diff --git a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/CMakeLists.txt b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/CMakeLists.txt
index e9bd54cd3..7b9223c62 100644
--- a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ set(sources
   transpose.cc
   unbind.cc
   utils.cc
+  vad-model-config.cc
   wave-reader.cc
 )
 
diff --git a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/silero-vad-model-config.cc b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/silero-vad-model-config.cc
index 9a0034874..1cf5df747 100644
--- a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/silero-vad-model-config.cc
+++ b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/silero-vad-model-config.cc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 namespace sherpa_onnx {
 
-void SilerVadModelConfig::Register(ParseOptions *po) {
+void SileroVadModelConfig::Register(ParseOptions *po) {
   po->Register("silero-vad-model", &model, "Path to silero VAD ONNX model.");
 
   po->Register("silero-vad-prob", &prob,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ void SilerVadModelConfig::Register(ParseOptions *po) {
       "perfomance!");
 }
 
-bool SilerVadModelConfig::Validate() const {
+bool SileroVadModelConfig::Validate() const {
   if (!FileExists(model)) {
     SHERPA_ONNX_LOGE("Silero vad model file %s does not exist", model.c_str());
     return false;
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ bool SilerVadModelConfig::Validate() const {
   return true;
 }
 
-std::string SilerVadModelConfig::ToString() const {
+std::string SileroVadModelConfig::ToString() const {
   std::ostringstream os;
 
   os << "SilerVadModelConfig(";
diff --git a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/silero-vad-model-config.h b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/silero-vad-model-config.h
index 1091c786b..3c9653dd7 100644
--- a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/silero-vad-model-config.h
+++ b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/silero-vad-model-config.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 namespace sherpa_onnx {
 
-struct SilerVadModelConfig {
+struct SileroVadModelConfig {
   std::string model;
 
   // threshold to classify a segment as speech
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ struct SilerVadModelConfig {
   // 256, 512, 768 samples for 800 Hz
   int window_size = 1536;  // in samples
 
+  SileroVadModelConfig() = default;
+
   void Register(ParseOptions *po);
 
   bool Validate() const;
diff --git a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/vad-model-config.cc b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/vad-model-config.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39d45e5d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/vad-model-config.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// sherpa-onnx/csrc/vad-model-config.cc
+//
+// Copyright (c)  2023  Xiaomi Corporation
+
+#include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/vad-model-config.h"
+
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace sherpa_onnx {
+
+void VadModelConfig::Register(ParseOptions *po) {
+  silero_vad.Register(po);
+
+  po->Register("vad-num-threads", &num_threads,
+               "Number of threads to run the VAD model");
+
+  po->Register("vad-provider", &provider,
+               "Specify a provider to run the VAD model. Supported values: "
+               "cpu, cuda, coreml");
+}
+
+bool VadModelConfig::Validate() const { return silero_vad.Validate(); }
+
+std::string VadModelConfig::ToString() const {
+  std::ostringstream os;
+
+  os << "VadModelConfig(";
+  os << "silero_vad=" << silero_vad.ToString() << ", ";
+  os << "num_threads=" << num_threads << ", ";
+  os << "provider=\"" << provider << "\")";
+
+  return os.str();
+}
+
+}  // namespace sherpa_onnx
diff --git a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/vad-model-config.h b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/vad-model-config.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bfce0592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/vad-model-config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// sherpa-onnx/csrc/vad-model-config.h
+//
+// Copyright (c)  2023  Xiaomi Corporation
+#ifndef SHERPA_ONNX_CSRC_VAD_MODEL_CONFIG_H_
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_CSRC_VAD_MODEL_CONFIG_H_
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/parse-options.h"
+#include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/silero-vad-model-config.h"
+
+namespace sherpa_onnx {
+
+struct VadModelConfig {
+  SileroVadModelConfig silero_vad;
+
+  int32_t num_threads = 1;
+  std::string provider = "cpu";
+
+  VadModelConfig() = default;
+
+  VadModelConfig(const SileroVadModelConfig &silero_vad, int32_t num_threads,
+                 const std::string &provider)
+      : silero_vad(silero_vad), num_threads(num_threads), provider(provider) {}
+
+  void Register(ParseOptions *po);
+  bool Validate() const;
+
+  std::string ToString() const;
+};
+
+}  // namespace sherpa_onnx
+
+#endif  // SHERPA_ONNX_CSRC_VAD_MODEL_CONFIG_H_