diff --git a/src/components/tl/ucp/allgather/allgather.h b/src/components/tl/ucp/allgather/allgather.h
index 61733a4ab7..8182621412 100644
--- a/src/components/tl/ucp/allgather/allgather.h
+++ b/src/components/tl/ucp/allgather/allgather.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #define ALLGATHER_H_
 #include "../tl_ucp.h"
 #include "../tl_ucp_coll.h"
+#include "tl_ucp_sendrecv.h"
 
 enum {
     UCC_TL_UCP_ALLGATHER_ALG_KNOMIAL,
diff --git a/src/components/tl/ucp/allgather/allgather_knomial.c b/src/components/tl/ucp/allgather/allgather_knomial.c
index 1fbcf773cc..4eed00de98 100644
--- a/src/components/tl/ucp/allgather/allgather_knomial.c
+++ b/src/components/tl/ucp/allgather/allgather_knomial.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "coll_patterns/sra_knomial.h"
 #include "utils/ucc_math.h"
 #include "utils/ucc_coll_utils.h"
+#include "allgather.h"
 
 #define SAVE_STATE(_phase)                                                     \
     do {                                                                       \
@@ -78,8 +79,15 @@ void ucc_tl_ucp_allgather_knomial_progress(ucc_coll_task_t *coll_task)
     ucc_status_t           status;
     size_t                 extra_count;
 
-    EXEC_TASK_TEST(UCC_KN_PHASE_INIT, "failed during ee task test",
-                   task->allgather_kn.etask);
+    int use_cuda = UCC_TL_UCP_TEAM_LIB(team)->cfg.allgather_use_cuda;
+
+    if (!use_cuda) {
+        if (UCC_INPROGRESS == ucc_tl_ucp_test(task)){
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    if (use_cuda) EXEC_TASK_TEST(UCC_KN_PHASE_INIT, "failed during ee task test", task->allgather_kn.etask);
     task->allgather_kn.etask = NULL;
     UCC_KN_GOTO_PHASE(task->allgather_kn.phase);
     if (KN_NODE_EXTRA == node_type) {
@@ -214,6 +222,8 @@ ucc_status_t ucc_tl_ucp_allgather_knomial_start(ucc_coll_task_t *coll_task)
     ucc_ee_executor_t *exec;
     void              *rbuf;
 
+    int use_cuda = UCC_TL_UCP_TEAM_LIB(team)->cfg.allgather_use_cuda;
+
     UCC_TL_UCP_PROFILE_REQUEST_EVENT(coll_task, "ucp_allgather_kn_start", 0);
     ucc_tl_ucp_task_reset(task, UCC_INPROGRESS);
     task->allgather_kn.etask = NULL;
@@ -225,21 +235,29 @@ ucc_status_t ucc_tl_ucp_allgather_knomial_start(ucc_coll_task_t *coll_task)
                  ucc_dt_size(args->dst.info.datatype);
         rbuf   = args->dst.info.buffer;
         if (!UCC_IS_INPLACE(*args)) {
-            status = ucc_coll_task_get_executor(&task->super, &exec);
-            if (ucc_unlikely(status != UCC_OK)) {
-                task->super.status = status;
-                return status;
-            }
-            eargs.task_type = UCC_EE_EXECUTOR_TASK_COPY;
-            eargs.copy.dst  = PTR_OFFSET(args->dst.info.buffer, offset);
-            eargs.copy.src  = args->src.info.buffer;
-            eargs.copy.len  = args->src.info.count *
-                              ucc_dt_size(args->src.info.datatype);
-            status = ucc_ee_executor_task_post(exec, &eargs,
-                                               &task->allgather_kn.etask);
-            if (ucc_unlikely(status != UCC_OK)) {
-                task->super.status = status;
-                return status;
+            if (use_cuda) {
+                status = ucc_coll_task_get_executor(&task->super, &exec);
+                if (ucc_unlikely(status != UCC_OK)) {
+                    task->super.status = status;
+                    return status;
+                }
+                eargs.task_type = UCC_EE_EXECUTOR_TASK_COPY;
+                eargs.copy.dst  = PTR_OFFSET(args->dst.info.buffer, offset);
+                eargs.copy.src  = args->src.info.buffer;
+                eargs.copy.len  = args->src.info.count *
+                                ucc_dt_size(args->src.info.datatype);
+                status = ucc_ee_executor_task_post(exec, &eargs,
+                                                &task->allgather_kn.etask);
+                if (ucc_unlikely(status != UCC_OK)) {
+                    task->super.status = status;
+                    return status;
+                }
+            } else {
+                /*Loopback*/
+                UCPCHECK_GOTO(ucc_tl_ucp_send_nb(args->src.info.buffer, args->src.info.count * ucc_dt_size(args->src.info.datatype),
+                                args->src.info.mem_type, rank, team, task),task, out);
+                UCPCHECK_GOTO(ucc_tl_ucp_recv_nb(PTR_OFFSET(args->dst.info.buffer, offset), args->src.info.count * ucc_dt_size(args->src.info.datatype),
+                                args->dst.info.mem_type, rank, team, task),task, out);
             }
         }
     } else if (ct == UCC_COLL_TYPE_ALLGATHERV) {
@@ -284,6 +302,8 @@ ucc_status_t ucc_tl_ucp_allgather_knomial_start(ucc_coll_task_t *coll_task)
     task->allgather_kn.sbuf = PTR_OFFSET(rbuf, offset);
 
