diff --git a/qkeras/utils.py b/qkeras/utils.py
index fcfda16..d7262e8 100644
--- a/qkeras/utils.py
+++ b/qkeras/utils.py
@@ -99,11 +99,12 @@
 ]
 
 
-def find_bn_fusing_layer_pair(model):
+def find_bn_fusing_layer_pair(model, custom_objects={}):
   """Finds layers that can be fused with the following batchnorm layers.
 
   Args:
     model: input model
+    custom_objects: Dict of model specific objects needed for cloning.
 
   Returns:
     Dict that marks all the layer pairs that need to be fused.
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ def find_bn_fusing_layer_pair(model):
   Note: supports sequential and non-sequential model
   """
 
-  fold_model = clone_model(model)
+  fold_model = clone_model(model, custom_objects)
   (graph, _) = qgraph.GenerateGraphFromModel(
       fold_model, "quantized_bits(8, 0, 1)", "quantized_bits(8, 0, 1)")
 
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ def apply_quantizer(quantizer, input_weight):
 
 
 # Model utilities: before saving the weights, we want to apply the quantizers
-def model_save_quantized_weights(model, filename=None):
+def model_save_quantized_weights(model, filename=None, custom_objects={}):
   """Quantizes model for inference and save it.
 
   Takes a model with weights, apply quantization function to weights and
@@ -241,17 +242,19 @@ def model_save_quantized_weights(model, filename=None):
     model: model with weights to be quantized.
     filename: if specified, we will save the hdf5 containing the quantized
       weights so that we can use them for inference later on.
+    custom_objects: Dict of model specific objects needed to load/store.
 
   Returns:
     dictionary containing layer name and quantized weights that can be used
     by a hardware generator.
-
   """
 
   saved_weights = {}
 
   # Find the conv/dense layers followed by Batchnorm layers
-  (fusing_layer_pair_dict, bn_layers_to_skip) = find_bn_fusing_layer_pair(model)
+  (fusing_layer_pair_dict, bn_layers_to_skip) = find_bn_fusing_layer_pair(
+      model, custom_objects
+  )
 
   print("... quantizing model")
   for layer in model.layers: