diff --git a/backends/mlx/ops.py b/backends/mlx/ops.py
index 3f7da88a793..23377686a65 100644
--- a/backends/mlx/ops.py
+++ b/backends/mlx/ops.py
@@ -444,6 +444,41 @@ def _isnan_handler(P: MLXProgramBuilder, n: Node) -> Slot:
     return out
 
 
+@REGISTRY.register(target=[torch.ops.aten.isinf.default])
+def _isinf_handler(P: MLXProgramBuilder, n: Node) -> Slot:
+    """Handle aten.isinf - check for infinite values element-wise.
+
+    isinf(x) is equivalent to abs(x) == inf.
+    """
+    args = P.args(n)
+    require_args(args, 1, 1, "aten.isinf")
+    require_kwargs(P.kwargs(n), set(), "aten.isinf")
+    x = args[0]
+
+    # Create abs(x)
+    _, abs_tmp = P.make_tmp_slot()
+    P.emit(
+        AbsNode(
+            x=P.slot_to_tid(x),
+            out=P.slot_to_tid(abs_tmp),
+        )
+    )
+
+    # Create inf constant (float32; EqualNode handles type promotion to match input dtype)
+    inf_slot = emit_lifted_constant(P, float('inf'), torch.float32)
+
+    # Compare abs(x) == inf
+    out = P.make_or_get_slot(n)
+    P.emit(
+        EqualNode(
+            a=P.slot_to_tid(abs_tmp),
+            b=P.slot_to_tid(inf_slot),
+            out=P.slot_to_tid(out),
+        )
+    )
+    return out
+
+
 _BINARY_OPS: List[Tuple[List[Any], Any, str, bool]] = [
     (
         [torch.ops.aten.mul.Tensor, torch.ops.aten.mul.Scalar],
diff --git a/backends/mlx/test/test_ops.py b/backends/mlx/test/test_ops.py
index 7ba3902e436..60119dd4a60 100644
--- a/backends/mlx/test/test_ops.py
+++ b/backends/mlx/test/test_ops.py
@@ -4020,6 +4020,21 @@ def fn(shape, dtype):
     return fn
 
 
+def _inf_input_fn():
+    """Return a callable(shape, dtype) that generates inputs with some inf values."""
+
+    def fn(shape, dtype):
+        x = torch.randn(shape, dtype=dtype)
+        # Insert ~20% +inf and ~10% -inf using non-overlapping masks
+        mask_pos = torch.rand(shape) > 0.8  # ~20% -> +inf
+        mask_neg = (~mask_pos) & (torch.rand(shape) > 0.9)  # ~10% of remaining -> -inf
+        x[mask_pos] = float('inf')
+        x[mask_neg] = float('-inf')
+        return (x,)
+
+    return fn
+
+
 # Standard shape and dtype configs used by unary tests.
 _SHAPES_3 = [(16,), (4, 4), (2, 3, 4)]
 _SHAPES_2 = [(16,), (4, 4)]
@@ -4112,6 +4127,7 @@ def create_model(self) -> nn.Module:
     {"op_name": "neg",        "op_fn": torch.neg},
     {"op_name": "logical_not","op_fn": torch.logical_not, "shapes": [(2, 3, 4), (10,), (4, 8)], "dtypes": [torch.bool], "input_fn": _bool_input_fn()},
     {"op_name": "isnan",      "op_fn": torch.isnan,      "shapes": _SHAPES_3, "dtypes": [torch.float32, torch.float16, torch.bfloat16], "input_fn": _nan_input_fn()},
+    {"op_name": "isinf",      "op_fn": torch.isinf,      "shapes": _SHAPES_3, "dtypes": [torch.float32, torch.float16, torch.bfloat16], "input_fn": _inf_input_fn()},
     # activations
     {"op_name": "relu",    "op_fn": torch.relu,    "shapes": [(2, 3, 4), (10,), (4, 8), (2, 8, 16), (1, 128, 64)], "dtypes": [torch.float32], "input_fn": _input_fn(scale=2, offset=-1)},
     {"op_name": "sigmoid", "op_fn": torch.sigmoid, "shapes": [(2, 3, 4), (10,), (4, 8), (2, 8, 16), (1, 1, 128)],  "dtypes": [torch.float32], "input_fn": _input_fn(scale=2)},