     return ucc_progress_queue_enqueue(UCC_TL_CORE_CTX(team)->pq, &task->super);
+out:
+    return task->super.status;
 }
 
 ucc_status_t ucc_tl_ucp_allgather_knomial_init_r(
@@ -293,7 +313,6 @@ ucc_status_t ucc_tl_ucp_allgather_knomial_init_r(
     ucc_tl_ucp_team_t *tl_team = ucc_derived_of(team, ucc_tl_ucp_team_t);
     ucc_tl_ucp_task_t *task;
     ucc_sbgp_t        *sbgp;
-
     task = ucc_tl_ucp_init_task(coll_args, team);
     if (tl_team->cfg.use_reordering &&
         coll_args->args.coll_type == UCC_COLL_TYPE_ALLREDUCE) {
@@ -316,7 +335,7 @@ ucc_status_t ucc_tl_ucp_allgather_knomial_init(ucc_base_coll_args_t *coll_args,
     ucc_tl_ucp_team_t *tl_team = ucc_derived_of(team, ucc_tl_ucp_team_t);
     ucc_rank_t         size    = UCC_TL_TEAM_SIZE(tl_team);
     ucc_kn_radix_t     radix;
-
+    
     radix = ucc_min(UCC_TL_UCP_TEAM_LIB(tl_team)->cfg.allgather_kn_radix, size);
     return ucc_tl_ucp_allgather_knomial_init_r(coll_args, team, task_h, radix);
 }
diff --git a/src/components/tl/ucp/allgather/allgather_neighbor.c b/src/components/tl/ucp/allgather/allgather_neighbor.c
index 534c197e4e..6fca1190d1 100644
--- a/src/components/tl/ucp/allgather/allgather_neighbor.c
+++ b/src/components/tl/ucp/allgather/allgather_neighbor.c
@@ -149,14 +149,22 @@ ucc_status_t ucc_tl_ucp_allgather_neighbor_start(ucc_coll_task_t *coll_task)
                                      0);
     ucc_tl_ucp_task_reset(task, UCC_INPROGRESS);
 
