diff --git a/python/jittor/compiler.py b/python/jittor/compiler.py
index a8ecb600..2c3fe408 100644
--- a/python/jittor/compiler.py
+++ b/python/jittor/compiler.py
@@ -780,6 +780,12 @@ if not os.path.isfile(py3_config_path) :
 
 assert os.path.isfile(py3_config_path)
 nvcc_path = env_or_try_find('nvcc_path', '/usr/local/cuda/bin/nvcc')
+if 'mpi_path' in os.environ:
+    mpi_path = os.environ['mpi_path']
+else:
+    mpi_path = '/usr/local/openmpi'
+assert os.path.isfile(os.path.join(mpi_path,"include","mpi.h"))
+assert os.path.isfile(os.path.join(mpi_path,"lib","libmpi.so"))
 gdb_path = try_find_exe('gdb')
 addr2line_path = try_find_exe('addr2line')
 has_pybt = check_pybt(gdb_path, python_path)
@@ -919,6 +925,7 @@ flags.cc_path = cc_path
 flags.cc_type = cc_type
 flags.cc_flags = cc_flags + link_flags + kernel_opt_flags
 flags.nvcc_path = nvcc_path
+flags.mpi_path = mpi_path
 flags.nvcc_flags = nvcc_flags
 flags.python_path = python_path
 flags.cache_path = cache_path
diff --git a/python/jittor/test/test_mpi.py b/python/jittor/test/test_mpi.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b876d238
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/jittor/test/test_mpi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# ***************************************************************
+# Copyright (c) 2020 Jittor. Authors: 
+#     Guowei Yang <471184555@qq.com>
+#     Dun Liang <randonlang@gmail.com>. 
+# All Rights Reserved.
+# This file is subject to the terms and conditions defined in
+# file 'LICENSE.txt', which is part of this source code package.
+# ***************************************************************
+import unittest
+import os
+import jittor as jt
+import numpy as np
+import copy
+
+def find_cache_path():
+    from pathlib import Path
+    path = str(Path.home())
+    dirs = [".cache", "jittor"]
+    for d in dirs:
+        path = os.path.join(path, d)
+        if not os.path.isdir(path):
+            os.mkdir(path)
+        assert os.path.isdir(path)
+    return path
+
+cache_path = find_cache_path()
+
+class TestMpi(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test(self):
+        # Modified from: https://mpitutorial.com/tutorials/mpi-hello-world/zh_cn/
+        content="""
+        #include <mpi.h>
+        #include <stdio.h>
+
+        int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+            MPI_Init(NULL, NULL);
+
+            int world_size;
+            MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &world_size);
+
+            int world_rank;
+            MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &world_rank);
+
+            char processor_name[MPI_MAX_PROCESSOR_NAME];
+            int name_len;
+            MPI_Get_processor_name(processor_name, &name_len);
+
+            printf("Hello world from processor %s, rank %d out of %d processors\\n",processor_name, world_rank, world_size);
+
+            MPI_Finalize();
+        }
+        """
+        test_path=os.path.join(cache_path,"test_mpi.cc")
+        f=open(test_path,"w")
+        f.write(content)
+        f.close()
+        mpi_path=jt.flags.mpi_path
+        mpi_include = os.path.join(mpi_path, "include")
+        mpi_lib = os.path.join(mpi_path, "lib")
+        cmd = f"cd {cache_path} && g++ {test_path} -I {mpi_include} -L {mpi_lib} -lmpi -o test_mpi && mpirun -n 4 ./test_mpi"
+        self.assertEqual(os.system(cmd), 0)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
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diff --git a/src/jit_compiler.cc b/src/jit_compiler.cc
index 75e63ef8..14323536 100755
--- a/src/jit_compiler.cc
+++ b/src/jit_compiler.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ DEFINE_FLAG(string, jittor_path, "", "Source path of jittor");
 DEFINE_FLAG(string, cc_path, "", "Path of C++ compiler");
 DEFINE_FLAG(string, cc_type, "", "Type of C++ compiler(clang, icc, g++)");
 DEFINE_FLAG(string, cc_flags, "", "Flags of C++ compiler");
+DEFINE_FLAG(string, mpi_path, "", "Path of mpi dir");
 DEFINE_FLAG(string, nvcc_path, "", "Path of CUDA C++ compiler");
 DEFINE_FLAG(string, nvcc_flags, "", "Flags of CUDA C++ compiler");
 DEFINE_FLAG(string, python_path, "", "Path of python interpreter");