diff --git a/include/caffe/net.hpp b/include/caffe/net.hpp
index ce82e28602c..44f28b2a04f 100644
--- a/include/caffe/net.hpp
+++ b/include/caffe/net.hpp
@@ -35,6 +35,16 @@ class Net {
   // Run forward with the input blobs already fed separately. You can get the
   // input blobs using input_blobs().
   const vector<Blob<Dtype>*>& ForwardPrefilled(Dtype* loss = NULL);
+
+  // The From and To variants of Forward and Backward operate on the
+  // (topological) ordering by which the net is specified. For general DAG
+  // networks, note that (1) computing from one layer to another might entail
+  // extra computation on unrelated branches, and (2) computation starting in
+  // the middle may be incorrect if all of the layers of a fan-in are not
+  // included.
+  Dtype ForwardFromTo(int start, int end);
+  Dtype ForwardFrom(int start);
+  Dtype ForwardTo(int end);
   // Run forward using a set of bottom blobs, and return the result.
   const vector<Blob<Dtype>*>& Forward(const vector<Blob<Dtype>* > & bottom,
       Dtype* loss = NULL);
@@ -46,6 +56,9 @@ class Net {
   // computes the gradient w.r.t the parameters, and the data has already
   // been provided during the forward pass.
   void Backward();
+  void BackwardFromTo(int start, int end);
+  void BackwardFrom(int start);
+  void BackwardTo(int end);
 
   Dtype ForwardBackward(const vector<Blob<Dtype>* > & bottom) {
     Dtype loss;
diff --git a/python/caffe/_caffe.cpp b/python/caffe/_caffe.cpp
index e9fe5cd3b05..10fc23b7974 100644
--- a/python/caffe/_caffe.cpp
+++ b/python/caffe/_caffe.cpp
@@ -181,12 +181,12 @@ struct CaffeNet {
     }
   }
 
-  void Forward() {
-    net_->ForwardPrefilled();
+  void Forward(int start, int end) {
+    net_->ForwardFromTo(start, end);
   }
 
-  void Backward() {
-    net_->Backward();
+  void Backward(int start, int end) {
+    net_->BackwardFromTo(start, end);
   }
 
   void set_input_arrays(object data_obj, object labels_obj) {
diff --git a/python/caffe/pycaffe.py b/python/caffe/pycaffe.py
index 5c1512cd8b9..0ac1868663d 100644
--- a/python/caffe/pycaffe.py
+++ b/python/caffe/pycaffe.py
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ def _Net_params(self):
     return OrderedDict([(lr.name, lr.blobs) for lr in self.layers
                         if len(lr.blobs) > 0])
 
-
-def _Net_forward(self, blobs=None, **kwargs):
+def _Net_forward(self, blobs=None, start=None, end=None, **kwargs):
     """
     Forward pass: prepare inputs and run the net forward.
 
@@ -44,6 +43,8 @@ def _Net_forward(self, blobs=None, **kwargs):
     kwargs: Keys are input blob names and values are blob ndarrays.
             For formatting inputs for Caffe, see Net.preprocess().
             If None, input is taken from data layers.
+    start: optional name of layer at which to begin the forward pass
+    end: optional name of layer at which to finish the forward pass (inclusive)
 
     Give
     outs: {blob name: blob ndarray} dict.
@@ -51,6 +52,18 @@ def _Net_forward(self, blobs=None, **kwargs):
     if blobs is None:
         blobs = []
 
+    if start is not None:
+        start_ind = [lr.name for lr in self.layers].index(start)
+    else:
+        start_ind = 0
+
+    if end is not None:
+        end_ind = [lr.name for lr in self.layers].index(end)
+        outputs = set([end] + blobs)
+    else:
+        end_ind = len(self.layers) - 1
+        outputs = set(self.outputs + blobs)
+
     if kwargs:
         if set(kwargs.keys()) != set(self.inputs):
             raise Exception('Input blob arguments do not match net inputs.')
@@ -63,14 +76,13 @@ def _Net_forward(self, blobs=None, **kwargs):
                 raise Exception('{} blob is not 4-d'.format(in_))
             self.blobs[in_].data[...] = blob
 
-    self._forward()
+    self._forward(start_ind, end_ind)
 
     # Unpack blobs to extract
-    outs = {out: self.blobs[out].data for out in set(self.outputs + blobs)}
-    return outs
+    return {out: self.blobs[out].data for out in outputs}
 
 
-def _Net_backward(self, diffs=None, **kwargs):
+def _Net_backward(self, diffs=None, start=None, end=None, **kwargs):
     """
     Backward pass: prepare diffs and run the net backward.
 
@@ -78,6 +90,8 @@ def _Net_backward(self, diffs=None, **kwargs):
     diffs: list of diffs to return in addition to bottom diffs.
     kwargs: Keys are output blob names and values are diff ndarrays.
             If None, top diffs are taken from forward loss.
+    start: optional name of layer at which to begin the backward pass
+    end: optional name of layer at which to finish the backward pass (inclusive)
 
     Give
     outs: {blob name: diff ndarray} dict.
@@ -85,6 +99,18 @@ def _Net_backward(self, diffs=None, **kwargs):
     if diffs is None:
         diffs = []
 
+    if start is not None:
+        start_ind = [lr.name for lr in self.layers].index(start)
+    else:
+        start_ind = len(self.layers) - 1
+
+    if end is not None:
+        end_ind = [lr.name for lr in self.layers].index(end)
+        outputs = set([end] + diffs)
+    else:
+        end_ind = 0
+        outputs = set(self.inputs + diffs)
+
     if kwargs:
         if set(kwargs.keys()) != set(self.outputs):
             raise Exception('Top diff arguments do not match net outputs.')
@@ -97,11 +123,10 @@ def _Net_backward(self, diffs=None, **kwargs):
                 raise Exception('{} diff is not 4-d'.format(top))
             self.blobs[top].diff[...] = diff
 
