diff --git a/.buildkite/test-pipeline.yaml b/.buildkite/test-pipeline.yaml
index 7442de245bd80..bff557d7fc92f 100644
--- a/.buildkite/test-pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/test-pipeline.yaml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ steps:
   source_file_dependencies:
   - vllm/
   commands:
-  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/llm --ignore=entrypoints/llm/test_lazy_outlines.py --ignore=entrypoints/llm/test_generate.py --ignore=entrypoints/llm/test_generate_multiple_loras.py --ignore=entrypoints/llm/test_guided_generate.py
+  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/llm --ignore=entrypoints/llm/test_lazy_outlines.py --ignore=entrypoints/llm/test_generate.py --ignore=entrypoints/llm/test_generate_multiple_loras.py --ignore=entrypoints/llm/test_guided_generate.py --ignore=entrypoints/llm/test_collective_rpc.py
   - pytest -v -s entrypoints/llm/test_lazy_outlines.py # it needs a clean process
   - pytest -v -s entrypoints/llm/test_generate.py # it needs a clean process
   - pytest -v -s entrypoints/llm/test_generate_multiple_loras.py # it needs a clean process
@@ -466,7 +466,9 @@ steps:
   - vllm/worker/worker_base.py
   - vllm/worker/worker.py
   - vllm/worker/model_runner.py
+  - entrypoints/llm/test_collective_rpc.py
   commands:
+  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/llm/test_collective_rpc.py
   - torchrun --nproc-per-node=2 distributed/test_torchrun_example.py
   - pytest -v -s ./compile/test_basic_correctness.py
   - pytest -v -s ./compile/test_wrapper.py
diff --git a/tests/engine/test_custom_executor.py b/tests/engine/test_custom_executor.py
index 2a057ca488a50..fdfcd4f4c9d50 100644
--- a/tests/engine/test_custom_executor.py
+++ b/tests/engine/test_custom_executor.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import asyncio
 import os
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Mock:
 class CustomUniExecutor(UniProcExecutor):
 
     def collective_rpc(self,
-                       method: str,
+                       method: Union[str, Callable],
                        timeout: Optional[float] = None,
                        args: Tuple = (),
                        kwargs: Optional[Dict] = None) -> List[Any]:
diff --git a/tests/entrypoints/llm/test_collective_rpc.py b/tests/entrypoints/llm/test_collective_rpc.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..22473ce275295
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/entrypoints/llm/test_collective_rpc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import pytest
+
+from vllm import LLM
+
+from ...utils import fork_new_process_for_each_test
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("tp_size", [1, 2])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("backend", ["mp", "ray"])
+@fork_new_process_for_each_test
+def test_collective_rpc(tp_size, backend):
+    if tp_size == 1 and backend == "ray":
+        pytest.skip("Skip duplicate test case")
+    if tp_size == 1:
+        backend = None
+
+    # intentionally define the method and class in the test function,
+    # to test if they can be serialized and sent to the workers
+    def echo_rank(self):
+        return self.rank
+
+    from vllm.worker.worker import Worker
+
+    class MyWorker(Worker):
+
+        def echo_rank(self):
+            return self.rank
+
+    llm = LLM(model="meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct",
+              enforce_eager=True,
+              load_format="dummy",
+              tensor_parallel_size=tp_size,
+              distributed_executor_backend=backend,
+              worker_cls=MyWorker)
+    for method in ["echo_rank", echo_rank]:
+        assert llm.collective_rpc(method) == list(range(tp_size))
diff --git a/vllm/engine/llm_engine.py b/vllm/engine/llm_engine.py
index 5d19ce03d5b58..88c21f9a6d31b 100644
--- a/vllm/engine/llm_engine.py
+++ b/vllm/engine/llm_engine.py
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from functools import partial
-from typing import (TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, ClassVar, Deque, Dict, Iterable,
-                    List, Mapping, NamedTuple, Optional)
+from typing import (TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, ClassVar, Deque, Dict,
+                    Iterable, List, Mapping, NamedTuple, Optional)
 from typing import Sequence as GenericSequence
-from typing import Set, Type, Union, cast, overload
+from typing import Set, Tuple, Type, Union, cast, overload
 
 import torch
 from typing_extensions import TypeVar, deprecated
@@ -1816,6 +1816,17 @@ def start_profile(self) -> None:
     def stop_profile(self) -> None:
         self.model_executor.stop_profile()
 
