diff --git a/tfjs-backend-wasm/src/kernels/GatherNd.ts b/tfjs-backend-wasm/src/kernels/GatherNd.ts
index d3fc9b13f9d..bb197289087 100644
--- a/tfjs-backend-wasm/src/kernels/GatherNd.ts
+++ b/tfjs-backend-wasm/src/kernels/GatherNd.ts
@@ -15,15 +15,11 @@
  * =============================================================================
  */
 
-import {gather_util, NamedTensorInfoMap, registerKernel, Tensor, TensorInfo} from '@tensorflow/tfjs-core';
+import {gather_util, GatherNd, GatherNdInputs, registerKernel, Tensor, TensorInfo} from '@tensorflow/tfjs-core';
 
 import {BackendWasm} from '../backend_wasm';
-import {CppDType} from './types';
 
-interface GatherNdInputs extends NamedTensorInfoMap {
-  x: TensorInfo;
-  indices: TensorInfo;
-}
+import {CppDType} from './types';
 
 let wasmGatherNd: (
     xId: number, dtype: CppDType, indicesId: number, numSlices: number,
@@ -46,12 +42,12 @@ function setup(backend: BackendWasm): void {
 function gatherNd(args: {backend: BackendWasm, inputs: GatherNdInputs}):
     TensorInfo {
   const {backend, inputs} = args;
-  const {x, indices} = inputs;
+  const {params, indices} = inputs;
 
   const [resultShape, numSlices, sliceSize, strides] =
-      gather_util.prepareAndValidate(x as Tensor, indices as Tensor);
+      gather_util.prepareAndValidate(params as Tensor, indices as Tensor);
 
-  const out = backend.makeOutput(resultShape, x.dtype);
+  const out = backend.makeOutput(resultShape, params.dtype);
   if (numSlices === 0) {
     return out;
   }
@@ -59,7 +55,7 @@ function gatherNd(args: {backend: BackendWasm, inputs: GatherNdInputs}):
   const indicesShape = indices.shape;
   const sliceRank = indicesShape[indicesShape.length - 1];
 
-  const xData = backend.dataIdMap.get(x.dataId);
+  const xData = backend.dataIdMap.get(params.dataId);
   const xId = xData.id;
   const indicesData = backend.dataIdMap.get(indices.dataId);
   const indicesId = indicesData.id;
@@ -68,14 +64,14 @@ function gatherNd(args: {backend: BackendWasm, inputs: GatherNdInputs}):
 
   const outId = backend.dataIdMap.get(out.dataId).id;
   wasmGatherNd(
-      xId, CppDType[x.dtype], indicesId, numSlices, sliceRank, sliceSize,
+      xId, CppDType[params.dtype], indicesId, numSlices, sliceRank, sliceSize,
       stridesBytes, outId);
 
   return out;
 }
 
 registerKernel({
-  kernelName: 'GatherNd',
+  kernelName: GatherNd,
   backendName: 'wasm',
   setupFunc: setup,
   kernelFunc: gatherNd
diff --git a/tfjs-core/src/kernel_names.ts b/tfjs-core/src/kernel_names.ts
index 88890f7a5e2..c9ce90b2320 100644
--- a/tfjs-core/src/kernel_names.ts
+++ b/tfjs-core/src/kernel_names.ts
@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ export interface FusedBatchNormAttrs {
   varianceEpsilon: number;
 }
 
+export const GatherNd = 'GatherNd';
+export type GatherNdInputs = Pick<NamedTensorInfoMap, 'params'|'indices'>;
+
 export const Greater = 'Greater';
 export type GreaterInputs = BinaryInputs;
 
diff --git a/tfjs-core/src/ops/gather_nd.ts b/tfjs-core/src/ops/gather_nd.ts
index 521396856f8..d4e37404e56 100644
--- a/tfjs-core/src/ops/gather_nd.ts
+++ b/tfjs-core/src/ops/gather_nd.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  * =============================================================================
  */
-import {ENGINE} from '../engine';
+import {ENGINE, ForwardFunc} from '../engine';
+import {GatherNd, GatherNdInputs} from '../kernel_names';
 import {Tensor} from '../tensor';
+import {NamedTensorMap} from '../tensor_types';
 import {convertToTensor} from '../tensor_util_env';
 import {TensorLike} from '../types';
 import {op} from './operation';
@@ -60,8 +62,15 @@ import {op} from './operation';
 function gatherND_(x: Tensor|TensorLike, indices: Tensor|TensorLike): Tensor {
   const $indices = convertToTensor(indices, 'indices', 'gatherND', 'int32');
   const $x = convertToTensor(x, 'x', 'gatherND');
+
+  const forward: ForwardFunc<Tensor> = (backend) => {
+    return backend.gatherND($x, $indices);
+  };
+
+  const inputs: GatherNdInputs = {params: $x, indices: $indices};
+
   return ENGINE.runKernelFunc(
-      backend => backend.gatherND($x, $indices), {x: $x, indices: $indices},
-      null /* backward */, 'GatherNd');
+      forward, inputs as {} as NamedTensorMap, null /* gradient */, GatherNd);
 }
+
 export const gatherND = op({gatherND_});