diff --git a/distconv/distconv.py b/distconv/distconv.py
index 7e9ed6b..27e1b36 100644
--- a/distconv/distconv.py
+++ b/distconv/distconv.py
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ def check_is_distconv_supported(
     stride: List[int],
     padding: List[int],
     dilation: List[int],
+    transpose: bool,
+    output_padding: List[int],
 ) -> None:
     """
     Check if the distributed convolution is supported with the given parameters.
@@ -152,31 +154,42 @@ def check_is_distconv_supported(
         stride (List[int]): The stride of the convolution.
         padding (List[int]): The padding added to the input tensor.
         dilation (List[int]): The dilation applied to the kernel.
+        transpose (bool): Is transposed convolution.
+        dilation (List[int]): The output padding for transposed convolution.
 
     Raises:
-        Exception: If dilation is not 1.
-        Exception: If input size is not divisible by stride.
-        Exception: If kernel size is odd and padding is not equivalent to "same".
-        Exception: If kernel size is even and padding is not zero.
-        Exception: If kernel size is even and stride is not divisible by kernel size.
+        Exception: If local input size is not equal to stride times output size.
+        Exception: If local output size is not equal to stride times input size for transposed convolution.
     """
     shard_dim = tensor_shard_dim - 2
     kernel_size = weight.size(tensor_shard_dim)
     if dilation[shard_dim] != 1:
         raise Exception("DistConv: dilation must be 1")
-    if tensor.size(tensor_shard_dim) % stride[shard_dim] != 0:
-        raise Exception("DistConv: input size must be divisible by stride")
-    if kernel_size % 2 == 1:
-        if (kernel_size // 2) != padding[shard_dim]:
+
+    input_size = tensor.size(tensor_shard_dim)
+
+    if not transpose:
+        output_size = (input_size + 2 * padding[shard_dim] - kernel_size) // stride[
+            shard_dim
+        ] + 1
+
+        if output_size * stride[shard_dim] != input_size:
             raise Exception(
-                'DistConv: when kernel size is odd, padding must be equivalent to "same"'
+                "DistConv: The input size along the shard dimension must equal the stride times the output size for the local tensors.\n"
+                + "This indicates incompatible kernel size, stride, and/or padding for the given input shape and parallel strategy."
             )
     else:
-        if padding[shard_dim] != 0:
-            raise Exception("DistConv: when kernel size is even, padding must be zero")
-        if stride[shard_dim] % kernel_size != 0:
+        output_size = (
+            (input_size - 1) * stride[shard_dim]
+            - 2 * padding[shard_dim]
+            + kernel_size
+            + output_padding[shard_dim]
+        )
+
+        if output_size != input_size * stride[shard_dim]:
             raise Exception(
-                "DistConv: when kernel size is even, stride must be divisble by kernel size"
+                "DistConv: The output size along the shard dimension must equal the stride times the input size for the local tensors.\n"
+                + "This indicates incompatible kernel size, stride, padding, and/or output padding for the given input shape and parallel strategy."
             )
 
 
@@ -383,7 +396,9 @@ def distconv_forward(func: Callable, args: Tuple, kwargs: Dict) -> "DCTensor":
     args = list(args)
 
     # Unpack the necessary arguments
-    tensor, weight, bias, stride, padding, dilation = args[:6]
+    tensor, weight, bias, stride, padding, dilation, transpose, output_padding = args[
+        :8
+    ]
 
     # Extract the parallel strategy and shard dimension from the input tensor
     parallel_strategy = tensor._parallel_strategy
@@ -391,10 +406,15 @@ def distconv_forward(func: Callable, args: Tuple, kwargs: Dict) -> "DCTensor":
     is_periodic = tensor._is_periodic
     for i, shard_dim_i in enumerate(shard_dim):
         if is_periodic[i]:
-            assert padding[shard_dim_i - 2] == 0, (
-                "Cannot zero-pad a tensor marked for periodic padding on the shard dimension"
-            )
-            padding[shard_dim_i - 2] = tensor._periodic_shard_padding[i]
+            if transpose:
+                padding[shard_dim_i - 2] -= (
+                    stride[shard_dim_i - 2] * tensor._periodic_shard_padding[i]
+                )
+            else:
+                assert padding[shard_dim_i - 2] == 0, (
+                    "Cannot zero-pad a tensor marked for periodic padding on the shard dimension"
+                )
+                padding[shard_dim_i - 2] = tensor._periodic_shard_padding[i]
 
