diff --git a/numba_dpex/core/targets/dpjit_target.py b/numba_dpex/core/targets/dpjit_target.py
index 883a00bc5e..c79f3c3561 100644
--- a/numba_dpex/core/targets/dpjit_target.py
+++ b/numba_dpex/core/targets/dpjit_target.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 from numba.core.imputils import Registry
 from numba.core.target_extension import CPU, target_registry
 
+from numba_dpex.dpnp_iface import dpnp_ufunc_db
+
 
 class Dpex(CPU):
     pass
@@ -57,3 +59,6 @@ def load_additional_registries(self):
 
         # loading CPU specific registries
         super().load_additional_registries()
+
+    def get_ufunc_info(self, ufunc_key):
+        return dpnp_ufunc_db.get_ufunc_info(ufunc_key)
diff --git a/numba_dpex/dpnp_iface/dpnp_ufunc_db.py b/numba_dpex/dpnp_iface/dpnp_ufunc_db.py
index 348f213e8d..e5c33010b7 100644
--- a/numba_dpex/dpnp_iface/dpnp_ufunc_db.py
+++ b/numba_dpex/dpnp_iface/dpnp_ufunc_db.py
@@ -33,6 +33,20 @@ def get_ufuncs():
     return _dpnp_ufunc_db.keys()
 
 
+def get_ufunc_info(ufunc_key):
+    """get the lowering information for the ufunc with key ufunc_key.
+
+    The lowering information is a dictionary that maps from a numpy
+    loop string (as given by the ufunc types attribute) to a function
+    that handles code generation for a scalar version of the ufunc
+    (that is, generates the "per element" operation").
+
+    raises a KeyError if the ufunc is not in the ufunc_db
+    """
+    _lazy_init_dpnp_db()
+    return _dpnp_ufunc_db[ufunc_key]
+
+
 def _fill_ufunc_db_with_dpnp_ufuncs(ufunc_db):
     """Populates the _dpnp_ufunc_db from Numba's NumPy ufunc_db"""