diff --git a/mlx/transforms.cpp b/mlx/transforms.cpp
index 8ca7c8f53..ed0c082e9 100644
--- a/mlx/transforms.cpp
+++ b/mlx/transforms.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,17 @@
 
 namespace mlx::core {
 
+/* This class is only meant to be used in eval
+ * for synchronizing with the main thread. */
+class Synchronizer : public Primitive {
+ public:
+  explicit Synchronizer(Stream stream) : Primitive(stream){};
+
+  void eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>&, std::vector<array>&) override{};
+  void eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>&, std::vector<array>&) override{};
+  void print(std::ostream&) override {}
+};
+
 // Initialize the static tracing counter from transforms_impl.h .
 //
 // This is used to implement the in_tracing() function the returns true if we
@@ -193,12 +204,11 @@ void eval(const std::vector<array>& outputs) {
   std::unordered_set<std::uintptr_t> cache;
   std::unordered_map<std::uintptr_t, std::shared_future<void>> deps;
 
-  std::set<std::uintptr_t> output_primitives;
-  for (auto& arr : outputs) {
-    if (!arr.is_evaled()) {
-      output_primitives.insert(arr.primitive_id());
-    }
-  }
+  auto synchronizer = array(
+      {},
+      bool_,
+      std::make_unique<Synchronizer>(default_stream(default_device())),
+      outputs);
 
   recurse = [&](const array& a) {
     auto id = a.id();
@@ -206,12 +216,6 @@ void eval(const std::vector<array>& outputs) {
       return;
     }
     for (auto in : a.inputs()) {
-      // Pop fake outputs from the output set so we know who to synchronize
-      // with at the end
-      if (auto it = output_primitives.find(in.primitive_id());
-          it != output_primitives.end()) {
-        output_primitives.erase(it);
-      }
       recurse(in);
       // If one of the inputs is being computed on a different
       // stream, we need to manage the dependency.
@@ -234,20 +238,9 @@ void eval(const std::vector<array>& outputs) {
     }
   };
 
-  // We have to store the output primitive ids because the arrays are
-  // detached during eval and we need to use them for synchronization
-  // at the end of this function
-  std::vector<std::uintptr_t> output_primitive_ids;
-  for (auto& arr : outputs) {
-    if (!arr.is_evaled() || (!arr.is_tracer() && arr.has_primitive())) {
-      recurse(arr);
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Insert output dependencies
-  for (auto pid : output_primitives) {
-    deps.insert({pid, std::shared_future<void>{}});
-  }
+  recurse(synchronizer);
+  uintptr_t synch_id = synchronizer.primitive_id();
+  deps.insert({synch_id, std::shared_future<void>{}});
 
   std::vector<std::shared_ptr<std::promise<void>>> ps;
   while (!tape.empty()) {
@@ -305,9 +298,8 @@ void eval(const std::vector<array>& outputs) {
       scheduler::enqueue(stream, std::move(task));
     }
   }
-  for (auto id : output_primitives) {
-    deps[id].wait();
-  }
+
+  deps[synch_id].wait();
 }
 
 std::pair<std::vector<array>, std::vector<array>> vjp(