diff --git a/components/graph/base.js b/components/graph/base.js
index 7f33588..9555246 100644
--- a/components/graph/base.js
+++ b/components/graph/base.js
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 /* global document */
 
+const {
+	merge,
+} = require('ramda');
+
 const r = require('r-dom');
 
 const {
@@ -13,8 +17,18 @@ const math = require('mathjs');
 
 class GraphView extends GraphViewBase {
 	constructor(props) {
+		if (!props.layoutEngine) {
+			props = merge(props, {
+				layoutEngineType: 'None',
+			});
+		}
+
 		super(props);
 
+		if (props.layoutEngine) {
+			this.layoutEngine = props.layoutEngine;
+		}
+
 		Object.assign(this, {
 			_super_handleNodeMove: this.handleNodeMove,
 			handleNodeMove: this.constructor.prototype.handleNodeMove.bind(this),
@@ -27,6 +41,16 @@ class GraphView extends GraphViewBase {
 		});
 	}
 
+	static getDerivedStateFromProps(props, state) {
+		const derivedState = super.getDerivedStateFromProps(props, state);
+
+		if (props.layoutEngine) {
+			derivedState.nodes = props.layoutEngine.adjustNodes(derivedState.nodes, derivedState.nodesMap);
+		}
+
+		return derivedState;
+	}
+
 	shouldComponentUpdate(nextProps, nextState) {
 		return super.shouldComponentUpdate(nextProps, nextState) ||
 			this.state.edgeEndNode !== nextState.edgeEndNode;
@@ -123,6 +147,10 @@ class GraphView extends GraphViewBase {
 	}
 }
 
+GraphView.defaultProps = merge(GraphViewBase.defaultProps, {
+	layoutEngineType: null,
+});
+
 const size = 120;
 
 class Node extends NodeBase {
diff --git a/components/graph/index.js b/components/graph/index.js
index 405c878..2c58ab0 100644
--- a/components/graph/index.js
+++ b/components/graph/index.js
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ const {
 	Edge,
 } = require('./base');
 
+const LayoutEngine = require('./layout-engine');
+
 const dgoToPai = new WeakMap();
 
 const key = pao => `${pao.type}-${pao.index}`;
@@ -422,6 +424,8 @@ const renderEdgeText = state => ({ data: dgo, transform, selected }) => {
 	]));
 };
 
+const layoutEngine = new LayoutEngine();
+
 class Graph extends React.Component {
 	constructor(props) {
 		super(props);
@@ -579,22 +583,6 @@ class Graph extends React.Component {
 			return filteredNodeKeys.has(edge.source) && filteredNodeKeys.has(edge.target);
 		}, edges);
 
-		nodes.forEach(node => {
-			if (node.x !== undefined) {
-				return;
-			}
-
-			if (node.type === 'source') {
-				node.x = 0 * size;
-			} else if (node.type === 'sink') {
-				node.x = 10 * size;
-			} else {
-				node.x = (2 * size) + (Math.round(6 * Math.random()) * size);
-			}
-
-			node.y = Math.random() * 1200;
-		});
-
 		nodes.forEach(node => {
 			const pai = getPaiByTypeAndIndex(node.type, node.index)({ pulse: this.props });
 			dgoToPai.set(node, pai);
@@ -632,6 +620,8 @@ class Graph extends React.Component {
 
 			edgeArrowSize: 64,
 
+			layoutEngine,
+
 			backgroundFillId: '#background-pattern',
 
 			renderDefs,
diff --git a/components/graph/layout-engine.js b/components/graph/layout-engine.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0df197b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/graph/layout-engine.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+
+const size = 200;
+
+module.exports = class LayoutEngine {
+	constructor(graphViewProps) {
+		this.graphViewProps = graphViewProps;
+	}
+
+	calculatePosition(node) {
+		return node;
+	}
+
+	adjustNodes(nodes, nodesMap) {
+		nodes.forEach(node => {
+			if (node.x !== undefined) {
+				return;
+			}
+
+			if (node.type === 'source') {
+				node.x = 0 * size;
+			} else if (node.type === 'sink') {
+				node.x = 10 * size;
+			} else {
+				node.x = (2 * size) + (Math.round(6 * Math.random()) * size);
+			}
+
+			node.y = Math.random() * 1200;
+		});
+
+		return nodes;
+	}
+
+	getPositionForNode(node) {
+		return this.calculatePosition(node);
+	}
+};