diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 12f20edeff..f1c0133e63 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 * Extended `dpctl.SyclTimer` with `device_timer` keyword, implementing different methods of collecting device times [gh-1872](https://github.com/IntelPython/dpctl/pull/1872)
 * Improved performance of `tensor.cumulative_sum`, `tensor.cumulative_prod`, `tensor.cumulative_logsumexp` as well as performance of boolean indexing [gh-1923](https://github.com/IntelPython/dpctl/pull/1923)
 * Improved performance of `tensor.min`, `tensor.max`, `tensor.logsumexp`, `tensor.reduce_hypot` for floating point type arrays by at least 2x [gh-1932](https://github.com/IntelPython/dpctl/pull/1932)
+* Extended `tensor.asarray` to support objects that implement `__usm_ndarray__` property to be interpreted as `usm_ndarray` objects [gh-1959](https://github.com/IntelPython/dpctl/pull/1959)
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/dpctl/tensor/_ctors.py b/dpctl/tensor/_ctors.py
index 33ebe1be90..ecdba971e2 100644
--- a/dpctl/tensor/_ctors.py
+++ b/dpctl/tensor/_ctors.py
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ def _array_info_dispatch(obj):
     if _is_object_with_buffer_protocol(obj):
         np_obj = np.array(obj)
         return np_obj.shape, np_obj.dtype, _host_set
+    if hasattr(obj, "__usm_ndarray__"):
+        usm_ar = getattr(obj, "__usm_ndarray__")
+        if isinstance(usm_ar, dpt.usm_ndarray):
+            return usm_ar.shape, usm_ar.dtype, frozenset([usm_ar.sycl_queue])
     if hasattr(obj, "__sycl_usm_array_interface__"):
         usm_ar = _usm_ndarray_from_suai(obj)
         return usm_ar.shape, usm_ar.dtype, frozenset([usm_ar.sycl_queue])
@@ -306,6 +310,11 @@ def _usm_types_walker(o, usm_types_list):
     if isinstance(o, dpt.usm_ndarray):
         usm_types_list.append(o.usm_type)
         return
+    if hasattr(o, "__usm_ndarray__"):
+        usm_arr = getattr(o, "__usm_ndarray__")
+        if isinstance(usm_arr, dpt.usm_ndarray):
+            usm_types_list.append(usm_arr.usm_type)
+            return
     if hasattr(o, "__sycl_usm_array_interface__"):
         usm_ar = _usm_ndarray_from_suai(o)
         usm_types_list.append(usm_ar.usm_type)
@@ -330,6 +339,11 @@ def _device_copy_walker(seq_o, res, _manager):
         )
         _manager.add_event_pair(ht_ev, cpy_ev)
         return
+    if hasattr(seq_o, "__usm_ndarray__"):
+        usm_arr = getattr(seq_o, "__usm_ndarray__")
+        if isinstance(usm_arr, dpt.usm_ndarray):
+            _device_copy_walker(usm_arr, res, _manager)
+            return
     if hasattr(seq_o, "__sycl_usm_array_interface__"):
         usm_ar = _usm_ndarray_from_suai(seq_o)
         exec_q = res.sycl_queue
@@ -361,6 +375,11 @@ def _copy_through_host_walker(seq_o, usm_res):
             return
         else:
             usm_res[...] = seq_o
+    if hasattr(seq_o, "__usm_ndarray__"):
+        usm_arr = getattr(seq_o, "__usm_ndarray__")
+        if isinstance(usm_arr, dpt.usm_ndarray):
+            _copy_through_host_walker(usm_arr, usm_res)
+            return
     if hasattr(seq_o, "__sycl_usm_array_interface__"):
         usm_ar = _usm_ndarray_from_suai(seq_o)
         if (
@@ -564,6 +583,17 @@ def asarray(
             sycl_queue=sycl_queue,
             order=order,
         )
+    if hasattr(obj, "__usm_ndarray__"):
+        usm_arr = getattr(obj, "__usm_ndarray__")
+        if isinstance(usm_arr, dpt.usm_ndarray):
+            return _asarray_from_usm_ndarray(
+                usm_arr,
+                dtype=dtype,
+                copy=copy,
+                usm_type=usm_type,
+                sycl_queue=sycl_queue,
+                order=order,
+            )
     if hasattr(obj, "__sycl_usm_array_interface__"):
         ary = _usm_ndarray_from_suai(obj)
         return _asarray_from_usm_ndarray(
diff --git a/dpctl/tests/test_tensor_asarray.py b/dpctl/tests/test_tensor_asarray.py
index 9ac30b404f..20e2ddd704 100644
--- a/dpctl/tests/test_tensor_asarray.py
+++ b/dpctl/tests/test_tensor_asarray.py
@@ -556,3 +556,70 @@ def test_as_f_contig_square(dt):
     x3 = dpt.flip(x, axis=1)
     y3 = dpt.asarray(x3, order="F")
     assert dpt.all(x3 == y3)
+
+
+class MockArrayWithBothProtocols:
+    """
+    Object that implements both __sycl_usm_array_interface__
+    and __usm_ndarray__ properties.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, usm_ar):
+        if not isinstance(usm_ar, dpt.usm_ndarray):
+            raise TypeError
+        self._arr = usm_ar
+
+    @property
+    def __usm_ndarray__(self):
+        return self._arr
+
+    @property
+    def __sycl_usm_array_interface__(self):
+        return self._arr.__sycl_usm_array_interface__
+
+
+class MockArrayWithSUAIOnly:
+    """
+    Object that implements only the
+    __sycl_usm_array_interface__ property.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, usm_ar):
+        if not isinstance(usm_ar, dpt.usm_ndarray):
+            raise TypeError
+        self._arr = usm_ar
+
+    @property
+    def __sycl_usm_array_interface__(self):
+        return self._arr.__sycl_usm_array_interface__
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("usm_type", ["shared", "device", "host"])
+def test_asarray_support_for_usm_ndarray_protocol(usm_type):
+    get_queue_or_skip()
+
+    x = dpt.arange(256, dtype="i4", usm_type=usm_type)
+
+    o1 = MockArrayWithBothProtocols(x)
+    o2 = MockArrayWithSUAIOnly(x)
+
+    y1 = dpt.asarray(o1)
+    assert x.sycl_queue == y1.sycl_queue
+    assert x.usm_type == y1.usm_type
+    assert x.dtype == y1.dtype
+    assert y1.usm_data.reference_obj is None
+    assert dpt.all(x == y1)
+
+    y2 = dpt.asarray(o2)
+    assert x.sycl_queue == y2.sycl_queue
+    assert x.usm_type == y2.usm_type
+    assert x.dtype == y2.dtype
+    assert not (y2.usm_data.reference_obj is None)
+    assert dpt.all(x == y2)
+
+    y3 = dpt.asarray([o1, o2])
+    assert x.sycl_queue == y3.sycl_queue
+    assert x.usm_type == y3.usm_type
+    assert x.dtype == y3.dtype
+    assert y3.usm_data.reference_obj is None
+    assert dpt.all(x[dpt.newaxis, :] == y3)