diff --git a/docs/3x/TensorFlow.md b/docs/3x/TensorFlow.md
index 5634a524f14..dd58c389699 100644
--- a/docs/3x/TensorFlow.md
+++ b/docs/3x/TensorFlow.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Intel(R) Neural Compressor provides `quantize_model` and `autotune` as main inte
 
 **quantize_model**
 
-The design philosophy of the `quantize_model` interface is easy-of-use. With minimal parameters requirement, including `model`, `quant_config`, `calib_dataloader` and `calib_iteration`, it offers a straightforward choice of quantizing TF model in one-shot.
+The design philosophy of the `quantize_model` interface is easy-of-use. With minimal parameters requirement, including `model`, `quant_config`, `calib_dataloader`, `calib_iteration`, it offers a straightforward choice of quantizing TF model in one-shot.
 
 ```python
 def quantize_model(
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ def quantize_model(
     quant_config: Union[BaseConfig, list],
     calib_dataloader: Callable = None,
     calib_iteration: int = 100,
+    calib_func: Callable = None,
 ):
 ```
 `model` should be a string of the model's location, the object of Keras model or INC TF model wrapper class.
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@ def quantize_model(
 
 `calib_iteration` is used to decide how many iterations the calibration process will be run.
 
+`calib_func` is a substitution for `calib_dataloader` when the built-in calibration function of INC does not work for model inference.
+
+
 Here is a simple example of using `quantize_model` interface with a dummy calibration dataloader and the default `StaticQuantConfig`:
 ```python
 from neural_compressor.tensorflow import StaticQuantConfig, quantize_model
@@ -68,6 +72,7 @@ def autotune(
     eval_args: Optional[Tuple[Any]] = None,
     calib_dataloader: Callable = None,
     calib_iteration: int = 100,
+    calib_func: Callable = None,
 ) -> Optional[BaseModel]:
 ```
 `model` should be a string of the model's location, the object of Keras model or INC TF model wrapper class.
@@ -82,6 +87,8 @@ def autotune(
 
 `calib_iteration` is used to decide how many iterations the calibration process will be run.
 
+`calib_func` is a substitution for `calib_dataloader` when the built-in calibration function of INC does not work for model inference.
+
 Here is a simple example of using `autotune` interface with different quantization rules defined by a list of  `StaticQuantConfig`:
 ```python
 from neural_compressor.common.base_tuning import TuningConfig
diff --git a/neural_compressor/tensorflow/algorithms/smoother/core.py b/neural_compressor/tensorflow/algorithms/smoother/core.py
index d8c3af164f5..187539ee6eb 100644
--- a/neural_compressor/tensorflow/algorithms/smoother/core.py
+++ b/neural_compressor/tensorflow/algorithms/smoother/core.py
@@ -37,19 +37,23 @@ class SmoothQuant:
     def __init__(
         self,
         config: SmoothQuantConfig,
-        calib_dataloader: Callable,
+        calib_dataloader: Callable = None,
         calib_iteration: int = 1,
+        calib_func: Callable = None,
     ):
         """Convert the model by smooth quant.
 
         Args:
-            config: the SmoothQuantConfig class used to set this class
-            calibdataloader: the calibration dataloader
-            calib_iteration: how many steps of iterations on the dataloader to move forward
+            config: the SmoothQuantConfig class used to set this class.
+            calibdataloader: the calibration dataloader.
+            calib_iteration: how many steps of iterations on the dataloader to move forward.
+            calib_func: the function used for calibration, should be a substitution for calib_dataloader
+            when the built-in calibration function of INC does not work for model inference.
 
         Returns:
             model: A smoothed Tensorflow model
         """
+        assert calib_func is None, "calibration function is not supported for smooth quant."
         self.config = config
         self.calib_dataloader = calib_dataloader
         self.calib_iteration = calib_iteration
diff --git a/neural_compressor/tensorflow/algorithms/static_quant/keras.py b/neural_compressor/tensorflow/algorithms/static_quant/keras.py
index 004393c8c27..83d9a54609d 100644
--- a/neural_compressor/tensorflow/algorithms/static_quant/keras.py
+++ b/neural_compressor/tensorflow/algorithms/static_quant/keras.py
@@ -314,16 +314,18 @@ def fuse_conv_bn(conv_weight, bn_weight, conv_type="Conv2D", eps=1.0e-5):
         return bn_fused_model
 
     @dump_elapsed_time("Pass quantize model")
-    def quantize(self, quant_config, model, dataloader, iteration, q_func=None):
+    def quantize(self, quant_config, model, dataloader, iteration, calib_func=None):
         """Execute the quantize process on the specified model.
