diff --git a/python/CMakeLists.txt b/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 39138189..2ef01be6 100644
--- a/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ FetchContent_Declare(nanobind GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind.
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(nanobind)
 
 nanobind_add_module(mscclpp_py core_py.cpp error_py.cpp proxy_channel_py.cpp fifo_py.cpp semaphore_py.cpp
-                    config_py.cpp utils_py.cpp)
+                    config_py.cpp utils_py.cpp sm_channel_py.cpp)
 set_target_properties(mscclpp_py PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME mscclpp)
 target_link_libraries(mscclpp_py PRIVATE mscclpp_static)
 target_include_directories(mscclpp_py PRIVATE ${CUDAToolkit_INCLUDE_DIRS})
diff --git a/python/core_py.cpp b/python/core_py.cpp
index 3ab4af7b..59dc39cf 100644
--- a/python/core_py.cpp
+++ b/python/core_py.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ using namespace mscclpp;
 
 extern void register_error(nb::module_& m);
 extern void register_proxy_channel(nb::module_& m);
+extern void register_sm_channel(nb::module_& m);
 extern void register_fifo(nb::module_& m);
 extern void register_semaphore(nb::module_& m);
 extern void register_config(nb::module_& m);
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ void register_core(nb::module_& m) {
 NB_MODULE(mscclpp, m) {
   register_error(m);
   register_proxy_channel(m);
+  register_sm_channel(m);
   register_fifo(m);
   register_semaphore(m);
   register_config(m);
diff --git a/python/examples/bootstrap.py b/python/examples/bootstrap.py
index ddc98874..b383222f 100644
--- a/python/examples/bootstrap.py
+++ b/python/examples/bootstrap.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def setup_connections(comm, rank, world_size, element_size, proxy_service):
             proxy_service.add_memory(remote_memories[i].get()),
             proxy_service.add_memory(reg_mem),
         )
-        simple_proxy_channels.append(proxy_channel)
+        simple_proxy_channels.append(mscclpp.device_handle(proxy_channel))
     comm.setup()
     return simple_proxy_channels
 
diff --git a/python/proxy_channel_py.cpp b/python/proxy_channel_py.cpp
index 1bf8ed30..57281164 100644
--- a/python/proxy_channel_py.cpp
+++ b/python/proxy_channel_py.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ void register_proxy_channel(nb::module_& m) {
            nb::arg("semaphore"), nb::arg("fifo"));
 
   nb::class_<SimpleProxyChannel>(m, "SimpleProxyChannel")
-      .def(nb::init<ProxyChannel, MemoryId, MemoryId>(), nb::arg("proxy_chan"), nb::arg("dst"), nb::arg("src"))
-      .def(nb::init<SimpleProxyChannel>(), nb::arg("proxy_chan"));
+      .def(nb::init<ProxyChannel, MemoryId, MemoryId>(), nb::arg("proxyChan"), nb::arg("dst"), nb::arg("src"))
+      .def(nb::init<SimpleProxyChannel>(), nb::arg("proxyChan"));
+
+  m.def("device_handle", &deviceHandle<ProxyChannel>, nb::arg("proxyChannel"));
+  m.def("device_handle", &deviceHandle<SimpleProxyChannel>, nb::arg("simpleProxyChannel"));
 };
diff --git a/python/sm_channel_py.cpp b/python/sm_channel_py.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d02ac30e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/sm_channel_py.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+// Licensed under the MIT license.
+
+#include <nanobind/nanobind.h>
+#include <nanobind/stl/shared_ptr.h>
+#include <nanobind/stl/string.h>
+
+#include <mscclpp/sm_channel.hpp>
+
+namespace nb = nanobind;
+using namespace mscclpp;
+
+void register_sm_channel(nb::module_& m) {
+  nb::class_<SmChannel> smChannel(m, "SmChannel");
+  smChannel
+      .def(nb::init<std::shared_ptr<SmDevice2DeviceSemaphore>, RegisteredMemory, void*, void*>(), nb::arg("semaphore"),
+           nb::arg("dst"), nb::arg("src"), nb::arg("getPacketBuffer"))
+      .def("device_handle", &SmChannel::deviceHandle);
+
+  nb::class_<SmChannel::DeviceHandle>(smChannel, "DeviceHandle");
+
+  m.def("device_handle", &deviceHandle<SmChannel>, nb::arg("smChannel"));
+};