diff --git a/backends/arm/_passes/arm_pass_manager.py b/backends/arm/_passes/arm_pass_manager.py
index 31cb7a2e2c7..29946fb988b 100644
--- a/backends/arm/_passes/arm_pass_manager.py
+++ b/backends/arm/_passes/arm_pass_manager.py
@@ -171,6 +171,32 @@ class PassInsertions:
     after_passes: list = field(default_factory=list)
 
 
+_registered_pass_insertions: dict[type, PassInsertions] = {}
+
+
+def register_pass_insertions_before(
+    target_pass_type: type, passes: list[ExportPass]
+) -> None:
+    """Register passes to be inserted before a target pass for all pipelines."""
+    if target_pass_type not in _registered_pass_insertions:
+        _registered_pass_insertions[target_pass_type] = PassInsertions()
+    _registered_pass_insertions[target_pass_type].before_passes.extend(passes)
+
+
+def register_pass_insertions_after(
+    target_pass_type: type, passes: list[ExportPass]
+) -> None:
+    """Register passes to be inserted after a target pass for all pipelines."""
+    if target_pass_type not in _registered_pass_insertions:
+        _registered_pass_insertions[target_pass_type] = PassInsertions()
+    _registered_pass_insertions[target_pass_type].after_passes.extend(passes)
+
+
+def clear_registered_pass_insertions() -> None:
+    """Clear all globally registered pass insertions."""
+    _registered_pass_insertions.clear()
+
+
 class ArmPassManager(PassManager):
     def __init__(self, compile_spec: ArmCompileSpec) -> None:
         self.compile_spec = compile_spec
@@ -319,13 +345,17 @@ def _configure_pass_insertions(self, exported_program: ExportedProgram) -> None:
         """Hook for subclasses to configure pass insertions. Called at the START
         of pipeline construction, before any passes are added.
 
-        Subclasses should override this to call insert_passes_before/after.
+        Subclasses can override this to call insert_passes_before/after.
 
         Args:
             exported_program: The exported program being transformed
 
         """
-        pass
+        for pass_type, insertions in _registered_pass_insertions.items():
+            if insertions.before_passes:
+                self.insert_passes_before(pass_type, list(insertions.before_passes))
+            if insertions.after_passes:
+                self.insert_passes_after(pass_type, list(insertions.after_passes))
 
     def add_passes(self, passes: Sequence[ExportPass | None]):
         for p in passes:
diff --git a/docs/source/backends/arm-ethos-u/arm-ethos-u-partitioner.md b/docs/source/backends/arm-ethos-u/arm-ethos-u-partitioner.md
index 10a28b8e785..ea315d567de 100644
--- a/docs/source/backends/arm-ethos-u/arm-ethos-u-partitioner.md
+++ b/docs/source/backends/arm-ethos-u/arm-ethos-u-partitioner.md
@@ -45,3 +45,9 @@ Args:
 Returns:
 - **PartitionResult**: The input program with nodes tagged for delegation
     and a mapping of partition tags to delegation specs.
+
+```python
+def EthosUPartitioner.register_custom_partition_op(self, op: torch._ops.OpOverload) -> None:
+```
+Register a custom op to be considered supported by this
+partitioner.
diff --git a/docs/source/backends/arm-vgf/arm-vgf-partitioner.md b/docs/source/backends/arm-vgf/arm-vgf-partitioner.md
index e3cbd2f9d22..811696aa1b7 100644
--- a/docs/source/backends/arm-vgf/arm-vgf-partitioner.md
+++ b/docs/source/backends/arm-vgf/arm-vgf-partitioner.md
@@ -45,3 +45,9 @@ Args:
 Returns:
 - **PartitionResult**: The input program with nodes tagged for delegation
     and a mapping of partition tags to delegation specs.
+
+```python
+def VgfPartitioner.register_custom_partition_op(self, op: torch._ops.OpOverload) -> None:
+```
+Register a custom op to be considered supported by this
+partitioner.