diff --git a/src/tts/magpietts/lt.cpp b/src/tts/magpietts/lt.cpp
index cc826bf..5de564b 100644
--- a/src/tts/magpietts/lt.cpp
+++ b/src/tts/magpietts/lt.cpp
@@ -275,7 +275,9 @@ magpietts_model_init_local_transformer_copy(
 
     if (use_cuda) {
         ggml_backend_dev_t device = ggml_backend_get_device(src.backend);
-        if (!device || ggml_backend_dev_type(device) != GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_GPU) {
+        const auto dev_type = device ? ggml_backend_dev_type(device) : GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU;
+        if (!device || (dev_type != GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_GPU &&
+                        dev_type != GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_IGPU)) {
             fprintf(stderr, "cannot create CUDA local-transformer mirror from a non-GPU model\n");
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/src/tts/magpietts/model.cpp b/src/tts/magpietts/model.cpp
index 0b9561d..32d273c 100644
--- a/src/tts/magpietts/model.cpp
+++ b/src/tts/magpietts/model.cpp
@@ -873,6 +873,9 @@ magpietts_model_load_impl(
     ggml_backend_load_all();
     if (!force_cpu) {
         model.backend = ggml_backend_init_by_type(GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_GPU, nullptr);
+        if (!model.backend) {
+            model.backend = ggml_backend_init_by_type(GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_IGPU, nullptr);
+        }
     }
     if (!model.backend) {
         model.backend = ggml_backend_init_by_type(GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU, nullptr);
diff --git a/src/tts/nanocodec/model.cpp b/src/tts/nanocodec/model.cpp
index 13beff3..adafafa 100644
--- a/src/tts/nanocodec/model.cpp
+++ b/src/tts/nanocodec/model.cpp
@@ -639,6 +639,9 @@ nc_model_load(
     ggml_backend_load_all();
     if (!force_cpu) {
         model.backend = ggml_backend_init_by_type(GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_GPU, nullptr);
+        if (!model.backend) {
+            model.backend = ggml_backend_init_by_type(GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_IGPU, nullptr);
+        }
     }
     if (!model.backend || force_cpu) {
         model.backend = ggml_backend_init_by_type(GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU, nullptr);