diff --git a/examples/sushi/models/orders.py b/examples/sushi/models/orders.py
index aa0e04559f..8d8718a3e3 100644
--- a/examples/sushi/models/orders.py
+++ b/examples/sushi/models/orders.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
         "end_ts": "int",
         "event_date": "date",
     },
+    signals=[("test_signal", {"arg": 1})],
 )
 def execute(
     context: ExecutionContext,
diff --git a/sqlmesh/core/loader.py b/sqlmesh/core/loader.py
index 7f90c0de63..41bb8a0aef 100644
--- a/sqlmesh/core/loader.py
+++ b/sqlmesh/core/loader.py
@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@ def _load_python_models(
                             default_catalog=self.context.default_catalog,
                             infer_names=self.config.model_naming.infer_names,
                             audit_definitions=audits,
+                            signal_definitions=signals,
                             default_catalog_per_gateway=self.context.default_catalog_per_gateway,
                         ):
                             if model.enabled:
diff --git a/sqlmesh/core/model/decorator.py b/sqlmesh/core/model/decorator.py
index 0151e9ec76..3b78efc636 100644
--- a/sqlmesh/core/model/decorator.py
+++ b/sqlmesh/core/model/decorator.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from sqlglot.dialects.dialect import DialectType
 
 from sqlmesh.core.macros import MacroRegistry
+from sqlmesh.core.signal import SignalRegistry
 from sqlmesh.utils.jinja import JinjaMacroRegistry
 from sqlmesh.core import constants as c
 from sqlmesh.core.dialect import MacroFunc, parse_one
@@ -48,23 +49,24 @@ def __init__(self, name: t.Optional[str] = None, is_sql: bool = False, **kwargs:
         self.kwargs = kwargs
 
         # Make sure that argument values are expressions in order to pass validation in ModelMeta.
-        calls = self.kwargs.pop("audits", [])
-        self.kwargs["audits"] = [
-            (
-                (call, {})
-                if isinstance(call, str)
-                else (
-                    call[0],
-                    {
-                        arg_key: exp.convert(
-                            tuple(arg_value) if isinstance(arg_value, list) else arg_value
-                        )
-                        for arg_key, arg_value in call[1].items()
-                    },
+        for function_call_attribute in ("audits", "signals"):
+            calls = self.kwargs.pop(function_call_attribute, [])
+            self.kwargs[function_call_attribute] = [
+                (
+                    (call, {})
+                    if isinstance(call, str)
+                    else (
+                        call[0],
+                        {
+                            arg_key: exp.convert(
+                                tuple(arg_value) if isinstance(arg_value, list) else arg_value
+                            )
+                            for arg_key, arg_value in call[1].items()
+                        },
+                    )
                 )
-            )
-            for call in calls
-        ]
+                for call in calls
+            ]
 
         if "default_catalog" in kwargs:
             raise ConfigError("`default_catalog` cannot be set on a per-model basis.")
@@ -142,6 +144,7 @@ def model(
         defaults: t.Optional[t.Dict[str, t.Any]] = None,
         macros: t.Optional[MacroRegistry] = None,
         jinja_macros: t.Optional[JinjaMacroRegistry] = None,
+        signal_definitions: t.Optional[SignalRegistry] = None,
         audit_definitions: t.Optional[t.Dict[str, ModelAudit]] = None,
         dialect: t.Optional[str] = None,
         time_column_format: str = c.DEFAULT_TIME_COLUMN_FORMAT,
@@ -223,6 +226,7 @@ def model(
             "macros": macros,
             "jinja_macros": jinja_macros,
             "audit_definitions": audit_definitions,
+            "signal_definitions": signal_definitions,
             "blueprint_variables": blueprint_variables,
             **rendered_fields,
         }
diff --git a/tests/core/test_context.py b/tests/core/test_context.py
index e08f5346ea..213c4cec2b 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_context.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_context.py
@@ -2122,7 +2122,7 @@ def test_check_intervals(sushi_context, mocker):
     intervals = sushi_context.check_intervals(environment=None, no_signals=False, select_models=[])
 
     min_intervals = 19
-    assert spy.call_count == 1
+    assert spy.call_count == 2
     assert len(intervals) >= min_intervals
 
     for i in intervals.values():
diff --git a/tests/core/test_model.py b/tests/core/test_model.py
index 7c65f25889..a1f9034481 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_model.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_model.py
@@ -5303,6 +5303,30 @@ def my_signal(batch):
     )
 
 
+def test_load_python_model_with_signals():
+    @signal()
+    def always_true(batch):
+        return True
+
+    @model(
+        name="model_with_signal",
+        kind="full",
+        columns={'"COL"': "int"},
+        signals=[("always_true", {})],
+    )
+    def model_with_signal(context, **kwargs):
+        return pd.DataFrame([{"COL": 1}])
+
+    models = model.get_registry()["model_with_signal"].models(
+        get_variables=lambda _: {},
+        path=Path("."),
+        module_path=Path("."),
+        signal_definitions=signal.get_registry(),
+    )
+    assert len(models) == 1
+    assert models[0].signals == [("always_true", {})]
+
+
 def test_null_column_type():
     expressions = d.parse(
         """