+    def collective_rpc(self,
+                       method: Union[str, Callable],
+                       timeout: Optional[float] = None,
+                       args: Tuple = (),
+                       kwargs: Optional[Dict] = None) -> List[Any]:
+        """
+        See LLM.collective_rpc for more details.
+        """
+        return self.model_executor.collective_rpc(method, timeout, args,
+                                                  kwargs)
+
     def check_health(self) -> None:
         if self.tokenizer:
             self.tokenizer.check_health()
diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/llm.py b/vllm/entrypoints/llm.py
index b78d5c65a40f8..0cfe6be9ac767 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/llm.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/llm.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import itertools
 import warnings
 from contextlib import contextmanager
-from typing import (Any, ClassVar, Dict, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Type,
-                    Union, cast, overload)
+from typing import (Any, Callable, ClassVar, Dict, List, Optional, Sequence,
+                    Tuple, Type, Union, cast, overload)
 
 import cloudpickle
 from tqdm import tqdm
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ def generate(
         return self.engine_class.validate_outputs(outputs, RequestOutput)
 
     def collective_rpc(self,
-                       method: str,
+                       method: Union[str, Callable],
                        timeout: Optional[float] = None,
                        args: Tuple = (),
                        kwargs: Optional[Dict] = None) -> List[Any]:
@@ -476,9 +476,13 @@ def collective_rpc(self,
         Then, users can call the new methods through this API.
         It is recommended to use this API to only pass control messages,
         and set up data-plane communication to pass data.
+        The method can also be a callable, which will be serialized
+        and sent to all workers to execute.
+        If the method is a callable, it should accept an additional
+        `self` argument, in addition to the arguments passed in `args`
+        and `kwargs`. The `self` argument will be the worker object.
         """
-        return self.llm_engine.model_executor.collective_rpc(
-            method, timeout, args, kwargs)
+        return self.llm_engine.collective_rpc(method, timeout, args, kwargs)
 
     def beam_search(
         self,
diff --git a/vllm/executor/executor_base.py b/vllm/executor/executor_base.py
index 00ecadcf92667..d8457cb693cdb 100644
--- a/vllm/executor/executor_base.py
+++ b/vllm/executor/executor_base.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import asyncio
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from typing import Any, Awaitable, Dict, List, Optional, Set, Tuple, Union
+from typing import (Any, Awaitable, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Set, Tuple,
+                    Union)
 
 from vllm.config import VllmConfig
 from vllm.logger import init_logger
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ def _init_executor(self) -> None:
 
     @abstractmethod
     def collective_rpc(self,
-                       method: str,
+                       method: Union[str, Callable],
                        timeout: Optional[float] = None,
                        args: Tuple = (),
                        kwargs: Optional[Dict] = None) -> List[Any]:
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ def _driver_execute_model(
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     def collective_rpc(self,
-                       method: str,
+                       method: Union[str, Callable],
                        timeout: Optional[float] = None,
                        args: Tuple = (),
                        kwargs: Optional[Dict] = None) -> List[Any]:
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@ def collective_rpc(self,
     @abstractmethod
     def _run_workers(
         self,
-        method: str,
+        method: Union[str, Callable],
         *args,
         async_run_tensor_parallel_workers_only: bool = False,
         max_concurrent_workers: Optional[int] = None,
diff --git a/vllm/executor/mp_distributed_executor.py b/vllm/executor/mp_distributed_executor.py
index d9dde949b844a..8ae88e646aad6 100644
--- a/vllm/executor/mp_distributed_executor.py
+++ b/vllm/executor/mp_distributed_executor.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import asyncio
-from typing import Any, List, Optional
+from typing import Any, Callable, List, Optional, Union
+
+import cloudpickle
 
