diff --git a/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/ProcessGroupXCCL.cpp b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/ProcessGroupXCCL.cpp
index 421336b4872a5a..e008669ca8ad79 100644
--- a/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/ProcessGroupXCCL.cpp
+++ b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/ProcessGroupXCCL.cpp
@@ -227,6 +227,18 @@ ProcessGroupXCCL::ProcessGroupXCCL(
     : Backend(rank, size), store_(store) {
   blockingWait_ = getCvarBool(TORCH_XCCL_BLOCKING_WAIT, false);
   init();
+
+  {
+    int local_rank = getXCCLEnvVar("LOCAL_RANK");
+    int local_world_size = getXCCLEnvVar("LOCAL_WORLD_SIZE");
+    if (local_rank == -1 || local_world_size == -1) {
+      local_rank = rank;
+      local_world_size = size;
+    }
+    setXCCLEnvVar("CCL_PROCESS_LAUNCHER", "none");
+    setXCCLEnvVar("CCL_LOCAL_RANK", local_rank);
+    setXCCLEnvVar("CCL_LOCAL_SIZE", local_world_size);
+  }
 }
 
 ProcessGroupXCCL::~ProcessGroupXCCL() = default;
diff --git a/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/ProcessGroupXCCL.hpp b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/ProcessGroupXCCL.hpp
index 7bb3a14d6e1446..eca66a33922d55 100644
--- a/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/ProcessGroupXCCL.hpp
+++ b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/ProcessGroupXCCL.hpp
@@ -31,6 +31,32 @@
 #include <torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/Store.hpp>
 namespace c10d {
 
+namespace {
+int getXCCLEnvVar(std::string envVarName) {
+  char* stringValue = std::getenv(envVarName.c_str());
+  if (stringValue != nullptr) {
+    try {
+      int val = std::stoi(stringValue);
+      return val;
+    } catch (std::exception& e) {
+      TORCH_CHECK(
+          false,
+          "Invalid value for environment variable: " + std::string(envVarName));
+    }
+  } else {
+    return -1;
+  }
+}
+
+void setXCCLEnvVar(std::string envVarName, int val) {
+  setenv(envVarName.c_str(), std::to_string(val).c_str(), val);
+}
+
+void setXCCLEnvVar(std::string envVarName, std::string val) {
+  setenv(envVarName.c_str(), val.c_str(), 1);
+}
+} // namespace
+
 static std::vector<std::string> TORCH_XCCL_BLOCKING_WAIT = {
     "TORCH_XCCL_BLOCKING_WAIT",
     "XCCL_BLOCKING_WAIT"};