diff --git a/src/rabit-inl.h b/src/rabit-inl.h
index 679f6d49e..54e2c05d5 100644
--- a/src/rabit-inl.h
+++ b/src/rabit-inl.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #ifndef RABIT_RABIT_INL_H
 #define RABIT_RABIT_INL_H
 // use engine for implementation
-#include "./engine.h"
 #include "./io.h"
 #include "./utils.h"
 
@@ -176,7 +175,7 @@ inline int VersionNumber(void) {
 // ---------------------------------
 // function to perform reduction for Reducer
 template<typename DType>
-inline void Reducer<DType>::ReduceFunc(const void *src_, void *dst_, int len_, const MPI::Datatype &dtype) {
+inline void ReducerFunc_(const void *src_, void *dst_, int len_, const MPI::Datatype &dtype) {
   const size_t kUnit = sizeof(DType);
   const char *psrc = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(src_);
   char *pdst = reinterpret_cast<char*>(dst_);
@@ -191,7 +190,7 @@ inline void Reducer<DType>::ReduceFunc(const void *src_, void *dst_, int len_, c
 }
 template<typename DType>
 inline Reducer<DType>::Reducer(void) {
-  handle_.Init(Reducer<DType>::ReduceFunc, sizeof(DType));
+  this->handle_.Init(ReducerFunc_<DType>, sizeof(DType));
 }
 template<typename DType>
 inline void Reducer<DType>::Allreduce(DType *sendrecvbuf, size_t count,
@@ -201,8 +200,7 @@ inline void Reducer<DType>::Allreduce(DType *sendrecvbuf, size_t count,
 }
 // function to perform reduction for SerializeReducer
 template<typename DType>
-inline void 
-SerializeReducer<DType>::ReduceFunc(const void *src_, void *dst_, int len_, const MPI::Datatype &dtype) {
+inline void SerializeReducerFunc_(const void *src_, void *dst_, int len_, const MPI::Datatype &dtype) {
   int nbytes = engine::ReduceHandle::TypeSize(dtype);
   // temp space
   DType tsrc, tdst;
@@ -219,7 +217,7 @@ SerializeReducer<DType>::ReduceFunc(const void *src_, void *dst_, int len_, cons
 }
 template<typename DType>
 inline SerializeReducer<DType>::SerializeReducer(void) {
-  handle_.Init(SerializeReducer<DType>::ReduceFunc, sizeof(DType));
+  handle_.Init(SerializeReducerFunc_<DType>, sizeof(DType));
 }
 template<typename DType>
 inline void SerializeReducer<DType>::Allreduce(DType *sendrecvobj,
@@ -237,5 +235,19 @@ inline void SerializeReducer<DType>::Allreduce(DType *sendrecvobj,
     sendrecvobj[i].Load(fs);
   }
 }
+
+#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
+template<typename DType>
+inline void Reducer<DType>::Allreduce(DType *sendrecvbuf, size_t count,
+                                      std::function<void()> prepare_fun) {
+  this->AllReduce(sendrecvbuf, count, InvokeLambda_, &prepare_fun);
+}
+template<typename DType>
+inline void SerializeReducer<DType>::Allreduce(DType *sendrecvobj,
+                                               size_t max_nbytes, size_t count,
+                                               std::function<void()> prepare_fun) {
+  this->AllReduce(sendrecvobj, count, max_nbytes, InvokeLambda_, &prepare_fun);
+}
+#endif
 }  // namespace rabit
 #endif
diff --git a/src/rabit.h b/src/rabit.h
index 316da65c9..f5c94e1c9 100644
--- a/src/rabit.h
+++ b/src/rabit.h
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 #endif // C++11
 // contains definition of ISerializable
 #include "./serializable.h"
+// engine definition of rabit, defines internal implementation
+// to use rabit interface, there is no need to read engine.h rabit.h and serializable.h
+// is suffice to use the interface
+#include "./engine.h"
 
 /*! \brief namespace of rabit */
 namespace rabit {
@@ -210,10 +214,17 @@ class Reducer {
   inline void Allreduce(DType *sendrecvbuf, size_t count,
                         void (*prepare_fun)(void *arg) = NULL,
                         void *prepare_arg = NULL);
-
+#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
+  /*!
+   * \brief customized in-place all reduce operation, with lambda function as preprocessor
+   * \param sendrecvbuf pointer to the array of objects to be reduced
+   * \param count number of elements to be reduced
+   * \param prepare_fun lambda function executed to prepare the data, if necessary
+   */  
+  inline void Allreduce(DType *sendrecvbuf, size_t count,
+                        std::function<void()> prepare_fun);
+#endif
  private:
-  // inner implementation of reducer
-  inline static void ReduceFunc(const void *src_, void *dst_, int len_, const MPI::Datatype &dtype);
   /*! \brief function handle to do reduce */
   engine::ReduceHandle handle_;
 };
@@ -245,10 +256,21 @@ class SerializeReducer {
                         size_t max_nbyte, size_t count,
                         void (*prepare_fun)(void *arg) = NULL,
                         void *prepare_arg = NULL);
-
+// C++11 support for lambda prepare function
+#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
+  /*!
+   * \brief customized in-place all reduce operation, with lambda function as preprocessor
+   * \param sendrecvobj pointer to the array of objects to be reduced
+   * \param max_nbyte maximum amount of memory needed to serialize each object
+   *        this includes budget limit for intermediate and final result
+   * \param count number of elements to be reduced
+   * \param prepare_fun lambda function executed to prepare the data, if necessary
+   */  
+  inline void Allreduce(DType *sendrecvobj,
+                        size_t max_nbyte, size_t count,
+                        std::function<void()> prepare_fun);
+#endif
  private:
-  // inner implementation of reducer
-  inline static void ReduceFunc(const void *src_, void *dst_, int len_, const MPI::Datatype &dtype);
   /*! \brief function handle to do reduce */
   engine::ReduceHandle handle_;
   /*! \brief temporal buffer used to do reduce*/