diff --git a/core/CMakeLists.txt b/core/CMakeLists.txt
index f7f1e00f17b..b814e660aca 100644
--- a/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ if(GINKGO_BUILD_MPI)
         distributed/matrix.cpp
         distributed/neighborhood_communicator.cpp
         distributed/partition_helpers.cpp
+        distributed/row_gatherer.cpp
         distributed/vector.cpp
         distributed/preconditioner/schwarz.cpp)
 endif()
diff --git a/core/distributed/row_gatherer.cpp b/core/distributed/row_gatherer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8dfba55a9c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/distributed/row_gatherer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 - 2024 The Ginkgo authors
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+#include "ginkgo/core/distributed/row_gatherer.hpp"
+
+#include <ginkgo/core/base/dense_cache.hpp>
+#include <ginkgo/core/base/precision_dispatch.hpp>
+#include <ginkgo/core/distributed/dense_communicator.hpp>
+#include <ginkgo/core/distributed/neighborhood_communicator.hpp>
+#include <ginkgo/core/matrix/dense.hpp>
+
+#include "core/base/dispatch_helper.hpp"
+
+namespace gko {
+namespace experimental {
+namespace distributed {
+
+
+#if GINKGO_HAVE_OPENMPI_POST_4_1_X
+using DefaultCollComm = mpi::NeighborhoodCommunicator;
+#else
+using DefaultCollComm = mpi::DenseCommunicator;
+#endif
+
+
+template <typename LocalIndexType>
+void RowGatherer<LocalIndexType>::apply_impl(const LinOp* b, LinOp* x) const
+{
+    apply_async(b, x).wait();
+}
+
+
+template <typename LocalIndexType>
+void RowGatherer<LocalIndexType>::apply_impl(const LinOp* alpha, const LinOp* b,
+                                             const LinOp* beta, LinOp* x) const
+    GKO_NOT_IMPLEMENTED;
+
+
+template <typename LocalIndexType>
+std::future<void> RowGatherer<LocalIndexType>::apply_async(
+    ptr_param<const LinOp> b, ptr_param<LinOp> x) const
+{
+    auto op = [b = b.get(), x = x.get(), rg = this->shared_from_this(),
+               id = current_id_++] {
+        // ensure that the communications are executed in the order
+        // the apply_async were called
+        while (id > rg->active_id_.load()) {
+            std::this_thread::yield();
+        }
+
+        // dispatch global vector
+        run<Vector, double, float, std::complex<double>, std::complex<float>>(
+            b, [&](const auto* b_global) {
+                using ValueType =
+                    typename std::decay_t<decltype(*b_global)>::value_type;
+                // dispatch local vector with the same precision as the global
+                // vector
+                ::gko::precision_dispatch<ValueType>(
+                    [&](auto* x_local) {
+                        auto exec = rg->get_executor();
+
+                        auto b_local = b_global->get_local_vector();
+                        rg->send_buffer.template init<ValueType>(
+                            b_local->get_executor(),
+                            dim<2>(rg->coll_comm_->get_send_size(),
+                                   b_local->get_size()[1]));
+                        rg->send_buffer.template get<ValueType>()->fill(0.0);
+                        b_local->row_gather(
+                            &rg->send_idxs_,
+                            rg->send_buffer.template get<ValueType>());
+
+                        auto recv_ptr = x_local->get_values();
+                        auto send_ptr =
+                            rg->send_buffer.template get<ValueType>()
+                                ->get_values();
+
+                        exec->synchronize();
+                        mpi::contiguous_type type(
