diff --git a/src/exo/worker/engines/mflux/distributed_model.py b/src/exo/worker/engines/mflux/distributed_model.py
index 9b9526b0..5cd9f13a 100644
--- a/src/exo/worker/engines/mflux/distributed_model.py
+++ b/src/exo/worker/engines/mflux/distributed_model.py
@@ -21,30 +21,15 @@ from exo.shared.types.worker.shards import PipelineShardMetadata
 from exo.worker.download.download_utils import build_model_path
 from exo.worker.engines.mflux.config import get_config_for_model
 from exo.worker.engines.mflux.config.model_config import ImageModelConfig
+from exo.worker.engines.mflux.pipefusion import get_adapter_for_model
 from exo.worker.engines.mflux.pipefusion.adapter import ModelAdapter
 from exo.worker.engines.mflux.pipefusion.distributed_denoising import (
     DistributedDenoising,
 )
-from exo.worker.engines.mflux.pipefusion.flux_adapter import FluxModelAdapter
 from exo.worker.engines.mlx.utils_mlx import mlx_distributed_init, mx_barrier
 from exo.worker.runner.bootstrap import logger
 
 
-def get_adapter_for_model(config: ImageModelConfig) -> ModelAdapter:
-    """Get the appropriate adapter for a model configuration.
-
-    Args:
-        config: The model configuration
-
-    Returns:
-        A ModelAdapter instance for the model family
-    """
-    if config.model_family == "flux":
-        return FluxModelAdapter(config)
-    else:
-        raise ValueError(f"No adapter found for model family: {config.model_family}")
-
-
 class DistributedImageModel:
     """
     Model-agnostic wrapper for distributed image generation.
diff --git a/src/exo/worker/engines/mflux/pipefusion/__init__.py b/src/exo/worker/engines/mflux/pipefusion/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c47b6b0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/exo/worker/engines/mflux/pipefusion/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+"""
+Adapter registry for model-specific operations.
+
+This module provides a registry pattern for managing model adapters,
+allowing new model families to be added without modifying core code.
+"""
+
+from typing import Callable
+
+from exo.worker.engines.mflux.config.model_config import ImageModelConfig
+from exo.worker.engines.mflux.pipefusion.adapter import ModelAdapter
+from exo.worker.engines.mflux.pipefusion.flux_adapter import FluxModelAdapter
+
+# Type alias for adapter factory functions
+AdapterFactory = Callable[[ImageModelConfig], ModelAdapter]
+
+# Registry maps model_family string to adapter factory
+_ADAPTER_REGISTRY: dict[str, AdapterFactory] = {
+    "flux": FluxModelAdapter,
+}
+
+
+def get_adapter_for_model(config: ImageModelConfig) -> ModelAdapter:
+    """Get the appropriate adapter for a model configuration.
+
+    Args:
+        config: The model configuration
+
+    Returns:
+        A ModelAdapter instance for the model family
+
+    Raises:
+        ValueError: If no adapter is registered for the model family
+    """
+    factory = _ADAPTER_REGISTRY.get(config.model_family)
+    if factory is None:
+        raise ValueError(f"No adapter found for model family: {config.model_family}")
+    return factory(config)
+
+
+def register_adapter(model_family: str, factory: AdapterFactory) -> None:
+    """Register a new adapter factory for a model family.
+
+    Args:
+        model_family: The model family identifier (e.g., "flux", "fibo", "qwen")
+        factory: A callable that takes an ImageModelConfig and returns a ModelAdapter
+    """
+    _ADAPTER_REGISTRY[model_family] = factory