1,347 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"crypto/x509"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc/base"
+	pb "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc/proto"
+	"github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/store"
+	"github.com/qdrant/go-client/qdrant"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
+)
+
+const (
+	payloadKey   = "key"
+	payloadValue = "value"
+
+	// Results carry up to 50 MiB of base64-encoded values.
+	maxRecvMsgBytes = 128 << 20
+)
+
+var pointNamespace = uuid.NewSHA1(uuid.NameSpaceURL, []byte("https://localai.io/qdrant-store"))
+
+func newClient(cfg Config) (*qdrant.Client, error) {
+	qcfg := &qdrant.Config{
+		Host:                   cfg.Host,
+		Port:                   cfg.Port,
+		APIKey:                 cfg.APIKey,
+		UseTLS:                 cfg.UseTLS,
+		SkipCompatibilityCheck: true,
+		GrpcOptions:            []grpc.DialOption{grpc.WithDefaultCallOptions(grpc.MaxCallRecvMsgSize(maxRecvMsgBytes))},
+	}
+	if cfg.UseTLS {
+		qcfg.TLSConfig = &tls.Config{MinVersion: tls.VersionTLS13, InsecureSkipVerify: cfg.TLSSkipVerify}
+		if cfg.TLSCACert != "" {
+			pem, err := os.ReadFile(cfg.TLSCACert)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("read tls_ca_cert: %w", err)
+			}
+			qcfg.TLSConfig.RootCAs = x509.NewCertPool()
+			if !qcfg.TLSConfig.RootCAs.AppendCertsFromPEM(pem) {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("tls_ca_cert %q has no valid certificate", cfg.TLSCACert)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return qdrant.NewClient(qcfg)
+}
+
+type QdrantStore struct {
+	base.SingleThread
+
+	client     *qdrant.Client
+	cfg        Config
+	collection string
+	checked    bool
+}
+
+func (s *QdrantStore) Load(opts *pb.ModelOptions) error {
+	// The loader's greedy autoload probes every backend with real model names.
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(opts.GetModel(), store.NamespacePrefix) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("qdrant-store: refusing to load %q: not a store namespace", opts.GetModel())
+	}
+	cfg, err := loadConfig(opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	client, err := newClient(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("qdrant-store: connect to %s: %w", cfg.Addr(), err)
+	}
+	s.client, s.cfg, s.collection = client, cfg, collectionName(cfg, opts.GetModel())
+
+	ctx, cancel := s.ctx()
+	defer cancel()
+	if err := s.checkCollection(ctx); err != nil && !isNotFound(err) {
+		_ = client.Close()
+		return fmt.Errorf("qdrant-store: %s: %w", cfg.Addr(), err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *QdrantStore) checkCollection(ctx context.Context) error {
+	info, err := s.client.GetCollectionInfo(ctx, s.collection)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	params := info.GetConfig().GetParams().GetVectorsConfig().GetParams()
+	if params == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("collection %s does not use a single unnamed vector", s.collection)
+	}
+	if params.GetDistance() != s.cfg.Distance {
+		return fmt.Errorf("collection %s uses distance %s but distance_metric is %s", s.collection, params.GetDistance(), s.cfg.Distance)
+	}
+	s.checked = true
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *QdrantStore) Free() error {
+	if s.client == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return s.client.Close()
+}
+
+func (s *QdrantStore) StoresSet(opts *pb.StoresSetOptions) error {
+	if len(opts.Keys) == 0 || len(opts.Keys) != len(opts.Values) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("qdrant-store: Set: need matching keys and values, got %d and %d", len(opts.Keys), len(opts.Values))
+	}
+	points := make([]*qdrant.PointStruct, len(opts.Keys))
+	for i, k := range opts.Keys {
+		if err := checkFinite(k.Floats); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("qdrant-store: Set: key %d: %w", i, err)
+		}
+		points[i] = &qdrant.PointStruct{
+			Id:      pointID(k.Floats),
+			Vectors: qdrant.NewVectorsDense(k.Floats),
+			// Qdrant normalises COSINE vectors, so the exact key goes in the payload.
+			Payload: qdrant.NewValueMap(map[string]any{
+				payloadKey:   base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(vecToBytes(k.Floats)),
+				payloadValue: base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(opts.Values[i].Bytes),
+			}),
+		}
+	}
+
+	err := s.upsert(points)
+	if isNotFound(err) {
+		if err := s.createCollection(len(opts.Keys[0].Floats)); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("qdrant-store: Set: %w", err)
+		}
+		err = s.upsert(points)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("qdrant-store: Set: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *QdrantStore) upsert(points []*qdrant.PointStruct) error {
+	ctx, cancel := s.ctx()
+	defer cancel()
+	_, err := s.client.Upsert(ctx, &qdrant.UpsertPoints{
+		CollectionName: s.collection,
+		Wait:           qdrant.PtrOf(true),
+		Points:         points,
+	})
+	return err
+}
+
+func (s *QdrantStore) createCollection(dim int) error {
+	ctx, cancel := s.ctx()
+	defer cancel()
+	err := s.client.CreateCollection(ctx, &qdrant.CreateCollection{
+		CollectionName: s.collection,
+		VectorsConfig:  qdrant.NewVectorsConfig(&qdrant.VectorParams{Size: uint64(dim), Distance: s.cfg.Distance}),
+	})
+	if err != nil && status.Code(err) != codes.AlreadyExists {
+		return fmt.Errorf("create collection %s: %w", s.collection, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *QdrantStore) StoresGet(opts *pb.StoresGetOptions) (pb.StoresGetResult, error) {
+	if len(opts.Keys) == 0 {
+		return pb.StoresGetResult{}, nil
+	}
+	ctx, cancel := s.ctx()
+	defer cancel()
+	points, err := s.client.Get(ctx, &qdrant.GetPoints{
+		CollectionName: s.collection,
+		Ids:            pointIDs(opts.Keys),
+		WithPayload:    qdrant.NewWithPayloadInclude(payloadKey, payloadValue),
+	})
+	if isNotFound(err) {
+		return pb.StoresGetResult{}, nil
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return pb.StoresGetResult{}, fmt.Errorf("qdrant-store: Get: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	var keys [][]float32
+	var values [][]byte
+	for _, p := range points {
+		key, value, err := decodePayload(p.GetPayload())
+		if err != nil {
+			return pb.StoresGetResult{}, fmt.Errorf("qdrant-store: Get: %w", err)
+		}
+		keys = append(keys, key)
+		values = append(values, value)
+	}
+	return pb.StoresGetResult{Keys: store.WrapKeys(keys), Values: store.WrapValues(values)}, nil
+}
+
+func (s *QdrantStore) StoresDelete(opts *pb.StoresDeleteOptions) error {
+	if len(opts.Keys) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("qdrant-store: Delete: no keys to delete")
+	}
+	ctx, cancel := s.ctx()
+	defer cancel()
+	_, err := s.client.Delete(ctx, &qdrant.DeletePoints{
+		CollectionName: s.collection,
+		Wait:           qdrant.PtrOf(true),
+		Points:         qdrant.NewPointsSelector(pointIDs(opts.Keys)...),
+	})
+	if err != nil && !isNotFound(err) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("qdrant-store: Delete: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *QdrantStore) StoresFind(opts *pb.StoresFindOptions) (pb.StoresFindResult, error) {
+	query := opts.GetKey().GetFloats()
+	if opts.TopK < 1 {
+		return pb.StoresFindResult{}, fmt.Errorf("qdrant-store: Find: topK = %d, must be >= 1", opts.TopK)
+	}
+	if err := checkFinite(query); err != nil {
+		return pb.StoresFindResult{}, fmt.Errorf("qdrant-store: Find: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel := s.ctx()
+	defer cancel()
+	if !s.checked {
+		err := s.checkCollection(ctx)
+		if isNotFound(err) {
+			return pb.StoresFindResult{}, nil
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return pb.StoresFindResult{}, fmt.Errorf("qdrant-store: Find: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+	points, err := s.client.Query(ctx, &qdrant.QueryPoints{
+		CollectionName: s.collection,
+		Query:          qdrant.NewQueryDense(query),
+		Limit:          qdrant.PtrOf(uint64(opts.TopK)),
+		WithPayload:    qdrant.NewWithPayloadInclude(payloadKey, payloadValue),
+	})
+	if isNotFound(err) {
+		return pb.StoresFindResult{}, nil
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return pb.StoresFindResult{}, fmt.Errorf("qdrant-store: Find: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	var keys [][]float32
+	var values [][]byte
+	var sims []float32
+	for _, p := range points {
+		key, value, err := decodePayload(p.GetPayload())
+		if err != nil {
+			return pb.StoresFindResult{}, fmt.Errorf("qdrant-store: Find: %w", err)
+		}
+		keys = append(keys, key)
+		values = append(values, value)
+		sims = append(sims, p.GetScore())
+	}
+	return pb.StoresFindResult{Keys: store.WrapKeys(keys), Values: store.WrapValues(values), Similarities: sims}, nil
+}
+
+func (s *QdrantStore) ctx() (context.Context, context.CancelFunc) {
+	return context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), s.cfg.RequestTimeout)
+}
+
+func pointID(vec []float32) *qdrant.PointId {
+	return qdrant.NewID(uuid.NewSHA1(pointNamespace, vecToBytes(vec)).String())
+}
+
+func pointIDs(keys []*pb.StoresKey) []*qdrant.PointId {