+    int use_cuda = UCC_TL_UCP_TEAM_LIB(team)->cfg.allgather_use_cuda;
+
     if (!UCC_IS_INPLACE(TASK_ARGS(task))) {
-        status = ucc_mc_memcpy(PTR_OFFSET(rbuf, data_size * trank), sbuf,
+        if (use_cuda) {
+            status = ucc_mc_memcpy(PTR_OFFSET(rbuf, data_size * trank), sbuf,
                                data_size, rmem, smem);
-        if (ucc_unlikely(UCC_OK != status)) {
-            return status;
+            if (ucc_unlikely(UCC_OK != status)) {
+                return status;
+            }
+        } else {
+            /* Loopback */
+            UCPCHECK_GOTO(ucc_tl_ucp_send_nb(sbuf, data_size, smem, trank, team, task),task, err);
+            UCPCHECK_GOTO(ucc_tl_ucp_recv_nb(PTR_OFFSET(rbuf, data_size * trank), data_size, rmem, trank, team, task),task, err);
         }
     }
-
+    
     if (trank % 2) {
         neighbor = (trank - 1 + tsize) % tsize;
     } else {
@@ -175,4 +183,6 @@ ucc_status_t ucc_tl_ucp_allgather_neighbor_start(ucc_coll_task_t *coll_task)
         task, out);
 out:
     return ucc_progress_queue_enqueue(UCC_TL_CORE_CTX(team)->pq, &task->super);
+err:
+    return task->super.status; 
 }
diff --git a/src/components/tl/ucp/allgather/allgather_ring.c b/src/components/tl/ucp/allgather/allgather_ring.c
index 07178aea25..552df93308 100644
--- a/src/components/tl/ucp/allgather/allgather_ring.c
+++ b/src/components/tl/ucp/allgather/allgather_ring.c
@@ -50,8 +50,11 @@ void ucc_tl_ucp_allgather_ring_progress(ucc_coll_task_t *coll_task)
     sendto   = ucc_ep_map_eval(task->subset.map, (trank + 1) % tsize);
     recvfrom = ucc_ep_map_eval(task->subset.map, (trank - 1 + tsize) % tsize);
 
-    while (task->tagged.send_posted < tsize - 1) {
-        step = task->tagged.send_posted;
+    int use_cuda = UCC_TL_UCP_TEAM_LIB(team)->cfg.allgather_use_cuda;
+    int iter = use_cuda ? tsize - 1 : tsize;
+    while (task->tagged.send_posted < iter) {
+        step = use_cuda ? task->tagged.send_posted : task->tagged.send_posted - 1;
+
         sblock = task->allgather_ring.get_send_block(&task->subset, trank,
                                                      tsize, step);
         rblock = task->allgather_ring.get_recv_block(&task->subset, trank,
@@ -93,17 +96,25 @@ ucc_status_t ucc_tl_ucp_allgather_ring_start(ucc_coll_task_t *coll_task)
     UCC_TL_UCP_PROFILE_REQUEST_EVENT(coll_task, "ucp_allgather_ring_start", 0);
     ucc_tl_ucp_task_reset(task, UCC_INPROGRESS);
 
+    int use_cuda = UCC_TL_UCP_TEAM_LIB(team)->cfg.allgather_use_cuda;
     if (!UCC_IS_INPLACE(TASK_ARGS(task))) {
-        block = task->allgather_ring.get_send_block(&task->subset, trank, tsize,
-                                                    0);
-        status = ucc_mc_memcpy(PTR_OFFSET(rbuf, data_size * block),
+        block = task->allgather_ring.get_send_block(&task->subset, trank, tsize, 0);
+        if (use_cuda) {
+            status = ucc_mc_memcpy(PTR_OFFSET(rbuf, data_size * block),
                                sbuf, data_size, rmem, smem);
-        if (ucc_unlikely(UCC_OK != status)) {
-            return status;
+            if (ucc_unlikely(UCC_OK != status)) {
+                return status;
+            }
+        } else {
+            /* Loopback */
+            ucc_rank_t rank = ucc_ep_map_eval(task->subset.map, trank);
+            UCPCHECK_GOTO(ucc_tl_ucp_send_nb(sbuf, data_size, smem, rank, team, task),task, out);
+            UCPCHECK_GOTO(ucc_tl_ucp_recv_nb(PTR_OFFSET(rbuf, data_size * block), data_size, rmem, rank, team, task),task, out);
         }
     }
-
     return ucc_progress_queue_enqueue(UCC_TL_CORE_CTX(team)->pq, &task->super);
+out:
+    return task->super.status;
 }
 
