diff --git a/jax/experimental/custom_partitioning.py b/jax/experimental/custom_partitioning.py
index 6209a37d9..22cdff8c6 100644
--- a/jax/experimental/custom_partitioning.py
+++ b/jax/experimental/custom_partitioning.py
@@ -481,6 +481,9 @@ def _custom_partitioning_lowering_rule(ctx: mlir.LoweringRuleContext, *values,
                                        static_args):
   mesh = mesh_lib.thread_resources.env.physical_mesh
   axis_context = ctx.module_context.axis_context
+  if (isinstance(axis_context, sharding_impls.SPMDAxisContext) and
+      set(axis_context.manual_axes) == set(axis_context.mesh.axis_names)):
+    return mlir.lower_fun(core.jaxpr_as_fun(call), multiple_results=True)(ctx, *values)
 
   if isinstance(axis_context, sharding_impls.ShardingContext):
     devices = axis_context.device_assignment
diff --git a/tests/BUILD b/tests/BUILD
index 220bba3c3..f89b113e9 100644
--- a/tests/BUILD
+++ b/tests/BUILD
@@ -1235,6 +1235,7 @@ jax_test(
         "notsan",
     ],  # Times out under *SAN.
     deps = [
+        "//jax:experimental",
         "//jax:tree_util",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/tests/shard_map_test.py b/tests/shard_map_test.py
index 52621645a..6c5ad7208 100644
--- a/tests/shard_map_test.py
+++ b/tests/shard_map_test.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ from jax._src import linear_util as lu
 from jax._src import tree_util
 import jax.numpy as jnp
 
+from jax.experimental.custom_partitioning import custom_partitioning
 from jax.experimental.shard_map import shard_map
 
 config.parse_flags_with_absl()
@@ -1684,6 +1685,61 @@ class ShardMapSystematicTest(jtu.JaxTestCase):
     tol = 1e-2 if jtu.test_device_matches(['tpu']) else None
     self.assertAllClose(ans, expected, check_dtypes=False, atol=tol, rtol=tol)
 
+@jtu.pytest_mark_if_available('multiaccelerator')
+class CustomPartitionerTest(jtu.JaxTestCase):
+
+  def skip_if_custom_partitioning_not_supported(self):
+    if jtu.is_cloud_tpu():
+      raise unittest.SkipTest("Custom partitioning is not supported on libtpu.")
+    if xla_bridge.using_pjrt_c_api():
+      raise unittest.SkipTest('custom partitioning not implemented in PJRT C API')
+
+  def test_custom_partitioning(self):
+    self.skip_if_custom_partitioning_not_supported()
+
+    mesh, a, _ = create_inputs(P('z', ('x', 'y')), P(None, None))
+    assert a.addressable_data(0).shape == (4, 2)
+
+    def partition(mesh, arg_shapes, result_shape):
+      def lower_fn(x):
+        return x
+
+      return (
+          mesh,
+          lower_fn,
+          arg_shapes[0].sharding,
+          (arg_shapes[0].sharding,),
+      )
+
+    def infer_sharding_from_operands(mesh, arg_shapes, result_shape):
+      return arg_shapes[0].sharding
+
+    def propagate_user_sharding(mesh, user_shape):
+      return user_shape.sharding
+
+    @custom_partitioning
+    def f(x):
+      return x
+
+    f.def_partition(
+        infer_sharding_from_operands=infer_sharding_from_operands,
+        partition=partition,
+        propagate_user_sharding=propagate_user_sharding,
+    )
+
+    @jax.jit
+    def fwd(a):
+      c = shard_map(
+          f,
+          mesh,
+          check_rep=False,
+          in_specs=(P('z', ('x', 'y')),),
+          out_specs=P('z', ('x', 'y')))(a)
+      return c
+
+    c = fwd(a)
+    self.assertEqual(c.addressable_data(0).shape, (4, 2))
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   absltest.main(testLoader=jtu.JaxTestLoader())