diff --git a/deepspeed/launcher/constants.py b/deepspeed/launcher/constants.py
index 09dd1bdd1def..3d49a7565ea6 100644
--- a/deepspeed/launcher/constants.py
+++ b/deepspeed/launcher/constants.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 PDSH_MAX_FAN_OUT = 1024
 
 OPENMPI_LAUNCHER = 'openmpi'
+JSRUN_LAUNCHER = 'jsrun'
 MPICH_LAUNCHER = 'mpich'
 SLURM_LAUNCHER = 'slurm'
 MVAPICH_LAUNCHER = 'mvapich'
diff --git a/deepspeed/launcher/multinode_runner.py b/deepspeed/launcher/multinode_runner.py
index 6027d1076e80..ff2fdc540967 100644
--- a/deepspeed/launcher/multinode_runner.py
+++ b/deepspeed/launcher/multinode_runner.py
@@ -169,6 +169,60 @@ def get_cmd(self, environment, active_resources):
         return mpirun_cmd + export_cmd + python_exec + [self.user_script
                                                         ] + self.user_arguments
 
+class JSRunner(MultiNodeRunner):
+    def __init__(self, args, world_info_base64, resource_pool):
+        super().__init__(args, world_info_base64)
+        self.resource_pool = resource_pool
+        # Hard coded for Summit
+        self.add_export('CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES', '0,1,2,3,4,5')
+
+    def backend_exists(self):
+        #TODO: if IB is available we should suggestion mvapich
+        #This ompi check will still work for jsrun since spectrum-mpi is based on ompi
+        return shutil.which('ompi_info')
+
+    @property
+    def name(self):
+        return "jsrun"
+
+    def validate_args(self):
+        super().validate_args()
+        #TODO: Allow for include/exclude at node-level but not gpu-level
+        if self.args.include != "" or self.args.exclude != "":
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"{self.name} backend does not support worker include/exclusion")
+        if self.args.num_nodes != -1 or self.args.num_gpus != -1:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"{self.name} backend does not support limiting num nodes/gpus")
+
+    def get_cmd(self, environment, active_resources):
+        total_process_count = sum(self.resource_pool.values())
+
+        jsrun_cmd = [
+            'jsrun',
+            '-n',
+            f'{total_process_count}',
+            '-c',
+            f'{7}',
+            '-g',
+            f'{1}',
+            '-a',
+            f'{1}',
+
+        ] + split(self.args.launcher_args)
+
+        export_cmd = []
+        for k, v in self.exports.items():
+            export_cmd += ['-E', "{}={}".format(k, v)]
+
+        python_exec = []
+        if not self.args.no_python:
+            python_exec = [sys.executable, "-u"]
+            if self.args.module:
+                python_exec.append("-m")
+
+        return jsrun_cmd + export_cmd + python_exec + [self.user_script
+                                                        ] + self.user_arguments
 
 class MPICHRunner(MultiNodeRunner):
     def __init__(self, args, world_info_base64, resource_pool):
diff --git a/deepspeed/launcher/runner.py b/deepspeed/launcher/runner.py
index 044f6ff03365..ed076caae7e3 100755
--- a/deepspeed/launcher/runner.py
+++ b/deepspeed/launcher/runner.py
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 import signal
 import time
 
-from .multinode_runner import PDSHRunner, OpenMPIRunner, MVAPICHRunner, SlurmRunner, MPICHRunner
-from .constants import PDSH_LAUNCHER, OPENMPI_LAUNCHER, MVAPICH_LAUNCHER, SLURM_LAUNCHER, MPICH_LAUNCHER
+from .multinode_runner import PDSHRunner, OpenMPIRunner, MVAPICHRunner, SlurmRunner, MPICHRunner, JSRunner
+from .constants import PDSH_LAUNCHER, OPENMPI_LAUNCHER, MVAPICH_LAUNCHER, SLURM_LAUNCHER, MPICH_LAUNCHER, JSRUN_LAUNCHER
 from ..constants import TORCH_DISTRIBUTED_DEFAULT_PORT
 from ..nebula.constants import NEBULA_EXPORT_ENVS
 from ..utils import logger
@@ -511,6 +511,8 @@ def main(args=None):
             runner = PDSHRunner(args, world_info_base64)
         elif args.launcher == OPENMPI_LAUNCHER:
             runner = OpenMPIRunner(args, world_info_base64, resource_pool)
+        elif args.launcher == JSRUN_LAUNCHER:
+            runner = JSRunner(args, world_info_base64, resource_pool)
         elif args.launcher == MPICH_LAUNCHER:
             runner = MPICHRunner(args, world_info_base64, resource_pool)
         elif args.launcher == MVAPICH_LAUNCHER: