diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e5c95481..aa91ce42 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1539,6 +1539,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "opentelemetry 0.18.0",
  "opentelemetry-system-metrics",
  "pyo3",
+ "pythonize",
  "serde_yaml 0.8.26",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
diff --git a/binaries/runtime/Cargo.toml b/binaries/runtime/Cargo.toml
index bdc1976a..431fb2df 100644
--- a/binaries/runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/binaries/runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ dora-download = { workspace = true }
 flume = "0.10.14"
 clap = { version = "4.0.3", features = ["derive"] }
 tracing-opentelemetry = { version = "0.18.0", optional = true }
+pythonize = "0.18.0"
 
 [features]
 default = ["tracing"]
diff --git a/binaries/runtime/src/lib.rs b/binaries/runtime/src/lib.rs
index 2419c663..bb68a5c9 100644
--- a/binaries/runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/binaries/runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ pub fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
     #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
     set_up_tracing(&node_id.to_string()).context("failed to set up tracing subscriber")?;
 
+    let dataflow_descriptor = config.dataflow_descriptor.clone();
+
     let operator_definition = if operators.is_empty() {
         bail!("no operators");
     } else if operators.len() > 1 {
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ pub fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
         incoming_events,
         operator_events_tx,
         init_done_tx,
+        &dataflow_descriptor,
     )
     .wrap_err_with(|| format!("failed to run operator {operator_id}"))?;
 
diff --git a/binaries/runtime/src/operator/mod.rs b/binaries/runtime/src/operator/mod.rs
index 12cd65bd..8f6725fd 100644
--- a/binaries/runtime/src/operator/mod.rs
+++ b/binaries/runtime/src/operator/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use dora_core::{
     config::{DataId, NodeId},
-    descriptor::{OperatorDefinition, OperatorSource},
+    descriptor::{Descriptor, OperatorDefinition, OperatorSource},
     message::MetadataParameters,
 };
 use dora_node_api::{DataSample, Event};
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ pub fn run_operator(
     incoming_events: flume::Receiver<Event>,
     events_tx: Sender<OperatorEvent>,
     init_done: oneshot::Sender<Result<()>>,
+    dataflow_descriptor: &Descriptor,
 ) -> eyre::Result<()> {
     match &operator_definition.config.source {
         OperatorSource::SharedLibrary(source) => {
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ pub fn run_operator(
                 events_tx,
                 incoming_events,
                 init_done,
+                dataflow_descriptor,
             )
             .wrap_err_with(|| {
                 format!(
diff --git a/binaries/runtime/src/operator/python.rs b/binaries/runtime/src/operator/python.rs
index 3414c959..52ae4267 100644
--- a/binaries/runtime/src/operator/python.rs
+++ b/binaries/runtime/src/operator/python.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use super::{OperatorEvent, StopReason};
 use dora_core::{
     config::{NodeId, OperatorId},
-    descriptor::source_is_url,
+    descriptor::{source_is_url, Descriptor},
 };
 use dora_download::download_file;
 use dora_node_api::Event;
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ pub fn run(
     events_tx: Sender<OperatorEvent>,
     incoming_events: flume::Receiver<Event>,
     init_done: oneshot::Sender<Result<()>>,
+    dataflow_descriptor: &Descriptor,
 ) -> eyre::Result<()> {
     let path = if source_is_url(source) {
         let target_path = Path::new("build")
@@ -98,6 +99,11 @@ pub fn run(
         let operator = py
             .eval("Operator()", None, Some(locals))
             .map_err(traceback)?;
+        operator.setattr(
+            "dataflow_descriptor",
+            pythonize::pythonize(py, dataflow_descriptor)?,
+        )?;
+
         Result::<_, eyre::Report>::Ok(Py::from(operator))
     };