diff --git a/docling/datamodel/pipeline_options.py b/docling/datamodel/pipeline_options.py
index eeec6bab2..e48ab93d0 100644
--- a/docling/datamodel/pipeline_options.py
+++ b/docling/datamodel/pipeline_options.py
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ class RapidOcrOptions(OcrOptions):
     det_model_path: Optional[str] = None  # same default as rapidocr
     cls_model_path: Optional[str] = None  # same default as rapidocr
     rec_model_path: Optional[str] = None  # same default as rapidocr
+    rec_keys_path: Optional[str] = None  # same default as rapidocr
 
     model_config = ConfigDict(
         extra="forbid",
diff --git a/docling/models/rapid_ocr_model.py b/docling/models/rapid_ocr_model.py
index 5882ffc79..fa3fbedf7 100644
--- a/docling/models/rapid_ocr_model.py
+++ b/docling/models/rapid_ocr_model.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ def __init__(
                 det_model_path=self.options.det_model_path,
                 cls_model_path=self.options.cls_model_path,
                 rec_model_path=self.options.rec_model_path,
+                rec_keys_path=self.options.rec_keys_path,
             )
 
     def __call__(