diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6a2c32d90..31eed0c3b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -32,4 +32,5 @@
 *.exe
 *.txt
 *tmp*
-doc
\ No newline at end of file
+doc
+*.rabit
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 27c2b1915..daa08aa79 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
 export CC  = gcc
 export CXX = g++
 export MPICXX = mpicxx
-export LDFLAGS=
+export LDFLAGS= -Llib
 export CFLAGS = -Wall -O3 -msse2  -Wno-unknown-pragmas -fPIC -Iinclude
 
 # build path
 BPATH=.
 # objectives that makes up rabit library
 MPIOBJ= $(BPATH)/engine_mpi.o
-OBJ= $(BPATH)/allreduce_base.o $(BPATH)/allreduce_robust.o $(BPATH)/engine.o $(BPATH)/engine_empty.o $(BPATH)/engine_mock.o
+OBJ= $(BPATH)/allreduce_base.o $(BPATH)/allreduce_robust.o $(BPATH)/engine.o $(BPATH)/engine_empty.o $(BPATH)/engine_mock.o\
+	$(BPATH)/rabit_wrapper.o
+SLIB= wrapper/librabit_wrapper.so
 ALIB= lib/librabit.a lib/librabit_mpi.a lib/librabit_empty.a lib/librabit_mock.a
 HEADERS=src/*.h include/*.h include/rabit/*.h
-.PHONY: clean all install mpi
+.PHONY: clean all install mpi python
 
-all: lib/librabit.a lib/librabit_mock.a
+all: lib/librabit.a lib/librabit_mock.a $(SLIB)
 mpi: lib/librabit_mpi.a
+python: wrapper/librabit_wrapper.so
 
 $(BPATH)/allreduce_base.o: src/allreduce_base.cc $(HEADERS)
 $(BPATH)/engine.o: src/engine.cc $(HEADERS)
@@ -27,6 +30,9 @@ lib/librabit.a: $(BPATH)/allreduce_base.o $(BPATH)/allreduce_robust.o $(BPATH)/e
 lib/librabit_mock.a: $(BPATH)/allreduce_base.o $(BPATH)/allreduce_robust.o $(BPATH)/engine_mock.o
 lib/librabit_empty.a: $(BPATH)/engine_empty.o
 lib/librabit_mpi.a: $(MPIOBJ)
+# wrapper code
+$(BPATH)/rabit_wrapper.o: wrapper/rabit_wrapper.cc
+wrapper/librabit_wrapper.so: $(BPATH)/rabit_wrapper.o lib/librabit.a
 
 $(OBJ) : 
 	$(CXX) -c $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $(firstword $(filter %.cpp %.c %.cc, $^) )
@@ -37,5 +43,8 @@ $(MPIOBJ) :
 $(ALIB):
 	ar cr $@ $+
 
