diff --git a/torchrec/distributed/planner/types.py b/torchrec/distributed/planner/types.py
index e51547dbf..c84130537 100644
--- a/torchrec/distributed/planner/types.py
+++ b/torchrec/distributed/planner/types.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class Perf:
     bwd_compute: float
     bwd_comms: float
     prefetch_compute: float = 0.0
+    input_dist: float = 0.0
 
     @property
     def total(self) -> float:
@@ -73,12 +74,17 @@ def total(self) -> float:
         # benefit that 1) it enables the ScaleupProposer to explore the trade off
         # between increasing cache sizes vs more difficult bin-packing constraints. 2)
         # it helps balance the prefetch compute across the ranks.
+
+        # Similarly, input_dist is often overlapped with compute kernels, but we
+        # conservatively add it as part of the total cost which models it as blocking.
+
         return (
             self.fwd_compute
             + self.bwd_compute
             + self.fwd_comms
             + self.bwd_comms
             + self.prefetch_compute
+            + self.input_dist
         )
 
     def __add__(self, other: "Perf") -> "Perf":
@@ -88,6 +94,7 @@ def __add__(self, other: "Perf") -> "Perf":
             bwd_compute=self.bwd_compute + other.bwd_compute,
             bwd_comms=self.bwd_comms + other.bwd_comms,
             prefetch_compute=self.prefetch_compute + other.prefetch_compute,
+            input_dist=self.input_dist + other.input_dist,
         )
 
     def __hash__(self) -> int:
@@ -98,6 +105,7 @@ def __hash__(self) -> int:
                 self.bwd_compute,
                 self.bwd_comms,
                 self.prefetch_compute,
+                self.input_dist,
             )
         )