diff --git a/download.py b/download.py
index 52ec42f..3c04630 100755
--- a/download.py
+++ b/download.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 nltk_dir = "./nltk_data"
 model_name = os.getenv("MODEL_NAME", None)
 force_automodel = os.getenv("FORCE_AUTOMODEL", False)
+trust_remote_code = os.getenv("TRUST_REMOTE_CODE", False)
 if not model_name:
     print("Fatal: MODEL_NAME is required")
     print(
@@ -46,11 +47,13 @@
 )
 
 
-def download_onnx_model(model_name: str, model_dir: str):
+def download_onnx_model(
+    model_name: str, model_dir: str, trust_remote_code: bool = False
+):
     # Download model and tokenizer
     onnx_path = Path(model_dir)
     ort_model = ORTModelForFeatureExtraction.from_pretrained(
-        model_name, from_transformers=True
+        model_name, from_transformers=True, trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code
     )
     # Save model
     ort_model.save_pretrained(onnx_path)
@@ -92,9 +95,11 @@ def quantization_config(onnx_cpu_arch: str):
     tokenizer.save_pretrained(onnx_path)
 
 
-def download_model(model_name: str, model_dir: str):
-    print(f"Downloading model {model_name} from huggingface model hub")
-    config = AutoConfig.from_pretrained(model_name)
+def download_model(model_name: str, model_dir: str, trust_remote_code: bool = False):
+    print(
+        f"Downloading model {model_name} from huggingface model hub ({trust_remote_code=})"
+    )
+    config = AutoConfig.from_pretrained(model_name, trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code)
     model_type = config.to_dict()["model_type"]
 
     if (
@@ -114,11 +119,17 @@ def download_model(model_name: str, model_dir: str):
                 print(
                     f"{config.architectures[0]} not found in transformers, fallback to AutoModel"
                 )
-                model = AutoModel.from_pretrained(model_name)
+                model = AutoModel.from_pretrained(
+                    model_name, trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code
+                )
         else:
-            model = AutoModel.from_pretrained(model_name)
+            model = AutoModel.from_pretrained(
+                model_name, trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code
+            )
 
-        tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name)
+        tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(
+            model_name, trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code
+        )
 
         model.save_pretrained(model_dir)
         tokenizer.save_pretrained(model_dir)
@@ -128,6 +139,6 @@ def download_model(model_name: str, model_dir: str):
 
 
 if onnx_runtime == "true":
-    download_onnx_model(model_name, model_dir)
+    download_onnx_model(model_name, model_dir, trust_remote_code)
 else:
-    download_model(model_name, model_dir)
+    download_model(model_name, model_dir, trust_remote_code)