diff --git a/src/Flux.jl b/src/Flux.jl
index f77669a8..f9b8f3f4 100644
--- a/src/Flux.jl
+++ b/src/Flux.jl
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ using .Optimise
 
 include("graph/Graph.jl")
 using .Graph
+import .Graph: graph
 
 include("utils.jl")
 include("onehot.jl")
diff --git a/src/graph/Graph.jl b/src/graph/Graph.jl
index 5db0435d..a452200a 100644
--- a/src/graph/Graph.jl
+++ b/src/graph/Graph.jl
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ module Graph
 
 export @net
 
+graph(x) = nothing
+
 macro net(ex)
   esc(ex)
 end
diff --git a/src/layers/basic.jl b/src/layers/basic.jl
index 06a5b162..ec55f9f6 100644
--- a/src/layers/basic.jl
+++ b/src/layers/basic.jl
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using DataFlow: vertex, inputnode
+
 """
     Chain(layers...)
 
@@ -22,12 +24,14 @@ end
 @forward Chain.layers Base.getindex, Base.first, Base.last, Base.endof, Base.push!
 @forward Chain.layers Base.start, Base.next, Base.done
 
+Base.getindex(c::Chain, i::AbstractArray) = Chain(c.layers[i]...)
+
 children(c::Chain) = c.layers
 mapchildren(f, c::Chain) = Chain(f.(c.layers)...)
 
 (s::Chain)(x) = foldl((x, m) -> m(x), x, s.layers)
 
-Base.getindex(c::Chain, i::AbstractArray) = Chain(c.layers[i]...)
+graph(s::Chain) = foldl((v, m) -> vertex(m, v), inputnode(1), s.layers)
 
 function Base.show(io::IO, c::Chain)
   print(io, "Chain(")