diff --git a/python/src/_py_mscclpp.cpp b/python/src/_py_mscclpp.cpp
index 55c5848f..095ff2cf 100644
--- a/python/src/_py_mscclpp.cpp
+++ b/python/src/_py_mscclpp.cpp
@@ -247,5 +247,16 @@ NB_MODULE(_py_mscclpp, m) {
       .def(
           "__del__",
           &MscclppComm::close,
+          nb::call_guard<nb::gil_scoped_release>())
+      .def(
+          "bootstrap_all_gather",
+          [](MscclppComm &comm, void *data, int size) {
+            comm.check_open();
+            return maybe(
+                mscclppBootstrapAllGather(comm._handle, data, size),
+                true,
+                "Failed to stop MSCCLPP proxy");
+	  },
           nb::call_guard<nb::gil_scoped_release>());
+
 }
diff --git a/python/src/mscclpp/test_mscclpp.py b/python/src/mscclpp/test_mscclpp.py
index e67f2770..a77707d8 100644
--- a/python/src/mscclpp/test_mscclpp.py
+++ b/python/src/mscclpp/test_mscclpp.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import concurrent.futures
 import unittest
 import hamcrest
 
@@ -38,13 +39,41 @@ class UniqueIdTest(unittest.TestCase):
             ),
         )
 
+def all_gather_task(rank: int, world_size: int) -> None:
+    comm_options = dict(
+        address="127.0.0.1:50000",
+        rank=rank,
+        world_size=world_size,
+    )
+    print(f'{comm_options=}', flush=True)
+
+    comm = mscclpp.MscclppComm.init_rank_from_address(**comm_options)
+
+    buf = bytearray(world_size)
+    buf[rank] = rank
+
+    if False:
+        # crashes, bad call structure..
+        comm.bootstrap_all_gather(memoryview(buf), world_size)
+        hamcrest.assert_that(
+            buf,
+            hamcrest.equal_to(b'\000\002'),
+        )
+
+    comm.close()
+
 
 class CommsTest(unittest.TestCase):
-    def _test(self) -> None:
-        # this hangs forever
-        comm = mscclpp.MscclppComm.init_rank_from_address(
-            address="127.0.0.1:50000",
-            rank=0,
-            world_size=2,
-        )
-        comm.close()
+    def test_all_gather(self) -> None:
+        world_size = 2
+
+        tasks: list[concurrent.futures.Future[None]] = []
+
+        with concurrent.futures.ProcessPoolExecutor(max_workers=world_size) as pool:
+            for rank in range(world_size):
+                tasks.append(pool.submit(all_gather_task, rank, world_size))
+
+        for f in concurrent.futures.as_completed(tasks):
+            f.result()
+
+