diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index bde5f9698..b16cd07a9 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -17457,6 +17457,17 @@ enum ggml_opt_result ggml_opt_resume(
     *gf = ggml_build_forward (f);
     *gb = ggml_build_backward(ctx, gf, true);
 
+    return ggml_opt_resume_g(ctx, opt, f, gf, gb);
+}
+
+enum ggml_opt_result ggml_opt_resume_g(
+        struct ggml_context * ctx,
+        struct ggml_opt_context * opt,
+        struct ggml_tensor * f,
+        struct ggml_cgraph * gf,
+        struct ggml_cgraph * gb) {
+
+    // build forward + backward compute graphs
     enum ggml_opt_result result = GGML_OPT_OK;
 
     switch (opt->params.type) {
diff --git a/ggml.h b/ggml.h
index a9750d89d..1e85b2fb1 100644
--- a/ggml.h
+++ b/ggml.h
@@ -1208,6 +1208,14 @@ extern "C" {
             struct ggml_opt_context * opt,
             struct ggml_tensor * f);
 
+    // continue optimizing the function defined by the tensor f
+    GGML_API enum ggml_opt_result ggml_opt_resume_g(
+            struct ggml_context * ctx,
+            struct ggml_opt_context * opt,
+            struct ggml_tensor * f,
+            struct ggml_cgraph * gf,
+            struct ggml_cgraph * gb);
+
     //
     // quantization
     //