 
         Args:
-            tune_cfg(dict): The user defined 'StaticQuantConfig' class.
+            quant_config(dict): The user defined 'StaticQuantConfig' class.
             model (object): The model to do quantization.
             dataloader(object): The calibration dataloader used to load quantization dataset.
             iteration(int): The iteration of calibration.
-            q_func (optional): training function for quantization aware training mode.
+            calib_func (optional): the function used for calibration, should be a substitution for calibration
+            dataloader when the built-in calibration function of INC does not work for model inference.
         """
+        assert calib_func is None, "The calibration function is not supported on Keras backend yet"
         self.query_fw_capability(model)
         converter = KerasConfigConverter(quant_config, iteration)
         tune_cfg = converter.parse_to_tune_cfg()
@@ -367,15 +369,13 @@ def quantize(self, quant_config, model, dataloader, iteration, q_func=None):
 
         return quantized_model
 
-    def _calibrate(self, model, dataloader, calib_interation):
+    def _calibrate(self, model, dataloader=None, calib_interation=None):
         """Apply calibration.
 
         Args:
             model (tf.keras.Model): The model inserted with FakeQuant layers for calibration.
             dataloader(object): The calibration dataloader used to load quantization dataset.
             iteration(int): The iteration of calibration.
-            fq_output_layers (dict): A dict mapping from names of FakeQuant layers to
-                names of their output layers.
         """
         # run eagerly to fetch the numpy min/max
         results = {}
diff --git a/neural_compressor/tensorflow/algorithms/static_quant/tensorflow.py b/neural_compressor/tensorflow/algorithms/static_quant/tensorflow.py
index 160cdb01e44..3bf9cff80af 100644
--- a/neural_compressor/tensorflow/algorithms/static_quant/tensorflow.py
+++ b/neural_compressor/tensorflow/algorithms/static_quant/tensorflow.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def quantize(
         model: BaseModel,
         calib_dataloader: Callable = None,
         calib_iteration: int = 100,
-        q_func=None,
+        calib_func: Callable = None,
     ):
         """Execute the quantize process on the specified model.
 
@@ -181,11 +181,11 @@ def quantize(
             model: the fp32 model to be quantized.
             calib_dataloader: a data loader for calibration.
             calib_iteration: the iteration of calibration.
-            q_func: training function for quantization aware training mode,
-                                which not enabled for tensorflow yet.
+            calib_func: the function used for calibration, should be a substitution for calib_dataloader
+            when the built-in calibration function of INC does not work for model inference.
 
         Returns:
-            tf.compat.v1.GraphDef: the quantized model
+            converted_model: the quantized INC model wrapper.
         """
         assert (
             self.approach != "post_training_dynamic_quant"
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ def quantize(
             self.approach != "quant_aware_training"
         ), "Quantize Aware Training is not supported on TensorFlow framework now!"
 
-        self.calib_sampling_size = calib_dataloader.batch_size * calib_iteration
+        self.calib_sampling_size = calib_dataloader.batch_size * calib_iteration if calib_dataloader else 100
         tune_cfg = self.parse_quant_config(quant_config, model, calib_iteration)
         self._tuning_cfg_to_fw(tune_cfg)
         self.bf16_ops.extend(self.smooth_quant_mul_ops)
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def quantize(
                     fp32_ops=self.fp32_ops,
                     bf16_ops=self.bf16_ops,
                     data_loader=calib_dataloader,
-                    calib_func=q_func,
+                    calib_func=calib_func,
                     qdq_enabled=self.qdq_enabled,
                     new_api=self.new_api,
                     performance_only=self.performance_only,
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ def quantize(
                     fp32_ops=self.fp32_ops,
                     bf16_ops=self.bf16_ops,
                     data_loader=calib_dataloader,
-                    calib_func=q_func,
+                    calib_func=calib_func,
                     qdq_enabled=self.qdq_enabled,
                     new_api=self.new_api,
                     performance_only=self.performance_only,
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ def quantize(
                 fp32_ops=self.fp32_ops,
                 bf16_ops=self.bf16_ops,
                 data_loader=calib_dataloader,
-                calib_func=q_func,
+                calib_func=calib_func,
                 qdq_enabled=self.qdq_enabled,
                 new_api=self.new_api,
                 performance_only=self.performance_only,
@@ -750,21 +750,21 @@ def quantize(
         model: BaseModel,
         calib_dataloader: Callable = None,
         calib_iteration: int = 100,
-        q_func=None,
+        calib_func: Callable = None,
     ):
         """Execute the quantize process on the specified model.
