diff --git a/TTS/api.py b/TTS/api.py
index 49b9a6b7..7ca79405 100644
--- a/TTS/api.py
+++ b/TTS/api.py
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ class TTS(nn.Module):
         vocoder_name: Optional[str] = None,
         vocoder_path: Optional[str] = None,
         vocoder_config_path: Optional[str] = None,
+        encoder_path: Optional[str] = None,
+        encoder_config_path: Optional[str] = None,
         progress_bar: bool = True,
         gpu: bool = False,
     ):
@@ -62,6 +64,8 @@ class TTS(nn.Module):
             vocoder_name (str, optional): Pre-trained vocoder to use. Defaults to None, i.e. using the default vocoder.
             vocoder_path (str, optional): Path to the vocoder checkpoint. Defaults to None.
             vocoder_config_path (str, optional): Path to the vocoder config. Defaults to None.
+            encoder_path: Path to speaker encoder checkpoint. Default to None.
+            encoder_config_path: Path to speaker encoder config file. Defaults to None.
             progress_bar (bool, optional): Whether to pring a progress bar while downloading a model. Defaults to True.
             gpu (bool, optional): Enable/disable GPU. Some models might be too slow on CPU. Defaults to False.
         """
@@ -71,6 +75,8 @@ class TTS(nn.Module):
         self.synthesizer = None
         self.voice_converter = None
         self.model_name = ""
+        self.encoder_path = encoder_path
+        self.encoder_config_path = encoder_config_path
         if gpu:
             warnings.warn("`gpu` will be deprecated. Please use `tts.to(device)` instead.")
 
@@ -194,8 +200,8 @@ class TTS(nn.Module):
             tts_languages_file=None,
             vocoder_checkpoint=vocoder_path,
             vocoder_config=vocoder_config_path,
-            encoder_checkpoint=None,
-            encoder_config=None,
+            encoder_checkpoint=self.encoder_path,
+            encoder_config=self.encoder_config_path,
             model_dir=model_dir,
             use_cuda=gpu,
         )
@@ -220,8 +226,8 @@ class TTS(nn.Module):
             tts_languages_file=None,
             vocoder_checkpoint=vocoder_path,
             vocoder_config=vocoder_config,
-            encoder_checkpoint=None,
-            encoder_config=None,
+            encoder_checkpoint=self.encoder_path,
+            encoder_config=self.encoder_config_path,
             use_cuda=gpu,
         )