diff --git a/libs/text-splitters/langchain_text_splitters/sentence_transformers.py b/libs/text-splitters/langchain_text_splitters/sentence_transformers.py
index 03bde0a60c5..a80866c2ac1 100644
--- a/libs/text-splitters/langchain_text_splitters/sentence_transformers.py
+++ b/libs/text-splitters/langchain_text_splitters/sentence_transformers.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class SentenceTransformersTokenTextSplitter(TextSplitter):
         chunk_overlap: int = 50,
         model_name: str = "sentence-transformers/all-mpnet-base-v2",
         tokens_per_chunk: int | None = None,
+        model_kwargs: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> None:
         """Create a new `TextSplitter`.
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ class SentenceTransformersTokenTextSplitter(TextSplitter):
             tokens_per_chunk: The number of tokens per chunk.
 
                 If `None`, uses the maximum tokens allowed by the model.
+            model_kwargs: Additional parameters for model initialization.
+                Parameters of sentence_transformers.SentenceTransformer can be used.
 
         Raises:
             ImportError: If the `sentence_transformers` package is not installed.
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ class SentenceTransformersTokenTextSplitter(TextSplitter):
             raise ImportError(msg)
 
         self.model_name = model_name
-        self._model = SentenceTransformer(self.model_name)
+        self._model = SentenceTransformer(self.model_name, **(model_kwargs or {}))
         self.tokenizer = self._model.tokenizer
         self._initialize_chunk_configuration(tokens_per_chunk=tokens_per_chunk)
 
diff --git a/libs/text-splitters/tests/integration_tests/test_text_splitter.py b/libs/text-splitters/tests/integration_tests/test_text_splitter.py
index 52941064e34..c5de052f4b7 100644
--- a/libs/text-splitters/tests/integration_tests/test_text_splitter.py
+++ b/libs/text-splitters/tests/integration_tests/test_text_splitter.py
@@ -112,3 +112,22 @@ def test_sentence_transformers_multiple_tokens() -> None:
         - splitter.maximum_tokens_per_chunk
     )
     assert expected == actual
+
+
+@pytest.mark.requires("sentence_transformers")
+def test_sentence_transformers_with_additional_model_kwargs() -> None:
+    """Test passing model_kwargs to SentenceTransformer."""
+    # ensure model is downloaded (online)
+    splitter_online = SentenceTransformersTokenTextSplitter(
+        model_name="sentence-transformers/paraphrase-albert-small-v2"
+    )
+    text = "lorem ipsum"
+    splitter_online.count_tokens(text=text)
+
+    # test offline model loading using model_kwargs
+    splitter_offline = SentenceTransformersTokenTextSplitter(
+        model_name="sentence-transformers/paraphrase-albert-small-v2",
+        model_kwargs={"local_files_only": True},
+    )
+    splitter_offline.count_tokens(text=text)
+    assert splitter_offline.tokenizer is not None