diff --git a/python/mxnet/test_utils.py b/python/mxnet/test_utils.py
index 582680fe7957..fb40474bc678 100644
--- a/python/mxnet/test_utils.py
+++ b/python/mxnet/test_utils.py
@@ -1434,6 +1434,16 @@ def check_consistency(sym, ctx_list, scale=1.0, grad_req='write',
 
     return gt
 
+def list_gpus():
+    """Return a list of GPUs
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    list of int:
+        If there are n GPUs, then return a list [0,1,...,n-1]. Otherwise returns
+        [].
+    """
+    return range(mx.util.get_gpu_count())
 
 def download(url, fname=None, dirname=None, overwrite=False, retries=5):
     """Download an given URL