diff --git a/csharp/src/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime/NativeMethods.cs b/csharp/src/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime/NativeMethods.cs
index 4741889bbb..615cc63737 100644
--- a/csharp/src/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime/NativeMethods.cs
+++ b/csharp/src/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime/NativeMethods.cs
@@ -512,6 +512,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime
         [DllImport(nativeLib, CharSet = charSet)]
         public static extern IntPtr /*(OrtStatus*)*/ OrtSessionOptionsAppendExecutionProvider_CUDA(IntPtr /*(OrtSessionOptions*) */ options, int device_id);
 
+        [DllImport(nativeLib, CharSet = charSet)]
+        public static extern IntPtr /*(OrtStatus*)*/ OrtSessionOptionsAppendExecutionProvider_Dml(IntPtr /*(OrtSessionOptions*) */ options, int device_id);
+
         [DllImport(nativeLib, CharSet = charSet)]
         public static extern IntPtr /*(OrtStatus*)*/ OrtSessionOptionsAppendExecutionProvider_NGraph(IntPtr /*(OrtSessionOptions*) */ options, string /*(const char*)*/ ng_backend_type);
 
diff --git a/csharp/src/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime/SessionOptions.cs b/csharp/src/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime/SessionOptions.cs
index 16ff02aed0..b9118ccc23 100644
--- a/csharp/src/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime/SessionOptions.cs
+++ b/csharp/src/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime/SessionOptions.cs
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime
         {
             CheckCudaExecutionProviderDLLs();
             SessionOptions options = new SessionOptions();
-            NativeMethods.OrtSessionOptionsAppendExecutionProvider_CUDA(options.Handle, deviceId);
-            NativeMethods.OrtSessionOptionsAppendExecutionProvider_CPU(options.Handle, 1);
+            NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeMethods.OrtSessionOptionsAppendExecutionProvider_CUDA(options.Handle, deviceId));
+            NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeMethods.OrtSessionOptionsAppendExecutionProvider_CPU(options.Handle, 1));
             return options;
         }
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime
         public static SessionOptions MakeSessionOptionWithNupharProvider(String settings = "")
         {
             SessionOptions options = new SessionOptions();
-            NativeMethods.OrtSessionOptionsAppendExecutionProvider_Nuphar(options.Handle, 1, settings);
+            NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeMethods.OrtSessionOptionsAppendExecutionProvider_Nuphar(options.Handle, 1, settings));
             return options;
         }
 
@@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime
             NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeMethods.OrtSessionOptionsAppendExecutionProvider_CUDA(handle, deviceId));
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Use only if you have the onnxruntime package specific to this Execution Provider.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void AppendExecutionProvider_Dml(int deviceId)
+        {
+            NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeMethods.OrtSessionOptionsAppendExecutionProvider_Dml(handle, deviceId));
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Use only if you have the onnxruntime package specific to this Execution Provider.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/csharp/test/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Tests/InferenceTest.cs b/csharp/test/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Tests/InferenceTest.cs
index 6fbb6055e9..812d3c3c61 100644
--- a/csharp/test/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Tests/InferenceTest.cs
+++ b/csharp/test/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Tests/InferenceTest.cs
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Tests
 #if USE_CUDA
                 opt.AppendExecutionProvider_CUDA(0);
 #endif
+#if USE_DML
+                opt.AppendExecutionProvider_Dml(0);
+#endif
 #if USE_NGRAPH
                 opt.AppendExecutionProvider_NGraph("CPU");  //TODO: this API should be refined
 #endif
@@ -1830,6 +1833,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Tests
 #if USE_CUDA
             ,"OrtSessionOptionsAppendExecutionProvider_CUDA"
 #endif
+#if USE_DML
+            ,"OrtSessionOptionsAppendExecutionProvider_Dml"
+#endif
 #if USE_NGRAPH
             ,"OrtSessionOptionsAppendExecutionProvider_NGraph"
 #endif