diff --git a/collects/racket/place/distributed/rmpi.rkt b/collects/racket/place/distributed/rmpi.rkt
index e5efb65b07..f879693b03 100644
--- a/collects/racket/place/distributed/rmpi.rkt
+++ b/collects/racket/place/distributed/rmpi.rkt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
          rmpi-partition
          rmpi-build-default-config
          rmpi-make-localhost-config
+         rmpi-make-remote-config
          rmpi-launch
          rmpi-finish
          (struct-out rmpi-comm))
@@ -353,6 +354,12 @@
     (list "localhost" (+ start-port i) (string->symbol (format "~a_~a" (symbol->string name) (number->string i)))
           i)))
 
+(define (rmpi-make-remote-config hostlist cnt start-port name)
+  (for/list ([i cnt]
+             [host hostlist])
+    (list host (+ start-port i) (string->symbol (format "~a_~a" (symbol->string name) (number->string i)))
+          i)))
+
 (define (rmpi-alltoall comm outvec)
   (match-define (rmpi-comm id cnt chs) comm)
   (define-values (v! vr mkv vcopy)