 from vllm.executor.executor_base import DistributedExecutorBase
 from vllm.executor.multiproc_worker_utils import (
@@ -9,7 +11,7 @@
 from vllm.model_executor.layers.sampler import SamplerOutput
 from vllm.sequence import ExecuteModelRequest
 from vllm.utils import (_run_task_with_lock, get_distributed_init_method,
-                        get_ip, get_open_port, make_async)
+                        get_ip, get_open_port, make_async, run_method)
 from vllm.worker.worker_base import WorkerWrapperBase
 
 logger = init_logger(__name__)
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ def _driver_execute_model(
 
     def _run_workers(
         self,
-        method: str,
+        method: Union[str, Callable],
         *args,
         async_run_tensor_parallel_workers_only: bool = False,
         max_concurrent_workers: Optional[int] = None,
@@ -121,6 +123,11 @@ def _run_workers(
                 It will also be run asynchronously and return a list of futures
                 rather than blocking on the results.
         """
+        if isinstance(method, str):
+            sent_method = method
+        else:
+            sent_method = cloudpickle.dumps(method)
+        del method
 
         if max_concurrent_workers:
             raise NotImplementedError(
@@ -129,18 +136,18 @@ def _run_workers(
         if async_run_tensor_parallel_workers_only:
             # Run only non-driver workers and just return futures.
             return [
-                worker.execute_method(method, *args, **kwargs)
+                worker.execute_method(sent_method, *args, **kwargs)
                 for worker in self.non_driver_workers
             ]
 
         # Start all remote workers first.
         worker_outputs = [
-            worker.execute_method(method, *args, **kwargs)
+            worker.execute_method(sent_method, *args, **kwargs)
             for worker in self.workers
         ]
 
-        driver_worker_method = getattr(self.driver_worker, method)
-        driver_worker_output = driver_worker_method(*args, **kwargs)
+        driver_worker_output = run_method(self.driver_worker, sent_method,
+                                          args, kwargs)
 
         # Get the results of the workers.
         return [driver_worker_output
diff --git a/vllm/executor/multiproc_worker_utils.py b/vllm/executor/multiproc_worker_utils.py
index c9fb3c664c575..539b6ae2d3572 100644
--- a/vllm/executor/multiproc_worker_utils.py
+++ b/vllm/executor/multiproc_worker_utils.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from vllm.config import VllmConfig
 from vllm.logger import init_logger
 from vllm.triton_utils.importing import HAS_TRITON
-from vllm.utils import _check_multiproc_method, get_mp_context
+from vllm.utils import _check_multiproc_method, get_mp_context, run_method
 
 if HAS_TRITON:
     from vllm.triton_utils import maybe_set_triton_cache_manager
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def __init__(self, result_handler: ResultHandler,
         self.process.start()
 
     def _enqueue_task(self, future: Union[ResultFuture, asyncio.Future],
-                      method: str, args, kwargs):
+                      method: Union[str, bytes], args, kwargs):
         task_id = uuid.uuid4()
         self.tasks[task_id] = future
         try:
@@ -180,12 +180,13 @@ def _enqueue_task(self, future: Union[ResultFuture, asyncio.Future],
             del self.tasks[task_id]
             raise ChildProcessError("worker died") from e
 
-    def execute_method(self, method: str, *args, **kwargs):
+    def execute_method(self, method: Union[str, bytes], *args, **kwargs):
         future: ResultFuture = ResultFuture()
         self._enqueue_task(future, method, args, kwargs)
         return future
 
-    async def execute_method_async(self, method: str, *args, **kwargs):
+    async def execute_method_async(self, method: Union[str, bytes], *args,
+                                   **kwargs):
         future = asyncio.get_running_loop().create_future()
         self._enqueue_task(future, method, args, kwargs)
         return await future
@@ -230,8 +231,7 @@ def _run_worker_process(
             exception = None
             task_id, method, args, kwargs = items
             try:
-                executor = getattr(worker, method)
-                output = executor(*args, **kwargs)
+                output = run_method(worker, method, args, kwargs)
             except SystemExit:
                 raise
             except KeyboardInterrupt:
diff --git a/vllm/executor/ray_distributed_executor.py b/vllm/executor/ray_distributed_executor.py
index 3baeb63918a62..2afd99f99b353 100644
--- a/vllm/executor/ray_distributed_executor.py
+++ b/vllm/executor/ray_distributed_executor.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 import os
 from collections import defaultdict
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, Optional
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Union
 
