diff --git a/python/raft-dask/raft_dask/test/test_comms.py b/python/raft-dask/raft_dask/test/test_comms.py
index 68c9fee556..79bf30a404 100644
--- a/python/raft-dask/raft_dask/test/test_comms.py
+++ b/python/raft-dask/raft_dask/test/test_comms.py
@@ -354,3 +354,16 @@ def test_device_multicast_sendrecv(n_trials, client):
     wait(dfs, timeout=5)
 
     assert list(map(lambda x: x.result(), dfs))
+
+
+@pytest.mark.nccl
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "subset", [slice(-1, None), slice(1), slice(None, None, -2)]
+)
+def test_comm_init_worker_subset(client, subset):
+    # Basic test that initializing a subset of workers is fine
+    cb = Comms(comms_p2p=True, verbose=True)
+
+    workers = list(client.scheduler_info()["workers"].keys())
+    workers = workers[subset]
+    cb.init(workers=workers)