+	ids := make([]*qdrant.PointId, len(keys))
+	for i, k := range keys {
+		ids[i] = pointID(k.Floats)
+	}
+	return ids
+}
+
+func vecToBytes(vec []float32) []byte {
+	b := make([]byte, 4*len(vec))
+	for i, x := range vec {
+		binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(b[4*i:], math.Float32bits(x))
+	}
+	return b
+}
+
+func decodePayload(payload map[string]*qdrant.Value) ([]float32, []byte, error) {
+	k, okKey := payload[payloadKey]
+	v, okValue := payload[payloadValue]
+	if !okKey || !okValue {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("point has no %q/%q payload; not written by qdrant-store", payloadKey, payloadValue)
+	}
+	keyBytes, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(k.GetStringValue())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("decode key payload: %w", err)
+	}
+	if len(keyBytes)%4 != 0 {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("key payload of %d bytes is not a float32 vector", len(keyBytes))
+	}
+	value, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(v.GetStringValue())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("decode value payload: %w", err)
+	}
+	key := make([]float32, len(keyBytes)/4)
+	for i := range key {
+		key[i] = math.Float32frombits(binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(keyBytes[4*i:]))
+	}
+	return key, value, nil
+}
+
+func collectionName(cfg Config, model string) string {
+	if cfg.Collection != "" {
+		return cfg.Collection
+	}
+	ns := strings.TrimPrefix(model, store.NamespacePrefix)
+	readable := strings.Map(func(r rune) rune {
+		if r >= 'a' && r <= 'z' || r >= 'A' && r <= 'Z' || r >= '0' && r <= '9' || r == '_' || r == '-' || r == '.' {
+			return r
+		}
+		return '_'
+	}, ns)
+	if len(readable) > 64 {
+		readable = readable[:64]
+	}
+	sum := sha256.Sum256([]byte(ns))
+	return "localai_" + readable + "-" + hex.EncodeToString(sum[:4])
+}
+
+func checkFinite(vec []float32) error {
+	for i, x := range vec {
+		if math.IsNaN(float64(x)) || math.IsInf(float64(x), 0) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("component %d is %v; vectors must be finite", i, x)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func isNotFound(err error) bool {
+	return status.Code(err) == codes.NotFound
+}
diff --git a/backend/go/qdrant-store/store_suite_test.go b/backend/go/qdrant-store/store_suite_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..928d3aa99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/go/qdrant-store/store_suite_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+func TestQdrantStore(t *testing.T) {
+	RegisterFailHandler(Fail)
+	RunSpecs(t, "qdrant-store test suite")
+}
diff --git a/backend/go/qdrant-store/store_test.go b/backend/go/qdrant-store/store_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e91f627a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/go/qdrant-store/store_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"math"
+	"time"
+
+	pb "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc/proto"
+	"github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/store"
+	"github.com/qdrant/go-client/qdrant"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("loadConfig", func() {
+	It("applies defaults and parses every option", func() {
+		cfg, err := loadConfig(&pb.ModelOptions{})
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(cfg).To(Equal(Config{Host: "localhost", Port: 6334, Distance: qdrant.Distance_Cosine, RequestTimeout: 5 * time.Second}))
+
+		GinkgoT().Setenv("QDRANT_STORE_TEST_KEY", "from-env")
+		cfg, err = loadConfig(&pb.ModelOptions{Options: []string{"addr:[::1]", "api_key_env:QDRANT_STORE_TEST_KEY", "tls:true",
+			"tls_skip_verify:true", "tls_ca_cert:/ca.pem", "collection:c", "distance_metric:dot", "request_timeout_ms:250"}})
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(cfg).To(Equal(Config{Host: "::1", Port: 6334, APIKey: "from-env", UseTLS: true, TLSSkipVerify: true,
+			TLSCACert: "/ca.pem", Collection: "c", Distance: qdrant.Distance_Dot, RequestTimeout: 250 * time.Millisecond}))
+	})
+
+	It("turns TLS on for tls_ca_cert and tls_skip_verify", func() {
+		for _, o := range []string{"tls_ca_cert:/ca.pem", "tls_skip_verify:true"} {
+			cfg, err := loadConfig(&pb.ModelOptions{Options: []string{o}})
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(cfg.UseTLS).To(BeTrue(), o)
+		}
+	})
+
+	It("rejects malformed values", func() {
+		for _, o := range []string{"addr:host:0", "addr:https://x:6333", "tls:maybe", "distance_metric:L2", "request_timeout_ms:soon"} {
+			_, err := loadConfig(&pb.ModelOptions{Options: []string{o}})
+			Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred(), o)
+		}
+	})
+})
+
+var _ = Describe("QdrantStore", func() {
+	It("derives deterministic point IDs and distinct collection names", func() {
+		Expect(pointID([]float32{1, 2})).To(Equal(pointID([]float32{1, 2})))
+		Expect(pointID([]float32{1, 2})).NotTo(Equal(pointID([]float32{2, 1})))
+		Expect(collectionName(Config{}, "store://faces")).To(HavePrefix("localai_faces-"))
+		Expect(collectionName(Config{}, "store://a b")).NotTo(Equal(collectionName(Config{}, "store://a/b")))
+		Expect(collectionName(Config{Collection: "mine"}, "store://faces")).To(Equal("mine"))
+	})
+
+	It("fails to load a non-store name, a bad tls_ca_cert or an unreachable server", func() {
+		load := func(model string, opts ...string) error {
+			return (&QdrantStore{}).Load(&pb.ModelOptions{Model: model, Options: opts})
+		}
+		Expect(load("llama-3.gguf")).To(MatchError(ContainSubstring("not a store namespace")))
+		Expect(load("store://x", "tls_ca_cert:/nonexistent.pem")).To(MatchError(ContainSubstring("read tls_ca_cert")))
+		Expect(load("store://x", "addr:127.0.0.1:1")).To(MatchError(ContainSubstring("127.0.0.1:1")))
+	})
+
+	It("rejects invalid input before calling Qdrant", func() {
+		s := &QdrantStore{}
+		set := func(keys [][]float32, values ...[]byte) error {
+			return s.StoresSet(&pb.StoresSetOptions{Keys: store.WrapKeys(keys), Values: store.WrapValues(values)})
+		}
+		Expect(set(nil)).To(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(set([][]float32{{1, 2}})).To(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(set([][]float32{{float32(math.NaN()), 1}}, []byte("a"))).To(MatchError(ContainSubstring("must be finite")))
+		Expect(s.StoresDelete(&pb.StoresDeleteOptions{})).To(HaveOccurred())
+		_, err := s.StoresFind(&pb.StoresFindOptions{Key: &pb.StoresKey{Floats: []float32{1}}, TopK: 0})
+		Expect(err).To(MatchError(ContainSubstring("topK")))
+	})
+})
diff --git a/backend/index.yaml b/backend/index.yaml
index 8b2efd417..5344a6e53 100644
--- a/backend/index.yaml
+++ b/backend/index.yaml
@@ -2055,6 +2055,25 @@
   capabilities:
     default: "cpu-valkey-store"
     metal: "metal-valkey-store"
+- &qdrant-store
+  name: "qdrant-store"
+  urls:
+    - https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI
+    - https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant
+  description: |
+    Qdrant Store is a Qdrant-backed vector store for LocalAI. It persists
+    vectors across restarts in HNSW-indexed collections and works with
+    self-hosted Qdrant (single node or cluster) and Qdrant Cloud. Requires a
+    reachable Qdrant server (gRPC port, 6334 by default).
+  tags:
+    - vector-database
+    - qdrant
+    - open-source
+    - CPU
+  license: MIT
+  capabilities:
+    default: "cpu-qdrant-store"
+    metal: "metal-qdrant-store"
 - &kitten-tts
   name: "kitten-tts"
   urls:
@@ -2652,6 +2671,35 @@
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-valkey-store"
   mirrors:
     - localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-valkey-store
+- !!merge <<: *qdrant-store
+  name: "cpu-qdrant-store"
+  alias: "qdrant-store"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-cpu-qdrant-store"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:latest-cpu-qdrant-store
+- !!merge <<: *qdrant-store
+  name: "cpu-qdrant-store-development"
+  alias: "qdrant-store"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-cpu-qdrant-store"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:master-cpu-qdrant-store
+- !!merge <<: *qdrant-store
+  name: "qdrant-store-development"
+  alias: "qdrant-store"
+  capabilities:
+    default: "cpu-qdrant-store-development"
+    metal: "metal-qdrant-store-development"
+- !!merge <<: *qdrant-store
+  name: "metal-qdrant-store"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-qdrant-store"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-qdrant-store
+- !!merge <<: *qdrant-store
+  name: "metal-qdrant-store-development"
+  alias: "qdrant-store"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-qdrant-store"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-qdrant-store
 - !!merge <<: *opus
   name: "cpu-opus"
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-cpu-opus"
diff --git a/core/backend/stores.go b/core/backend/stores.go
index 6a566af53..778d5f3c8 100644
--- a/core/backend/stores.go
+++ b/core/backend/stores.go
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ type Neighbor struct {
 	Payload    []byte
 }
 
