diff --git a/examples/models/parakeet/export_parakeet_tdt.py b/examples/models/parakeet/export_parakeet_tdt.py
index abf4292f852..92e32ca30bf 100644
--- a/examples/models/parakeet/export_parakeet_tdt.py
+++ b/examples/models/parakeet/export_parakeet_tdt.py
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 import argparse
 import os
+import shutil
+import tarfile
+import tempfile
 
 import torch
 import torchaudio
@@ -188,6 +191,51 @@ def load_model():
     return model
 
 
+def extract_tokenizer(output_dir: str) -> str | None:
+    """Extract tokenizer.model from the cached .nemo file.
+
+    Args:
+        output_dir: Directory to save the tokenizer.model file.
+
+    Returns:
+        Path to the extracted tokenizer.model, or None if extraction failed.
+    """
+    from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download
+
+    # Download/get cached .nemo file path
+    nemo_path = hf_hub_download(
+        repo_id="nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3",
+        filename="parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3.nemo",
+    )
+
+    # .nemo files are tar archives - extract tokenizer.model
+    tokenizer_filename = "tokenizer.model"
+    output_path = os.path.join(output_dir, tokenizer_filename)
+
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+        with tarfile.open(nemo_path, "r") as tar:
+            # Find tokenizer.model in the archive (may be in root or subdirectory)
+            tokenizer_member = None
+            for member in tar.getmembers():
+                if member.name.endswith(tokenizer_filename):
+                    tokenizer_member = member
+                    break
+
+            if tokenizer_member is None:
+                print(f"Warning: {tokenizer_filename} not found in .nemo archive")
+                return None
+
+            # Extract to temp directory
+            tar.extract(tokenizer_member, tmpdir)
+            extracted_path = os.path.join(tmpdir, tokenizer_member.name)
+
+            # Copy to output directory
+            shutil.copy2(extracted_path, output_path)
+
+    print(f"Extracted tokenizer to: {output_path}")
+    return output_path
+
+
 class JointAfterProjection(torch.nn.Module):
     def __init__(self, joint):
         super().__init__()
@@ -401,6 +449,9 @@ def main():
 
     os.makedirs(args.output_dir, exist_ok=True)
 
+    print("Extracting tokenizer...")
+    extract_tokenizer(args.output_dir)
+
     print("Loading model...")
     model = load_model()