diff --git a/.buildkite/test-pipeline.yaml b/.buildkite/test-pipeline.yaml
index 7b664c4fa15f..cc200ee2aeed 100644
--- a/.buildkite/test-pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/test-pipeline.yaml
@@ -1276,7 +1276,18 @@ steps:
     - tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/
   commands:
     - uv pip install --system -r /vllm-workspace/requirements/kv_connectors.txt
-    - bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/tp_config_sweep_accuracy_test.sh
+    - bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/config_sweep_accuracy_test.sh
+
+- label: NixlConnector PD accuracy tests (Distributed) # TODO
+  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
+  num_gpus: 4
+  source_file_dependencies:
+    - vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl_connector.py
+    - tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/
+  commands:
+    - uv pip install --system -r /vllm-workspace/requirements/kv_connectors.txt
+    - DP_EP=1 bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/config_sweep_accuracy_test.sh
 
 
 ##### multi gpus test #####
diff --git a/tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/tp_config_sweep_accuracy_test.sh b/tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/config_sweep_accuracy_test.sh
similarity index 74%
rename from tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/tp_config_sweep_accuracy_test.sh
rename to tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/config_sweep_accuracy_test.sh
index f6b4498ceb37..a9c2c47eba47 100755
--- a/tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/tp_config_sweep_accuracy_test.sh
+++ b/tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/config_sweep_accuracy_test.sh
@@ -5,16 +5,26 @@ set -euo pipefail
 SCRIPT="v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/run_accuracy_test.sh"
 
 # Define test configurations
-configs=(
+tp_configs=(
   "GPU_MEMORY_UTILIZATION=0.6 PREFILLER_TP_SIZE=2 DECODER_TP_SIZE=2"
   "GPU_MEMORY_UTILIZATION=0.6 PREFILLER_TP_SIZE=1 DECODER_TP_SIZE=2"
   "GPU_MEMORY_UTILIZATION=0.6 PREFILLER_TP_SIZE=2 DECODER_TP_SIZE=1"
   "GPU_MEMORY_UTILIZATION=0.8 MODEL_NAMES=deepseek-ai/deepseek-vl2-tiny" # MLA case
   "GPU_MEMORY_UTILIZATION=0.8 PREFILLER_TP_SIZE=1 DECODER_TP_SIZE=2 MODEL_NAMES=deepseek-ai/deepseek-vl2-tiny"
   "GPU_MEMORY_UTILIZATION=0.8 PREFILLER_TP_SIZE=2 DECODER_TP_SIZE=1 MODEL_NAMES=deepseek-ai/deepseek-vl2-tiny"
-  "DP_EP=1 GPU_MEMORY_UTILIZATION=0.8 PREFILLER_TP_SIZE=1 DECODER_TP_SIZE=2 MODEL_NAMES=deepseek-ai/deepseek-vl2-tiny" # MLA+P-TP1, D-DPEP=2 (TP=1) 
-  "DP_EP=1 GPU_MEMORY_UTILIZATION=0.8 PREFILLER_TP_SIZE=2 DECODER_TP_SIZE=2 MODEL_NAMES=deepseek-ai/deepseek-vl2-tiny" # MLA+P-TP2, D-DPEP=2 (TP=1) 
 )
+dp_ep_configs=(
+"DP_EP=1 GPU_MEMORY_UTILIZATION=0.8 PREFILLER_TP_SIZE=1 DECODER_TP_SIZE=2 MODEL_NAMES=deepseek-ai/deepseek-vl2-tiny" # MLA+P-TP1, D-DPEP=2 (TP=1) 
+"DP_EP=1 GPU_MEMORY_UTILIZATION=0.8 PREFILLER_TP_SIZE=2 DECODER_TP_SIZE=2 MODEL_NAMES=deepseek-ai/deepseek-vl2-tiny" # MLA+P-TP2, D-DPEP=2 (TP=1) 
+)
+
+# Select config array based on DP_EP env var
+if [[ -n "${DP_EP:-}" ]]; then
+  configs=("${dp_ep_configs[@]}")
+  echo "DP_EP is set, using dp_ep_configs"
+else
+  configs=("${tp_configs[@]}")
+fi
 
 run_tests() {
   local label=$1