diff --git a/mmengine/optim/optimizer/default_constructor.py b/mmengine/optim/optimizer/default_constructor.py
index 0b4f67d4..95233d86 100644
--- a/mmengine/optim/optimizer/default_constructor.py
+++ b/mmengine/optim/optimizer/default_constructor.py
@@ -299,7 +299,8 @@ class DefaultOptimWrapperConstructor:
         # `model_params` rather than `params`. Here we get the first argument
         # name and fill it with the model parameters.
         if isinstance(optimizer_cls, str):
-            optimizer_cls = OPTIMIZERS.get(self.optimizer_cfg['type'])
+            with OPTIMIZERS.switch_scope_and_registry(None) as registry:
+                optimizer_cls = registry.get(self.optimizer_cfg['type'])
         fisrt_arg_name = next(
             iter(inspect.signature(optimizer_cls).parameters))
         # if no paramwise option is specified, just use the global setting
diff --git a/tests/test_optim/test_optimizer/test_optimizer.py b/tests/test_optim/test_optimizer/test_optimizer.py
index e4089a4e..9f851bd3 100644
--- a/tests/test_optim/test_optimizer/test_optimizer.py
+++ b/tests/test_optim/test_optimizer/test_optimizer.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from mmengine.optim import (OPTIM_WRAPPER_CONSTRUCTORS, OPTIMIZERS,
 from mmengine.optim.optimizer.builder import (DADAPTATION_OPTIMIZERS,
                                               LION_OPTIMIZERS,
                                               TORCH_OPTIMIZERS)
-from mmengine.registry import build_from_cfg
+from mmengine.registry import DefaultScope, Registry, build_from_cfg
 from mmengine.testing._internal import MultiProcessTestCase
 from mmengine.utils.dl_utils import TORCH_VERSION, mmcv_full_available
 from mmengine.utils.version_utils import digit_version
@@ -391,6 +391,22 @@ class TestBuilder(TestCase):
         optim_wrapper = optim_constructor(self.model)
         self._check_default_optimizer(optim_wrapper.optimizer, self.model)
 
+        # Support building custom optimizers
+        CUSTOM_OPTIMIZERS = Registry(
+            'custom optimizer', scope='custom optimizer', parent=OPTIMIZERS)
+
+        class CustomOptimizer(torch.optim.SGD):
+
+            def __init__(self, model_params, *args, **kwargs):
+                super().__init__(params=model_params, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        CUSTOM_OPTIMIZERS.register_module()(CustomOptimizer)
+        optimizer_cfg = dict(optimizer=dict(type='CustomOptimizer', lr=0.1), )
+        with DefaultScope.overwrite_default_scope('custom optimizer'):
+            optim_constructor = DefaultOptimWrapperConstructor(optimizer_cfg)
+            optim_wrapper = optim_constructor(self.model)
+        OPTIMIZERS.children.pop('custom optimizer')
+
     def test_default_optimizer_constructor_with_model_wrapper(self):
         # basic config with pseudo data parallel
         model = PseudoDataParallel()