diff --git a/mediapipe/tasks/ios/core/sources/MPPBaseOptions.h b/mediapipe/tasks/ios/core/sources/MPPBaseOptions.h
index bef6bb9ee..eecb5e14e 100644
--- a/mediapipe/tasks/ios/core/sources/MPPBaseOptions.h
+++ b/mediapipe/tasks/ios/core/sources/MPPBaseOptions.h
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@
 
 #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
 
+/**
+ * The delegate to run MediaPipe. If the delegate is not set, the default
+ * delegate CPU is used.
+ */
+typedef NS_ENUM(NSUInteger, MPPDelegate) {
+  MPPDelegateCPU,
+  MPPDelegateGPU,
+} NS_SWIFT_NAME(Delegate);
+
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 
 /**
@@ -26,6 +35,9 @@ NS_SWIFT_NAME(BaseOptions)
 /** The path to the model asset to open and mmap in memory. */
 @property(nonatomic, copy) NSString *modelAssetPath;
 
+/** Overrides the default backend to use for the provided model. */
+@property(nonatomic) MPPDelegate delegate;
+
 @end
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
diff --git a/mediapipe/tasks/ios/core/sources/MPPBaseOptions.m b/mediapipe/tasks/ios/core/sources/MPPBaseOptions.m
index a43119ad8..fac1b94c0 100644
--- a/mediapipe/tasks/ios/core/sources/MPPBaseOptions.m
+++ b/mediapipe/tasks/ios/core/sources/MPPBaseOptions.m
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   self = [super init];
   if (self) {
     self.modelAssetPath = [[NSString alloc] init];
+    self.delegate = MPPDelegateCPU;
   }
   return self;
 }
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
   MPPBaseOptions *baseOptions = [[MPPBaseOptions alloc] init];
 
   baseOptions.modelAssetPath = self.modelAssetPath;
+  baseOptions.delegate = self.delegate;
 
   return baseOptions;
 }
diff --git a/mediapipe/tasks/ios/core/utils/BUILD b/mediapipe/tasks/ios/core/utils/BUILD
index 3cd8bf231..88c786642 100644
--- a/mediapipe/tasks/ios/core/utils/BUILD
+++ b/mediapipe/tasks/ios/core/utils/BUILD
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ objc_library(
         "//mediapipe/tasks/cc/core/proto:acceleration_cc_proto",
         "//mediapipe/tasks/cc/core/proto:base_options_cc_proto",
         "//mediapipe/tasks/cc/core/proto:external_file_cc_proto",
+        "//mediapipe/calculators/tensor:inference_calculator_cc_proto",
         "//mediapipe/tasks/ios/core:MPPBaseOptions",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/mediapipe/tasks/ios/core/utils/sources/MPPBaseOptions+Helpers.mm b/mediapipe/tasks/ios/core/utils/sources/MPPBaseOptions+Helpers.mm
index 73bcac49d..14ecbd708 100644
--- a/mediapipe/tasks/ios/core/utils/sources/MPPBaseOptions+Helpers.mm
+++ b/mediapipe/tasks/ios/core/utils/sources/MPPBaseOptions+Helpers.mm
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
 #include "mediapipe/tasks/cc/core/proto/acceleration.pb.h"
 #include "mediapipe/tasks/cc/core/proto/external_file.pb.h"
 #import "mediapipe/tasks/ios/core/utils/sources/MPPBaseOptions+Helpers.h"
+#include "mediapipe/calculators/tensor/inference_calculator.pb.h"
 
 namespace {
 using BaseOptionsProto = ::mediapipe::tasks::core::proto::BaseOptions;
+using InferenceCalculatorOptionsProto = ::mediapipe::InferenceCalculatorOptions;
 }
 
 @implementation MPPBaseOptions (Helpers)
@@ -33,6 +35,10 @@ using BaseOptionsProto = ::mediapipe::tasks::core::proto::BaseOptions;
   if (self.modelAssetPath) {
     baseOptionsProto->mutable_model_asset()->set_file_name(self.modelAssetPath.UTF8String);
   }
+
+  if (self.delegate == MPPDelegateGPU) {
+    baseOptionsProto->mutable_acceleration()->mutable_gpu()->MergeFrom(InferenceCalculatorOptionsProto::Delegate::Gpu());
+  }
 }
 
 @end