-// NewVectorStore returns a VectorStore backed by the local-store
-// gRPC backend, namespaced by storeName so two routers don't collide.
+// NewVectorStore returns a VectorStore backed by the store's gRPC backend,
+// namespaced by storeName so two routers don't collide.
 // cl resolves the per-store model config (backend + options); it may be nil,
 // in which case the store falls back to the default backend and its built-in
 // defaults.
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ type localVectorStore struct {
 	storeName string
 }
 
-func (s *localVectorStore) backend(_ context.Context) (grpc.Backend, error) {
-	return StoreBackend(s.loader, s.appConfig, s.cl, s.storeName, "")
+func (s *localVectorStore) backend(_ context.Context) (grpc.Backend, string, error) {
+	return storeBackend(s.loader, s.cl, s.storeName, "")
 }
 
 // Search is the top-1 special case of SearchK; delegating keeps the
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ func (s *localVectorStore) Search(ctx context.Context, vec []float32) (float64,
 func (s *localVectorStore) SearchK(ctx context.Context, vec []float32, k int) (neighbors []Neighbor, err error) {
 	outcome := "hit"
 	sim := 0.0
-	be, berr := s.backend(ctx)
+	be, backendName, berr := s.backend(ctx)
 	if berr != nil {
 		outcome = "backend_load_error"
 		err = fmt.Errorf("vector store load: %w", berr)
-		s.recordTrace("", time.Now(), "search", len(vec), 0, outcome, err)
+		s.recordTrace("", backendName, time.Now(), "search", len(vec), 0, outcome, err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	release, err := AcquireGlobalBackendSlot()
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ func (s *localVectorStore) SearchK(ctx context.Context, vec []float32, k int) (n
 	}
 	defer release()
 	start := time.Now()
-	traceID := s.beginTrace(start, "search")
+	traceID := s.beginTrace(backendName, start, "search")
 	defer func() {
-		s.recordTrace(traceID, start, "search", len(vec), sim, outcome, err)
+		s.recordTrace(traceID, backendName, start, "search", len(vec), sim, outcome, err)
 	}()
 	_, values, similarities, ferr := store.Find(ctx, be, vec, k)
 	if ferr != nil {
@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ func (s *localVectorStore) SearchK(ctx context.Context, vec []float32, k int) (n
 
 func (s *localVectorStore) Insert(ctx context.Context, vec []float32, payload []byte) (err error) {
 	outcome := "ok"
-	be, berr := s.backend(ctx)
+	be, backendName, berr := s.backend(ctx)
 	if berr != nil {
 		outcome = "backend_load_error"
 		err = fmt.Errorf("vector store load: %w", berr)
-		s.recordTrace("", time.Now(), "insert", len(vec), 0, outcome, err)
+		s.recordTrace("", backendName, time.Now(), "insert", len(vec), 0, outcome, err)
 		return err
 	}
 	release, err := AcquireGlobalBackendSlot()
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ func (s *localVectorStore) Insert(ctx context.Context, vec []float32, payload []
 	}
 	defer release()
 	start := time.Now()
-	traceID := s.beginTrace(start, "insert")
+	traceID := s.beginTrace(backendName, start, "insert")
 	defer func() {
-		s.recordTrace(traceID, start, "insert", len(vec), 0, outcome, err)
+		s.recordTrace(traceID, backendName, start, "insert", len(vec), 0, outcome, err)
 	}()
 	if serr := store.SetSingle(ctx, be, vec, payload); serr != nil {
 		outcome = "insert_error"
@@ -138,11 +138,11 @@ func (s *localVectorStore) InsertBatch(ctx context.Context, vecs [][]float32, pa
 	if len(vecs) > 0 {
 		dim = len(vecs[0])
 	}
-	be, berr := s.backend(ctx)
+	be, backendName, berr := s.backend(ctx)
 	if berr != nil {
 		outcome = "backend_load_error"
 		err = fmt.Errorf("vector store load: %w", berr)
-		s.recordTrace("", time.Now(), "insert_batch", dim, 0, outcome, err)
+		s.recordTrace("", backendName, time.Now(), "insert_batch", dim, 0, outcome, err)
 		return err
 	}
 	release, err := AcquireGlobalBackendSlot()
@@ -151,9 +151,9 @@ func (s *localVectorStore) InsertBatch(ctx context.Context, vecs [][]float32, pa
 	}
 	defer release()
 	start := time.Now()
-	traceID := s.beginTrace(start, "insert_batch")
+	traceID := s.beginTrace(backendName, start, "insert_batch")
 	defer func() {
-		s.recordTrace(traceID, start, "insert_batch", dim, 0, outcome, err)
+		s.recordTrace(traceID, backendName, start, "insert_batch", dim, 0, outcome, err)
 	}()
 	if serr := store.SetCols(ctx, be, vecs, payloads); serr != nil {
 		outcome = "insert_error"
@@ -171,11 +171,11 @@ func (s *localVectorStore) Delete(ctx context.Context, vecs [][]float32) (err er
 	if len(vecs) > 0 {
 		dim = len(vecs[0])
 	}
-	be, berr := s.backend(ctx)
+	be, backendName, berr := s.backend(ctx)
 	if berr != nil {
 		outcome = "backend_load_error"
 		err = fmt.Errorf("vector store load: %w", berr)
-		s.recordTrace("", time.Now(), "delete", dim, 0, outcome, err)
+		s.recordTrace("", backendName, time.Now(), "delete", dim, 0, outcome, err)
 		return err
 	}
 	release, err := AcquireGlobalBackendSlot()
@@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ func (s *localVectorStore) Delete(ctx context.Context, vecs [][]float32) (err er
 	}
 	defer release()
 	start := time.Now()
-	traceID := s.beginTrace(start, "delete")
+	traceID := s.beginTrace(backendName, start, "delete")
 	defer func() {
-		s.recordTrace(traceID, start, "delete", dim, 0, outcome, err)
+		s.recordTrace(traceID, backendName, start, "delete", dim, 0, outcome, err)
 	}()
 	if serr := store.DeleteCols(ctx, be, vecs); serr != nil {
 		outcome = "delete_error"
@@ -198,17 +198,16 @@ func (s *localVectorStore) Delete(ctx context.Context, vecs [][]float32) (err er
 // recordTrace surfaces vector-store calls in /api/backend-traces, including
 // the backend-load-failure path that otherwise vanishes into an xlog.Warn.
 // modelName uses the store namespace (e.g. "router-cache-smart-router") so
-// admins can tell which router's cache misbehaved; the backend is always
-// "local-store" and can't disambiguate.
-func (s *localVectorStore) beginTrace(start time.Time, op string) string {
+// admins can tell which router's cache misbehaved.
+func (s *localVectorStore) beginTrace(backendName string, start time.Time, op string) string {
 	if s.appConfig == nil || !s.appConfig.EnableTracing {
 		return ""
 	}
 	trace.InitBackendTracingIfEnabled(s.appConfig.TracingMaxItems, s.appConfig.TracingMaxBodyBytes)
-	return trace.BeginBackendTrace(trace.BackendTrace{Timestamp: start, Type: trace.BackendTraceVectorStore, ModelName: s.storeName, Backend: model.LocalStoreBackend, Summary: op})
+	return trace.BeginBackendTrace(trace.BackendTrace{Timestamp: start, Type: trace.BackendTraceVectorStore, ModelName: s.storeName, Backend: backendName, Summary: op})
 }
 
-func (s *localVectorStore) recordTrace(traceID string, start time.Time, op string, vecDim int, sim float64, outcome string, err error) {
+func (s *localVectorStore) recordTrace(traceID, backendName string, start time.Time, op string, vecDim int, sim float64, outcome string, err error) {
 	if s.appConfig == nil || !s.appConfig.EnableTracing {
 		return
 	}
@@ -237,7 +236,7 @@ func (s *localVectorStore) recordTrace(traceID string, start time.Time, op strin
 		Duration:  time.Since(start),
 		Type:      trace.BackendTraceVectorStore,
 		ModelName: s.storeName,
-		Backend:   model.LocalStoreBackend,
+		Backend:   backendName,
 		Summary:   summary,
 		Error:     errStr,
 		Data:      data,
@@ -245,26 +244,43 @@ func (s *localVectorStore) recordTrace(traceID string, start time.Time, op strin
 }
 
 func StoreBackend(sl *model.ModelLoader, appConfig *config.ApplicationConfig, cl *config.ModelConfigLoader, storeName string, backend string) (grpc.Backend, error) {
-	// Resolve the per-store model config (keyed by the store namespace, which
-	// is the model ID for a store). This is the LocalAI-native config surface:
-	// a store's backend selection and its backend-specific settings live in a
-	// model YAML's `backend:` and `options:` fields, so different stores can
-	// point at different servers/indexes. When no config exists for the store,
-	// we fall back to the default backend and let the backend apply its own
-	// built-in defaults — preserving the zero-config experience.
-	var loadOpts []string
+	be, _, err := storeBackend(sl, cl, storeName, backend)
+	return be, err
+}
+
+func storeBackend(sl *model.ModelLoader, cl *config.ModelConfigLoader, storeName string, backend string) (grpc.Backend, string, error) {
+	backend, loadOpts, modelID := resolveStoreBackend(cl, storeName, backend)
+	be, err := loadStoreBackend(sl, modelID, storeName, backend, loadOpts)
+	return be, model.CanonicalBackend(backend), err
+}
+
+// The loader caches processes by ID alone, so an explicit backend other than
+// the store's own needs its own ID.
+func resolveStoreBackend(cl *config.ModelConfigLoader, storeName string, backend string) (string, []string, string) {
+	home := model.LocalStoreBackend
+	var cfgBackend string
+	var opts []string
 	if cl != nil {
 		if cfg, ok := cl.GetModelConfig(storeName); ok {
-			if backend == "" {
-				backend = cfg.Backend
+			cfgBackend, opts = cfg.Backend, cfg.Options
+			if cfgBackend != "" {
+				home = cfgBackend
 			}
-			loadOpts = cfg.Options
 		}
 	}
-
 	if backend == "" {
-		backend = model.LocalStoreBackend
+		backend = home
 	}
+	if model.CanonicalBackend(backend) == model.CanonicalBackend(home) {
+		return backend, opts, storeName
+	}
+	if cfgBackend != "" {
+		opts = nil
+	}
+	return backend, opts, storeName + "@" + model.CanonicalBackend(backend)
+}
+
+func loadStoreBackend(sl *model.ModelLoader, modelID, storeName, backend string, loadOpts []string) (grpc.Backend, error) {
 	// ModelLoader caches backend processes by `modelID`, not by the `model`
 	// passed via WithModel. Without a distinct modelID, every StoreBackend
 	// call collapses to the same `modelID=""` cache slot — face (512-D) and
@@ -281,7 +297,7 @@ func StoreBackend(sl *model.ModelLoader, appConfig *config.ApplicationConfig, cl
 	// convention upgrades in lockstep).
 	sc := []model.Option{
 		model.WithBackendString(backend),
-		model.WithModelID(storeName),
+		model.WithModelID(modelID),
 		model.WithModel(store.NamespacePrefix + storeName),
 	}
 
diff --git a/core/backend/stores_test.go b/core/backend/stores_test.go
index e9d5208a3..f887c594d 100644
--- a/core/backend/stores_test.go
+++ b/core/backend/stores_test.go
@@ -70,6 +70,36 @@ var _ = Describe("localVectorStore tracing", func() {
 		Expect(bt.Error).To(ContainSubstring("vector store load"))
 	})
 