+import cloudpickle
 import msgspec
 
 import vllm.envs as envs
@@ -410,7 +411,7 @@ def execute_model(
 
     def _run_workers(
         self,
-        method: str,
+        method: Union[str, Callable],
         *args,
         async_run_tensor_parallel_workers_only: bool = False,
         max_concurrent_workers: Optional[int] = None,
@@ -426,6 +427,11 @@ def _run_workers(
           rather than blocking on the results.
         - args/kwargs: All workers share the same args/kwargs
         """
+        if isinstance(method, str):
+            sent_method = method
+        else:
+            sent_method = cloudpickle.dumps(method)
+        del method
         if self.use_ray_spmd_worker:
             assert not async_run_tensor_parallel_workers_only, (
                 "async_run_tensor_parallel_workers_only is not supported for "
@@ -440,7 +446,7 @@ def _run_workers(
         if async_run_tensor_parallel_workers_only:
             ray_workers = self.non_driver_workers
         ray_worker_outputs = [
-            worker.execute_method.remote(method, *args, **kwargs)
+            worker.execute_method.remote(sent_method, *args, **kwargs)
             for worker in ray_workers
         ]
 
@@ -455,7 +461,7 @@ def _run_workers(
         if not self.use_ray_spmd_worker:
             # Start the driver worker after all the ray workers.
             driver_worker_output = [
-                self.driver_worker.execute_method(method, *args, **kwargs)
+                self.driver_worker.execute_method(sent_method, *args, **kwargs)
             ]
 
         # Get the results of the ray workers.
diff --git a/vllm/executor/uniproc_executor.py b/vllm/executor/uniproc_executor.py
index 27b83e95ba95b..a5c4dcf0ec7f9 100644
--- a/vllm/executor/uniproc_executor.py
+++ b/vllm/executor/uniproc_executor.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import os
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 import torch
 import torch.distributed as dist
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 import vllm.envs as envs
 from vllm.executor.executor_base import ExecutorBase
 from vllm.logger import init_logger
-from vllm.utils import get_distributed_init_method, get_ip, get_open_port
+from vllm.utils import (get_distributed_init_method, get_ip, get_open_port,
+                        run_method)
 from vllm.worker.worker_base import WorkerWrapperBase
 
 logger = init_logger(__name__)
@@ -39,18 +40,13 @@ def _init_executor(self) -> None:
         self.collective_rpc("load_model")
 
     def collective_rpc(self,
-                       method: str,
+                       method: Union[str, Callable],
                        timeout: Optional[float] = None,
                        args: Tuple = (),
                        kwargs: Optional[Dict] = None) -> List[Any]:
         if kwargs is None:
             kwargs = {}
-        try:
-            func = getattr(self.driver_worker, method)
-        except AttributeError:
-            raise NotImplementedError(f"Method {method} is not implemented.") \
-                from None
-        answer = func(*args, **kwargs)
+        answer = run_method(self.driver_worker, method, args, kwargs)
         return [answer]
 
     def check_health(self) -> None:
diff --git a/vllm/utils.py b/vllm/utils.py
index 7477e7028f5ef..89ba119bb5e55 100644
--- a/vllm/utils.py
+++ b/vllm/utils.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
                     overload)
 from uuid import uuid4
 
