diff --git a/numba_dpex/__init__.py b/numba_dpex/__init__.py
index d7722a1abf..802f502ed4 100644
--- a/numba_dpex/__init__.py
+++ b/numba_dpex/__init__.py
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ def parse_sem_version(version_string: str) -> Tuple[int, int, int]:
 
 # Re-export all type names
 from numba_dpex.core.types import *  # noqa E402
+from numba_dpex.dpctl_iface import _intrinsic  # noqa E402
 from numba_dpex.dpnp_iface import dpnpimpl  # noqa E402
 
 if config.HAS_NON_HOST_DEVICE:
diff --git a/numba_dpex/core/datamodel/models.py b/numba_dpex/core/datamodel/models.py
index 0c85b2bb7d..8f4edf3f6f 100644
--- a/numba_dpex/core/datamodel/models.py
+++ b/numba_dpex/core/datamodel/models.py
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ def _init_data_model_manager() -> datamodel.DataModelManager:
 
 # Register the DpctlSyclEvent type
 register_model(DpctlSyclEvent)(SyclEventModel)
+
 # Register the RangeType type
 register_model(RangeType)(RangeModel)
 
diff --git a/numba_dpex/core/types/dpctl_types.py b/numba_dpex/core/types/dpctl_types.py
index be66f28df3..ed03439453 100644
--- a/numba_dpex/core/types/dpctl_types.py
+++ b/numba_dpex/core/types/dpctl_types.py
@@ -123,10 +123,7 @@ def box_sycl_queue(typ, val, c):
 class DpctlSyclEvent(types.Type):
     """A Numba type to represent a dpctl.SyclEvent PyObject."""
 
-    def __init__(self, sycl_event):
-        if not isinstance(sycl_event, SyclEvent):
-            raise TypeError("The argument sycl_event is not of type SyclEvent.")
-
+    def __init__(self):
         super(DpctlSyclEvent, self).__init__(name="DpctlSyclEvent")
 
     @property
diff --git a/numba_dpex/core/typing/typeof.py b/numba_dpex/core/typing/typeof.py
index 5ef88a8d0c..8c8d826418 100644
--- a/numba_dpex/core/typing/typeof.py
+++ b/numba_dpex/core/typing/typeof.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def typeof_dpctl_sycl_event(val, c):
 
     Returns: A numba_dpex.core.types.dpctl_types.DpctlSyclEvent instance.
     """
-    return DpctlSyclEvent(val)
+    return DpctlSyclEvent()
 
 
 @typeof_impl.register(Range)
diff --git a/numba_dpex/dpctl_iface/_intrinsic.py b/numba_dpex/dpctl_iface/_intrinsic.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4dec22902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/numba_dpex/dpctl_iface/_intrinsic.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 - 2023 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+from numba import types
+from numba.core import cgutils
+from numba.core.datamodel import default_manager
+from numba.extending import intrinsic, overload_method
+
+import numba_dpex.dpctl_iface.libsyclinterface_bindings as sycl
+from numba_dpex.core import types as dpex_types
+
+
+@intrinsic
+def sycl_event_wait(typingctx, ty_event: dpex_types.DpctlSyclEvent):
+    # x = types.uint8
+    sig = types.void(dpex_types.DpctlSyclEvent())
+
+    # defines the custom code generation
+    def codegen(context, builder, signature, args):
+        sycl_event_dm = default_manager.lookup(ty_event)
+        event_ref = builder.extract_value(
+            args[0],
+            sycl_event_dm.get_field_position("event_ref"),
+        )
+
+        sycl.dpctl_event_wait(builder, event_ref)
+
+    return sig, codegen
+
+
+@overload_method(dpex_types.DpctlSyclEvent, "wait")
+def ol_dpctl_sycl_event_wait(
+    event,
+):
+    """Implementation of an overload to support dpctl.SyclEvent() inside
+    a dpjit function.
+    """
+    return lambda event: sycl_event_wait(event)
+
+
+# We don't want user to call sycl_event_wait(event), instead it must be called
+# with event.wait(). In that way we guarantee the argument type by the
+# @overload_method.
+__all__ = []
diff --git a/numba_dpex/tests/core/types/DpctlSyclEvent/test_overloads.py b/numba_dpex/tests/core/types/DpctlSyclEvent/test_overloads.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2dfbe2d00c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/numba_dpex/tests/core/types/DpctlSyclEvent/test_overloads.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import dpctl
+
+from numba_dpex import dpjit
+
+
+@dpjit
+def wait_call(a):
+    a.wait()
+    return None
+
+
+def test_wait_DpctlSyclEvent():
+    """Test the dpctl.SyclEvent.wait() call overload."""
+
+    e = dpctl.SyclEvent()
+    wait_call(e)