+$(SLIB) :
+	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) -shared -o $@ $(filter %.cpp %.o %.c %.cc %.a, $^)
+
 clean:
 	$(RM) $(OBJ) $(MPIOBJ) $(ALIB) $(MPIALIB) *~ src/*~ include/*~ include/*/*~
diff --git a/wrapper/rabit_wrapper.cc b/wrapper/rabit_wrapper.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60c53f93a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wrapper/rabit_wrapper.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+// implementations in ctypes
+#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
+#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
+
+#include <rabit.h>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <string>
+#include "./rabit_wrapper.h"
+namespace rabit {
+namespace wrapper {
+// helper use to avoid BitOR operator
+template<typename OP, typename DType>
+struct FHelper {
+  inline static void
+  Allreduce(DType *senrecvbuf_,
+            size_t count,
+            void (*prepare_fun)(void *arg),
+            void *prepare_arg) {
+    rabit::Allreduce<OP>(senrecvbuf_, count,
+                         prepare_fun, prepare_arg);
+  }
+};
+template<typename DType>
+struct FHelper<op::BitOR, DType> {
+  inline static void
+  Allreduce(DType *senrecvbuf_,
+            size_t count,
+            void (*prepare_fun)(void *arg),
+            void *prepare_arg) {
+    utils::Error("DataType does not support bitwise or operation");
+  }
+};
+template<typename OP>
+inline void Allreduce_(void *sendrecvbuf_,
+                       size_t count,
+                       engine::mpi::DataType enum_dtype,
+                       void (*prepare_fun)(void *arg),
+                       void *prepare_arg) {
+  using namespace engine::mpi;
+  switch (enum_dtype) {
+    case kChar:
+      rabit::Allreduce<OP>
+          (static_cast<char*>(sendrecvbuf_),
+           count, prepare_fun, prepare_arg);
+      return;
+    case kUChar:
+      rabit::Allreduce<OP>
+          (static_cast<unsigned char*>(sendrecvbuf_),
+           count, prepare_fun, prepare_arg);
+      return;
+    case kInt:
+      rabit::Allreduce<OP>
+          (static_cast<int*>(sendrecvbuf_),
+           count, prepare_fun, prepare_arg);
+      return;
+    case kUInt:
+      rabit::Allreduce<OP>
+          (static_cast<unsigned*>(sendrecvbuf_),
+           count, prepare_fun, prepare_arg);
+      return;
+    case kLong:
+      rabit::Allreduce<OP>
+          (static_cast<long*>(sendrecvbuf_),
+           count, prepare_fun, prepare_arg);
+      return;
+    case kULong:
+      rabit::Allreduce<OP>
+          (static_cast<unsigned long*>(sendrecvbuf_),
+           count, prepare_fun, prepare_arg);
+      return;
+    case kFloat:
+      FHelper<OP, float>::Allreduce
+          (static_cast<float*>(sendrecvbuf_),
+           count, prepare_fun, prepare_arg);
+      return;
+    case kDouble:
+      FHelper<OP, double>::Allreduce
+          (static_cast<double*>(sendrecvbuf_),
+           count, prepare_fun, prepare_arg);
+      return;
+    default: utils::Error("unknown data_type");
+  }
+}
+inline void Allreduce(void *sendrecvbuf,
+                      size_t count,
+                      engine::mpi::DataType enum_dtype,
+                      engine::mpi::OpType enum_op,
+                      void (*prepare_fun)(void *arg),
+                      void *prepare_arg) {
+  using namespace engine::mpi;
+  switch (enum_op) {
+    case kMax:
+      Allreduce_<op::Max>
+          (sendrecvbuf,
+           count, enum_dtype,
+           prepare_fun, prepare_arg);
+      return;
+    case kMin:
+      Allreduce_<op::Min>
+          (sendrecvbuf,
+           count, enum_dtype,
+           prepare_fun, prepare_arg);
+      return;
+    case kSum:
+      Allreduce_<op::Sum>
+          (sendrecvbuf,
+           count, enum_dtype,
+           prepare_fun, prepare_arg);
+      return;
+    case kBitwiseOR:
+      Allreduce_<op::BitOR>
+          (sendrecvbuf,
+           count, enum_dtype,
+           prepare_fun, prepare_arg);
+      return;
+    default: utils::Error("unknown enum_op");
+  }
+}
+}  // namespace wrapper
+}  // namespace rabit
+extern "C" {
+  void RabitInit(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+    rabit::Init(argc, argv);
+  }
+  void RabitFinalize(void) {
+    rabit::Finalize();
+  }
+  int RabitGetRank(void) {
+    return rabit::GetRank();
+  }
+  int RabitGetWorldSize(void) {
+    return rabit::GetWorldSize();
+  }
+  void RabitTrackerPrint(const char *msg) {
+    std::string m(msg);
+    rabit::TrackerPrint(m);
+  }
+  void RabitGetProcessorName(char *out_name,
+                             rbt_ulong *out_len,
+                             rbt_ulong max_len) {
