diff --git a/core/config/backend_capabilities.go b/core/config/backend_capabilities.go
index 5866b6568..81ff33dff 100644
--- a/core/config/backend_capabilities.go
+++ b/core/config/backend_capabilities.go
@@ -298,6 +298,12 @@ var BackendCapabilities = map[string]BackendCapability{
 		DefaultUsecases:  []string{UsecaseTranscript},
 		Description:      "NVIDIA NeMo speech recognition",
 	},
+	"parakeet-cpp": {
+		GRPCMethods:      []GRPCMethod{MethodAudioTranscription},
+		PossibleUsecases: []string{UsecaseTranscript},
+		DefaultUsecases:  []string{UsecaseTranscript},
+		Description:      "NVIDIA NeMo Parakeet ASR (parakeet.cpp)",
+	},
 	"qwen-asr": {
 		GRPCMethods:      []GRPCMethod{MethodAudioTranscription},
 		PossibleUsecases: []string{UsecaseTranscript},