diff --git a/lingua_franca/opm.py b/lingua_franca/opm.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39cf644f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lingua_franca/opm.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+from typing import Optional, List
+
+from ovos_plugin_manager.templates.transformers import UtteranceTransformer
+from ovos_utils.log import LOG
+
+from lingua_franca.parse import normalize
+
+
+class UtteranceNormalizer(UtteranceTransformer):
+
+    def __init__(self, name="ovos-lf-utterance-normalizer", priority=5):
+        super().__init__(name, priority)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def strip_punctuation(utterance: str):
+        return utterance.rstrip('.').rstrip('?').rstrip('!').rstrip(',').rstrip(';')
+
+    def transform(self, utterances: List[str],
+                  context: Optional[dict] = None) -> (list, dict):
+        context = context or {}
+        norm = [self.strip_punctuation(u) for u in utterances] + utterances
+        try:
+            lang = context.get("lang") or self.config.get("lang", "en-us")
+            norm += [normalize(u, lang=lang, remove_articles=False) for u in norm] + \
+                    [normalize(u, lang=lang, remove_articles=True) for u in norm]
+        except:
+            LOG.exception("lingua_franca utterance normalization failed")
+
+        return list(set(norm)), context
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dd8f2358..1d04443b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -79,4 +79,7 @@ def get_version():
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
     ],
+    entry_points={
+        'neon.plugin.text': 'ovos-lf-utterance-normalizer=lingua_franca.opm:UtteranceNormalizer'
+    }
 )