diff --git a/python/tvm/relay/op/contrib/__init__.py b/python/tvm/relay/op/contrib/__init__.py
index 4b6acceb3a83..3a3f6d5aa304 100644
--- a/python/tvm/relay/op/contrib/__init__.py
+++ b/python/tvm/relay/op/contrib/__init__.py
@@ -16,4 +16,6 @@
 # under the License.
 # pylint: disable=wildcard-import
 """Contrib modules."""
+from .register import get_pattern_table, register_pattern_table
+
 from .dnnl import *
diff --git a/python/tvm/relay/op/contrib/dnnl.py b/python/tvm/relay/op/contrib/dnnl.py
index 45a8c8331f72..71ef430ec9c6 100644
--- a/python/tvm/relay/op/contrib/dnnl.py
+++ b/python/tvm/relay/op/contrib/dnnl.py
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@
 - The other way is to implement the function by themselves to
 check the attributes of the op and decide if it should be offloaded to DNNL.
 """
-from ... import op as reg
+from ... import expr as _expr
+from ... import op as _op
+from .register import register_pattern_table
 
 
 def _register_external_op_helper(op_name, supported=True):
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ def _register_external_op_helper(op_name, supported=True):
     f : callable
         A function that returns if the operator is supported by DNNL.
     """
-    @reg.register(op_name, "target.dnnl")
+    @_op.register(op_name, "target.dnnl")
     def _func_wrapper(attrs, args):
         return supported
 
@@ -63,3 +65,23 @@ def _func_wrapper(attrs, args):
 _register_external_op_helper("add")
 _register_external_op_helper("subtract")
 _register_external_op_helper("multiply")
+
+
+def make_pattern(with_bias=True):
+    data = _expr.var("data")
+    weight = _expr.var("weight")
+    bias = _expr.var("bias")
+    conv = _op.nn.conv2d(data, weight)
+    if with_bias:
+        conv_out = _op.add(conv, bias)
+    else:
+        conv_out = conv
+    return _op.nn.relu(conv_out)
+
+
+@register_pattern_table("dnnl")
+def pattern_table():
+    conv2d_bias_relu_pat = ("dnnl.conv2d_bias_relu", make_pattern(with_bias=True))
+    conv2d_relu_pat = ("dnnl.conv2d_relu", make_pattern(with_bias=False))
+    dnnl_patterns = [conv2d_bias_relu_pat, conv2d_relu_pat]
+    return dnnl_patterns
diff --git a/python/tvm/relay/op/contrib/register.py b/python/tvm/relay/op/contrib/register.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b82abdb88804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/tvm/relay/op/contrib/register.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+"""Register utilities for external codegen."""
+_PATTERN_TABLES = {}
+
+
+def register_pattern_table(compiler, table=None):
+    """Register a pattern table for an external compiler.
+
+    Pattern tables are used to create composite functions.
+    See the MergeComposite pass.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    compiler : str
+        The name of compiler
+
+    table : function, optional
+        A function that returns the pattern table
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    fregister : function
+        Register function if value is not specified.
+    """
+    def _register(t):
+        """internal register function"""
+        _PATTERN_TABLES[compiler] = t()
+        return t
+    return _register(table) if table is not None else _register
+
+
+def get_pattern_table(compiler):
+    """Get the pattern table associated with a compiler (if it's registered)."""
+    return _PATTERN_TABLES[compiler] if compiler in _PATTERN_TABLES else None
diff --git a/tests/python/relay/test_pass_partition_graph.py b/tests/python/relay/test_pass_partition_graph.py
index 8827fbf1b8b0..3261ccd0d7c9 100644
--- a/tests/python/relay/test_pass_partition_graph.py
+++ b/tests/python/relay/test_pass_partition_graph.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import sys
 
 import numpy as np
-import pytest
 
 import tvm
 import tvm.relay.testing
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@
 from tvm.relay.backend import compile_engine
 from tvm.relay.expr_functor import ExprMutator
 from tvm.relay.op.annotation import compiler_begin, compiler_end
+from tvm.relay.op.contrib.register import get_pattern_table
 from tvm.relay.build_module import bind_params_by_name
 
 
@@ -832,21 +832,8 @@ def expected():
 
 
 def test_dnnl_fuse():
-    def make_pattern(with_bias=True):
-        data = relay.var("data", relay.TensorType((1, 3, 224, 224), "float32"))
-        weight = relay.var("weight")
-        bias = relay.var("bias")
-        conv = relay.nn.conv2d(data=data, weight=weight, kernel_size=(3, 3),
-                               channels=8, padding=(1, 1))
-        if with_bias:
-            conv_out = relay.add(conv, bias)
-        else:
-            conv_out = conv
-        return relay.nn.relu(conv_out)
-
-    conv2d_bias_relu_pat = ("dnnl.conv2d_bias_relu", make_pattern(with_bias=True))
-    conv2d_relu_pat = ("dnnl.conv2d_relu", make_pattern(with_bias=False))
-    dnnl_patterns = [conv2d_bias_relu_pat, conv2d_relu_pat]
+    dnnl_patterns = get_pattern_table("dnnl")
+    conv2d_bias_relu_pat, conv2d_relu_pat = dnnl_patterns
 
     def get_blocks(prefix, data, in_channel, out_channel,
                    include_bn=True, include_sigmoid=False):