diff --git a/csrc/scheduler/hopper_multi_matmul.cpp b/csrc/scheduler/hopper_multi_matmul.cpp
index b242369b5a2..a6972baa72d 100644
--- a/csrc/scheduler/hopper_multi_matmul.cpp
+++ b/csrc/scheduler/hopper_multi_matmul.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <scheduler/debug_utils.h>
 #include <scheduler/hopper_multi_matmul.h>
 #include <scheduler/matmul.h>
+#include <scheduler/matmul_heuristic.h>
 #include <scheduler/matmul_utils.h>
 #include <scheduler/mma_utils.h>
 #include <scheduler/tools/abstract_tensor.h>
@@ -105,11 +106,6 @@ void HopperMultipleMatmulScheduler::validate() const {
         "Hopper matmul scheduler does not support scheduling persistent split-K kernels");
   }
 
-  NVF_CHECK(
-      params_->tiling_strategy !=
-          MatmulParams::TilingStrategy::DistributeTilesAcrossSMs,
-      "Hopper matmul scheduler TEMPORARILY does not support persistent scheduling of tiles yet");
-
   NVF_CHECK(
       params_->tiling_strategy !=
           MatmulParams::TilingStrategy::DistributeStagesAcrossSMs,
@@ -374,6 +370,21 @@ std::vector<std::vector<MatmulDimRole>> HopperMultipleMatmulScheduler::
         }
       }
     }
+
+    if (params_->tiling_strategy ==
+        MatmulParams::TilingStrategy::DistributeTilesAcrossSMs) {
+      // Persistent kernel scheduling
+      if (params_->cta_order ==
+          MatmulParams::TileRasterizationOrder::ColumnMajor) {
+        tv->reorder(
+            {{num_device_and_batch_dims_, num_device_and_batch_dims_ + 1}});
+      }
+      tv->merge(num_device_and_batch_dims_, num_device_and_batch_dims_ + 1);
+
+      const int64_t num_sms =
+          at::cuda::getCurrentDeviceProperties()->multiProcessorCount;
+      tv->split(num_device_and_batch_dims_, num_sms);
+    }
   }
   return all_merged_roles;
 }
diff --git a/tests/cpp/test_matmul.cpp b/tests/cpp/test_matmul.cpp
index e2739bc50e6..a63d6feaebe 100644
--- a/tests/cpp/test_matmul.cpp
+++ b/tests/cpp/test_matmul.cpp
@@ -4262,9 +4262,6 @@ class MLPBenchmarkTest
       // warp specialization requires Hopper+
       NVFUSER_TEST_CUDA_ARCH_RANGE_GUARD(9, 0, 10, 0);
     }
-    if (test_params.persistent_kernel) {
-      GTEST_SKIP() << "persistent kernel tests are currently disabled";
-    }
   }
 };
 
@@ -4508,6 +4505,9 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(
         MLPBenchmarkTestParams{
             .warp_specialization = true,
             .persistent_kernel = false},
+        MLPBenchmarkTestParams{
+            .warp_specialization = false,
+            .persistent_kernel = true},
         MLPBenchmarkTestParams{
             .warp_specialization = true,
             .persistent_kernel = true}),