diff --git a/pytensor/graph/rewriting/utils.py b/pytensor/graph/rewriting/utils.py
index e1234c19e8..d9c1f39bfd 100644
--- a/pytensor/graph/rewriting/utils.py
+++ b/pytensor/graph/rewriting/utils.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional, Union, cast
 
 import pytensor
+from pytensor import compile
 from pytensor.graph.basic import (
     Apply,
     Variable,
@@ -11,7 +12,8 @@
     vars_between,
 )
 from pytensor.graph.fg import FunctionGraph
-from pytensor.graph.rewriting.db import RewriteDatabaseQuery
+from pytensor.graph.rewriting.basic import NodeRewriter
+from pytensor.graph.rewriting.db import RewriteDatabase, RewriteDatabaseQuery
 
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -238,3 +240,21 @@ def get_clients_at_depth(
         else:
             assert var.owner is not None
             yield var.owner
+
+
+def register_canonicalize(
+    node_rewriter: Union[RewriteDatabase, NodeRewriter, str], *tags: str, **kwargs
+):
+    if isinstance(node_rewriter, str):
+
+        def register(inner_rewriter: Union[RewriteDatabase, NodeRewriter]):
+            return register_canonicalize(inner_rewriter, node_rewriter, *tags, **kwargs)
+
+        return register
+    else:
+        name = kwargs.pop("name", None) or getattr(node_rewriter, "__name__", None)
+
+        compile.optdb["canonicalize"].register(
+            name, node_rewriter, "fast_run", "fast_compile", *tags, **kwargs
+        )
+        return node_rewriter
diff --git a/pytensor/tensor/rewriting/basic.py b/pytensor/tensor/rewriting/basic.py
index a2a4ccc2f7..c9be35b1d0 100644
--- a/pytensor/tensor/rewriting/basic.py
+++ b/pytensor/tensor/rewriting/basic.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     node_rewriter,
 )
 from pytensor.graph.rewriting.db import RewriteDatabase
+from pytensor.graph.rewriting.utils import register_canonicalize
 from pytensor.raise_op import Assert, CheckAndRaise, assert_op
 from pytensor.tensor.basic import (
     Alloc,
@@ -153,23 +154,6 @@ def register(inner_rewriter: Union[RewriteDatabase, Rewriter]):
         return node_rewriter
 
 
-def register_canonicalize(
-    node_rewriter: Union[RewriteDatabase, NodeRewriter, str], *tags: str, **kwargs
-):
-    if isinstance(node_rewriter, str):
-
-        def register(inner_rewriter: Union[RewriteDatabase, Rewriter]):
-            return register_canonicalize(inner_rewriter, node_rewriter, *tags, **kwargs)
-
-        return register
-    else:
-        name = kwargs.pop("name", None) or node_rewriter.__name__
-        compile.optdb["canonicalize"].register(
-            name, node_rewriter, "fast_run", "fast_compile", *tags, **kwargs
-        )
-        return node_rewriter
-
-
 def register_stabilize(
     node_rewriter: Union[RewriteDatabase, NodeRewriter, str], *tags: str, **kwargs
 ):