diff --git a/src/backend/tensorflow/graph.jl b/src/backend/tensorflow/graph.jl
index 8f5b47bc..3c81e6e7 100644
--- a/src/backend/tensorflow/graph.jl
+++ b/src/backend/tensorflow/graph.jl
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ node(x::Number) = TensorFlow.constant(Float32(x))
 
 graph(::typeof(tuple), args...) = (args...,)
 graph(s::Split, t::Tuple) = t[s.n]
+graph(::typeof(identity), x) = TensorFlow.identity(x)
 graph(::typeof(softmax), x) = nn.softmax(x)
 graph(::typeof(relu), x) = nn.relu(x)
 graph(::typeof(σ), x) = nn.sigmoid(x)