diff --git a/include/whisper.h b/include/whisper.h
index 1e1375033ad..7d0fc6f15e8 100644
--- a/include/whisper.h
+++ b/include/whisper.h
@@ -668,6 +668,17 @@ extern "C" {
     // Get the no_speech probability for the specified segment
     WHISPER_API float whisper_full_get_segment_no_speech_prob           (struct whisper_context * ctx, int i_segment);
     WHISPER_API float whisper_full_get_segment_no_speech_prob_from_state(struct whisper_state * state, int i_segment);
+
+    // Return System Information formatted as a JSON string
+    WHISPER_API const char * whisper_get_system_info_json(void);
+
+    // Returns whisper_state for a supplied whisper_context pointer
+    WHISPER_API struct whisper_state * whisper_get_state_from_context(struct whisper_context * ctx);
+    
+    // A version of whisper_get_timings that takes state as a parameter
+    WHISPER_API struct whisper_timings * whisper_get_timings_with_state(struct whisper_state * state);
+
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/openvino/whisper-openvino-encoder.cpp b/src/openvino/whisper-openvino-encoder.cpp
index 4d9ce122858..12cfe1f5594 100644
--- a/src/openvino/whisper-openvino-encoder.cpp
+++ b/src/openvino/whisper-openvino-encoder.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ struct whisper_openvino_context * whisper_openvino_init(const char* path_model,
     fprintf(stderr, "%s: path_model = %s, device = %s, cache_dir = %s\n",
         __func__, path_model, device, cache_dir ? cache_dir : "(not set)");
 
-	whisper_openvino_context *context = new whisper_openvino_context;
+    whisper_openvino_context *context = new whisper_openvino_context;
     try {
         ov::Core core;
 
diff --git a/src/whisper.cpp b/src/whisper.cpp
index 956d312dd3c..f2117de40e5 100644
--- a/src/whisper.cpp
+++ b/src/whisper.cpp
@@ -7548,3 +7548,79 @@ static void whisper_log_callback_default(ggml_log_level level, const char * text
     fputs(text, stderr);
     fflush(stderr);
 }
+
+// whisper_get_system_info_json
+// Returns system info as json, useful for language bindings
+// NOTE : While testing features->value always returned an int.
+//        Even though ints are invariably returned they may be
+//        some values that return other types.
+//        This function returns everything quoted (i.e. as a string)
+//        and leaves type-casting to the caller.
+//        This also removes the unlikely but plausible state of
+//        a string being returned unquoted (thus invalidating JSON)
+
+const char * whisper_get_system_info_json(void) {
+    static std::string s;
+
+    whisper_load_backends();
+
+    s  = "{";
+    s += "\"WHISPER\":{";
+    s += "\"COREML\":\""    + std::to_string(whisper_has_coreml())     + "\",";
+    s += "\"OPENVINO\":\""  + std::to_string(whisper_has_openvino())   + "\"}";
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < ggml_backend_reg_count(); i++) {
+        auto * reg = ggml_backend_reg_get(i);
+        auto * get_features_fn = (ggml_backend_get_features_t) ggml_backend_reg_get_proc_address(reg, "ggml_backend_get_features");
+        if (get_features_fn) {
+            ggml_backend_feature * features = get_features_fn(reg);
+            s += ",\"";
+            s += ggml_backend_reg_name(reg);
+            s += "\":{";
+            auto first = true;
+            for (; features->name; features++) {
+                if(first) {
+                    first = false;
+                } else {
+                    s += ",";
+                }
+                s += "\"";
+                s += features->name;
+                s += "\":\"";
+                s += features->value;
+                s += "\"";
+            }
+            s += "}";
+        }
+    }
+    s += "}";
+    
+    return s.c_str();
+}
+
+// whisper_get_state_from_context
+// Returns state from supplied context pointer
+// This is mainly a helper for non-C++ language bindings as whisper_context
+// has embedded C++ specific types (e.g. maps and vectors)
+struct whisper_state * whisper_get_state_from_context(struct whisper_context * ctx) {
+    if (!ctx->state) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    return ctx->state;
+}
+
+// whisper_get_timings_with_state
+// Just a version of whisper_get_timings that takes state as a parameter
+struct whisper_timings * whisper_get_timings_with_state(struct whisper_state * state) {
+    if (state == nullptr) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+    whisper_timings * timings = new whisper_timings;
+    timings->sample_ms = 1e-3f * state->t_sample_us / std::max(1, state->n_sample);
+    timings->encode_ms = 1e-3f * state->t_encode_us / std::max(1, state->n_encode);
+    timings->decode_ms = 1e-3f * state->t_decode_us / std::max(1, state->n_decode);
+    timings->batchd_ms = 1e-3f * state->t_batchd_us / std::max(1, state->n_batchd);
+    timings->prompt_ms = 1e-3f * state->t_prompt_us / std::max(1, state->n_prompt);
+    return timings;
+}