diff --git a/src/ucp/core/ucp_context.c b/src/ucp/core/ucp_context.c
index 9de316690ca..119385fe7eb 100644
--- a/src/ucp/core/ucp_context.c
+++ b/src/ucp/core/ucp_context.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static const char * ucp_rndv_modes[] = {
 
 uct_memory_type_t ucm_to_uct_mem_type_map[] = {
     [UCM_MEM_TYPE_CUDA]         = UCT_MD_MEM_TYPE_CUDA,
-    [UCM_MEM_TYPE_CUDA_MANAGED] = UCT_MD_MEM_TYPE_HOST
+    [UCM_MEM_TYPE_CUDA_MANAGED] = UCT_MD_MEM_TYPE_CUDA_MANAGED
 };
 
 static ucs_config_field_t ucp_config_table[] = {
diff --git a/src/ucp/core/ucp_mm.h b/src/ucp/core/ucp_mm.h
index e986a511164..f098eb6a30d 100644
--- a/src/ucp/core/ucp_mm.h
+++ b/src/ucp/core/ucp_mm.h
@@ -175,5 +175,6 @@ ucp_memh2uct(ucp_mem_h memh, ucp_md_index_t md_idx)
     })
 
 #define UCP_MEM_IS_HOST(_mem_type) ((_mem_type) == UCT_MD_MEM_TYPE_HOST)
+#define UCP_MEM_IS_CUDA_MANAGED(_mem_type) ((_mem_type) == UCT_MD_MEM_TYPE_CUDA_MANAGED)
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/ucp/core/ucp_request.inl b/src/ucp/core/ucp_request.inl
index 678dee9e6a0..2d67db86e57 100644
--- a/src/ucp/core/ucp_request.inl
+++ b/src/ucp/core/ucp_request.inl
@@ -428,7 +428,8 @@ ucp_request_recv_data_unpack(ucp_request_t *req, const void *data,
 
     switch (req->recv.datatype & UCP_DATATYPE_CLASS_MASK) {
     case UCP_DATATYPE_CONTIG:
-        if (ucs_likely(UCP_MEM_IS_HOST(req->recv.mem_type))) {
+        if ((ucs_likely(UCP_MEM_IS_HOST(req->recv.mem_type))) ||
+            (ucs_likely(UCP_MEM_IS_CUDA_MANAGED(req->recv.mem_type)))) {
             UCS_PROFILE_NAMED_CALL("memcpy_recv", memcpy, req->recv.buffer + offset,
                                    data, length);
         } else {
diff --git a/src/ucp/dt/dt.c b/src/ucp/dt/dt.c
index e8da59d55cb..1c0fa8484ed 100644
--- a/src/ucp/dt/dt.c
+++ b/src/ucp/dt/dt.c
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ size_t ucp_dt_pack(ucp_worker_h worker, ucp_datatype_t datatype,
 
     switch (datatype & UCP_DATATYPE_CLASS_MASK) {
     case UCP_DATATYPE_CONTIG:
-        if (ucs_likely(UCP_MEM_IS_HOST(mem_type))) {
+        if ((ucs_likely(UCP_MEM_IS_HOST(mem_type))) ||
+            (ucs_likely(UCP_MEM_IS_CUDA_MANAGED(mem_type)))) {
             UCS_PROFILE_CALL(memcpy, dest, src + state->offset, length);
         } else {
             ucp_mem_type_pack(worker, dest, src + state->offset, length, mem_type);
diff --git a/src/ucp/dt/dt.inl b/src/ucp/dt/dt.inl
index ec6f8e38e50..99f8f31d2be 100644
--- a/src/ucp/dt/dt.inl
+++ b/src/ucp/dt/dt.inl
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ ucp_dt_unpack_only(ucp_worker_h worker, void *buffer, size_t count,
             ucs_unlikely(length > (buffer_size = ucp_contig_dt_length(datatype, count)))) {
             goto err_truncated;
         }
-        if (ucs_likely(UCP_MEM_IS_HOST(mem_type))) {
+        if (ucs_likely(UCP_MEM_IS_HOST(mem_type)) ||
+            (ucs_likely(UCP_MEM_IS_CUDA_MANAGED(mem_type)))) {
             UCS_PROFILE_NAMED_CALL("memcpy_recv", memcpy, buffer, data, length);
         } else {
             ucp_mem_type_unpack(worker, buffer, data, length, mem_type);
diff --git a/src/uct/api/uct.h b/src/uct/api/uct.h
index 64251f0dc17..c08db1ce7ea 100644
--- a/src/uct/api/uct.h
+++ b/src/uct/api/uct.h
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ enum {
 typedef enum {
     UCT_MD_MEM_TYPE_HOST = 0,      /**< Default system memory */
     UCT_MD_MEM_TYPE_CUDA,          /**< NVIDIA CUDA memory */
+    UCT_MD_MEM_TYPE_CUDA_MANAGED,  /**< NVIDIA CUDA managed (or unified) memory*/
     UCT_MD_MEM_TYPE_LAST
 } uct_memory_type_t;
 
diff --git a/test/gtest/uct/test_md.cc b/test/gtest/uct/test_md.cc
index eb9e451f11c..76405aaf46e 100644
--- a/test/gtest/uct/test_md.cc
+++ b/test/gtest/uct/test_md.cc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <cuda_runtime.h>
 #endif
 
-std::string const test_md::mem_types[] = {"host", "cuda"};
+std::string const test_md::mem_types[] = {"host", "cuda", "cuda-managed"};
 
 void* test_md::alloc_thread(void *arg)
 {