diff --git a/torchx/components/dist.py b/torchx/components/dist.py
index 55718474d..ebeaa36c2 100644
--- a/torchx/components/dist.py
+++ b/torchx/components/dist.py
@@ -132,9 +132,6 @@ def spmd(
         j: {nnodes}x{nproc_per_node}. For GPU hosts omitting nproc_per_node will infer it from the GPU count on the host
         env: environment variables to be passed to the run (e.g. ENV1=v1,ENV2=v2,ENV3=v3)
         max_retries: the number of scheduler retries allowed
-        rdzv_port: the port on rank0's host to use for hosting the c10d store used for rendezvous.
-                   Only takes effect when running multi-node. When running single node, this parameter
-                   is ignored and a random free port is chosen.
         mounts: (for docker based runs only) mounts to mount into the worker environment/container
                 (ex. type=<bind/volume>,src=/host,dst=/job[,readonly]).
         debug: whether to run with preset debug flags enabled
@@ -174,6 +171,7 @@ def ddp(
     max_retries: int = 0,
     rdzv_port: int = 29500,
     rdzv_backend: str = "c10d",
+    rdzv_conf: Optional[str] = None,
     mounts: Optional[List[str]] = None,
     debug: bool = False,
     tee: int = 3,
@@ -208,6 +206,7 @@ def ddp(
                    Only takes effect when running multi-node. When running single node, this parameter
                    is ignored and a random free port is chosen.
         rdzv_backend: the rendezvous backend to use. Only takes effect when running multi-node.
+        rdzv_conf: the additional rendezvous configuration to use (ex. join_timeout=600,close_timeout=600,timeout=600).
         mounts: mounts to mount into the worker environment/container (ex. type=<bind/volume>,src=/host,dst=/job[,readonly]).
                 See scheduler documentation for more info.
         debug: whether to run with preset debug flags enabled
@@ -258,6 +257,7 @@ def ddp(
         "torchrun",
         "--rdzv_backend",
         rdzv_backend,
+        *(["--rdzv_conf", rdzv_conf] if rdzv_conf is not None else []),
         "--rdzv_endpoint",
         rdzv_endpoint,
         "--rdzv_id",
diff --git a/torchx/components/test/dist_test.py b/torchx/components/test/dist_test.py
index ac57a1bf0..d63ce43b9 100644
--- a/torchx/components/test/dist_test.py
+++ b/torchx/components/test/dist_test.py
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ def test_ddp_debug(self) -> None:
             self.assertEqual(env[k], v)
 
     def test_ddp_rdzv_backend_static(self) -> None:
-        app = ddp(script="foo.py", rdzv_backend="static")
+        rdzv_conf = "join_timeout=600,close_timeout=600,timeout=600"
+        app = ddp(script="foo.py", rdzv_backend="static", rdzv_conf=rdzv_conf)
         cmd = app.roles[0].args[1]
+        self.assertTrue(f"--rdzv_conf {rdzv_conf}" in cmd)
         self.assertTrue("--rdzv_backend static" in cmd)
         self.assertTrue("--node_rank" in cmd)