+                            b_local->get_size()[1],
+                            mpi::type_impl<ValueType>::get_type());
+                        auto g = exec->get_scoped_device_id_guard();
+                        auto req = rg->coll_comm_->i_all_to_all_v(
+                            exec, send_ptr, type.get(), recv_ptr, type.get());
+                        req.wait();
+                    },
+                    x);
+            });
+
+        rg->active_id_++;
+    };
+    return std::async(std::launch::async, op);
+}
+
+
+template <typename LocalIndexType>
+std::shared_ptr<const mpi::CollectiveCommunicator>
+RowGatherer<LocalIndexType>::get_collective_communicator() const
+{
+    return coll_comm_;
+}
+
+
+template <typename LocalIndexType>
+template <typename GlobalIndexType>
+RowGatherer<LocalIndexType>::RowGatherer(
+    std::shared_ptr<const Executor> exec,
+    std::shared_ptr<const mpi::CollectiveCommunicator> coll_comm,
+    const index_map<LocalIndexType, GlobalIndexType>& imap)
+    : EnableDistributedLinOp<RowGatherer<LocalIndexType>>(
+          exec, dim<2>{imap.get_non_local_size(), imap.get_global_size()}),
+      DistributedBase(coll_comm->get_base_communicator()),
+      coll_comm_(std::move(coll_comm)),
+      send_idxs_(exec)
+{
+    // check that the coll_comm_ and imap have the same recv size
+    // the same check for the send size is not possible, since the
+    // imap doesn't store send indices
+    GKO_THROW_IF_INVALID(
+        coll_comm_->get_recv_size() == imap.get_non_local_size(),
+        "The collective communicator doesn't match the index map.");
+
+    auto comm = coll_comm_->get_base_communicator();
+    auto inverse_comm = coll_comm_->create_inverse();
+
+    send_idxs_.resize_and_reset(coll_comm_->get_send_size());
+    inverse_comm
+        ->i_all_to_all_v(exec,
+                         imap.get_remote_local_idxs().get_const_flat_data(),
+                         send_idxs_.get_data())
+        .wait();
+}
+
+
+template <typename LocalIndexType>
+RowGatherer<LocalIndexType>::RowGatherer(std::shared_ptr<const Executor> exec,
+                                         mpi::communicator comm)
+    : EnableDistributedLinOp<RowGatherer<LocalIndexType>>(exec),
+      DistributedBase(comm),
+      coll_comm_(std::make_shared<DefaultCollComm>(comm)),
+      send_idxs_(exec)
+{}
+
+
+template <typename LocalIndexType>
+RowGatherer<LocalIndexType>::RowGatherer(RowGatherer&& o) noexcept
+    : EnableDistributedLinOp<RowGatherer<LocalIndexType>>(o.get_executor()),
+      DistributedBase(o.get_communicator()),
+      send_idxs_(o.get_executor())
+{
+    *this = std::move(o);
+}
+
+
+template <typename LocalIndexType>
+RowGatherer<LocalIndexType>& RowGatherer<LocalIndexType>::operator=(
+    const RowGatherer& o)
+{
+    if (this != &o) {
+        this->set_size(o.get_size());
+        coll_comm_ = o.coll_comm_;
+        send_idxs_ = o.send_idxs_;
+    }
+    return *this;
+}
+
+
+template <typename LocalIndexType>
+RowGatherer<LocalIndexType>& RowGatherer<LocalIndexType>::operator=(
+    RowGatherer&& o)
+{
+    if (this != &o) {
+        this->set_size(o.get_size());
+        o.set_size({});
+        coll_comm_ = std::exchange(
+            o.coll_comm_,
+            std::make_shared<DefaultCollComm>(o.get_communicator()));
+        send_idxs_ = std::move(o.send_idxs_);
+    }
+    return *this;
+}
+
+
+template <typename LocalIndexType>
+RowGatherer<LocalIndexType>::RowGatherer(const RowGatherer& o)
+    : EnableDistributedLinOp<RowGatherer<LocalIndexType>>(o.get_executor()),
+      DistributedBase(o.get_communicator()),