     # Unwrap the underlying tensor from the DCTensor
     torch_tensor = tensor._tensor
@@ -404,7 +424,14 @@ def distconv_forward(func: Callable, args: Tuple, kwargs: Dict) -> "DCTensor":
     halo_sizes = []
     for i, shard_dim_i in enumerate(shard_dim):
         check_is_distconv_supported(
-            shard_dim_i, torch_tensor, weight, stride, padding, dilation
+            shard_dim_i,
+            torch_tensor,
+            weight,
+            stride,
+            padding,
+            dilation,
+            transpose,
+            output_padding,
         )
 
         # Determine the halo size for halo exchange
@@ -420,10 +447,14 @@ def distconv_forward(func: Callable, args: Tuple, kwargs: Dict) -> "DCTensor":
         # Save the tensor with its halo for the backward pass.
         tensor._tensor_with_halo = tensor_with_halo
 
+        if transpose:
+            padding[shard_dim_i - 2] += stride[shard_dim_i - 2] * halo_size
+        else:
+            padding[shard_dim_i - 2] = 0
         # Update the arguments with the tensor including halos and adjusted padding
         args[0] = tensor_with_halo
-        padding[shard_dim_i - 2] = 0
         args[4] = padding
+        args[7] = output_padding
 
     tensor._tensor = tensor_with_halo
     for i, shard_dim_i in enumerate(shard_dim):
@@ -456,9 +487,17 @@ def distconv_backward(
     args = list(args)
 
     # Unpack the necessary arguments
-    grad_out_tensor, input_tensor, weight, bias_size, stride, padding, dilation = args[
-        :7
-    ]
+    (
+        grad_out_tensor,
+        input_tensor,
+        weight,
+        bias_size,
+        stride,
+        padding,
+        dilation,
+        transpose,
+        output_padding,
+    ) = args[:9]
 
     # Extract the parallel strategy and shard dimension from the gradient output tensor
     parallel_strategy = grad_out_tensor._parallel_strategy
@@ -466,10 +505,15 @@ def distconv_backward(
     is_periodic = input_tensor._is_periodic
     for i, shard_dim_i in enumerate(shard_dim):
         if is_periodic[i]:
-            assert padding[shard_dim_i - 2] == 0, (
-                "Cannot zero-pad a tensor marked for periodic padding on the shard dimension"
-            )
-            padding[shard_dim_i - 2] = input_tensor._periodic_shard_padding[i]
+            if transpose:
+                padding[shard_dim_i - 2] -= (
+                    stride[shard_dim_i - 2] * input_tensor._periodic_shard_padding[i]
+                )
+            else:
+                assert padding[shard_dim_i - 2] == 0, (
+                    "Cannot zero-pad a tensor marked for periodic padding on the shard dimension"
+                )
+                padding[shard_dim_i - 2] = input_tensor._periodic_shard_padding[i]
 
     # Unwrap the underlying tensors from the DCTensors
     grad_out_tensor = grad_out_tensor._tensor
@@ -478,15 +522,24 @@ def distconv_backward(
     # Check if the distributed convolution is supported with the given parameters
     halo_sizes = []
     for i, shard_dim_i in enumerate(shard_dim):
-        check_is_distconv_supported(
-            shard_dim_i, input_torch_tensor, weight, stride, padding, dilation
-        )
-
         # Determine the halo size for halo exchange
         kernel_size = weight.size(shard_dim_i)
         halo_size = kernel_size // 2 if (kernel_size % 2 == 1) else 0
         halo_sizes.append(halo_size)
-        padding[shard_dim_i - 2] = 0
+        check_is_distconv_supported(
+            shard_dim_i,
+            input_torch_tensor,
+            weight,
+            stride,
+            padding,
+            dilation,
+            transpose,
+            output_padding,
+        )
+        if transpose:
+            padding[shard_dim_i - 2] += stride[shard_dim_i - 2] * halo_size
+        else:
+            padding[shard_dim_i - 2] = 0
 
     # Get the input tensor including halos if available, otherwise perform forward halo exchange
     if input_tensor._tensor_with_halo is not None:
@@ -506,6 +559,7 @@ def distconv_backward(
     args[0] = grad_out_tensor
     args[1] = input_tensor_with_halo
     args[5] = padding
+    args[8] = output_padding
 