+	It("records the backend selected by the store's model config, not local-store", func() {
+		appCfg := &config.ApplicationConfig{
+			EnableTracing:       true,
+			TracingMaxItems:     16,
+			TracingMaxBodyBytes: 1024,
+		}
+		cl := config.NewModelConfigLoader(GinkgoT().TempDir())
+		cl.ReplaceModelConfigs([]config.ModelConfig{
+			{Name: "router-cache-valkey", Backend: "valkey"},
+		})
+		s := &localVectorStore{
+			loader:    model.NewModelLoader(&system.SystemState{}),
+			appConfig: appCfg,
+			cl:        cl,
+			storeName: "router-cache-valkey",
+		}
+
+		err := s.Insert(context.Background(), []float32{0.1, 0.2}, []byte("payload"))
+		Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
+
+		Eventually(func() *trace.BackendTrace {
+			return findVectorStoreTrace("router-cache-valkey")
+		}).ShouldNot(BeNil())
+
+		bt := findVectorStoreTrace("router-cache-valkey")
+		Expect(bt.Backend).To(Equal(model.ValkeyStoreBackend))
+		Expect(bt.Data["op"]).To(Equal("insert"))
+		Expect(bt.Data["outcome"]).To(Equal("backend_load_error"))
+	})
+
 	It("does not record a trace when tracing is disabled", func() {
 		// Opt-out path: appConfig.EnableTracing=false must short-circuit
 		// before InitBackendTracingIfEnabled, so a workload with tracing
@@ -86,3 +116,78 @@ var _ = Describe("localVectorStore tracing", func() {
 		}).Should(BeNil())
 	})
 })
+
+var _ = Describe("resolveStoreBackend", func() {
+	It("defaults to local-store with no config and no explicit backend", func() {
+		name, opts, id := resolveStoreBackend(nil, "some-store", "")
+		Expect(name).To(Equal(model.LocalStoreBackend))
+		Expect(opts).To(BeEmpty())
+		Expect(id).To(Equal("some-store"))
+	})
+
+	It("uses the store's model config backend and options", func() {
+		cl := config.NewModelConfigLoader(GinkgoT().TempDir())
+		cl.ReplaceModelConfigs([]config.ModelConfig{{
+			Name:    "faces",
+			Backend: model.QdrantStoreBackend,
+			Options: []string{"addr:qdrant:6334"},
+		}})
+		name, opts, id := resolveStoreBackend(cl, "faces", "")
+		Expect(name).To(Equal(model.QdrantStoreBackend))
+		Expect(opts).To(Equal([]string{"addr:qdrant:6334"}))
+		Expect(id).To(Equal("faces"))
+	})
+
+	It("keeps the config's options and slot when the explicit backend is the configured one (aliases included)", func() {
+		cl := config.NewModelConfigLoader(GinkgoT().TempDir())
+		cl.ReplaceModelConfigs([]config.ModelConfig{{
+			Name:    "faces",
+			Backend: model.QdrantStoreBackend,
+			Options: []string{"addr:qdrant:6334"},
+		}})
+		name, opts, id := resolveStoreBackend(cl, "faces", "qdrant")
+		Expect(name).To(Equal("qdrant"))
+		Expect(opts).To(Equal([]string{"addr:qdrant:6334"}))
+		Expect(id).To(Equal("faces"))
+	})
+
+	It("gives an explicit override of another backend its own slot and not the config's options", func() {
+		cl := config.NewModelConfigLoader(GinkgoT().TempDir())
+		cl.ReplaceModelConfigs([]config.ModelConfig{{
+			Name:    "faces",
+			Backend: model.ValkeyStoreBackend,
+			Options: []string{"addr:valkey:6379"},
+		}})
+		name, opts, id := resolveStoreBackend(cl, "faces", model.QdrantStoreBackend)
+		Expect(name).To(Equal(model.QdrantStoreBackend))
+		Expect(opts).To(BeEmpty())
+		Expect(id).To(Equal("faces@qdrant-store"))
+	})
+
+	It("passes the options of a config without backend: to an explicit backend", func() {
+		cl := config.NewModelConfigLoader(GinkgoT().TempDir())
+		cl.ReplaceModelConfigs([]config.ModelConfig{{
+			Name:    "vectors",
+			Options: []string{"addr:valkey:6379"},
+		}})
+		name, opts, id := resolveStoreBackend(cl, "vectors", model.ValkeyStoreBackend)
+		Expect(name).To(Equal(model.ValkeyStoreBackend))
+		Expect(opts).To(Equal([]string{"addr:valkey:6379"}))
+		Expect(id).To(Equal("vectors@valkey-store"))
+	})
+
+	It("separates an override from the default local-store slot when there is no config", func() {
+		_, _, id := resolveStoreBackend(nil, "mix", "qdrant")
+		Expect(id).To(Equal("mix@qdrant-store"))
+		_, _, id = resolveStoreBackend(nil, "mix", "embedded-store")
+		Expect(id).To(Equal("mix"))
+	})
+
+	It("compares backends by canonical name (aliases, case)", func() {
+		Expect(model.CanonicalBackend("qdrant")).To(Equal(model.QdrantStoreBackend))
+		Expect(model.CanonicalBackend("Valkey")).To(Equal(model.ValkeyStoreBackend))
+		Expect(model.CanonicalBackend("embedded-store")).To(Equal(model.LocalStoreBackend))
+		Expect(model.CanonicalBackend(model.QdrantStoreBackend)).To(Equal(model.QdrantStoreBackend))
+		Expect(model.CanonicalBackend("Qdrant-Store")).To(Equal(model.QdrantStoreBackend))
+	})
+})
diff --git a/docs/content/features/backends.md b/docs/content/features/backends.md
index 69ae0cf0f..b68b74d2d 100644
--- a/docs/content/features/backends.md
+++ b/docs/content/features/backends.md
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ LocalAI supports various types of backends:
 - **Vision & Detection Backends**: For object detection, segmentation, depth, and face/voice recognition (e.g., rf-detr.cpp, locate-anything.cpp, sam3.cpp, insightface)
 - **Audio Processing Backends**: For voice activity detection and audio enhancement (e.g., Silero VAD, LocalVQE, [audio.cpp]({{%relref "features/audio-cpp" %}}))
 - **Source Separation & Voice Conversion Backends**: For splitting a mix into named stems (vocals, drums, bass) and for converting speech or singing to a target voice (e.g., [audio.cpp]({{%relref "features/audio-cpp" %}}))
-- **Utility Backends**: For reranking, PII/NER token classification, fine-tuning, quantization, and vector storage (e.g., rerankers, privacy-filter.cpp, TRL, local-store, valkey-store)
+- **Utility Backends**: For reranking, PII/NER token classification, fine-tuning, quantization, and vector storage (e.g., rerankers, privacy-filter.cpp, TRL, local-store, valkey-store, qdrant-store)
 
 See the [Backend & Model Compatibility Table]({{%relref "reference/compatibility-table" %}}) for the full catalog.
 
