diff --git a/arraycontext/impl/pyopencl/fake_numpy.py b/arraycontext/impl/pyopencl/fake_numpy.py
index a379f29006d6d66270872e894169f13f153d8e5f..6044e0c9e46e8f6455b798a471046055a200920e 100644
--- a/arraycontext/impl/pyopencl/fake_numpy.py
+++ b/arraycontext/impl/pyopencl/fake_numpy.py
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ class PyOpenCLFakeNumpyNamespace(LoopyBasedFakeNumpyNamespace):
 
         return self._array_context._rec_map_container(_copy, ary)
 
+    def arange(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return cl_array.arange(self._array_context.queue, *args, **kwargs)
+
     # }}}
 
     # {{{ array manipulation routines
@@ -360,7 +363,6 @@ class PyOpenCLFakeNumpyNamespace(LoopyBasedFakeNumpyNamespace):
 
     # }}}
 
-
 # }}}