 ucc_status_t ucc_tl_ucp_allgather_ring_init_common(ucc_tl_ucp_task_t *task)
diff --git a/src/components/tl/ucp/allgather/allgather_sparbit.c b/src/components/tl/ucp/allgather/allgather_sparbit.c
index 0edfc4d4a3..20c60e8c32 100644
--- a/src/components/tl/ucp/allgather/allgather_sparbit.c
+++ b/src/components/tl/ucp/allgather/allgather_sparbit.c
@@ -130,13 +130,22 @@ ucc_status_t ucc_tl_ucp_allgather_sparbit_start(ucc_coll_task_t *coll_task)
     task->allgather_sparbit.i             = 0; // setup iteration
     task->allgather_sparbit.data_expected = 1;
 
+    int use_cuda = UCC_TL_UCP_TEAM_LIB(team)->cfg.allgather_use_cuda;
+
     if (!UCC_IS_INPLACE(TASK_ARGS(task))) {
-        status = ucc_mc_memcpy(PTR_OFFSET(rbuf, data_size * trank), sbuf,
+        if (use_cuda) {
+            status = ucc_mc_memcpy(PTR_OFFSET(rbuf, data_size * trank), sbuf,
                                data_size, rmem, smem);
-        if (ucc_unlikely(UCC_OK != status)) {
-            return status;
+            if (ucc_unlikely(UCC_OK != status)) {
+                return status;
+            }
+        } else {
+            /* Loopback */
+            UCPCHECK_GOTO(ucc_tl_ucp_send_nb(sbuf, data_size, smem, trank, team, task),task, out);
+            UCPCHECK_GOTO(ucc_tl_ucp_recv_nb(PTR_OFFSET(rbuf, data_size * trank), data_size, rmem, trank, team, task),task, out);
         }
     }
-
     return ucc_progress_queue_enqueue(UCC_TL_CORE_CTX(team)->pq, &task->super);
+out:
+    return task->super.status;
 }
diff --git a/src/components/tl/ucp/tl_ucp.c b/src/components/tl/ucp/tl_ucp.c
index 7db99bdaf2..b1be17e1f8 100644
--- a/src/components/tl/ucp/tl_ucp.c
+++ b/src/components/tl/ucp/tl_ucp.c
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ ucc_config_field_t ucc_tl_ucp_lib_config_table[] = {
      ucc_offsetof(ucc_tl_ucp_lib_config_t, allgather_kn_radix),
      UCC_CONFIG_TYPE_UINT},
 
+     {"ALLGATHER_USE_CUDA", "1", "Flag weather to use mc cuda copy",
+     ucc_offsetof(ucc_tl_ucp_lib_config_t, allgather_use_cuda),
+     UCC_CONFIG_TYPE_UINT},
+
     {"BCAST_KN_RADIX", "4", "Radix of the recursive-knomial bcast algorithm",
      ucc_offsetof(ucc_tl_ucp_lib_config_t, bcast_kn_radix),
      UCC_CONFIG_TYPE_UINT},
diff --git a/src/components/tl/ucp/tl_ucp.h b/src/components/tl/ucp/tl_ucp.h
index 3c439f4ae5..517d4dba3b 100644
--- a/src/components/tl/ucp/tl_ucp.h
+++ b/src/components/tl/ucp/tl_ucp.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ extern ucc_tl_ucp_iface_t ucc_tl_ucp;
 typedef struct ucc_tl_ucp_lib_config {
     ucc_tl_lib_config_t      super;
     uint32_t                 kn_radix;
+    uint32_t                 allgather_use_cuda;
     uint32_t                 fanin_kn_radix;
     uint32_t                 fanout_kn_radix;
     uint32_t                 barrier_kn_radix;