diff --git a/nemo/collections/asr/parts/preprocessing/segment.py b/nemo/collections/asr/parts/preprocessing/segment.py
index 00558769b020..d30e5172a7b4 100644
--- a/nemo/collections/asr/parts/preprocessing/segment.py
+++ b/nemo/collections/asr/parts/preprocessing/segment.py
@@ -56,10 +56,11 @@
 
 except ModuleNotFoundError:
     HAVE_PYDUB = False
-
+import librosa
 
 available_formats = sf.available_formats()
 sf_supported_formats = ["." + i.lower() for i in available_formats.keys()]
+sf_supported_formats.append(".opus")
 
 
 ChannelSelectorType = Union[int, Iterable[int], str]
@@ -347,11 +348,40 @@ def from_file(
             except RuntimeError as e:
                 logging.error(
                     f"Loading {audio_file} via SoundFile raised RuntimeError: `{e}`. "
-                    f"NeMo will fallback to loading via pydub."
+                    f"NeMo will fallback to loading via Librosa."
                 )
 
                 if hasattr(audio_file, "seek"):
                     audio_file.seek(0)
+        if samples is None:
+            try:
+                dtype = 'int32' if int_values else 'float32'
+                lr_sr = None if target_sr is None else target_sr
+
+                y, sr = librosa.load(
+                    audio_file,
+                    sr=lr_sr,
+                    mono=False,
+                    offset=(offset if offset is not None else 0.0),
+                    duration=(duration if duration is not None and duration > 0 else None),
+                )
+
+                if y.ndim == 1:
+                    samples = y.astype('float32')
+                else:
+
+                    samples = y.T.astype('float32')
+                if int_values:
+
+                    samples = (samples * (2**31)).astype('int32')
+                sample_rate = sr
+                print("Loaded using librosa")
+            except Exception as e:
+                logging.error(
+                    f"Loading {audio_file} via librosa raised Exception: `{e}`. "
+                    "NeMo will fallback to loading via pydub if available."
+                )
+                samples = None
 
         if HAVE_PYDUB and samples is None:
             try: