gistfile1.txt

diff --git a/thinc/backends/__init__.py b/thinc/backends/__init__.py
index ba4daaa8..1b39deb3 100644
--- a/thinc/backends/__init__.py
+++ b/thinc/backends/__init__.py
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ def _import_extra_cpu_backends():
         from thinc_apple_ops import AppleOps
     except ImportError:
         pass
+    try:
+        from thinc_mkl_ops import MKLOps
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
     try:
         from thinc_bigendian_ops import BigEndianOps
     except ImportError:
@@ -97,6 +101,7 @@ def get_ops(name: str, **kwargs) -> Ops:
         _import_extra_cpu_backends()        
         cls = ops_by_name.get("numpy")
         cls = ops_by_name.get("apple", cls)
+        cls = ops_by_name.get("mkl", cls)
         cls = ops_by_name.get("bigendian", cls)
     else:
         cls = ops_by_name.get(name)