+    std::string s = rabit::GetProcessorName();
+    if (s.length() > max_len) {
+      s.resize(max_len - 1);
+    }
+    strcpy(out_name, s.c_str());
+    *out_len = static_cast<rbt_ulong>(s.length());
+  }
+  void RabitBroadcast(void *sendrecv_data,
+                      rbt_ulong size, int root) {
+    rabit::Broadcast(sendrecv_data, size, root);
+  }
+  void RabitAllreduce(void *sendrecvbuf,
+                      size_t count,
+                      int enum_dtype,
+                      int enum_op,
+                      void (*prepare_fun)(void *arg),
+                      void *prepare_arg) {
+    rabit::wrapper::Allreduce
+        (sendrecvbuf, count,
+         static_cast<rabit::engine::mpi::DataType>(enum_dtype),
+         static_cast<rabit::engine::mpi::OpType>(enum_op),
+         prepare_fun, prepare_arg);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/wrapper/rabit_wrapper.h b/wrapper/rabit_wrapper.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..823f199b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wrapper/rabit_wrapper.h
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#ifndef RABIT_WRAPPER_H_
+#define RABIT_WRAPPER_H_
+/*!
+ * \file rabit_wrapper.h
+ * \author Tianqi Chen
+ * \brief a C style wrapper of rabit
+ *  can be used to create wrapper of other languages
+ */
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#define RABIT_DLL __declspec(dllexport)
+#else
+#define RABIT_DLL
+#endif
+// manually define unsign long
+typedef unsigned long rbt_ulong;
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+/*!
+ * \brief intialize the rabit module, call this once before using anything
+ * \param argc number of arguments in argv
+ * \param argv the array of input arguments
+ */
+  RABIT_DLL void RabitInit(int argc, char *argv[]);
+  /*! 
+   * \brief finalize the rabit engine, call this function after you finished all jobs 
+   */
+  RABIT_DLL void RabitFinalize(void);
+  /*! \brief get rank of current process */
+  RABIT_DLL int RabitGetRank(void);
+  /*! \brief get total number of process */
+  RABIT_DLL int RabitGetWorldSize(void);
+  /*!
+   * \brief print the msg to the tracker,
+   *    this function can be used to communicate the information of the progress to
+   *    the user who monitors the tracker
+   * \param msg the message to be printed
+   */
+  RABIT_DLL void RabitTrackerPrint(const char *msg);  
+  /*!
+   * \brief get name of processor 
+   * \param out_name hold output string
+   * \param out_len hold length of output string
+   * \param max_len maximum buffer length of input
+   */
+  RABIT_DLL void RabitGetProcessorName(char *out_name,
+                                       rbt_ulong *out_len,
+                                       rbt_ulong max_len);
+  /*!
+   * \brief broadcast an memory region to all others from root
+   *
+   *     Example: int a = 1; Broadcast(&a, sizeof(a), root); 
+   * \param sendrecv_data the pointer to send or recive buffer,
+   * \param size the size of the data
+   * \param root the root of process
+   */
+  RABIT_DLL void RabitBroadcast(void *sendrecv_data,
+                                rbt_ulong size, int root);
+  /*!
+   * \brief perform in-place allreduce, on sendrecvbuf 
+   *        this function is NOT thread-safe
+   *
+   * Example Usage: the following code gives sum of the result
+   *     vector<int> data(10);
+   *     ...
+   *     Allreduce<op::Sum>(&data[0], data.size());
+   *     ...
+   * \param sendrecvbuf buffer for both sending and recving data
+   * \param count number of elements to be reduced
+   * \param enum_dtype the enumeration of data type, see rabit::engine::mpi::DataType in engine.h of rabit include
+   * \param enum_op the enumeration of operation type, see rabit::engine::mpi::OpType in engine.h of rabit
+   * \param prepare_fun Lazy preprocessing function, if it is not NULL, prepare_fun(prepare_arg)
+   *                    will be called by the function before performing Allreduce, to intialize the data in sendrecvbuf_.
+   *                     If the result of Allreduce can be recovered directly, then prepare_func will NOT be called
+   * \param prepare_arg argument used to passed into the lazy preprocessing function
+   */
+  RABIT_DLL void RabitAllreduce(void *sendrecvbuf,
+                                size_t count,
+                                int enum_dtype,
+                                int enum_op,
+                                void (*prepare_fun)(void *arg),
+                                void *prepare_arg);
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}  // C
+#endif
+#endif  // XGBOOST_WRAPPER_H_