diff --git a/examples/src/test/kotlin/examples/onnx/ModelLoadingTestSuite.kt b/examples/src/test/kotlin/examples/onnx/ModelLoadingTestSuite.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8672fbec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/src/test/kotlin/examples/onnx/ModelLoadingTestSuite.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package examples.onnx
+
+import examples.transferlearning.getFileFromResource
+import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dl.api.inference.onnx.OnnxInferenceModel
+import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dl.api.inference.onnx.executionproviders.ExecutionProvider.CPU
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.assertDoesNotThrow
+import java.io.File
+
+class ModelLoadingTestSuite {
+    @Test
+    fun testLoadingModelFromBytes() {
+        val lgbmModel: File = getFileFromResource("models/onnx/lgbmSequenceOutput.onnx")
+        val bytes = lgbmModel.readBytes()
+
+        assertDoesNotThrow {
+            val model = OnnxInferenceModel(bytes)
+            model.initializeWith(CPU())
+            model.close()
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/onnx/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dl/api/inference/onnx/OnnxInferenceModel.kt b/onnx/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dl/api/inference/onnx/OnnxInferenceModel.kt
index 8e6a75c12..7323d1ef3 100644
--- a/onnx/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dl/api/inference/onnx/OnnxInferenceModel.kt
+++ b/onnx/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dl/api/inference/onnx/OnnxInferenceModel.kt
@@ -25,7 +25,15 @@ private const val RESHAPE_MISSED_MESSAGE = "Model input shape is not defined. Ca
  *
  * @since 0.3
  */
-public open class OnnxInferenceModel(private val pathToModel: String) : InferenceModel() {
+public open class OnnxInferenceModel private constructor() : InferenceModel() {
+    public constructor(modelPath: String) : this() {
+        this.pathToModel = modelPath
+    }
+
+    public constructor(modelBytes: ByteArray) : this() {
+        this.modelBytes = modelBytes
+    }
+
     /** Logger for the model. */
     private val logger: KLogger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
 
@@ -35,6 +43,16 @@ public open class OnnxInferenceModel(private val pathToModel: String) : Inferenc
      */
     private val env = OrtEnvironment.getEnvironment()
 
+    /**
+     * Path to the model file.
+     */
+    private lateinit var pathToModel: String
+
+    /**
+     * Model represented as array of bytes.
+     */
+    private lateinit var modelBytes: ByteArray
+
     /** Wraps an ONNX model and allows inference calls. */
     private lateinit var session: OrtSession
 
@@ -93,7 +111,18 @@ public open class OnnxInferenceModel(private val pathToModel: String) : Inferenc
             session.close()
         }
 
-        session = env.createSession(pathToModel, buildSessionOptions(uniqueProviders))
+        session = when {
+            ::modelBytes.isInitialized -> {
+                env.createSession(modelBytes, buildSessionOptions(uniqueProviders))
+            }
+            ::pathToModel.isInitialized -> {
+                env.createSession(pathToModel, buildSessionOptions(uniqueProviders))
+            }
+            else -> {
+                throw IllegalStateException("OnnxInferenceModel should be initialized either with a path to the file or with model representation in bytes.")
+            }
+        }
+
         executionProvidersInUse = uniqueProviders
 
         initInputOutputInfo()