 
         Args:
-            tune_cfg (dict): quantization configuration
-            model (tf.compat.v1.GraphDef): fp32 model
-            data_loader (generator): generator the data and labels
-            q_func (optional): training function for quantization aware training mode,
-                                which not enabled for tensorflow yet.
+            quant_config: a quantization configuration.
+            model: the fp32 model to be quantized.
+            calib_dataloader: a data loader for calibration.
+            calib_iteration: the iteration of calibration.
+            calib_func: the function used for calibration, should be a substitution for calib_dataloader
+            when the built-in calibration function of INC does not work for model inference.
 
         Returns:
-            tf.compat.v1.GraphDef: the quantized model
+            converted_model: the quantized INC model wrapper.
         """
-        assert q_func is None, "quantization aware training mode is not support on tensorflow"
         self.calib_sampling_size = calib_dataloader.batch_size * calib_iteration
         tune_cfg = self.parse_quant_config(quant_config, model, calib_iteration)
         self._tuning_cfg_to_fw(tune_cfg)
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ def quantize(
                     fp32_ops=self.fp32_ops,
                     bf16_ops=self.bf16_ops,
                     data_loader=calib_dataloader,
-                    calib_func=q_func,
+                    calib_func=calib_func,
                     itex_mode=self.itex_mode,
                     qdq_enabled=self.qdq_enabled,
                     new_api=self.new_api,
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ def quantize(
                 fp32_ops=self.fp32_ops,
                 bf16_ops=self.bf16_ops,
                 data_loader=calib_dataloader,
-                calib_func=q_func,
+                calib_func=calib_func,
                 itex_mode=self.itex_mode,
                 qdq_enabled=self.qdq_enabled,
                 new_api=self.new_api,
diff --git a/neural_compressor/tensorflow/quantization/algorithm_entry.py b/neural_compressor/tensorflow/quantization/algorithm_entry.py
index 4b40a2f39a1..e3530bc5e28 100644
--- a/neural_compressor/tensorflow/quantization/algorithm_entry.py
+++ b/neural_compressor/tensorflow/quantization/algorithm_entry.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ def static_quant_entry(
     quant_config: BaseConfig,
     calib_dataloader: Callable = None,
     calib_iteration: int = 100,
+    calib_func: Callable = None,
 ):
     """The main entry to apply static quantization.
 
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ def static_quant_entry(
         quant_config: a quantization configuration.
         calib_dataloader: a data loader for calibration.
         calib_iteration: the iteration of calibration.
+        calib_func: the function used for calibration, should be a substitution for calib_dataloader
+        when the built-in calibration function of INC does not work for model inference.
 
     Returns:
         q_model: the quantized model.
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ def static_quant_entry(
         framework = TensorFlowAdaptor
 
     quantizer = framework(TFConfig.global_config)
-    q_model = quantizer.quantize(quant_config, model, calib_dataloader, calib_iteration)
+    q_model = quantizer.quantize(quant_config, model, calib_dataloader, calib_iteration, calib_func)
     TFConfig.reset_global_config()
 
     return q_model
@@ -61,12 +64,26 @@ def smooth_quant_entry(
     smooth_quant_config: SmoothQuantConfig,
     calib_dataloader: Callable = None,
     calib_iteration: int = 100,
+    calib_func: Callable = None,
 ):
+    """The main entry to apply smooth quantization.
+
+    Args:
+        model: a fp32 model to be quantized.
+        quant_config: a quantization configuration.
+        calib_dataloader: a data loader for calibration.
+        calib_iteration: the iteration of calibration.
+        calib_func: the function used for calibration, should be a substitution for calib_dataloader
+        when the built-in calibration function of INC does not work for model inference.
+
+    Returns:
+        q_model: the quantized model.
+    """
     assert not isinstance(model, KerasModel), "INC don't support smooth quantization for Keras models now."
