diff --git a/skglm/penalties/base.py b/skglm/penalties/base.py
index b45254b71..f9b68bb1f 100644
--- a/skglm/penalties/base.py
+++ b/skglm/penalties/base.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from numba import float64
 from abc import abstractmethod
 
 
@@ -60,3 +61,73 @@ def is_penalized(self, n_features):
     @abstractmethod
     def generalized_support(self, w):
         r"""Return a mask which is True for coefficients in the generalized support."""
+
+
+def overload_with_l2(klass):
+    """Decorate a penalty class to add L2 regularization.
+
+    The resulting penalty reads
+
+    .. math::
+
+        "penalty"(w) + "l2"_"regularization" xx ||w||**2 / 2
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    klass : Penalty class
+        The penalty class to be overloaded with L2 regularization.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    klass : Penalty class
+        Penalty overloaded with L2 regularization.
+    """
+    # keep ref to original methods
+    cls_constructor = klass.__init__
+    cls_prox_1d = klass.prox_1d
+    cls_value = klass.value
+    cls_subdiff_distance = klass. subdiff_distance
+    cls_params_to_dict = klass.params_to_dict
+    cls_get_spec = klass.get_spec
+
+    # implement new methods
+    def __init__(self, *args, l2_regularization=0., **kwargs):
+        cls_constructor(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        self.l2_regularization = l2_regularization
+
+    def prox_1d(self, value, stepsize, j):
+        if self.l2_regularization == 0.:
+            return cls_prox_1d(self, value, stepsize, j)
+
+        scale = 1 + stepsize * self.l2_regularization
+        return cls_prox_1d(self, value / scale, stepsize / scale, j)
+
+    def value(self, w):
+        l2_regularization = self.l2_regularization
+        if l2_regularization == 0.:
+            return cls_value(self, w)
+
+        return cls_value(self, w) + l2_regularization * 0.5 * w ** 2
+
+    def subdiff_distance(self, w, grad, ws):
+        if self.l2_regularization == 0.:
+            return cls_subdiff_distance(self, w, grad, ws)
+
+        return cls_subdiff_distance(self, w, grad + self.l2_regularization * w[ws], ws)
+
+    def get_spec(self):
+        return (('l2_regularization', float64), *cls_get_spec(self))
+
+    def params_to_dict(self):
+        return dict(l2_regularization=self.l2_regularization,
+                    **cls_params_to_dict(self))
+
+    # override methods
+    klass.__init__ = __init__
+    klass.value = value
+    klass.prox_1d = prox_1d
+    klass.subdiff_distance = subdiff_distance
+    klass.get_spec = get_spec
+    klass.params_to_dict = params_to_dict
+
+    return klass
diff --git a/skglm/penalties/separable.py b/skglm/penalties/separable.py
index 2c1429a87..4901dbd98 100644
--- a/skglm/penalties/separable.py
+++ b/skglm/penalties/separable.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from numba import float64
 from numba.types import bool_
 
-from skglm.penalties.base import BasePenalty
+from skglm.penalties.base import BasePenalty, overload_with_l2
 from skglm.utils.prox_funcs import (
     ST, box_proj, prox_05, prox_2_3, prox_SCAD, value_SCAD, prox_MCP, value_MCP)
 
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ def alpha_max(self, gradient0):
         return np.max(np.abs(gradient0))
 
 
+# To add support of L2 regularization, one needs to decorate the penalty
+@overload_with_l2
+class _TestL1(L1):
+    pass
+
+
 class L1_plus_L2(BasePenalty):
     """:math:`ell_1 + ell_2` penalty (aka ElasticNet penalty)."""
 
diff --git a/skglm/tests/test_penalties.py b/skglm/tests/test_penalties.py
index cafeb9d03..3a5b2dcf4 100644
--- a/skglm/tests/test_penalties.py
+++ b/skglm/tests/test_penalties.py
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 from skglm.solvers import AndersonCD, MultiTaskBCD, FISTA
 from skglm.utils.data import make_correlated_data
 
+from skglm.penalties.separable import _TestL1
+from skglm.utils.jit_compilation import compiled_clone
+
 
 n_samples = 20
 n_features = 10
@@ -118,5 +121,40 @@ def test_nnls(fit_intercept):
     np.testing.assert_allclose(clf.intercept_, reg_nnls.intercept_)
 
 
+def test_overload_with_l2_ElasticNet():
+    lmbd = 0.2
+    l1_ratio = 0.7
+
+    elastic_net = L1_plus_L2(lmbd, l1_ratio)
+    implicit_elastic_net = _TestL1(alpha=lmbd * l1_ratio,
+                                   l2_regularization=lmbd * (1 - l1_ratio))
+
+    n_feautures, ws_size = 5, 3
+    stepsize = 0.8
+
+    rng = np.random.RandomState(425)
+    w = rng.randn(n_feautures)
+    grad = rng.randn(ws_size)
+    ws = rng.choice(n_feautures, size=ws_size, replace=False)
+
+    x = w[2]
+    np.testing.assert_equal(
+        elastic_net.value(x),
+        implicit_elastic_net.value(x)
+    )
+    np.testing.assert_equal(
+        elastic_net.prox_1d(x, stepsize, 0),
+        implicit_elastic_net.prox_1d(x, stepsize, 0)
+    )
+    np.testing.assert_array_equal(
+        elastic_net.subdiff_distance(w, grad, ws),
+        implicit_elastic_net.subdiff_distance(w, grad, ws)
+    )
+
+    # This will raise an error as *args and **kwargs are not supported in numba
+    with pytest.raises(Exception, match=r"VAR_POSITIONAL.*unsupported.*jitclass"):
+        compiled_clone(implicit_elastic_net)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     pass