diff --git a/test/test_devices.py b/test/test_devices.py
index ff93f64a5c50..e1fc804736d8 100644
--- a/test/test_devices.py
+++ b/test/test_devices.py
@@ -4,14 +4,19 @@
 import torch
 import torch_xla as xla
 import torch_xla.runtime as xr
+import torch_xla.debug.metrics as met
 
 
 class TestDevices(parameterized.TestCase):
 
-  def setUpClass():
+  @classmethod
+  def setUpClass(cls):
     xr.set_device_type('CPU')
     os.environ['CPU_NUM_DEVICES'] = '4'
 
+  def tearDown(self):
+    met.clear_metrics()
+
   @parameterized.parameters((None, torch.device('xla:0')),
                             (0, torch.device('xla:0')),
                             (3, torch.device('xla:3')))
@@ -29,6 +34,12 @@ def test_real_devices(self):
   def test_device_count(self):
     self.assertEqual(xla.device_count(), 4)
 
+  def test_sync(self):
+    torch.ones((3, 3), device=xla.device())
+    xla.sync()
+
+    self.assertEqual(met.counter_value('MarkStep'), 1)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   absltest.main()
diff --git a/torch_xla/torch_xla.py b/torch_xla/torch_xla.py
index 961f6a3217ed..141d7e3e5a76 100644
--- a/torch_xla/torch_xla.py
+++ b/torch_xla/torch_xla.py
@@ -45,3 +45,8 @@ def real_devices() -> List[str]:
 def device_count() -> int:
   """Returns number of addressable devices in the current process."""
   return len(real_devices())
+
+
+def sync():
+  """Launches all pending graph operations."""
+  xm.mark_step()