diff --git a/docs/content/features/stores.md b/docs/content/features/stores.md
index 1d2a3d851..a28b44a39 100644
--- a/docs/content/features/stores.md
+++ b/docs/content/features/stores.md
@@ -51,12 +51,28 @@ but you can select a different store backend per request (see [Backends](#backen
 ## Backends
 
 Each `/stores/*` request accepts an optional `backend` field selecting the store implementation.
-Two backends ship with LocalAI:
+Three backends ship with LocalAI:
 
 | Backend | `backend` value | Persistence | Notes |
 |---------|-----------------|-------------|-------|
 | Local (default) | `local-store` (alias `embedded-store`) | In-memory, lost on restart | Exact cosine similarity, zero configuration. |
 | Valkey Search | `valkey-store` (alias `valkey`) | Durable (Valkey RDB/AOF) | Backed by a Valkey Search (`FT.*`) server; survives restarts and supports opt-in HNSW. |
+| Qdrant | `qdrant-store` (alias `qdrant`) | Durable (Qdrant storage) | Backed by a Qdrant server or cluster, or Qdrant Cloud; HNSW-indexed; on a single node a `find` right after a `set` sees the new vectors. |
+
+Internal features that use stores (face and voice recognition, the router's KNN classifier and
+embedding cache) don't send a `backend` field. To move the router's stores (`router-cache-<router>`
+and `router-corpus-<router>`) to a durable backend, create a model config named after the store with
+the `backend:` and `options:` shown below. Keep the default cosine `distance_metric` for them: they
+compare similarities against cosine thresholds. Keep face and voice recognition on `local-store`
+for now: their registries remember enrolled IDs only in memory, so after a restart entries in a
+durable store could no longer be forgotten. With tracing enabled, the router's vector-store calls
+appear in `/api/backend-traces` under the backend each store resolved to.
+
+A `backend` field that names a different backend than the store's own (its model config's
+`backend:`, or `local-store` when there is none) is served by a separate backend instance, so it
+never lands on the store's usual backend. It gets the model config's `options:` only if the config
+has no `backend:`; otherwise those options belong to the configured backend, and it gets its own
+defaults.
 
 ### Valkey store backend
 
@@ -146,6 +162,83 @@ bundle; `tls_skip_verify:true` disables verification entirely and should only be
 local testing.
 {{% /notice %}}
 
+### Qdrant store backend
+
+The `qdrant-store` backend keeps vectors in a [Qdrant](https://qdrant.tech/) collection, so the
+data survives a LocalAI restart. It works with a single Qdrant node, a Qdrant cluster and Qdrant
+Cloud. It talks to Qdrant's **gRPC** port (`6334` by default), not the `6333` REST port.
+
+Select it by passing `"backend": "qdrant-store"` (or the `"qdrant"` alias) on any `/stores/*` request:
+
+```
+curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/stores/set \
+     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+     -d '{"backend": "qdrant-store", "store": "my-vectors", "keys": [[0.1, 0.2], [0.3, 0.4]], "values": ["foo", "bar"]}'
+```
+
+As with Valkey, the connection and collection are configured through a **model config** named
+after the store, with the settings in `options:` as `key:value` strings:
+
+```yaml
+name: my-vectors
+backend: qdrant-store
+options:
+  - addr:xyz-example.eu-central.aws.cloud.qdrant.io:6334
+  - tls:true
+  - api_key_env:QDRANT_API_KEY
+  - distance_metric:COSINE
+```
+
+When no config exists for a store, the backend connects to `localhost:6334` with the defaults
+below.
+
+Each store gets its own collection, named `localai_<store>-<hash>` (for example
+`localai_my-vectors-1a2b3c4d`) unless you set `collection`. It is created on the first `set` with
+the dimension of the first key, and Qdrant rejects keys and queries of any other dimension, even
+after every key is deleted. To change the dimension (for example after switching embedding
+models), delete the collection in Qdrant or set a new `collection`. The backend never deletes
+collections itself, since with several writers that could lose another writer's data.
+
+Keys are matched exactly, and a repeated key keeps the last value. A `set` is a single Qdrant
+request, so a rejected `set` writes nothing. `NaN` and `Inf` components are rejected.
+
+| Option | Default | Description |
+|--------|---------|-------------|
+| `addr` | `localhost:6334` | Qdrant gRPC address (`host:port`; the port defaults to `6334`). Not a URL — use `tls:true` for HTTPS endpoints. |
+| `api_key` | *(empty)* | Qdrant API key (plaintext in config). |
+| `api_key_env` | *(empty)* | Name of an env var that holds the API key. Preferred over `api_key` — keeps the secret out of the model YAML. |
+| `tls` | `false` | Enable TLS (required by Qdrant Cloud). |
+| `tls_ca_cert` | *(empty)* | Path to a PEM CA bundle used to verify the server certificate (self-signed / private CA). Turns on `tls`. |
+| `tls_skip_verify` | `false` | Skip TLS certificate verification. Insecure — for testing only. Turns on `tls`. |
+| `collection` | *(derived)* | Use this exact collection name instead of the derived one. |
+| `distance_metric` | `COSINE` | `COSINE`, `EUCLID`, `DOT` or `MANHATTAN` (case-insensitive). |
+| `request_timeout_ms` | `5000` | Per-request timeout in milliseconds. |
+
+For `COSINE` the returned `similarities` follow the local store's convention (`1.0` = identical,
+`-1.0` = opposite). For `DOT` they are dot products (larger is closer). For `EUCLID` and `MANHATTAN`
+they are distances, so smaller is closer, which is the opposite ordering to `COSINE`. In every case
+results come back nearest-first. If a collection already exists with a different distance than
+`distance_metric`, loading the store (or, if the collection appeared later, the first `find`) fails
+rather than returning scores with the wrong meaning.
+
+{{% notice note %}}
+The backend creates collections with Qdrant's default settings. For custom settings (sharding and
+replication on a cluster, HNSW parameters, on-disk vectors, quantization), create the collection
+in Qdrant yourself and point `collection` at it: an existing collection is used as long as it has a
+single unnamed vector with the configured `distance_metric`.
+{{% /notice %}}
+
+{{% notice note %}}
+Small collections are searched exactly. Once Qdrant builds the HNSW index (when a segment passes
+its indexing threshold, 10 MB of vectors per segment by default, so typically tens of thousands of
+embeddings), `find` is approximate, with recall set by the collection's HNSW settings.
+{{% /notice %}}
+
+{{% notice warning %}}
+`tls` defaults to `false` (plaintext). Set `tls:true` whenever Qdrant is not on `localhost` or an
+API key is configured, otherwise the key and the stored vectors travel the network unencrypted.
+{{% /notice %}}
+
 ## Set
 
 To set some keys you can do
diff --git a/docs/content/reference/compatibility-table.md b/docs/content/reference/compatibility-table.md
index 7e6bfd73d..5ce56e3f4 100644
--- a/docs/content/reference/compatibility-table.md
+++ b/docs/content/reference/compatibility-table.md
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ All backends listed here can be installed on demand from the [Backend Gallery]({
 | [privacy-filter.cpp](https://github.com/localai-org/privacy-filter.cpp) | Standalone GGML engine for the openai-privacy-filter PII/NER token-classification model family (powers LocalAI's PII redaction tier) | CPU, CUDA 13, Vulkan |
 | [local-store](https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI) | Local-first vector database for embeddings | CPU, Metal |
 | [valkey-store](https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI) | Durable vector store for embeddings backed by Valkey Search (FLAT or HNSW) | CPU, Metal |
+| [qdrant-store](https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI) | Durable vector store for embeddings backed by Qdrant (HNSW; self-hosted, clustered or Qdrant Cloud) | CPU, Metal |
 | [TRL](https://github.com/huggingface/trl) | Fine-tuning (SFT, DPO, GRPO, RLOO, KTO, ORPO) | CPU, CUDA 12/13 |
 | [llama.cpp quantization](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp) | HuggingFace → GGUF model conversion and quantization | CPU, Metal |
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1d4025b89..70ee82b71 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/otiai10/openaigo v1.7.0
 	github.com/phayes/freeport v0.0.0-20220201140144-74d24b5ae9f5
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2
+	github.com/qdrant/go-client v1.17.1
 	github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1
 	github.com/russross/blackfriday v1.6.0
 	github.com/sashabaranov/go-openai v1.41.2
@@ -457,7 +458,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/libp2p/go-reuseport v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/libp2p/zeroconf/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20250317134145-8bc96cf8fc35 // indirect
+	github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20251013123823-9fd1530e3ec3 // indirect
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/marten-seemann/tcp v0.0.0-20210406111302-dfbc87cc63fd // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 891a60d05..7d9b69642 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -921,6 +921,8 @@ github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.3.0 h1:2/yBRLdWBZKrf7gB40FoiKfAWYQ0lqNcbuQ
 github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.3.0/go.mod h1:R4dSotOR9KMtayYi1e77YzuveK+i7ruzyGqttikkLy0=
 github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20250317134145-8bc96cf8fc35 h1:PpXWgLPs+Fqr325bN2FD2ISlRRztXibcX6e8f5FR5Dc=
 github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20250317134145-8bc96cf8fc35/go.mod h1:autxFIvghDt3jPTLoqZ9OZ7s9qTGNAWmYCjVFWPX/zg=
+github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20251013123823-9fd1530e3ec3 h1:PwQumkgq4/acIiZhtifTV5OUqqiP82UAl0h87xj/l9k=
+github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20251013123823-9fd1530e3ec3/go.mod h1:autxFIvghDt3jPTLoqZ9OZ7s9qTGNAWmYCjVFWPX/zg=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.5/go.mod h1:y3VJvCyxH9uVvJTWEGAELF3aiYNyPKd5NZ3oSwXrF60=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.10 h1:s31yESBquKXCV9a/ScB3ESkOjUYYv+X0rg8SYxI99mE=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.10/go.mod h1:Dhd985XPs7jluiymwWYZ0G4Z61jb3vdS329zhj2hYo0=
@@ -1221,6 +1223,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator v1.0.0 h1:s0LJW/iN9dkIH+EnhiD3BlkkP5QVIUVEo
 github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator v1.0.0/go.mod h1:vRYWnXvI6aWGpsdY/mOT/cbeVRBlPWtBNDb7kGR3uKM=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.20.1 h1:XwbrGOIplXW/AU3YhIhLODXMJYyC1isLFfYCsTEycfc=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.20.1/go.mod h1:o9EMBZGRyvDrSPH1RqdxhojkuXstoe4UlK79eF5TGGo=
+github.com/qdrant/go-client v1.17.1 h1:7QmPwDddrHL3hC4NfycwtQlraVKRLcRi++BX6TTm+3g=
+github.com/qdrant/go-client v1.17.1/go.mod h1:n1h6GhkdAzcohoXt/5Z19I2yxbCkMA6Jejob3S6NZT8=
 github.com/quic-go/qpack v0.6.0 h1:g7W+BMYynC1LbYLSqRt8PBg5Tgwxn214ZZR34VIOjz8=
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diff --git a/pkg/model/initializers.go b/pkg/model/initializers.go
index cbfb7840c..3946fcad2 100644
--- a/pkg/model/initializers.go
+++ b/pkg/model/initializers.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ var Aliases = map[string]string{
 	"ik-llama":               IKLLamaCPP,
 	"embedded-store":         LocalStoreBackend,
 	"valkey":                 ValkeyStoreBackend,
+	"qdrant":                 QdrantStoreBackend,
 	"huggingface-embeddings": TransformersBackend,
 	"transformers-musicgen":  TransformersBackend,
 	"sentencetransformers":   TransformersBackend,
@@ -36,6 +37,14 @@ var Aliases = map[string]string{
 	"stablediffusion":        StableDiffusionGGMLBackend,
 }
 
+func CanonicalBackend(name string) string {
+	b := strings.ToLower(name)
+	if real, ok := Aliases[b]; ok {
+		return real
+	}
+	return b
+}
+
 var TypeAlias = map[string]string{
 	"sentencetransformers":   "SentenceTransformer",
 	"huggingface-embeddings": "SentenceTransformer",
@@ -51,6 +60,7 @@ const (
 	TransformersBackend = "transformers"
 	LocalStoreBackend   = "local-store"
 	ValkeyStoreBackend  = "valkey-store"
+	QdrantStoreBackend  = "qdrant-store"
 )
 
 // starts the grpcModelProcess for the backend, and returns a grpc client
@@ -320,17 +330,9 @@ func (ml *ModelLoader) backendLoader(opts ...Option) (client grpc.Backend, err e
 			"f16", opt.F16Memory)
 	}
 
-	backend := strings.ToLower(o.backendString)
-	if realBackend, exists := Aliases[backend]; exists {
-		typeAlias, exists := TypeAlias[backend]
-		if exists {
-			xlog.Debug("alias is a type alias", "alias", backend, "realBackend", realBackend, "type", typeAlias)
-			o.gRPCOptions.Type = typeAlias
-		} else {
-			xlog.Debug("alias", "alias", backend, "realBackend", realBackend)
-		}
-
-		backend = realBackend
+	backend := CanonicalBackend(o.backendString)
+	if typeAlias, ok := TypeAlias[strings.ToLower(o.backendString)]; ok {
+		o.gRPCOptions.Type = typeAlias
 	}
 
