diff --git a/app/CMakeLists.txt b/app/CMakeLists.txt
index a5c4dce..f95b4a7 100644
--- a/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 add_subdirectory(example)
+add_subdirectory(yolov8-cls-inference)
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diff --git a/app/yolov8-cls-inference/CMakeLists.txt b/app/yolov8-cls-inference/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22a50bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/yolov8-cls-inference/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+
+project(yolov8-cls-inference)
+
+find_package(OpenCV REQUIRED)
+
+set(PROJECT_SOURCE_FILES
+    main.cpp
+)
+
+add_executable(${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_FILES})
+target_link_libraries(${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME} ${OpenCV_LIBS})
+target_include_directories(${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${OpenCV_INCLUDE_DIRS})
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diff --git a/app/yolov8-cls-inference/README.md b/app/yolov8-cls-inference/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a184c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/yolov8-cls-inference/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+
+## YOLOv8-cls inference
+
+1. OpenCV installation
+
+   [Get started with OpenCV](https://opencv.org/get-started/)
+
+2. Ultralytics installation
+
+   Create and activate python venv
+   ```
+   python -m venv <venv dir>
+   source <venv dir>/bin/activate
+   ```
+   Install ultralytics using pip
+   ```
+   pip install ultralytics
+   ```
+
+3. Export YOLOv8-cls model
+   ```
+   python export.py
+   ```
+
+4. Run the project 
+   ```
+   make -C build
+   build/yolov8-cls-inference <model path> <class list path> <image path>
+   ```
diff --git a/app/yolov8-cls-inference/export.py b/app/yolov8-cls-inference/export.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38b3cc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/yolov8-cls-inference/export.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+from ultralytics import YOLO
+
+# load the YOLOv8-cls model
+model = YOLO("yolov8n-cls.pt")
+
+# export the classification list
+with open('classification_list.txt', 'w') as file:
+    for name in model.names.values():
+        file.write(name + '\n')
+
+# export the model to ONNX format
+model.export(format="onnx", imgsz=224)
diff --git a/app/yolov8-cls-inference/main.cpp b/app/yolov8-cls-inference/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..852131f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/yolov8-cls-inference/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <opencv2/core.hpp>
+#include <opencv2/core/mat.hpp>
+#include <opencv2/core/types.hpp>
+#include <opencv2/dnn/dnn.hpp>
+#include <opencv2/imgcodecs.hpp>
+#include <opencv2/imgproc.hpp>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+  if (argc < 4) {
+    std::cerr << "[fatal error] Not all required parameters are specified\n";
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  // read an input image
+  cv::Mat raw_image = cv::imread(argv[3]);
+  if (raw_image.empty()) {
+    std::cerr << "[fatal error] Failed to read the input image\n";
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  // read the classification list
+  std::ifstream file(argv[2]);
+
+  if (!file.is_open()) {
+    std::cerr << "[fatal error] Failed to open the classification list file\n";
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  std::string line;
+  std::vector<std::string> class_list;
+  while (std::getline(file, line)) {
+    class_list.push_back(line);
+  }
+
+  // read the network model
+  cv::dnn::Net net = cv::dnn::readNetFromONNX(argv[1]);
+  if (net.empty()) {
+    std::cerr << "[fatal error] Failed to read the network model\n";
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  // prepare the image for inference
+  cv::Mat input_image;
+  cv::resize(raw_image, input_image, cv::Size(224, 224), cv::INTER_LINEAR);
+  cv::Mat blob = cv::dnn::blobFromImage(input_image, 1.0 / 255.0,
+                                        cv::Size(224, 224), cv::Scalar());
+
+  // inference
+  net.setInput(blob);
+  cv::Mat output = net.forward("output0");
+
+  // extract a result from the output
+  double max_class_score = 0.0;
+  cv::Point max_loc;
+  cv::minMaxLoc(output, nullptr, &max_class_score, nullptr, &max_loc);
+
+  // print the results
+  std::cout << "class ID: " << max_loc.x << '\n';
+  std::cout << "class name: " << class_list[max_loc.x] << '\n';
+  std::cout << "confidence: " << max_class_score << '\n';
+
+  return 0;
+}