diff --git a/src/qibo/backends/__init__.py b/src/qibo/backends/__init__.py
index c187acd381..0e29ce614e 100644
--- a/src/qibo/backends/__init__.py
+++ b/src/qibo/backends/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from qibo.backends.tensorflow import TensorflowBackend
 from qibo.config import log, raise_error
 
-QIBO_NATIVE_BACKENDS = ("numpy", "tensorflow", "pytorch")
+QIBO_NATIVE_BACKENDS = ("numpy", "tensorflow", "pytorch", "qulacs")
 QIBO_NON_NATIVE_BACKENDS = ("qibojit", "qibolab", "qibo-cloud-backends", "qibotn")