diff --git a/faster_whisper/__init__.py b/faster_whisper/__init__.py
index e2fe00d..9b56a39 100644
--- a/faster_whisper/__init__.py
+++ b/faster_whisper/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 from faster_whisper.audio import decode_audio
 from faster_whisper.transcribe import WhisperModel
-from faster_whisper.utils import download_model, format_timestamp
+from faster_whisper.utils import available_models, download_model, format_timestamp
 from faster_whisper.version import __version__
 
 __all__ = [
+    "available_models",
     "decode_audio",
     "WhisperModel",
     "download_model",
diff --git a/faster_whisper/utils.py b/faster_whisper/utils.py
index 5987aee..f020bc2 100644
--- a/faster_whisper/utils.py
+++ b/faster_whisper/utils.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import logging
 import os
 import re
 
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import List, Optional
 
 import huggingface_hub
 import requests
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ _MODELS = {
 }
 
 
+def available_models() -> List[str]:
+    """Returns the names of available models."""
+    return list(_MODELS.keys())
+
+
 def get_assets_path():
     """Returns the path to the assets directory."""
     return os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "assets")
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index ee404bf..bb488fe 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import os
 
-from faster_whisper import download_model
+from faster_whisper import available_models, download_model
+
+
+def test_available_models():
+    models = available_models()
+    assert isinstance(models, list)
+    assert "tiny" in models
 
 
 def test_download_model(tmpdir):