diff --git a/xinference/model/image/model_spec.json b/xinference/model/image/model_spec.json
index 51924f0fa6..40fede5f5c 100644
--- a/xinference/model/image/model_spec.json
+++ b/xinference/model/image/model_spec.json
@@ -1685,5 +1685,33 @@
     },
     "featured": false,
     "updated_at": 1770994886
+  },
+  {
+    "version": 2,
+    "model_name": "PaddleOCR-VL-1.6",
+    "model_family": "ocr",
+    "model_ability": [
+      "ocr"
+    ],
+    "virtualenv": {
+      "packages": [
+        "pillow==11.3.0",
+        "transformers==4.55.0",
+        "#system_numpy#",
+        "#system_torch#"
+      ]
+    },
+    "model_src": {
+      "huggingface": {
+        "model_id": "PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR-VL-1.6",
+        "model_revision": "main"
+      },
+      "modelscope": {
+        "model_id": "PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR-VL-1.6",
+        "model_revision": "master"
+      }
+    },
+    "featured": false,
+    "updated_at": 1781512046
   }
 ]
diff --git a/xinference/model/image/ocr/paddleocr_vl.py b/xinference/model/image/ocr/paddleocr_vl.py
index 9a5c580c46..b202510ceb 100644
--- a/xinference/model/image/ocr/paddleocr_vl.py
+++ b/xinference/model/image/ocr/paddleocr_vl.py
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ class PaddleOCRVLModel(OCRModel):
 
     @classmethod
     def match(cls, model_family: "ImageModelFamilyV2") -> bool:
-        return model_family.model_name == "PaddleOCR-VL"
+        model_name = model_family.model_name
+        return model_name == "PaddleOCR-VL" or model_name.startswith("PaddleOCR-VL-")
 
     def __init__(
         self,