diff --git a/source/blender/render/hydra/engine.cc b/source/blender/render/hydra/engine.cc
index 10c50c6b248e..d4cd901dbdc4 100644
--- a/source/blender/render/hydra/engine.cc
+++ b/source/blender/render/hydra/engine.cc
@@ -61,6 +61,15 @@ void Engine::sync(Depsgraph *depsgraph, bContext *context)
   scene_delegate_->populate(depsgraph, context);
 }
 
+void Engine::sync_usd(pxr::UsdStageRefPtr stage)
+{
+  if (!usd_delegate_) {
+    usd_delegate_ = std::make_unique<pxr::UsdImagingDelegate>(
+        render_index_.get(), pxr::SdfPath::AbsoluteRootPath().AppendElementString("usd"));
+  }
+  usd_delegate_->Populate(stage->GetPseudoRoot());
+}
+
 void Engine::set_sync_setting(const std::string &key, const pxr::VtValue &val)
 {
   scene_delegate_->set_setting(key, val);
diff --git a/source/blender/render/hydra/engine.h b/source/blender/render/hydra/engine.h
index 52e7c4f725a6..dd3af2dfea29 100644
--- a/source/blender/render/hydra/engine.h
+++ b/source/blender/render/hydra/engine.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #include <pxr/imaging/hd/pluginRenderDelegateUniqueHandle.h>
 #include <pxr/imaging/hdx/freeCameraSceneDelegate.h>
 #include <pxr/imaging/hgi/hgi.h>
+#include <pxr/usd/usd/stage.h>
+#include <pxr/usdImaging/usdImaging/delegate.h>
 
 #include "RE_engine.h"
 
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ class Engine {
   virtual ~Engine() = default;
 
   void sync(Depsgraph *depsgraph, bContext *context);
+  void sync_usd(pxr::UsdStageRefPtr stage);
   virtual void render(Depsgraph *depsgraph) = 0;
 
   void set_sync_setting(const std::string &key, const pxr::VtValue &val);
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ class Engine {
   std::unique_ptr<RenderTaskDelegate> render_task_delegate_;
   std::unique_ptr<pxr::HdxFreeCameraSceneDelegate> free_camera_delegate_;
   std::unique_ptr<SimpleLightTaskDelegate> simple_light_task_delegate_;
+  std::unique_ptr<pxr::UsdImagingDelegate> usd_delegate_;
   std::unique_ptr<pxr::HdEngine> engine_;
 };
 
diff --git a/source/blender/render/hydra/python.cc b/source/blender/render/hydra/python.cc
index 9ef8f00b3478..0cdddd8a2452 100644
--- a/source/blender/render/hydra/python.cc
+++ b/source/blender/render/hydra/python.cc
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@
 
 #include <Python.h>
 
+#include <boost/python/extract.hpp>
+
 #include <pxr/base/plug/plugin.h>
 #include <pxr/base/plug/registry.h>
+#include <pxr/usd/usd/stage.h>
 #include <pxr/usdImaging/usdImagingGL/engine.h>
 
 #include "BKE_appdir.h"
@@ -157,6 +160,24 @@ static PyObject *engine_sync_func(PyObject * /*self*/, PyObject *args)
   Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
 
+static PyObject *engine_sync_usd_func(PyObject * /*self*/, PyObject *args)
+{
+  PyObject *pyengine, *pystage;
+  if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "OO", &pyengine, &pystage)) {
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+  }
+
+  Engine *engine = (Engine *)PyLong_AsVoidPtr(pyengine);
+
+  boost::python::extract<pxr::UsdStageRefPtr> extract(pystage);
+  pxr::UsdStagePtr stage = extract();
+
+  engine->sync_usd(stage);
+
+  CLOG_INFO(LOG_RENDER_HYDRA, 2, "Engine %016llx", engine);
+  Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
 static PyObject *engine_render_func(PyObject * /*self*/, PyObject *args)
 {
   PyObject *pyengine, *pydepsgraph;
@@ -253,6 +274,7 @@ static PyMethodDef methods[] = {
     {"engine_create", engine_create_func, METH_VARARGS, ""},
     {"engine_free", engine_free_func, METH_VARARGS, ""},
     {"engine_sync", engine_sync_func, METH_VARARGS, ""},
+    {"engine_sync_usd", engine_sync_usd_func, METH_VARARGS, ""},
     {"engine_render", engine_render_func, METH_VARARGS, ""},
     {"engine_view_draw", engine_view_draw_func, METH_VARARGS, ""},
     {"engine_set_sync_setting", engine_set_sync_setting_func, METH_VARARGS, ""},