diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index dfafa378..9d36bded 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ WrappedUnions = "325db55a-9c6c-5b90-b1a2-ec87e7a38c44"
 [weakdeps]
 Adapt = "79e6a3ab-5dfb-504d-930d-738a2a938a0e"
 GradedArrays = "bc96ca6e-b7c8-4bb6-888e-c93f838762c2"
+MPI = "da04e1cc-30fd-572f-bb4f-1f8673147195"
 Mooncake = "da2b9cff-9c12-43a0-ae48-6db2b0edb7d6"
 OMEinsumContractionOrders = "6f22d1fd-8eed-4bb7-9776-e7d684900715"
 TensorKit = "07d1fe3e-3e46-537d-9eac-e9e13d0d4cec"
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ TensorKitSectors = "13a9c161-d5da-41f0-bcbd-e1a08ae0647f"
 [extensions]
 ITensorBaseAdaptExt = "Adapt"
 ITensorBaseGradedArraysExt = ["GradedArrays", "TensorKitSectors"]
+ITensorBaseMPIExt = "MPI"
 ITensorBaseMooncakeExt = "Mooncake"
 ITensorBaseOMEinsumContractionOrdersExt = "OMEinsumContractionOrders"
 ITensorBaseTensorKitExt = "TensorKit"
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ Combinatorics = "1"
 ConstructionBase = "1.6"
 GradedArrays = "0.16"
 LinearAlgebra = "1.10"
+MPI = "0.20.26"
 MatrixAlgebraKit = "0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6"
 Mooncake = "0.4.202, 0.5"
 OMEinsumContractionOrders = "1.3"
diff --git a/ext/ITensorBaseMPIExt.jl b/ext/ITensorBaseMPIExt.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60726459
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/ITensorBaseMPIExt.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module ITensorBaseMPIExt
+
+using ITensorBase: AbstractNamedArray, AbstractNamedTensor, unnamed
+using MPI: MPI
+
+MPI.Buffer(a::AbstractNamedArray) = MPI.Buffer(unnamed(a))
+MPI.Buffer(a::AbstractNamedTensor) = MPI.Buffer(unnamed(a))
+
+end
diff --git a/test/Project.toml b/test/Project.toml
index 7e3740f5..88276e52 100644
--- a/test/Project.toml
+++ b/test/Project.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ ITensorBase = "4795dd04-0d67-49bb-8f44-b89c448a1dc7"
 ITensorPkgSkeleton = "3d388ab1-018a-49f4-ae50-18094d5f71ea"
 JLArrays = "27aeb0d3-9eb9-45fb-866b-73c2ecf80fcb"
 LinearAlgebra = "37e2e46d-f89d-539d-b4ee-838fcccc9c8e"
+MPI = "da04e1cc-30fd-572f-bb4f-1f8673147195"
 MatrixAlgebraKit = "6c742aac-3347-4629-af66-fc926824e5e4"
 Mooncake = "da2b9cff-9c12-43a0-ae48-6db2b0edb7d6"
 OMEinsumContractionOrders = "6f22d1fd-8eed-4bb7-9776-e7d684900715"
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ ITensorBase = "0.14"
 ITensorPkgSkeleton = "0.3.42"
 JLArrays = "0.2, 0.3"
 LinearAlgebra = "1.10"
+MPI = "0.20.26"
 MatrixAlgebraKit = "0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6"
 Mooncake = "0.4, 0.5"
 OMEinsumContractionOrders = "1.3"
diff --git a/test/test_mpiext.jl b/test/test_mpiext.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4420fb78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_mpiext.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+using ITensorBase: NamedArray, nameddims, unnamed
+using MPI: MPI
+using Test: @test, @testset
+
+@testset "MPIExt (eltype=$elt)" for elt in (Float64, ComplexF64)
+    @testset "Buffer wraps the unnamed parent" begin
+        nt = nameddims(randn(elt, (2, 3)), ("i", "j"))
+        na = NamedArray(randn(elt, 4), "x")
+        for a in (nt, na)
+            buffer = MPI.Buffer(a)
+            @test buffer.data ≡ unnamed(a)
+            @test buffer.count == length(unnamed(a))
+            @test buffer.datatype == MPI.Datatype(elt)
+        end
+    end
+    @testset "Sendrecv! round trip" begin
+        MPI.Initialized() || MPI.Init()
+        comm = MPI.COMM_WORLD
+        rank = MPI.Comm_rank(comm)
+
+        send = nameddims(randn(elt, (2, 3)), ("i", "j"))
+        recv = nameddims(zeros(elt, (2, 3)), ("i", "j"))
+        MPI.Sendrecv!(send, recv, comm; dest = rank, source = rank)
+        @test unnamed(recv) == unnamed(send)
+
+        send = NamedArray(randn(elt, 4), "x")
+        recv = NamedArray(zeros(elt, 4), "x")
+        MPI.Sendrecv!(send, recv, comm; dest = rank, source = rank)
+        @test unnamed(recv) == unnamed(send)
+    end
+end