diff --git a/whisperx/alignment.py b/whisperx/alignment.py
index 74e3f76..85853c3 100644
--- a/whisperx/alignment.py
+++ b/whisperx/alignment.py
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ DEFAULT_ALIGN_MODELS_HF = {
     "ur": "kingabzpro/wav2vec2-large-xls-r-300m-Urdu",
     "te": "anuragshas/wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-telugu",
     "hi": "theainerd/Wav2Vec2-large-xlsr-hindi",
-    "ca": "softcatala/wav2vec2-large-xlsr-catala"
+    "ca": "softcatala/wav2vec2-large-xlsr-catala",
+    "ml": "gvs/wav2vec2-large-xlsr-malayalam"
 }