diff --git a/docling/datamodel/pipeline_options.py b/docling/datamodel/pipeline_options.py
index cf1689d..0f750db 100644
--- a/docling/datamodel/pipeline_options.py
+++ b/docling/datamodel/pipeline_options.py
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ class EasyOcrOptions(OcrOptions):
     use_gpu: Optional[bool] = None
 
     model_storage_directory: Optional[str] = None
+    recog_network: Optional[str] = "standard"
     download_enabled: bool = True
 
     model_config = ConfigDict(
diff --git a/docling/models/easyocr_model.py b/docling/models/easyocr_model.py
index 5de1409..1a8294b 100644
--- a/docling/models/easyocr_model.py
+++ b/docling/models/easyocr_model.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class EasyOcrModel(BaseOcrModel):
                 lang_list=self.options.lang,
                 gpu=use_gpu,
                 model_storage_directory=self.options.model_storage_directory,
+                recog_network=self.options.recog_network,
                 download_enabled=self.options.download_enabled,
                 verbose=False,
             )