diff --git a/python/aitemplate/backend/cuda/tensor/index_select.py b/python/aitemplate/backend/cuda/tensor/index_select.py
index 6be6e0134..29c026d97 100644
--- a/python/aitemplate/backend/cuda/tensor/index_select.py
+++ b/python/aitemplate/backend/cuda/tensor/index_select.py
@@ -43,26 +43,27 @@
 import jinja2
 
 from aitemplate.backend import registry
-
 from aitemplate.backend.backend_spec import CUDASpec
-from aitemplate.backend.cuda import cuda_common
 from aitemplate.utils import shape_utils
 
 
 header_files = """
 #include <cuda_fp16.h>
+#include <cuda_bf16.h>
 #include <cuda_runtime.h>
 #include "cutlass/util/host_tensor.h"
 #include "cutlass/cutlass.h"
 #include "cutlass/fast_math.h"
 #include <cub/cub.cuh>
+
+using bfloat16 = nv_bfloat16;
 """
 
 FUNC_DECL_TEMPLATE = jinja2.Template(
     """
 void {{func_name}}(
-    {{input_type}}* /*output*/,
-    const {{input_type}}* /*input*/,
+    void* /*output*/,
+    const void* /*input*/,
     const {{index_type}} /*dim_len*/,
     const {{index_type}}* /*dim_idxs*/,
     const {{index_type}} /*dim_idxs_len*/,
@@ -103,8 +104,8 @@
 }
 
 void {{func_name}}(
-    {{input_type}}* output,
-    const {{input_type}}* input,
+    void* output,
+    const void* input,
     const {{index_type}} dim_len,
     const {{index_type}}* dim_idxs,
     const {{index_type}} dim_idxs_len,
@@ -176,8 +177,8 @@ def gen_function(func_attrs) -> str:
     y = func_attrs["outputs"][0]
     dim = func_attrs["dim"]
 
-    input_type = cuda_common.dtype_to_cuda_type(x._attrs["dtype"])
-    output_type = cuda_common.dtype_to_cuda_type(y._attrs["dtype"])
+    input_type = backend_spec.dtype_to_backend_type(x._attrs["dtype"])
+    output_type = backend_spec.dtype_to_backend_type(y._attrs["dtype"])
 
     if input_type != output_type:
         raise TypeError("input type must equal to output type")
@@ -214,8 +215,10 @@ def gen_function_decl(func_attrs) -> str:
         The function declaration string
     """
     backend_spec = CUDASpec()
+
     x = func_attrs["inputs"][0]
-    input_type = cuda_common.dtype_to_cuda_type(x._attrs["dtype"])
+    input_type = backend_spec.dtype_to_backend_type(x._attrs["dtype"])
+
     return FUNC_DECL_TEMPLATE.render(
         func_name=func_attrs["name"],
         input_type=input_type,
diff --git a/tests/unittest/ops/test_index_select.py b/tests/unittest/ops/test_index_select.py
index a219ab311..c404ab9af 100644
--- a/tests/unittest/ops/test_index_select.py
+++ b/tests/unittest/ops/test_index_select.py
@@ -280,6 +280,46 @@ def test_fp16(self, shape, benchmark=False):
                     benchmark=benchmark,
                 )
 
+    @parameterized.expand(
+        [
+            [(5, 4, 3, 2), False],
+            # [(2, 6), False],
+            # [(20, 6), False],
+            # [(300, 80), False],
+            # Uncomment to benchmark
+            # [(5, 4, 3, 2), True],
+            # [(2, 6), True],
+            # [(20, 6), True],
+            # [(300, 80), True],
+            # [(1024, 128, 256), True],
+            # [(1024, 1024, 100), True],
+            # [(1, 1), True],
+            # [(10, 1), True],
+            # [(100, 1), True],
+            # [(1000, 1), True],
+            # [(10000, 1), True], #revisit
+            # [(100000, 1), True],
+            # [(1000000, 1), True],
+            # [(10000000, 1), True],
+            # [(100000000, 1), True],
+            # [(10000, 10000), True],
+            # [(10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10), True],
+        ]
+    )
+    def test_bf16(self, shape, benchmark=False):
+        torch.manual_seed(1024)
+        random.seed(1024)
+        for idx, _ in enumerate(shape):
+            for dim_idx_len in [1, int(shape[idx] / 2), shape[idx]]:
+                self._test_index_select(
+                    shape=shape,
+                    dim_idx=idx,
+                    dim_idx_len=dim_idx_len if dim_idx_len > 0 else 1,
+                    test_name="index_select_bf16",
+                    dtype="bfloat16",
+                    benchmark=benchmark,
+                )
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     torch.manual_seed(1024)