diff --git a/pytket/docs/changelog.rst b/pytket/docs/changelog.rst
index cddbfb7ca8..41e270cf25 100644
--- a/pytket/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/pytket/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Changelog
 Minor new features:
 
 * Improve ``CnX`` gate decomposition for n=5,6,7.
+* Add ``rebase_pass`` method to ``Backend``.
 
 General:
 
diff --git a/pytket/pytket/backends/backend.py b/pytket/pytket/backends/backend.py
index 9373e12331..0194fa69e7 100644
--- a/pytket/pytket/backends/backend.py
+++ b/pytket/pytket/backends/backend.py
@@ -127,6 +127,18 @@ def _check_all_circuits(
                     )
         return True
 
+    @abstractmethod
+    def rebase_pass(self) -> BasePass:
+        """
+        A single compilation pass that when run converts all gates in a Circuit to
+        an OpType supported by the Backend (ignoring architecture constraints).
+
+        :return: Compilation pass that converts gates to primitives supported by
+            Backend.
+        :rtype: BasePass
+        """
+        ...
+
     @abstractmethod
     def default_compilation_pass(self, optimisation_level: int = 1) -> BasePass:
         """
diff --git a/pytket/tests/simulator/tket_sim_backend.py b/pytket/tests/simulator/tket_sim_backend.py
index abcbec9c24..1cf89685f7 100644
--- a/pytket/tests/simulator/tket_sim_backend.py
+++ b/pytket/tests/simulator/tket_sim_backend.py
@@ -73,15 +73,20 @@ def required_predicates(self) -> List[Predicate]:
             NoFastFeedforwardPredicate(),
         ]
 
+    def rebase_pass(self) -> BasePass:
+        return RebasePyZX()
+
     def default_compilation_pass(self, optimisation_level: int = 1) -> BasePass:
         assert optimisation_level in range(3)
         if optimisation_level == 0:
-            return SequencePass([DecomposeBoxes(), RebasePyZX()])
+            return SequencePass([DecomposeBoxes(), self.rebase_pass()])
         elif optimisation_level == 1:
-            return SequencePass([DecomposeBoxes(), SynthesiseTket(), RebasePyZX()])
+            return SequencePass(
+                [DecomposeBoxes(), SynthesiseTket(), self.rebase_pass()]
+            )
         else:
             return SequencePass(
-                [DecomposeBoxes(), FullPeepholeOptimise(), RebasePyZX()]
+                [DecomposeBoxes(), FullPeepholeOptimise(), self.rebase_pass()]
             )
 
     def process_circuits(
@@ -123,13 +128,13 @@ class TketSimShotBackend(TketSimBackend):
     def default_compilation_pass(self, optimisation_level: int = 1) -> BasePass:
         assert optimisation_level in range(3)
         if optimisation_level == 0:
-            return SequencePass([DecomposeBoxes(), RebasePyZX()])
+            return SequencePass([DecomposeBoxes(), self.rebase_pass()])
         elif optimisation_level == 1:
             return SequencePass(
                 [
                     DecomposeBoxes(),
                     SynthesiseTket(),
-                    RebasePyZX(),
+                    self.rebase_pass(),
                     SimplifyInitial(allow_classical=False, create_all_qubits=True),
                 ]
             )
@@ -138,7 +143,7 @@ def default_compilation_pass(self, optimisation_level: int = 1) -> BasePass:
                 [
                     DecomposeBoxes(),
                     FullPeepholeOptimise(),
-                    RebasePyZX(),
+                    self.rebase_pass(),
                     SimplifyInitial(allow_classical=False, create_all_qubits=True),
                 ]
             )