 
     from neural_compressor.tensorflow.algorithms import SmoothQuant
 
-    converter = SmoothQuant(smooth_quant_config, calib_dataloader, calib_iteration)
+    converter = SmoothQuant(smooth_quant_config, calib_dataloader, calib_iteration, calib_func)
     sq_model = converter(model)
 
     return sq_model
diff --git a/neural_compressor/tensorflow/quantization/autotune.py b/neural_compressor/tensorflow/quantization/autotune.py
index 55b089b923c..847557b0b8a 100644
--- a/neural_compressor/tensorflow/quantization/autotune.py
+++ b/neural_compressor/tensorflow/quantization/autotune.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ def autotune(
     eval_args: Optional[Tuple[Any]] = None,
     calib_dataloader: Callable = None,
     calib_iteration: int = 100,
+    calib_func: Callable = None,
 ) -> Optional[BaseModel]:
     """The main entry of auto-tune."""
     model = Model(model)
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ def autotune(
         tuning_logger.trial_start(trial_index=trial_index)
         tuning_logger.execution_start()
         logger.info(quant_config.to_dict())
-        q_model = quantize_model(model, quant_config, calib_dataloader, calib_iteration)
+        q_model = quantize_model(model, quant_config, calib_dataloader, calib_iteration, calib_func)
         tuning_logger.execution_end()
         tuning_logger.evaluation_start()
         eval_result: float = eval_func_wrapper.evaluate(q_model)
@@ -71,7 +72,9 @@ def autotune(
                 logger.info("Re-quantizing with best quantization config...")
                 del q_model
                 best_quant_config: BaseConfig = best_trial_record.quant_config
-                best_quant_model = quantize_model(model, best_quant_config, calib_dataloader, calib_iteration)
+                best_quant_model = quantize_model(
+                    model, best_quant_config, calib_dataloader, calib_iteration, calib_func
+                )
             else:
                 best_quant_model = q_model
             break
diff --git a/neural_compressor/tensorflow/quantization/quantize.py b/neural_compressor/tensorflow/quantization/quantize.py
index fa613759515..6cfd24225b7 100644
--- a/neural_compressor/tensorflow/quantization/quantize.py
+++ b/neural_compressor/tensorflow/quantization/quantize.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ def quantize_model(
     quant_config: Union[BaseConfig, list],
     calib_dataloader: Callable = None,
     calib_iteration: int = 100,
+    calib_func: Callable = None,
 ):
     """The main entry to quantize model.
 
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ def quantize_model(
         quant_config: single or lists of quantization configuration.
         calib_dataloader: a data loader for calibration.
         calib_iteration: the iteration of calibration.
+        calib_func: the function used for calibration, should be a substitution for calib_dataloader
+        when the built-in calibration function of INC does not work for model inference.
 
     Returns:
         q_model: the quantized model.
@@ -47,9 +50,11 @@ def quantize_model(
     q_model = Model(model)
     if isinstance(quant_config, list):
         for config in quant_config:
-            q_model = quantize_model_with_single_config(q_model, config, calib_dataloader, calib_iteration)
+            q_model = quantize_model_with_single_config(q_model, config, calib_dataloader, calib_iteration, calib_func)
     else:
-        q_model = quantize_model_with_single_config(q_model, quant_config, calib_dataloader, calib_iteration)
+        q_model = quantize_model_with_single_config(
+            q_model, quant_config, calib_dataloader, calib_iteration, calib_func
+        )
 
     return q_model
 
@@ -59,6 +64,7 @@ def quantize_model_with_single_config(
     quant_config: BaseConfig,
     calib_dataloader: Callable = None,
     calib_iteration: int = 100,
+    calib_func: Callable = None,
 ):
     """Quantize model using single config.
 
@@ -67,6 +73,8 @@ def quantize_model_with_single_config(
         quant_config: a quantization configuration.
         calib_dataloader: a data loader for calibration.
         calib_iteration: the iteration of calibration.
+        calib_func: the function used for calibration, should be a substitution for calib_dataloader
+        when the built-in calibration function of INC does not work for model inference.
 
     Returns:
         q_model: the quantized model.
@@ -89,5 +97,5 @@ def quantize_model_with_single_config(
     for algo_name, algo_func in algos_mapping.items():
         if need_apply(configs_mapping, algo_name):
             logger.info(f"Start to apply {algo_name} on the model.")
-            q_model = algo_func(q_model, configs_mapping, calib_dataloader, calib_iteration)
+            q_model = algo_func(q_model, configs_mapping, calib_dataloader, calib_iteration, calib_func)
     return q_model
diff --git a/neural_compressor/tensorflow/quantization/utils/graph_converter.py b/neural_compressor/tensorflow/quantization/utils/graph_converter.py
index 302bfe13717..e3c1c640c86 100644
--- a/neural_compressor/tensorflow/quantization/utils/graph_converter.py
+++ b/neural_compressor/tensorflow/quantization/utils/graph_converter.py
@@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ def _inference(self, model):
         Args:
             model(TensorflowBaseModel): input TensorflowBaseModel
         """
+        if self.calib_func:
+            self.calib_func(model)
+            return
+
         if model.model_type == "llm_saved_model":
             self._inference_llm(model)
             return