diff --git a/frontends/verific/verific.cc b/frontends/verific/verific.cc
index 11fb23dfa..9fed0f2e4 100644
--- a/frontends/verific/verific.cc
+++ b/frontends/verific/verific.cc
@@ -3123,6 +3123,9 @@ std::string verific_import(Design *design, const std::map<std::string,std::strin
 
 			log("    Running post-elaboration for %s.\n", it->first.c_str());
 			nl->PostElaborationProcess();
+
+			log("    Running operator optimization for %s.\n", it->first.c_str());
+			nl->OperatorOptimization();
 		}
 
 		if (nl_done.count(it->first) == 0) {