diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b3d7c61eaa..8311d67fc8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ covalent = ["covalent>=0.234.1-rc.0; platform_system!='Windows'", "covalent-clou
 dask = ["dask[distributed]>=2023.12.1", "dask-jobqueue>=0.8.2"]
 defects = ["pymatgen-analysis-defects>=2024.10.22", "shakenbreak>=3.2.0"]
 jobflow = ["jobflow[fireworks]>=0.1.14", "jobflow-remote>=0.1.0"]
-mlp = ["matgl>=1.1.2", "chgnet>=0.3.3", "mace-torch>=0.3.3", "torch-dftd>=0.4.0", "sevenn>=0.10.1"]
+mlp = ["matgl>=1.1.2", "chgnet>=0.3.3", "mace-torch>=0.3.3", "torch-dftd>=0.4.0", "sevenn>=0.10.1", "orb-models>=4.1.0"]
 mp = ["atomate2>=0.0.14"]
 newtonnet = ["newtonnet>=1.1"]
 parsl = ["parsl[monitoring]>=2024.5.27; platform_system!='Windows'"]
diff --git a/src/quacc/recipes/mlp/_base.py b/src/quacc/recipes/mlp/_base.py
index 4c6922d0b5..2207560f55 100644
--- a/src/quacc/recipes/mlp/_base.py
+++ b/src/quacc/recipes/mlp/_base.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from functools import lru_cache
+from importlib.util import find_spec
 from logging import getLogger
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
@@ -16,21 +17,26 @@
 
 @lru_cache
 def pick_calculator(
-    method: Literal["mace-mp-0", "m3gnet", "chgnet", "sevennet"], **kwargs
+    method: Literal["mace-mp-0", "m3gnet", "chgnet", "sevennet", "orb"], **kwargs
 ) -> Calculator:
     """
     Adapted from `matcalc.util.get_universal_calculator`.
 
+    !!! Note
+
+        To use `orb` method, `pynanoflann` must be installed. To install `pynanoflann`,
+        run `pip install "pynanoflann@git+https://github.com/dwastberg/pynanoflann"`.
+
     Parameters
     ----------
     method
-        Name of the calculator to use
+        Name of the calculator to use.
     **kwargs
         Custom kwargs for the underlying calculator. Set a value to
         `quacc.Remove` to remove a pre-existing key entirely. For a list of available
         keys, refer to the `mace.calculators.mace_mp`, `chgnet.model.dynamics.CHGNetCalculator`,
-        `matgl.ext.ase.M3GNetCalculator`, or `sevenn.sevennet_calculator.SevenNetCalculator`
-        calculators.
+        `matgl.ext.ase.M3GNetCalculator`, `sevenn.sevennet_calculator.SevenNetCalculator`, or
+        `orb_models.forcefield.calculator.ORBCalculator` calculators.
 
     Returns
     -------
@@ -71,6 +77,21 @@ def pick_calculator(
 
         calc = SevenNetCalculator(**kwargs)
 
+    elif method.lower() == "orb":
+        if not find_spec("pynanoflann"):
+            raise ImportError(
+                """orb-models requires pynanoflann.
+                Install pynanoflann with `pip install "pynanoflann@git+https://github.com/dwastberg/pynanoflann"`.
+                """
+            )
+        from orb_models import __version__
+        from orb_models.forcefield import pretrained
+        from orb_models.forcefield.calculator import ORBCalculator
+
+        orb_model = kwargs.get("model", "orb_v2")
+        orbff = getattr(pretrained, orb_model)()
+        calc = ORBCalculator(model=orbff, **kwargs)
+
     else:
         raise ValueError(f"Unrecognized {method=}.")
 
diff --git a/src/quacc/recipes/mlp/core.py b/src/quacc/recipes/mlp/core.py
index 50e5338322..d6c47d47d1 100644
--- a/src/quacc/recipes/mlp/core.py
+++ b/src/quacc/recipes/mlp/core.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 @job
 def static_job(
     atoms: Atoms,
-    method: Literal["mace-mp-0", "m3gnet", "chgnet", "sevennet"],
+    method: Literal["mace-mp-0", "m3gnet", "chgnet", "sevennet", "orb"],
     properties: list[str] | None = None,
     additional_fields: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
     **calc_kwargs,
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ def static_job(
         Custom kwargs for the underlying calculator. Set a value to
         `quacc.Remove` to remove a pre-existing key entirely. For a list of available
         keys, refer to the `mace.calculators.mace_mp`, `chgnet.model.dynamics.CHGNetCalculator`,
-        `matgl.ext.ase.M3GNetCalculator`, or `sevenn.sevennet_calculator.SevenNetCalculator` calculators.
+        `matgl.ext.ase.M3GNetCalculator`, `sevenn.sevennet_calculator.SevenNetCalculator`, or
+        `orb_models.forcefield.calculator.ORBCalculator` calculators.
 
     Returns
     -------
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ def static_job(
 @job
 def relax_job(
     atoms: Atoms,
-    method: Literal["mace-mp-0", "m3gnet", "chgnet", "sevennet"],
+    method: Literal["mace-mp-0", "m3gnet", "chgnet", "sevennet", "orb"],
     relax_cell: bool = False,
     opt_params: OptParams | None = None,
     additional_fields: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
@@ -89,8 +90,8 @@ def relax_job(
         Custom kwargs for the underlying calculator. Set a value to
         `quacc.Remove` to remove a pre-existing key entirely. For a list of available
         keys, refer to the `mace.calculators.mace_mp`, `chgnet.model.dynamics.CHGNetCalculator`,
-        `matgl.ext.ase.M3GNetCalculator`, or `sevenn.sevennet_calculator.SevenNetCalculator`
-        calculators.
+        `matgl.ext.ase.M3GNetCalculator`, `sevenn.sevennet_calculator.SevenNetCalculator`, or
+        `orb_models.forcefield.calculator.ORBCalculator` calculators.
 
     Returns
     -------
diff --git a/src/quacc/recipes/mlp/phonons.py b/src/quacc/recipes/mlp/phonons.py
index 09c9feced0..8223432bd9 100644
--- a/src/quacc/recipes/mlp/phonons.py
+++ b/src/quacc/recipes/mlp/phonons.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 )
 def phonon_flow(
     atoms: Atoms,
-    method: Literal["mace-mp-0", "m3gnet", "chgnet", "sevennet"],
+    method: Literal["mace-mp-0", "m3gnet", "chgnet", "sevennet", "orb"],
     symprec: float = 1e-4,
     min_lengths: float | tuple[float, float, float] | None = 20.0,
     supercell_matrix: (
diff --git a/tests/core/recipes/mlp_recipes/test_core_recipes.py b/tests/core/recipes/mlp_recipes/test_core_recipes.py
index de42214e4d..b25abe99e1 100644
--- a/tests/core/recipes/mlp_recipes/test_core_recipes.py
+++ b/tests/core/recipes/mlp_recipes/test_core_recipes.py
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 if has_sevennet := find_spec("sevenn"):
     methods.append("sevennet")
 
+if has_orb := find_spec("orb_models"):
+    methods.append("orb")
+
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(has_chgnet is None, reason="chgnet not installed")
 def test_bad_method():
@@ -52,14 +55,30 @@ def test_static_job(tmp_path, monkeypatch, method):
         "m3gnet": -4.0938973,
         "mace-mp-0": -4.083906650543213,
         "sevennet": -4.096191883087158,
+        "orb": -4.093477725982666,
     }
     atoms = bulk("Cu")
     output = static_job(atoms, method=method)
-    assert output["results"]["energy"] == pytest.approx(ref_energy[method])
+    assert output["results"]["energy"] == pytest.approx(ref_energy[method], rel=1e-4)
     assert np.shape(output["results"]["forces"]) == (1, 3)
     assert output["atoms"] == atoms
 
 
+def test_relax_job_missing_pynanoflann(monkeypatch):
+    def mock_find_spec(name):
+        if name == "pynanoflann":
+            return None
+        return find_spec(name)
+
+    import quacc.recipes.mlp._base
+
+    quacc.recipes.mlp._base.pick_calculator.cache_clear()
+    monkeypatch.setattr("importlib.util.find_spec", mock_find_spec)
+    monkeypatch.setattr("quacc.recipes.mlp._base.find_spec", mock_find_spec)
+    with pytest.raises(ImportError, match=r"orb-models requires pynanoflann"):
+        relax_job(bulk("Cu"), method="orb")
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("method", methods)
 def test_relax_job(tmp_path, monkeypatch, method):
     monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
@@ -73,12 +92,13 @@ def test_relax_job(tmp_path, monkeypatch, method):
         "m3gnet": -32.75003433227539,
         "mace-mp-0": -32.6711566550002,
         "sevennet": -32.76924133300781,
+        "orb": -32.7361946105957,
     }
 
     atoms = bulk("Cu") * (2, 2, 2)
     atoms[0].position += 0.1
     output = relax_job(atoms, method=method)
-    assert output["results"]["energy"] == pytest.approx(ref_energy[method])
+    assert output["results"]["energy"] == pytest.approx(ref_energy[method], rel=1e-4)
     assert np.shape(output["results"]["forces"]) == (8, 3)
     assert output["atoms"] != atoms
     assert output["atoms"].get_volume() == pytest.approx(atoms.get_volume())
@@ -114,12 +134,13 @@ def test_relax_cell_job(tmp_path, monkeypatch, method):
         "m3gnet": -32.750858306884766,
         "mace-mp-0": -32.67840391814377,
         "sevennet": -32.76963806152344,
+        "orb": -32.73428726196289,
     }
 
     atoms = bulk("Cu") * (2, 2, 2)
     atoms[0].position += 0.1
     output = relax_job(atoms, method=method, relax_cell=True)
-    assert output["results"]["energy"] == pytest.approx(ref_energy[method])
+    assert output["results"]["energy"] == pytest.approx(ref_energy[method], rel=1e-4)
     assert np.shape(output["results"]["forces"]) == (8, 3)
     assert output["atoms"] != atoms
     assert output["atoms"].get_volume() != pytest.approx(atoms.get_volume())
diff --git a/tests/requirements-mlp.txt b/tests/requirements-mlp.txt
index 7cbdfe2848..583a8262e2 100644
--- a/tests/requirements-mlp.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements-mlp.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ chgnet==0.4.0
 mace-torch==0.3.9
 torch-dftd==0.5.1
 sevenn==0.10.3
+orb-models==4.1.0
+pynanoflann@git+https://github.com/dwastberg/pynanoflann