diff --git a/examples/torchdynamo_resnet18.py b/examples/torchdynamo_resnet18.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..44d155b5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/torchdynamo_resnet18.py
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+# Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+# See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+# Also available under a BSD-style license. See LICENSE.
+
+import sys
+from typing import List
+
+from PIL import Image
+import requests
+
+import torch
+import torch._dynamo as dynamo
+import torchvision.models as models
+from torchvision import transforms
+
+import torch_mlir
+from torch_mlir.dynamo import make_simple_dynamo_backend
+from torch_mlir_e2e_test.linalg_on_tensors_backends import refbackend
+
+
+def load_and_preprocess_image(url: str):
+    headers = {
+        'User-Agent':
+        'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_11_5) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/50.0.2661.102 Safari/537.36'
+    }
+    img = Image.open(requests.get(url, headers=headers,
+                                  stream=True).raw).convert("RGB")
+    # preprocessing pipeline
+    preprocess = transforms.Compose([
+        transforms.Resize(256),
+        transforms.CenterCrop(224),
+        transforms.ToTensor(),
+        transforms.Normalize(mean=[0.485, 0.456, 0.406],
+                             std=[0.229, 0.224, 0.225]),
+    ])
+    img_preprocessed = preprocess(img)
+    return torch.unsqueeze(img_preprocessed, 0)
+
+
+def load_labels():
+    classes_text = requests.get(
+        "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cathyzhyi/ml-data/main/imagenet-classes.txt",
+        stream=True,
+    ).text
+    labels = [line.strip() for line in classes_text.splitlines()]
+    return labels
+
+
+def top3_possibilities(res):
+    _, indexes = torch.sort(res, descending=True)
+    percentage = torch.nn.functional.softmax(res, dim=1)[0] * 100
+    top3 = [(labels[idx], percentage[idx].item()) for idx in indexes[0][:3]]
+    return top3
+
+
+def predictions(torch_func, jit_func, img, labels):
+    golden_prediction = top3_possibilities(torch_func(img))
+    print("PyTorch prediction")
+    print(golden_prediction)
+    prediction = top3_possibilities(torch.from_numpy(jit_func(img.numpy())))
+    print("torch-mlir prediction")
+    print(prediction)
+
+image_url = "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/YellowLabradorLooking_new.jpg"
+
+print("load image from " + image_url, file=sys.stderr)
+img = load_and_preprocess_image(image_url)
+labels = load_labels()
+
+@make_simple_dynamo_backend
+def refbackend_torchdynamo_backend(fx_graph: torch.fx.GraphModule,
+                                   example_inputs: List[torch.Tensor]):
+    mlir_module = torch_mlir.compile(
+        fx_graph, example_inputs, output_type="linalg-on-tensors")
+    backend = refbackend.RefBackendLinalgOnTensorsBackend()
+    compiled = backend.compile(mlir_module)
+    loaded = backend.load(compiled)
+
+    def compiled_callable(*inputs):
+        inputs = [x.numpy() for x in inputs]
+        result = loaded.forward(*inputs)
+        if not isinstance(result, tuple):
+            result = torch.from_numpy(result)
+        else:
+            result = tuple(torch.from_numpy(x) for x in result)
+        return result
+    return compiled_callable
+
+resnet18 = models.resnet18(pretrained=True)
+resnet18.train(False)
+dynamo_callable = dynamo.optimize(refbackend_torchdynamo_backend)(resnet18)
+
+predictions(resnet18.forward, lambda x: dynamo_callable(torch.from_numpy(x)).numpy(), img, labels)
diff --git a/python/torch_mlir_e2e_test/configs/torchdynamo.py b/python/torch_mlir_e2e_test/configs/torchdynamo.py
index 293fe15d1..044059818 100644
--- a/python/torch_mlir_e2e_test/configs/torchdynamo.py
+++ b/python/torch_mlir_e2e_test/configs/torchdynamo.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ from torch_mlir_e2e_test.framework import TestConfig, Trace, TraceItem
 
 
 @make_simple_dynamo_backend
-def refbackend_torchdynamo_backend(fx_graph: torch.fx.GraphModule,
-                                   example_inputs: List[torch.Tensor]):
+def _refbackend_torchdynamo_backend(fx_graph: torch.fx.GraphModule,
+                                    example_inputs: List[torch.Tensor]):
     # Use the LinalgOnTensors backend, since it is the most complete.
     # In theory we could mix and match TorchDynamo with the other backends,
     # since they all lower through the same backend contract.
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@ def refbackend_torchdynamo_backend(fx_graph: torch.fx.GraphModule,
     return compiled_callable
 
 
-@dynamo.optimize(refbackend_torchdynamo_backend)
-def f(method, *inputs):
-    return method(*inputs)
-
 class TorchDynamoTestConfig(TestConfig):
     """TestConfig that runs the torch.nn.Module with TorchDynamo"""
 
@@ -67,7 +63,9 @@ class TorchDynamoTestConfig(TestConfig):
         # stateful then it does not mutate the original compiled program.
         result: Trace = []
         for item in trace:
-            output = f(getattr(artifact, item.symbol), *item.inputs)
+            f = lambda method, *inputs: method(*inputs)
+            dynamo_f = dynamo.optimize(_refbackend_torchdynamo_backend)(f)
+            output = dynamo_f(getattr(artifact, item.symbol), *item.inputs)
             result.append(
                 TraceItem(symbol=item.symbol,
                           inputs=item.inputs,