diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aeb87eaa7e3..a842fe3ba9e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ option(BUILD_TEST "Build C++ test binaries (need gtest and gbenchmark)" OFF)
 option(BUILD_MOBILE_BENCHMARKS "Build C++ test binaries for mobile (ARM) targets(need gtest and gbenchmark)" OFF)
 option(BUILD_MOBILE_TEST "Build C++ test binaries for mobile (ARM) targets(need gtest and gbenchmark)" OFF)
 option(BUILD_JNI "Build JNI bindings" OFF)
+option(BUILD_MOBILE_AUTOGRAD "Build autograd function in mobile build (in development)" OFF)
 cmake_dependent_option(
     INSTALL_TEST "Install test binaries if BUILD_TEST is on" ON
     "BUILD_TEST" OFF)
@@ -397,6 +398,11 @@ if(INTERN_BUILD_MOBILE AND NOT BUILD_CAFFE2_MOBILE)
   if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND NOT "${SELECTED_OP_LIST}" STREQUAL "")
     string(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS " -DNO_EXPORT")
   endif()
+  if(BUILD_MOBILE_AUTOGRAD)
+    set(INTERN_DISABLE_AUTOGRAD OFF)
+  else()
+    set(INTERN_DISABLE_AUTOGRAD ON)
+  endif()
   set(BUILD_PYTHON OFF)
   set(BUILD_CAFFE2_OPS OFF)
   set(USE_DISTRIBUTED OFF)
@@ -405,7 +411,6 @@ if(INTERN_BUILD_MOBILE AND NOT BUILD_CAFFE2_MOBILE)
   set(USE_FBGEMM OFF)
   set(USE_QNNPACK OFF)
   set(INTERN_DISABLE_ONNX ON)
-  set(INTERN_DISABLE_AUTOGRAD ON)
   set(INTERN_USE_EIGEN_BLAS ON)
   # Disable developing mobile interpreter for actual mobile build.
   # Enable it elsewhere to capture build error.
diff --git a/cmake/Summary.cmake b/cmake/Summary.cmake
index cfd024c80c0..c8750a272fe 100644
--- a/cmake/Summary.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Summary.cmake
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ function(caffe2_print_configuration_summary)
   message(STATUS "  BUILD_SHARED_LIBS     : ${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS}")
   message(STATUS "  BUILD_TEST            : ${BUILD_TEST}")
   message(STATUS "  BUILD_JNI             : ${BUILD_JNI}")
+  message(STATUS "  BUILD_MOBILE_AUTOGRAD : ${BUILD_MOBILE_AUTOGRAD}")
 
   message(STATUS "  INTERN_BUILD_MOBILE   : ${INTERN_BUILD_MOBILE}")