diff --git a/imperative/python/src/ops.cpp b/imperative/python/src/ops.cpp
index f48c330fd0c34a1b2a72dd1893ce911ff45b597f..27846a9db363b9e9d84449528aaae504c1ae93c7 100644
--- a/imperative/python/src/ops.cpp
+++ b/imperative/python/src/ops.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "megbrain/imperative/ops/elemwise.h"
 #include "megbrain/imperative/ops/batch_norm.h"
 #include "megbrain/imperative/ops/broadcast.h"
+#include "megbrain/imperative/ops/utility.h"
 
 namespace py = pybind11;
 
@@ -113,6 +114,9 @@ void init_ops(py::module m) {
         .def(py::init<>())
         .def_readwrite("offsets", &ParamPackConcat::offsets);
 
+    py::class_<VirtualDep, std::shared_ptr<VirtualDep>, OpDef>(m, "VirtualDep")
+        .def(py::init<>());
+
     py::class_<CondTake, std::shared_ptr<CondTake>, OpDef>(m, "CondTake")
         .def(py::init<>());
 
diff --git a/imperative/src/impl/ops/utility.cpp b/imperative/src/impl/ops/utility.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b9a701dadc03f1183b7dbd8e291c69e9ab623fea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/imperative/src/impl/ops/utility.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/**
+ * \file imperative/src/impl/ops/utility.cpp
+ * MegEngine is Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2020 Megvii Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT ARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ */
+
+#include "megbrain/imperative/ops/utility.h"
+#include "megbrain/imperative/ops/opr_attr.h"
+#include "megbrain/opr/utility.h"
+#include "../op_trait.h"
+
+namespace mgb::imperative {
+namespace {
+
+cg::OperatorNodeBase* virtual_dep_apply_on_var_node(
+        const OpDef& def, const VarNodeArray& inputs) {
+    auto&& graph = inputs[0]->owner_graph();
+
+    VarNodeArray inps(inputs.begin(), inputs.end());
+    cg::OperatorNodeConfig config;
+    cg::OperatorNodeBase* opr =
+            graph->insert_opr(std::make_unique<mgb::opr::VirtualDep>(
+                    inps, config));
+    return opr;
+}
+
+OP_TRAIT_REG(VirtualDep, VirtualDep, mgb::opr::VirtualDep)
+        .apply_on_var_node(virtual_dep_apply_on_var_node)
+        .fallback();
+} // namespace
+
+MGB_DYN_TYPE_OBJ_FINAL_IMPL(VirtualDep);
+
+} // namespace mgb::imperative
diff --git a/imperative/src/include/megbrain/imperative/ops/utility.h b/imperative/src/include/megbrain/imperative/ops/utility.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..817935218989e2ff646c141a0c8b4cb078adbd1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/imperative/src/include/megbrain/imperative/ops/utility.h
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * \file imperative/src/include/megbrain/imperative/ops/utility.h
+ * MegEngine is Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2020 Megvii Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT ARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "megbrain/imperative/op_def.h"
+
+#include "megbrain/utils/hash.h"
+
+namespace mgb::imperative {
+
+class VirtualDep : public OpDefImplBase<VirtualDep> {
+    MGB_DYN_TYPE_OBJ_FINAL_DECL;
+
+public:
+    VirtualDep() = default;
+
+    size_t hash() const override {
+        return reinterpret_cast<size_t>(dyn_typeinfo());
+    }
+
+    bool is_same_st(const Hashable& rhs) const override {
+        return true;
+    }
+};
+
+} // namespace mgb::imperative