-    self._backward()
+    self._backward(start_ind, end_ind)
 
     # Unpack diffs to extract
-    outs = {out: self.blobs[out].diff for out in set(self.inputs + diffs)}
-    return outs
+    return {out: self.blobs[out].diff for out in outputs}
 
 
 def _Net_forward_all(self, blobs=None, **kwargs):
diff --git a/src/caffe/net.cpp b/src/caffe/net.cpp
index aba4cc2f4f2..cadcdcdf109 100644
--- a/src/caffe/net.cpp
+++ b/src/caffe/net.cpp
@@ -335,16 +335,34 @@ void Net<Dtype>::GetLearningRateAndWeightDecay() {
 }
 
 template <typename Dtype>
-const vector<Blob<Dtype>*>& Net<Dtype>::ForwardPrefilled(Dtype* loss) {
-  if (loss != NULL) {
-    *loss = Dtype(0.);
-  }
-  for (int i = 0; i < layers_.size(); ++i) {
+Dtype Net<Dtype>::ForwardFromTo(int start, int end) {
+  CHECK_GE(start, 0);
+  CHECK_LT(end, layers_.size());
+  Dtype loss = 0;
+  for (int i = start; i <= end; ++i) {
     // LOG(ERROR) << "Forwarding " << layer_names_[i];
     Dtype layer_loss = layers_[i]->Forward(bottom_vecs_[i], &top_vecs_[i]);
-    if (loss != NULL) {
-      *loss += layer_loss;
-    }
+    loss += layer_loss;
+  }
+  return loss;
+}
+
+template <typename Dtype>
+Dtype Net<Dtype>::ForwardFrom(int start) {
+  return ForwardFromTo(start, layers_.size() - 1);
+}
+
+template <typename Dtype>
+Dtype Net<Dtype>::ForwardTo(int end) {
+  return ForwardFromTo(0, end);
+}
+
+template <typename Dtype>
+const vector<Blob<Dtype>*>& Net<Dtype>::ForwardPrefilled(Dtype* loss) {
+  if (loss != NULL) {
+    *loss = ForwardFromTo(0, layers_.size() - 1);
+  } else {
+    ForwardFromTo(0, layers_.size() - 1);
   }
   return net_output_blobs_;
 }
@@ -380,10 +398,11 @@ string Net<Dtype>::Forward(const string& input_blob_protos, Dtype* loss) {
   return output;
 }
 
-
 template <typename Dtype>
-void Net<Dtype>::Backward() {
-  for (int i = layers_.size() - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+void Net<Dtype>::BackwardFromTo(int start, int end) {
+  CHECK_GE(end, 0);
+  CHECK_LT(start, layers_.size());
+  for (int i = start; i >= end; --i) {
     if (layer_need_backward_[i]) {
       layers_[i]->Backward(
           top_vecs_[i], bottom_need_backward_[i], &bottom_vecs_[i]);
@@ -422,6 +441,21 @@ void Net<Dtype>::ShareTrainedLayersWith(Net* other) {
   }
 }
 
+template <typename Dtype>
+void Net<Dtype>::BackwardFrom(int start) {
+  BackwardFromTo(start, 0);
+}
+
+template <typename Dtype>
+void Net<Dtype>::BackwardTo(int end) {
+  BackwardFromTo(layers_.size() - 1, end);
+}
+
+template <typename Dtype>
+void Net<Dtype>::Backward() {
+  BackwardFromTo(layers_.size() - 1, 0);
+}
+
 template <typename Dtype>
 void Net<Dtype>::CopyTrainedLayersFrom(const NetParameter& param) {
   int num_source_layers = param.layers_size();
diff --git a/src/caffe/test/test_net.cpp b/src/caffe/test/test_net.cpp
index c30f4168edc..e84701d941c 100644
--- a/src/caffe/test/test_net.cpp
+++ b/src/caffe/test/test_net.cpp
@@ -801,4 +801,38 @@ TYPED_TEST(NetTest, TestParamPropagateDown) {
   }
 }
 
+TYPED_TEST(NetTest, TestFromTo) {
+  typedef typename TypeParam::Dtype Dtype;
+  this->InitTinyNet();
+
+  // Run Forward and Backward, recording the data diff and loss.
+  Blob<Dtype> data;
+  data.ReshapeLike(*this->net_->blob_by_name("data"));
+  this->net_->ForwardPrefilled();
+  this->net_->Backward();
+  data.CopyFrom(*this->net_->blob_by_name("data"), true, true);
+  const Dtype *loss_ptr = this->net_->output_blobs()[0]->cpu_data();
+  Dtype loss = *loss_ptr;
+
+  // Check that combining partial Forwards gives the same loss.
+  for (int i = 1; i < this->net_->layers().size(); ++i) {
+    // Note that we skip layer zero to keep the same data.
+    this->net_->ForwardFromTo(1, 1);
+    if (i < this->net_->layers().size() - 1) {
+      this->net_->ForwardFrom(i + 1);
+    }
+    EXPECT_EQ(loss, *loss_ptr);
+  }
+
+  // Check that combining partial Backwards gives the same data diff.
+  for (int i = 1; i < this->net_->layers().size(); ++i) {
+    this->net_->BackwardTo(i);
+    this->net_->BackwardFrom(i - 1);
+    for (int j = 0; j < data.count(); ++j) {
+      EXPECT_EQ(data.cpu_diff()[j],
+          this->net_->blob_by_name("data")->cpu_diff()[j]);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 }  // namespace caffe