diff --git a/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/lmcache_connector.py b/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/lmcache_connector.py
index 17d468fe6..fe9f3d785 100644
--- a/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/lmcache_connector.py
+++ b/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/lmcache_connector.py
@@ -107,6 +107,22 @@ class LMCacheConnectorV1(KVConnectorBase_V1):
     # ==============================
     # Worker-side methods
     # ==============================
+    def register_kv_caches(self, kv_caches: dict[str, torch.Tensor]):
+        """
+        Initialize with the KV caches. Useful for pre-registering the
+        KV Caches in the KVConnector (e.g. for NIXL).
+
+        Args:
+            kv_caches: dictionary of layer names, kv cache
+        """
+        if hasattr(self._lmcache_engine, "register_kv_caches"):
+            self._lmcache_engine.register_kv_caches(kv_caches)
+        else:
+            logger.warning(
+                "LMCache engine does not support register_kv_caches, "
+                "please check and use the latest version"
+            )
+
     def start_load_kv(self, forward_context: "ForwardContext", **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         """
         Start loading the KV cache from the connector to vLLM's paged
diff --git a/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/lmcache_integration/vllm_v1_adapter.py b/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/lmcache_integration/vllm_v1_adapter.py
index 09af128f3..b9db6a168 100644
--- a/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/lmcache_integration/vllm_v1_adapter.py
+++ b/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/lmcache_integration/vllm_v1_adapter.py
@@ -782,6 +782,16 @@ class LMCacheConnectorV1Impl:
     ####################
     # Worker side APIs
     ####################
+    @_lmcache_nvtx_annotate
+    def register_kv_caches(self, kv_caches: dict[str, torch.Tensor]):
+        logger.info("Registering KV caches")
+        # TODO(chunxiaozheng): `_init_kv_caches_from_forward_context` is
+        #  not called, we should consider removing it.
+        assert len(self.kv_caches) == 0 and len(kv_caches) > 0
+        self.kv_caches = kv_caches
+        if self.lmcache_engine is not None:
+            kvcaches = list(self.kv_caches.values())
+            self.lmcache_engine.post_init(kvcaches=kvcaches)
 
     @_lmcache_nvtx_annotate
     def start_load_kv(self, forward_context: "ForwardContext", **kwargs) -> None: