diff --git a/src/lava/magma/compiler/compiler.py b/src/lava/magma/compiler/compiler.py
index 4a45b5fe5..e447b488c 100644
--- a/src/lava/magma/compiler/compiler.py
+++ b/src/lava/magma/compiler/compiler.py
@@ -247,6 +247,9 @@ def _compile_proc_groups(
                       f"Cache {cache_dir}\n")
                 return proc_builders, channel_map
 
+        # Get manual partitioning, if available
+        partitioning = self._compile_config.get("partitioning", None)
+
         # Create the global ChannelMap that is passed between
         # SubCompilers to communicate about Channels between Processes.
 
@@ -266,7 +269,8 @@ def _compile_proc_groups(
             subcompilers.append(pg_subcompilers)
 
             # Compile this ProcGroup.
-            self._compile_proc_group(pg_subcompilers, channel_map)
+            self._compile_proc_group(pg_subcompilers, channel_map,
+                                     partitioning)
 
         # Flatten the list of all SubCompilers.
         subcompilers = list(itertools.chain.from_iterable(subcompilers))
@@ -403,7 +407,8 @@ def _create_subcompilers(
 
     @staticmethod
     def _compile_proc_group(
-        subcompilers: ty.List[AbstractSubCompiler], channel_map: ChannelMap
+        subcompilers: ty.List[AbstractSubCompiler], channel_map: ChannelMap,
+        partitioning: ty.Dict[str, ty.Dict]
     ) -> None:
         """For a given list of SubCompilers that have been initialized with
         the Processes of a single ProcGroup, iterate through the compilation
@@ -419,6 +424,8 @@ def _compile_proc_group(
         channel_map : ChannelMap
             The global ChannelMap that contains information about Channels
             between Processes.
+        partitioning: ty.Dict
+            Optional manual mapping dictionary used by ncproc compiler.
         """
         channel_map_prev = None
 
@@ -431,7 +438,7 @@ def _compile_proc_group(
             for subcompiler in subcompilers:
                 # Compile the Processes registered with each SubCompiler and
                 # update the ChannelMap.
-                channel_map = subcompiler.compile(channel_map)
+                channel_map = subcompiler.compile(channel_map, partitioning)
 
     @staticmethod
     def _extract_proc_builders(
diff --git a/src/lava/magma/compiler/subcompilers/py/pyproc_compiler.py b/src/lava/magma/compiler/subcompilers/py/pyproc_compiler.py
index 9c74c92d8..c5948a399 100644
--- a/src/lava/magma/compiler/subcompilers/py/pyproc_compiler.py
+++ b/src/lava/magma/compiler/subcompilers/py/pyproc_compiler.py
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ def __init__(
         super().__init__(proc_group, compile_config)
         self._spike_io_counter_offset: Offset = Offset()
 
-    def compile(self, channel_map: ChannelMap) -> ChannelMap:
+    def compile(self, channel_map: ChannelMap,
+                partitioning: ty.Dict = None) -> ChannelMap:
         return self._update_channel_map(channel_map)
 
     def __del__(self):
diff --git a/tests/lava/magma/compiler/test_compiler.py b/tests/lava/magma/compiler/test_compiler.py
index 0d4e6d07f..876def248 100644
--- a/tests/lava/magma/compiler/test_compiler.py
+++ b/tests/lava/magma/compiler/test_compiler.py
@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ def create_patches(
     and the compile() method returns the given ChannelMap unchanged.
     ."""
 
-    def compile_return(channel_map: ChannelMap) -> ChannelMap:
+    def compile_return(channel_map: ChannelMap,
+                       partitioning=None) -> ChannelMap:
         return channel_map
 
     py_patch = patch(
@@ -391,13 +392,13 @@ def test_compile_proc_group_single_loop(self) -> None:
         subcompilers = [py_proc_compiler]
 
         # Call the method to be tested.
-        self.compiler._compile_proc_group(subcompilers, channel_map)
+        self.compiler._compile_proc_group(subcompilers, channel_map, None)
 
         # Check that it called compile() on every SubCompiler instance
         # exactly once. After that, the while loop should exit because the
         # ChannelMap instance has not changed.
         for sc in subcompilers:
-            sc.compile.assert_called_once_with({})
+            sc.compile.assert_called_once_with({}, None)
 
     def test_compile_proc_group_multiple_loops(self) -> None:
         """Test whether the correct methods are called on all objects when
@@ -424,13 +425,15 @@ def test_compile_proc_group_multiple_loops(self) -> None:
         subcompilers = [py_proc_compiler]
 
         # Call the method to be tested.
-        self.compiler._compile_proc_group(subcompilers, channel_map)
+        self.compiler._compile_proc_group(subcompilers, channel_map,
+                                          None)
 
         # Check that it called compile() on every SubCompiler instance
         # exactly once. After that, the while loop should exit because the
         # ChannelMap instance has not changed.
         for sc in subcompilers:
-            sc.compile.assert_called_with({**channel_map1, **channel_map2})
+            sc.compile.assert_called_with({**channel_map1, **channel_map2},
+                                          None)
             self.assertEqual(sc.compile.call_count, 3)
 
     def test_extract_proc_builders(self) -> None: