diff --git a/GPy/testing/deactivated/test_mpi.py b/GPy/testing/deactivated/test_mpi.py
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+# Copyright (c) 2013-2014, Zhenwen Dai
+# Licensed under the BSD 3-clause license (see LICENSE.txt)
+
+import numpy as np
+
+try:
+    import subprocess
+
+    class TestMPI:
+        def test_BayesianGPLVM_MPI(self):
+            code = """
+import numpy as np
+import GPy
+from mpi4py import MPI
+np.random.seed(123456)
+comm = MPI.COMM_WORLD
+N = 100
+x = np.linspace(-6., 6., N)
+y = np.sin(x) + np.random.randn(N) * 0.05
+comm.Bcast(y)
+data = np.vstack([x,y])
+infr = GPy.inference.latent_function_inference.VarDTC_minibatch(mpi_comm=comm)
+m = GPy.models.BayesianGPLVM(data.T,1,mpi_comm=comm)
+m.optimize(max_iters=10)
+if comm.rank==0:
+    print float(m.objective_function())
+    m.inference_method.mpi_comm=None
+    m.mpi_comm=None
+    m._trigger_params_changed()
+    print float(m.objective_function())
+            """
+            with open("mpi_test__.py", "w") as f:
+                f.write(code)
+                f.close()
+            p = subprocess.Popen(
+                "mpirun -n 4 python mpi_test__.py", stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True
+            )
+            (stdout, _stderr) = p.communicate()
+            L1 = float(stdout.splitlines()[-2])
+            L2 = float(stdout.splitlines()[-1])
+            self.assertTrue(np.allclose(L1, L2))
+            import os
+
+            os.remove("mpi_test__.py")
+
+        def test_SparseGPRegression_MPI(self):
+            code = """
+import numpy as np
+import GPy
+from mpi4py import MPI
+np.random.seed(123456)
+comm = MPI.COMM_WORLD
+N = 100
+x = np.linspace(-6., 6., N)
+y = np.sin(x) + np.random.randn(N) * 0.05
+comm.Bcast(y)
+data = np.vstack([x,y])
+#infr = GPy.inference.latent_function_inference.VarDTC_minibatch(mpi_comm=comm)
+m = GPy.models.SparseGPRegression(data[:1].T,data[1:2].T,mpi_comm=comm)
+m.optimize(max_iters=10)
+if comm.rank==0:
+    print float(m.objective_function())
+    m.inference_method.mpi_comm=None
+    m.mpi_comm=None
+    m._trigger_params_changed()
+    print float(m.objective_function())
+            """
+            with open("mpi_test__.py", "w") as f:
+                f.write(code)
+                f.close()
+            p = subprocess.Popen(
+                "mpirun -n 4 python mpi_test__.py", stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True
+            )
+            (stdout, stderr) = p.communicate()
+            L1 = float(stdout.splitlines()[-2])
+            L2 = float(stdout.splitlines()[-1])
+            assert np.allclose(L1, L2)
+            import os
+
+            os.remove("mpi_test__.py")
+
+except:
+    pass