diff --git a/src/bloqade/squin/op/rewrite.py b/src/bloqade/squin/op/rewrite.py
index 64000343..35b7c424 100644
--- a/src/bloqade/squin/op/rewrite.py
+++ b/src/bloqade/squin/op/rewrite.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from kirin.dialects import py
 from kirin.rewrite.abc import RewriteRule, RewriteResult
 
-from .stmts import Mult, Scale
+from .stmts import Rot, Mult, Scale, Adjoint
 from .types import OpType
 
 
@@ -44,3 +44,20 @@ class PyMultToSquinMult(Pass):
 
     def unsafe_run(self, mt: ir.Method) -> RewriteResult:
         return Walk(_PyMultToSquinMult()).rewrite(mt.code)
+
+
+class CanonicalizeAdjointRot(RewriteRule):
+    """This canonicalizes adjoint of rotations: Adj(Rot(angle, axis)) -> Rot(-angle, Adjoint(axis))"""
+
+    def rewrite_Statement(self, node: ir.Statement) -> RewriteResult:
+        if not isinstance(node, Adjoint) or not isinstance(
+            rot_stmt := node.op.owner, Rot
+        ):
+            return RewriteResult()
+
+        # NOTE: angle is a float so the adjoint will give a negative angle because of the imaginary unit
+        (neg_angle := py.USub(rot_stmt.angle)).insert_before(node)
+        (new_axis_stmt := Adjoint(op=rot_stmt.axis)).insert_before(node)
+        node.replace_by(Rot(angle=neg_angle.result, axis=new_axis_stmt.result))
+
+        return RewriteResult(has_done_something=True)
diff --git a/test/squin/op/test_rewrite.py b/test/squin/op/test_rewrite.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6149799
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/squin/op/test_rewrite.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+from kirin import ir
+from kirin.rewrite import Walk
+from kirin.dialects import py
+
+from bloqade.squin.op import stmts as op_stmts
+from bloqade.test_utils import assert_nodes
+from bloqade.squin.op.rewrite import CanonicalizeAdjointRot
+
+
+def test_rot_canonicalize():
+    angle = ir.TestValue()
+    axis = ir.TestValue()
+    test_block = ir.Block()
+    test_block.stmts.append(rot := op_stmts.Rot(angle=angle, axis=axis))
+    test_block.stmts.append(final_op := op_stmts.Adjoint(rot.result))
+    test_block.stmts.append(op_stmts.Control(final_op.result, n_controls=1))
+
+    Walk(CanonicalizeAdjointRot()).rewrite(test_block)
+
+    expected_block = ir.Block()
+    expected_block.stmts.append(rot := op_stmts.Rot(angle=angle, axis=axis))
+    expected_block.stmts.append(new_angle := py.USub(angle))
+    expected_block.stmts.append(new_axis := op_stmts.Adjoint(op=axis))
+    expected_block.stmts.append(
+        final_op := op_stmts.Rot(new_axis.result, new_angle.result)
+    )
+    expected_block.stmts.append(op_stmts.Control(final_op.result, n_controls=1))
+
+    assert_nodes(test_block, expected_block)