diff --git a/imperative/python/megengine/jit/tracing.py b/imperative/python/megengine/jit/tracing.py
index 3ac8fbbd880581928933e72c36686becfd99ebd6..71974d6db605000de4f308d84d273eedb50be603 100644
--- a/imperative/python/megengine/jit/tracing.py
+++ b/imperative/python/megengine/jit/tracing.py
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ import collections
 import contextlib
 import functools
 import itertools
+import json
 import typing
 import warnings
 import weakref
 
 import numpy as np
 
+from ..core._imperative_rt import GraphProfiler
 from ..core.ops.special import Const
 from ..core.tensor import megbrain_graph as G
 from ..core.tensor.core import OpBase, TensorBase, TensorWrapperBase, apply
@@ -85,11 +87,14 @@ class trace:
         symbolic=False,
         capture_as_const=False,
         sublinear_memory_config: SublinearMemoryConfig = None,
+        profiling: bool = False,
     ):
         self.__wrapped__ = function
         self._symbolic = symbolic
         self._capture_as_const = capture_as_const
         self._sublinear_memory_config = sublinear_memory_config
+        self._profiling = profiling
+        self._profiler = None
 
         self._untraced = True
         self._tinfo = []  # handle -> TensorInfo
@@ -308,6 +313,8 @@ class trace:
             )
             sublinear_config.thresh_nr_try = self._sublinear_memory_config.thresh_nr_try
             sublinear_config.num_worker = self._sublinear_memory_config.num_worker
+        if self._profiling:
+            self._profiler = GraphProfiler(graph)
 
     def _compile(self):
         graph = self._graph = G.Graph()
@@ -581,6 +588,16 @@ class trace:
                         % (output_names and output_names[i] or i)
                     )
 
+    def get_profile(self):
+        """
+        Get profiling result for compiled trace.
+
+        :return: a json compatible object.
+        """
+        if not self._profiler:
+            raise RuntimeError("trace is not set with profiling=True")
+        return json.loads(self._profiler.get())
+
 
 class CompiledTensorProxy(RawTensor):
     """
diff --git a/imperative/python/src/graph_rt.cpp b/imperative/python/src/graph_rt.cpp
index f827466f44f07e1967ffec9c25c80bed92899998..deb29bba1704c6f797e43ac3b2f71e83788ef15c 100644
--- a/imperative/python/src/graph_rt.cpp
+++ b/imperative/python/src/graph_rt.cpp
@@ -11,18 +11,38 @@
 
 #include "./graph_rt.h"
 
+#include "megbrain/graph/cg.h"
 #include "megbrain/serialization/serializer.h"
 #include "megbrain/imperative/opr_utility.h"
 #include "megbrain/opr/io.h"
 #include "megbrain/opr/basic_arith.h"
 #include "megbrain/imperative.h"
 #include "./helper.h"
+#include "megbrain/plugin/profiler.h"
 
 namespace py = pybind11;
 
 using namespace mgb;
 using namespace imperative;
 
+namespace {
+class _CompGraphProfilerImpl {
+    std::shared_ptr<ComputingGraph> m_comp_graph;
+    GraphProfiler m_profiler;
+    public:
+        _CompGraphProfilerImpl(std::shared_ptr<ComputingGraph> cg):
+            m_comp_graph{cg},
+            m_profiler{m_comp_graph.get()}
+        {
+        }
+
+        std::string _get_result() {
+            auto json = m_profiler.to_json_full(
+                    m_comp_graph->current_comp_seq());
+            return json->to_string();
+        }
+};
+}
 #define DEF_READWRITE(name) .def_readwrite(#name, &CURRENT_CLASS::name)
 
 template<typename T>
@@ -102,6 +122,12 @@ void init_graph_rt(py::module m) {
             })
         .def_property_readonly("options", py::overload_cast<>(&cg::ComputingGraph::options));
 
+    py::class_<_CompGraphProfilerImpl, std::shared_ptr<_CompGraphProfilerImpl>>(m, "GraphProfiler")
+        .def(py::init([](std::shared_ptr<ComputingGraph> graph) {
+                return std::make_shared<_CompGraphProfilerImpl>(graph);
+                }))
+        .def("get", [](_CompGraphProfilerImpl& profiler) { return profiler._get_result(); });
+
     m.def("dump_graph", [](const std::vector<VarNode*>& dest_vars) {
         using namespace mgb::serialization;
         std::vector<uint8_t> buf;
diff --git a/imperative/python/test/unit/test_tracing.py b/imperative/python/test/unit/test_tracing.py
index b7a6dacd657564513710003826e4f80e234eae32..45202c4e79cca825331caad971876a30f6505297 100644
--- a/imperative/python/test/unit/test_tracing.py
+++ b/imperative/python/test/unit/test_tracing.py
@@ -82,3 +82,22 @@ def test_dump():
 
     file = io.BytesIO()
     f.dump(file)
+
+
+def test_trace_profiler():
+    for symbolic in [False, True]:
+
+        @trace(symbolic=symbolic, profiling=True)
+        def f(x):
+            op = ops.Elemwise(mode="negate")
+            (y,) = apply(op, x)
+            return y
+
+        x = as_raw_tensor([1]).numpy()
+        y = f.__wrapped__(as_raw_tensor(x)).numpy()
+
+        f(as_raw_tensor(x))
+        f(as_raw_tensor(x))  # XXX: has to run twice
+
+        out = f.get_profile()
+        assert out.get("profiler")