diff --git a/timm/models/layers/create_act.py b/timm/models/layers/create_act.py
index 5bc4db99..6f2ab83e 100644
--- a/timm/models/layers/create_act.py
+++ b/timm/models/layers/create_act.py
@@ -6,9 +6,14 @@ from .activations_jit import *
 from .activations_me import *
 from .config import is_exportable, is_scriptable, is_no_jit
 
+# PyTorch has an optimized, native 'silu' (aka 'swish') operator as of PyTorch 1.7. This code
+# will use native version if present. Eventually, the custom Swish layers will be removed
+# and only native 'silu' will be used.
+_has_silu = 'silu' in dir(torch.nn.functional)
 
 _ACT_FN_DEFAULT = dict(
-    swish=swish,
+    silu=F.silu if _has_silu else swish,
+    swish=F.silu if _has_silu else swish,
     mish=mish,
     relu=F.relu,
     relu6=F.relu6,
@@ -26,7 +31,8 @@ _ACT_FN_DEFAULT = dict(
 )
 
 _ACT_FN_JIT = dict(
-    swish=swish_jit,
+    silu=F.silu if _has_silu else swish_jit,
+    swish=F.silu if _has_silu else swish_jit,
     mish=mish_jit,
     hard_sigmoid=hard_sigmoid_jit,
     hard_swish=hard_swish_jit,
@@ -34,7 +40,8 @@ _ACT_FN_JIT = dict(
 )
 
 _ACT_FN_ME = dict(
-    swish=swish_me,
+    silu=F.silu if _has_silu else swish_me,
+    swish=F.silu if _has_silu else swish_me,
     mish=mish_me,
     hard_sigmoid=hard_sigmoid_me,
     hard_swish=hard_swish_me,
@@ -42,7 +49,8 @@ _ACT_FN_ME = dict(
 )
 
 _ACT_LAYER_DEFAULT = dict(
-    swish=Swish,
+    silu=nn.SiLU if _has_silu else Swish,
+    swish=nn.SiLU if _has_silu else Swish,
     mish=Mish,
     relu=nn.ReLU,
     relu6=nn.ReLU6,
@@ -60,7 +68,8 @@ _ACT_LAYER_DEFAULT = dict(
 )
 
 _ACT_LAYER_JIT = dict(
-    swish=SwishJit,
+    silu=nn.SiLU if _has_silu else SwishJit,
+    swish=nn.SiLU if _has_silu else SwishJit,
     mish=MishJit,
     hard_sigmoid=HardSigmoidJit,
     hard_swish=HardSwishJit,
@@ -68,7 +77,8 @@ _ACT_LAYER_JIT = dict(
 )
 
 _ACT_LAYER_ME = dict(
-    swish=SwishMe,
+    silu=nn.SiLU if _has_silu else SwishMe,
+    swish=nn.SiLU if _has_silu else SwishMe,
     mish=MishMe,
     hard_sigmoid=HardSigmoidMe,
     hard_swish=HardSwishMe,