diff --git a/.buildkite/test_areas/distributed.yaml b/.buildkite/test_areas/distributed.yaml
index 4fac613c3..03d2f707d 100644
--- a/.buildkite/test_areas/distributed.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/test_areas/distributed.yaml
@@ -197,6 +197,17 @@ steps:
     - uv pip install --system -r /vllm-workspace/requirements/kv_connectors.txt
     - DP_EP=1 bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/config_sweep_accuracy_test.sh
 
+- label: CrossLayer KV layout Distributed NixlConnector PD accuracy tests (4 GPUs)
+  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
+  num_devices: 4
+  source_file_dependencies:
+    - vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl_connector.py
+    - tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/
+  commands:
+    - uv pip install --system -r /vllm-workspace/requirements/kv_connectors.txt
+    - CROSS_LAYERS_BLOCKS=True bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/config_sweep_accuracy_test.sh
+
 - label: Pipeline + Context Parallelism (4 GPUs))
   timeout_in_minutes: 60
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"