diff --git a/faster_whisper/transcribe.py b/faster_whisper/transcribe.py
index d270bdf4..f09b60c2 100644
--- a/faster_whisper/transcribe.py
+++ b/faster_whisper/transcribe.py
@@ -594,6 +594,7 @@ def __init__(
         cpu_threads: int = 0,
         num_workers: int = 1,
         download_root: Optional[str] = None,
+        output_dir: Optional[str] = None, 
         local_files_only: bool = False,
         files: dict = None,
         **model_kwargs,
@@ -640,6 +641,7 @@ def __init__(
         else:
             model_path = download_model(
                 model_size_or_path,
+                output_dir,
                 local_files_only=local_files_only,
                 cache_dir=download_root,
             )