diff --git a/utils/RunONNXModel.py b/utils/RunONNXModel.py
index 139b9b82e3..07d44681ff 100755
--- a/utils/RunONNXModel.py
+++ b/utils/RunONNXModel.py
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ def check_non_negative(argname, value):
     help="Path to a folder containing reference inputs and outputs stored in protobuf."
     " If --verify=ref, inputs and outputs are reference data for verification",
 )
+data_group.add_argument(
+    "--inputs-from-arrays",
+    help="List of numpy arrays used as inputs for inference"
+)
 data_group.add_argument(
     "--load-ref-from-numpy",
     metavar="PATH",
@@ -730,6 +734,8 @@ def main():
             inputs = read_input_from_refs(len(input_names), args.load_ref)
         elif args.load_ref_from_numpy:
             inputs = read_input_from_refs(len(input_names), args.load_ref_from_numpy)
+        elif args.inputs_from_arrays:
+            inputs = args.inputs_from_arrays
         else:
             inputs = generate_random_input(input_signature, input_shapes)
 
@@ -861,7 +867,19 @@ def main():
                         "using atol={}, rtol={} ...".format(args.atol, args.rtol),
                     )
                     verify_outs(outs[i], ref_outs[i])
-
-
+        return outs
+
+# Python function inteface for RunONNXModel
+# Arguments are passed as named parameters for the function
+# Extra functionality is to directly pass a list of arrays as inference input
+def onnxmlirrun(onnx_model=None, compiled_so=None, inputs=None):
+    if onnx_model :
+        args.model = onnx_model
+    if compiled_so :
+        args.load_so = compiled_so
+    if inputs :
+        args.inputs_from_arrays = inputs
+    return main()
+  
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()