diff --git a/deep_ep/buffer.py b/deep_ep/buffer.py
index 3fa069d..25fcff5 100644
--- a/deep_ep/buffer.py
+++ b/deep_ep/buffer.py
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ class Buffer:
     def __init__(self, group: dist.ProcessGroup,
                  num_nvl_bytes: int = 0, num_rdma_bytes: int = 0,
                  low_latency_mode: bool = False, num_qps_per_rank: int = 12,
-                 allow_nvlink_for_low_latency_mode: bool = True) -> None:
+                 allow_nvlink_for_low_latency_mode: bool = True,
+                 allow_mnnvl: bool = False) -> None:
         """
         Initialize the communication buffer.
 
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ class Buffer:
                 this is somehow incompatible with the hook-based overlapping.
                 Warning: PCIe connections may lead to errors due to memory ordering issues,
                 please make sure all connections are via NVLink.
+            allow_mnnvl: whether to allow MNNVL
         """
 
         # Initialize the CPP runtime
@@ -88,8 +90,9 @@ class Buffer:
             # NOTES: NVSHMEM initialization requires at least 256 MiB
             os.environ['NVSHMEM_CUMEM_GRANULARITY'] = f'{2 ** 29}'
 
-            # Disable multi-node NVLink detection
-            os.environ['NVSHMEM_DISABLE_MNNVL'] = '1'
+            if not allow_mnnvl:
+                # Disable multi-node NVLink detection
+                os.environ['NVSHMEM_DISABLE_MNNVL'] = '1'
 
             # Synchronize using the root ID
             nvshmem_unique_ids = [None, ] * self.group_size