+      send_idxs_(o.get_executor())
+{
+    *this = o;
+}
+
+
+#define GKO_DECLARE_ROW_GATHERER(_itype) class RowGatherer<_itype>
+
+GKO_INSTANTIATE_FOR_EACH_INDEX_TYPE(GKO_DECLARE_ROW_GATHERER);
+
+#undef GKO_DECLARE_ROW_GATHERER
+
+
+#define GKO_DECLARE_ROW_GATHERER_CONSTRUCTOR(_ltype, _gtype)          \
+    RowGatherer<_ltype>::RowGatherer(                                 \
+        std::shared_ptr<const Executor> exec,                         \
+        std::shared_ptr<const mpi::CollectiveCommunicator> coll_comm, \
+        const index_map<_ltype, _gtype>& imap)
+
+GKO_INSTANTIATE_FOR_EACH_LOCAL_GLOBAL_INDEX_TYPE(
+    GKO_DECLARE_ROW_GATHERER_CONSTRUCTOR);
+
+#undef GKO_DECLARE_ROW_GATHERER_CONSTRUCTOR
+
+
+}  // namespace distributed
+}  // namespace experimental
+}  // namespace gko
diff --git a/include/ginkgo/core/distributed/row_gatherer.hpp b/include/ginkgo/core/distributed/row_gatherer.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3af989d966c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/ginkgo/core/distributed/row_gatherer.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 - 2024 The Ginkgo authors
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+#ifndef GKO_PUBLIC_CORE_DISTRIBUTED_ROW_GATHERER_HPP_
+#define GKO_PUBLIC_CORE_DISTRIBUTED_ROW_GATHERER_HPP_
+
+
+#include <ginkgo/config.hpp>
+
+
+#if GINKGO_BUILD_MPI
+
+
+#include <future>
+
+#include <ginkgo/core/base/dense_cache.hpp>
+#include <ginkgo/core/base/mpi.hpp>
+#include <ginkgo/core/distributed/collective_communicator.hpp>
+#include <ginkgo/core/distributed/index_map.hpp>
+#include <ginkgo/core/distributed/lin_op.hpp>
+
+
+namespace gko {
+namespace experimental {
+namespace distributed {
+
+
+/**
+ * The distributed::RowGatherer gathers the rows of distributed::Vector that
+ * are located on other processes.
+ *
+ * Example usage:
+ * ```c++
+ * auto coll_comm = std::make_shared<mpi::neighborhood_communicator>(comm,
+ * imap); auto rg = distributed::RowGatherer<int32>::create(exec, coll_comm,
+ * imap);
+ *
+ * auto b = distributed::Vector<double>::create(...);
+ * auto x = matrix::Dense<double>::create(...);
+ *
+ * auto future = rg->apply_async(b, x);
+ * // do some computation that doesn't modify b, or access x
+ * future.wait();
+ * // x now contains the gathered rows of b
+ * ```
+ * Using the apply instead of the apply_async will lead to a blocking
+ * communication.
+ *
+ * @note Objects of this class are only available as shared_ptr, since the class
+ *       is derived from std::enable_shared_from_this.
+ *
+ * @tparam LocalIndexType  the index type for the stored indices
+ */
+template <typename LocalIndexType = int32>
+class RowGatherer final
+    : public EnableDistributedLinOp<RowGatherer<LocalIndexType>>,
+      public DistributedBase,
+      public std::enable_shared_from_this<RowGatherer<LocalIndexType>> {
+    friend class EnableDistributedPolymorphicObject<RowGatherer, LinOp>;
+
+public:
+    /**
+     * Asynchronous version of LinOp::apply.
+     *
+     * It is asynchronous only wrt. the calling thread. Multiple calls to this
+     * function will execute in order, they are not asynchronous with each
+     * other.
+     *
+     * @param b  the input distributed::Vector
+     * @param x  the output matrix::Dense with the rows gathered from b
+     * @return  a future for this task. The task is guarantueed to completed
+     *          after `.wait()` has been called on the future.
+     */
+    std::future<void> apply_async(ptr_param<const LinOp> b,
+                                  ptr_param<LinOp> x) const;
+
+    /**
+     * Get the used collective communicator.