+import cloudpickle
 import numpy as np
 import numpy.typing as npt
 import psutil
@@ -2166,3 +2167,25 @@ def bind_kv_cache(
         assert len(forward_ctx.kv_cache) == len(kv_cache)
         for ve, ve_kv_cache in enumerate(kv_cache):
             forward_ctx.kv_cache[ve] = ve_kv_cache[kv_cache_idx]
+
+
+def run_method(obj: Any, method: Union[str, bytes, Callable], args: Tuple[Any],
+               kwargs: Dict[str, Any]) -> Any:
+    """
+    Run a method of an object with the given arguments and keyword arguments.
+    If the method is string, it will be converted to a method using getattr.
+    If the method is serialized bytes and will be deserialized using
+    cloudpickle.
+    If the method is a callable, it will be called directly.
+    """
+    if isinstance(method, bytes):
+        func = partial(cloudpickle.loads(method), obj)
+    elif isinstance(method, str):
+        try:
+            func = getattr(obj, method)
+        except AttributeError:
+            raise NotImplementedError(f"Method {method!r} is not"
+                                      " implemented.") from None
+    else:
+        func = partial(method, obj)  # type: ignore
+    return func(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/vllm/v1/executor/multiproc_executor.py b/vllm/v1/executor/multiproc_executor.py
index e92acc7cb5e41..fd977d07e8d81 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/executor/multiproc_executor.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/executor/multiproc_executor.py
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
 import weakref
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from enum import Enum, auto
+from functools import partial
 from multiprocessing.process import BaseProcess
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
+import cloudpickle
 import psutil
 import zmq
 
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ def get_kv_cache_spec(self) -> KVCacheSpec:
         return kv_cache_specs[0]
 
     def collective_rpc(self,
-                       method: str,
+                       method: Union[str, Callable],
                        timeout: Optional[float] = None,
                        args: Tuple = (),
                        kwargs: Optional[Dict] = None) -> List[Any]:
@@ -141,7 +143,12 @@ def collective_rpc(self,
         kwargs = kwargs or {}
 
         try:
-            self.rpc_broadcast_mq.enqueue((method, args, kwargs))
+            if isinstance(method, str):
+                send_method = method
+            else:
+                send_method = cloudpickle.dumps(
+                    method, protocol=pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)
+            self.rpc_broadcast_mq.enqueue((send_method, args, kwargs))
 
             responses = [None] * self.world_size
             for w in self.workers:
@@ -408,7 +415,11 @@ def worker_busy_loop(self):
             method, args, kwargs = self.rpc_broadcast_mq.dequeue()
 
             try:
-                output = getattr(self.worker, method)(*args, **kwargs)
+                if isinstance(method, str):
+                    func = getattr(self.worker, method)
+                elif isinstance(method, bytes):
+                    func = partial(cloudpickle.loads(method), self.worker)
+                output = func(*args, **kwargs)
             except Exception as e:
                 self.worker_response_mq.enqueue(
                     (WorkerProc.ResponseStatus.FAILURE, e))
diff --git a/vllm/worker/worker_base.py b/vllm/worker/worker_base.py
index bced5b9f44228..fb9919f7a7b6a 100644
--- a/vllm/worker/worker_base.py
+++ b/vllm/worker/worker_base.py
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 from vllm.model_executor.layers.sampler import SamplerOutput
 from vllm.sequence import ExecuteModelRequest, IntermediateTensors
 from vllm.utils import (enable_trace_function_call_for_thread,
-                        resolve_obj_by_qualname, update_environment_variables)
+                        resolve_obj_by_qualname, run_method,
+                        update_environment_variables)
 from vllm.worker.model_runner_base import (BroadcastableModelInput,
                                            ModelRunnerBase,
                                            ModelRunnerInputBase)
@@ -539,17 +540,16 @@ def init_worker(self, all_kwargs: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> None:
         self.worker = worker_class(**kwargs)
         assert self.worker is not None
 
-    def execute_method(self, method: str, *args, **kwargs):
+    def execute_method(self, method: Union[str, bytes], *args, **kwargs):
         try:
             target = self if self.worker is None else self.worker
-            executor = getattr(target, method)
-            return executor(*args, **kwargs)
+            return run_method(target, method, args, kwargs)
         except Exception as e:
             # if the driver worker also execute methods,
             # exceptions in the rest worker may cause deadlock in rpc like ray
             # see https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/issues/3455
             # print the error and inform the user to solve the error
-            msg = (f"Error executing method {method}. "
+            msg = (f"Error executing method {method!r}. "
                    "This might cause deadlock in distributed execution.")
             logger.exception(msg)
             raise e