diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 41f3134..fa2489c 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ version = "1.3.0"
 
 [deps]
 Adapt = "79e6a3ab-5dfb-504d-930d-738a2a938a0e"
+Compat = "34da2185-b29b-5c13-b0c7-acf172513d20"
 Functors = "d9f16b24-f501-4c13-a1f2-28368ffc5196"
 Preferences = "21216c6a-2e73-6563-6e65-726566657250"
 Random = "9a3f8284-a2c9-5f02-9a11-845980a1fd5c"
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ AMDGPU = "0.9.6, 1"
 Adapt = "4"
 CUDA = "5.2"
 ChainRulesCore = "1.23"
+Compat = "4.16.0"
 FillArrays = "1"
 Functors = "0.4.8"
 GPUArrays = "10, 11"
diff --git a/src/MLDataDevices.jl b/src/MLDataDevices.jl
index e9ef6c0..108d8bf 100644
--- a/src/MLDataDevices.jl
+++ b/src/MLDataDevices.jl
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using Adapt: Adapt
 using Functors: Functors, fleaves
 using Preferences: @delete_preferences!, @load_preference, @set_preferences!
 using Random: AbstractRNG, Random
+using Compat: @compat
 
 abstract type AbstractDevice <: Function end
 abstract type AbstractCPUDevice <: AbstractDevice end
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ export get_device, get_device_type
 
 export DeviceIterator
 
-### uncomment below when min supported julia version is >=1.11
-# public isleaf 
+@compat(public, (isleaf,))
 
 end
diff --git a/src/public.jl b/src/public.jl
index 379aea9..7a4b5d5 100644
--- a/src/public.jl
+++ b/src/public.jl
@@ -381,5 +381,19 @@ for T in (AMDGPUDevice, AMDGPUDevice{Nothing}, CUDADevice,
     @eval Adapt.adapt_storage(to::$(T), x::AbstractRange) = Adapt.adapt(to, collect(x))
 end
 
+"""
+    isleaf(x) -> Bool
+
+Returns `true` if `x` is a leaf node in the data structure. 
+
+Defining `MLDataDevices.isleaf(x::T) = true` for custom types 
+can be used to customize the behavior the data movement behavior 
+when an object with nested structure containing the type is transferred to a device.
 
+`Adapt.adapt_structure(::AbstractDevice, x::T)` or
+`Adapt.adapt_structure(::AbstractDevice, x::T)` will be called during
+data movement if `isleaf(x::T) == true`.
+
+If `MLDataDevices.isleaf(x::T)` is not defined, then it will fall back to `Functors.isleaf(x)`.
+"""
 isleaf(x) = Functors.isleaf(x)
diff --git a/test/misc_tests.jl b/test/misc_tests.jl
index f6ea454..a84b8be 100644
--- a/test/misc_tests.jl
+++ b/test/misc_tests.jl
@@ -157,3 +157,22 @@ end
     @test get_device(x) isa MLDataDevices.UnknownDevice
     @test get_device_type(x) <: MLDataDevices.UnknownDevice
 end
+
+@testset "isleaf" begin
+    # Functors.isleaf fallback
+    @test MLDataDevices.isleaf(rand(2))
+    @test !MLDataDevices.isleaf((rand(2),))
+    
+    struct Tleaf
+        x
+    end
+    Functors.@functor Tleaf
+
+    MLDataDevices.isleaf(::Tleaf) = true
+
+    Adapt.adapt_structure(dev::CPUDevice, t::Tleaf) = Tleaf(2 .* dev(t.x))
+
+    cpu = cpu_device()
+    t = Tleaf(ones(2))
+    @test cpu(t).x == 2 .* ones(2)
+end