diff --git a/imperative/python/test/unit/test_tracing.py b/imperative/python/test/unit/test_tracing.py
index 1c3c164a9a90e33c22cd73da5a15b12323d1159d..25e5b97876922992ecbb2554fb81b7c52b211be6 100644
--- a/imperative/python/test/unit/test_tracing.py
+++ b/imperative/python/test/unit/test_tracing.py
@@ -406,3 +406,16 @@ def test_clip():
 
     for i in range(3):
         f(x, tensor([0]), tensor([1]))
+
+
+# test returning noncontiguous tensor from trace
+def test_slice():
+    @trace
+    def f(x):
+        return x[:, 1::2]
+
+    x = F.arange(8).reshape(2, 4)
+    f(x)
+    y = f(x)
+    np.testing.assert_array_equal(y.numpy(), x.numpy()[:, 1::2])
+    y + y
diff --git a/imperative/src/impl/opr_utility.cpp b/imperative/src/impl/opr_utility.cpp
index cf0bf2a6c2ef750ed26d561ed1ca0b93b53d7c16..65052c6d6734eacc57ede497a78c3d912d31b603 100644
--- a/imperative/src/impl/opr_utility.cpp
+++ b/imperative/src/impl/opr_utility.cpp
@@ -156,6 +156,12 @@ cg::OperatorNodeBase::NodeProp* OutputCallback::do_make_node_prop() const {
     return prop;
 }
 
+void OutputCallback::add_input_layout_constraint() {
+    if (m_param.require_contiguous) {
+        input(0)->add_layout_constraint_contiguous();
+    }
+}
+
 void OutputCallback::scn_do_execute() {
     if (m_use_host_value) {
         m_param.callback(owner_graph()->static_infer_manager().infer_value(input(0)));
diff --git a/imperative/src/include/megbrain/imperative/opr_utility.h b/imperative/src/include/megbrain/imperative/opr_utility.h
index 14f5f2727abd5bf30037dccfaac5f9bb126397a0..fbd57d715d0397395af290dbdbd01233e87c77e2 100644
--- a/imperative/src/include/megbrain/imperative/opr_utility.h
+++ b/imperative/src/include/megbrain/imperative/opr_utility.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ public:
         callback_t callback;
         bool borrow = false; // do not obtain shared ownership on DeviceTensorND
         bool prefer_host_value = false; // use host value when possible
+        bool require_contiguous = true;
     };
     OutputCallback(Param param,
                    const VarNodeArray& inputs,
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ protected:
     void scn_do_execute() override;
     void init_output_static_infer_desc() override;
     NodeProp* do_make_node_prop() const override;
+    void add_input_layout_constraint() override;
 private:
     Param m_param;
     mutable bool m_use_host_value;