+     *
+     * @return  the used collective communicator
+     */
+    std::shared_ptr<const mpi::CollectiveCommunicator>
+    get_collective_communicator() const;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a distributed::RowGatherer from a given collective communicator
+     * and index map.
+     *
+     * @TODO: using a segmented array instead of the imap would probably be
+     *        more general
+     *
+     * @tparam GlobalIndexType  the global index type of the index map
+     *
+     * @param exec  the executor
+     * @param coll_comm  the collective communicator
+     * @param imap  the index map defining which rows to gather
+     *
+     * @note The coll_comm and imap have to be compatible. The coll_comm must
+     *       send and recv exactly as many rows as the imap defines.
+     *
+     * @return  a shared_ptr to the created distributed::RowGatherer
+     */
+    template <typename GlobalIndexType = int64,
+              typename = std::enable_if_t<sizeof(GlobalIndexType) >=
+                                          sizeof(LocalIndexType)>>
+    static std::shared_ptr<RowGatherer> create(
+        std::shared_ptr<const Executor> exec,
+        std::shared_ptr<const mpi::CollectiveCommunicator> coll_comm,
+        const index_map<LocalIndexType, GlobalIndexType>& imap)
+    {
+        return std::shared_ptr<RowGatherer>(
+            new RowGatherer(std::move(exec), std::move(coll_comm), imap));
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Create method for an empty RowGatherer.
+     */
+    static std::shared_ptr<RowGatherer> create(
+        std::shared_ptr<const Executor> exec, mpi::communicator comm)
+    {
+        return std::shared_ptr<RowGatherer>(
+            new RowGatherer(std::move(exec), std::move(comm)));
+    }
+
+    RowGatherer(const RowGatherer& o);
+
+    RowGatherer(RowGatherer&& o) noexcept;
+
+    RowGatherer& operator=(const RowGatherer& o);
+
+    RowGatherer& operator=(RowGatherer&& o);
+
+protected:
+    void apply_impl(const LinOp* b, LinOp* x) const override;
+
+    void apply_impl(const LinOp* alpha, const LinOp* b, const LinOp* beta,
+                    LinOp* x) const override;
+
+private:
+    /**
+     * @copydoc RowGatherer::create(std::shared_ptr<const
+     *          Executor>, std::shared_ptr<const mpi::collective_communicator>,
+     *          const index_map<LocalIndexType, GlobalIndexType>&)
+     */
+    template <typename GlobalIndexType>
+    RowGatherer(std::shared_ptr<const Executor> exec,
+                std::shared_ptr<const mpi::CollectiveCommunicator> coll_comm,
+                const index_map<LocalIndexType, GlobalIndexType>& imap);
+
+    /**
+     * @copydoc RowGatherer::create(std::shared_ptr<const
+     *          Executor>, mpi::communicator)
+     */
+    RowGatherer(std::shared_ptr<const Executor> exec, mpi::communicator comm);
+
+    std::shared_ptr<const mpi::CollectiveCommunicator> coll_comm_;
+
+    array<LocalIndexType> send_idxs_;
+
+    detail::AnyDenseCache send_buffer;
+
+    mutable int64 current_id_{0};
+    mutable std::atomic<int64> active_id_{0};
+};
+
+
+}  // namespace distributed
+}  // namespace experimental
+}  // namespace gko
+
+#endif
+#endif  // GKO_PUBLIC_CORE_DISTRIBUTED_ROW_GATHERER_HPP_
diff --git a/include/ginkgo/ginkgo.hpp b/include/ginkgo/ginkgo.hpp
index 9d897ce8762..9051b95e5ef 100644
--- a/include/ginkgo/ginkgo.hpp
+++ b/include/ginkgo/ginkgo.hpp
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 
 #include <ginkgo/core/distributed/preconditioner/schwarz.hpp>
 
+#include <ginkgo/core/distributed/row_gatherer.hpp>
 #include <ginkgo/core/distributed/vector.hpp>
 
 #include <ginkgo/core/factorization/cholesky.hpp>