diff --git a/vllm/config/parallel.py b/vllm/config/parallel.py
index 913e97250d3d3..7ba1da5db3849 100644
--- a/vllm/config/parallel.py
+++ b/vllm/config/parallel.py
@@ -593,9 +593,10 @@ class ParallelConfig:
                 "max_parallel_loading_workers is currently "
                 "not supported and will be ignored."
             )
-        if self.distributed_executor_backend != "mp" and self.nnodes > 1:
+        if self.distributed_executor_backend not in ("mp", "uni") and self.nnodes > 1:
             raise ValueError(
-                "nnodes > 1 can only be set when distributed exectuor backend is mp."
+                "nnodes > 1 can only be set when distributed executor "
+                "backend is mp or uni."
             )
 
     @property