 	modelFileName := o.modelFile
diff --git a/tests/integration/qdrant_stores_test.go b/tests/integration/qdrant_stores_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dcdaf5533
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/qdrant_stores_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+package integration_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	"github.com/qdrant/go-client/qdrant"
+
+	"github.com/mudler/LocalAI/core/gallery"
+	"github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc"
+	pb "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc/proto"
+	"github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/model"
+	"github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/store"
+	"github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/system"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("Integration tests for the qdrant-store backend", Label("stores"), Label("qdrant"), func() {
+	Context("Qdrant get, set, delete and find", func() {
+		var sl *model.ModelLoader
+		var sc grpc.Backend
+		var tmpdir string
+		var namespace string
+		var qdrantAddr string
+		var backendsPath string
+
+		tryLoadStore := func(ns string, extra ...string) (grpc.Backend, error) {
+			storeOpts := []model.Option{
+				model.WithBackendString(model.QdrantStoreBackend),
+				model.WithModelID(ns),
+				model.WithModel(store.NamespacePrefix + ns),
+				model.WithLoadGRPCLoadModelOpts(&pb.ModelOptions{
+					Options: append([]string{"addr:" + qdrantAddr}, extra...),
+				}),
+			}
+			return sl.Load(storeOpts...)
+		}
+
+		loadStore := func(ns string, extra ...string) grpc.Backend {
+			backend, err := tryLoadStore(ns, extra...)
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			return backend
+		}
+
+		initLoader := func() {
+			systemState, err := system.GetSystemState(
+				system.WithModelPath(tmpdir),
+				system.WithBackendPath(backendsPath),
+			)
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+			sl = model.NewModelLoader(systemState)
+			Expect(gallery.RegisterBackends(systemState, sl)).To(Succeed())
+		}
+
+		BeforeEach(func() {
+			qdrantAddr = os.Getenv("QDRANT_ADDR")
+			if qdrantAddr == "" {
+				Skip("QDRANT_ADDR is not set; skipping Qdrant integration tests")
+			}
+			backendsPath = os.Getenv("BACKENDS_PATH")
+			if backendsPath == "" {
+				Skip("BACKENDS_PATH is not set; build the backend and point BACKENDS_PATH at it (see make test-qdrant-store)")
+			}
+
+			var err error
+			tmpdir, err = os.MkdirTemp("", "")
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+			namespace = fmt.Sprintf("it-%d-%d", GinkgoRandomSeed(), namespaceCounter.Add(1))
+
+			initLoader()
+			sc = loadStore(namespace)
+		})
+
+		AfterEach(func() {
+			if sl != nil {
+				Expect(sl.StopAllGRPC()).To(Succeed())
+			}
+			if tmpdir != "" {
+				_ = os.RemoveAll(tmpdir)
+			}
+			dropNamespaceCollections(qdrantAddr, namespace)
+		})
+
+		It("should set, get and delete keys", func() {
+			err := store.SetCols(context.Background(), sc, [][]float32{{0.1, 0.2, 0.3}, {0.4, 0.5, 0.6}, {0.7, 0.8, 0.9}}, [][]byte{[]byte("test1"), []byte("test2"), []byte("test3")})
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+			keys, vals, err := store.GetCols(context.Background(), sc, [][]float32{{0.7, 0.8, 0.9}, {9, 9, 9}, {0.1, 0.2, 0.3}})
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(keys).To(Equal([][]float32{{0.7, 0.8, 0.9}, {0.1, 0.2, 0.3}}))
+			Expect(vals).To(Equal([][]byte{[]byte("test3"), []byte("test1")}))
+
+			err = store.DeleteCols(context.Background(), sc, [][]float32{{0.1, 0.2, 0.3}, {0.7, 0.8, 0.9}, {5, 5, 5}})
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+			keys, vals, err = store.GetCols(context.Background(), sc, [][]float32{{0.1, 0.2, 0.3}, {0.4, 0.5, 0.6}, {0.7, 0.8, 0.9}})
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(keys).To(Equal([][]float32{{0.4, 0.5, 0.6}}))
+			Expect(vals).To(Equal([][]byte{[]byte("test2")}))
+		})
+
+		It("should find similar keys, returning the exact unnormalised keys", func() {
+			err := store.SetCols(context.Background(), sc, [][]float32{{0.5, 0.5, 0.5}, {0.6, 0.6, -0.6}, {0.7, -0.7, -0.7}}, [][]byte{[]byte("test1"), []byte("test2"), []byte("test3")})
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+			keys, vals, sims, err := store.Find(context.Background(), sc, []float32{0.1, 0.3, 0.5}, 2)
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(keys).To(HaveLen(2))
+			Expect(sims).To(HaveLen(2))
+			Expect(keys[0]).To(Equal([]float32{0.5, 0.5, 0.5}))
+			Expect(vals[0]).To(Equal([]byte("test1")))
+			Expect(keys[1]).To(Equal([]float32{0.6, 0.6, -0.6}))
+		})
+
+		It("persists data across a backend restart", func() {
+			err := store.SetCols(context.Background(), sc,
+				[][]float32{{0.1, 0.2, 0.3}, {0.4, 0.5, 0.6}},
+				[][]byte{[]byte("persisted1"), []byte("persisted2")})
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+			Expect(sl.StopAllGRPC()).To(Succeed())
+
+			initLoader()
+			sc = loadStore(namespace)
+
+			val, err := store.GetSingle(context.Background(), sc, []float32{0.1, 0.2, 0.3})
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(val).To(Equal([]byte("persisted1")))
+
+			keys, _, _, err := store.Find(context.Background(), sc, []float32{0.1, 0.2, 0.3}, 2)
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(keys).To(HaveLen(2))
+
+			Expect(store.SetSingle(context.Background(), sc, []float32{0.1, 0.2}, []byte("bad"))).ToNot(Succeed())
+		})
+
+		It("creates, recreates and checks a named collection on the server", func() {
+			Expect(sl.StopAllGRPC()).To(Succeed())
+			initLoader()
+			collection := "localai_it_" + namespace
+			sc = loadStore(namespace, "collection:"+collection, "distance_metric:DOT")
+			Expect(store.SetSingle(context.Background(), sc, []float32{1, 2, 3, 4}, []byte("a"))).To(Succeed())
+
+			host, port := splitAddr(qdrantAddr)
+			client, err := qdrant.NewClient(&qdrant.Config{Host: host, Port: port, SkipCompatibilityCheck: true})
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			DeferCleanup(client.Close)
+			DeferCleanup(func() { _ = client.DeleteCollection(context.Background(), collection) })
+
+			info, err := client.GetCollectionInfo(context.Background(), collection)
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			params := info.GetConfig().GetParams().GetVectorsConfig().GetParams()
+			Expect(params.GetSize()).To(Equal(uint64(4)))
+			Expect(params.GetDistance()).To(Equal(qdrant.Distance_Dot))
+			Expect(info.GetPointsCount()).To(Equal(uint64(1)))
+
+			Expect(client.DeleteCollection(context.Background(), collection)).To(Succeed())
+			Expect(store.SetSingle(context.Background(), sc, []float32{1, 2}, []byte("b"))).To(Succeed())
+
+			Expect(sl.StopAllGRPC()).To(Succeed())
+			initLoader()
+			_, err = tryLoadStore(namespace, "collection:"+collection, "distance_metric:COSINE")
+			Expect(err).To(MatchError(ContainSubstring("distance_metric is Cosine")))
+		})
+	})
+})
+
+func splitAddr(addr string) (string, int) {
+	host, portStr, err := net.SplitHostPort(addr)
+	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+	port, err := strconv.Atoi(portStr)
+	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+	return host, port
+}
+
+func dropNamespaceCollections(addr, namespace string) {
+	if addr == "" || namespace == "" {
+		return
+	}
+	host, port := splitAddr(addr)
+	client, err := qdrant.NewClient(&qdrant.Config{Host: host, Port: port, SkipCompatibilityCheck: true})
+	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+	defer func() { _ = client.Close() }()
+	names, err := client.ListCollections(context.Background())
+	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+	for _, n := range names {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(n, "localai_"+namespace+"-") {
+			Expect(client.DeleteCollection(context.Background(), n)).To(Succeed())
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/website/data/engines.yaml b/website/data/engines.yaml
index 96f8f1948..36c714a88 100644
--- a/website/data/engines.yaml
+++ b/website/data/engines.yaml
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ engines:
       - Ships in-tree and is the default, so embeddings work on a fresh install
       - Exact cosine similarity, zero configuration
       - Backs RAG, the face and voice registries and the semantic router cache
-      - Swap in valkey-store per request when you need durability
+      - Swap in valkey-store or qdrant-store per request when you need durability
 
   - name: apex-quant
     tagline: Fit a 35B mixture-of-experts model on a card you already own, and watch it run faster than the full-size build.