     # Perform the backward convolution operation
     grad_in_tensor, grad_weight, grad_bias = func(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/tests/test_convtranspose.py b/tests/test_convtranspose.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..202a10d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_convtranspose.py
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+import pytest
+import torch
+import torch.nn as nn
+from utils import cleanup_parallel_strategy, fp32_allclose
+
+from distconv import DCTensor, DistConvDDP, ParallelStrategy
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def parallel_strategy(device: torch.device):
+    ps = ParallelStrategy(num_shards=4, device_type=device.type)
+    yield ps
+    cleanup_parallel_strategy(ps)
+
+
+def find_padding(kernel_size, stride=1, explicit_padding=False):
+    ep = kernel_size // 2 if explicit_padding else 0
+    pad = (kernel_size + 2 * ep * stride - 1) // 2
+    out_pad = stride - 1
+    if explicit_padding:
+        return pad, out_pad, ep
+    return pad, out_pad
+
+
+def generate_configs():
+    configs = []
+    for ndims in [1, 2, 3]:
+        for shard_dim in range(ndims):
+            for kernel_size in [1, 3, 5]:
+                for stride in [1, 2, 4]:
+                    configs.append((ndims, shard_dim, kernel_size, stride))
+
+    return "ndims,shard_dim,kernel_size,stride", configs
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(*generate_configs())
+def test_transposeconv_zerospadding(
+    parallel_strategy: ParallelStrategy,
+    ndims: int,
+    shard_dim: int,
+    kernel_size: int,
+    stride: int,
+    device: torch.device,
+):
+    """
+    Test distributed convolution with different number of dimensions, kernel sizes, and strides.
+    Checks the output and gradients of the distributed convolution against the non-distributed
+    convolution.
+
+    Args:
+        parallel_strategy (ParallelStrategy): Parallel strategy for the distributed convolution.
+        ndims (int): Number of dimensions for the convolution (1, 2, or 3).
+        shard_dim (int): Dimension along which the tensor is sharded.
+        kernel_size (int): Size of the convolution kernel.
+        stride (int): Stride of the convolution.
+        device (torch.device): Torch device to run test with.
+    """
+    # Set the shard dimension for the parallel strategy
+    parallel_strategy.shard_dim = 2 + shard_dim
+    padding, output_padding = find_padding(kernel_size, stride)
+
+    # Initialize the input tensor and convolution layer
+    shape = [1, 4] + [64] * ndims
+    x = torch.randn(*shape, device=device, requires_grad=True)
+    conv_class = getattr(nn, f"ConvTranspose{ndims}d")
+    conv = conv_class(
+        4,
+        8,
+        kernel_size=kernel_size,
+        padding=padding,
+        stride=stride,
+        output_padding=output_padding,
+    ).to(device)
+
+    # Perform forward and backward pass for reference (non-distributed) convolution
+    conv.zero_grad()
+    ref_y = conv(x)
+    ref_y.square().mean().backward()
+    ref_x_grad = x.grad
+    ref_conv_grad = conv.weight.grad
+
+    # Perform forward and backward pass for distributed convolution
+    conv.zero_grad()
+    dist_conv = DistConvDDP(conv, parallel_strategy=parallel_strategy)
+    dcx = DCTensor.distribute(x, parallel_strategy)
+    dcy = dist_conv(dcx)
+    dcy_merge = dcy.to_replicate()
+    dc_loss = dcy.to_ddp().square().mean()
+    dc_loss.backward()
+    x_grad = dcx.grad.to_replicate()
+    dc_conv_grad = conv.weight.grad
+
+    assert fp32_allclose(ref_y, dcy_merge)
+    assert fp32_allclose(ref_x_grad, x_grad)
+    assert fp32_allclose(ref_conv_grad, dc_conv_grad)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(*generate_configs())
+def test_transposeconv_circularpadding(
+    parallel_strategy: ParallelStrategy,
+    ndims: int,
+    shard_dim: int,
+    kernel_size: int,
+    stride: int,
+    device: torch.device,
+):
+    """
+    Test distributed convolution with different number of dimensions, kernel sizes, and strides.
+    Checks the output and gradients of the distributed convolution against the non-distributed
+    convolution.
+
+    Args:
+        parallel_strategy (ParallelStrategy): Parallel strategy for the distributed convolution.
+        ndims (int): Number of dimensions for the convolution (1, 2, or 3).
+        shard_dim (int): Dimension along which the tensor is sharded.
+        kernel_size (int): Size of the convolution kernel.
+        stride (int): Stride of the convolution.
+        device (torch.device): Torch device to run test with.
+    """
+    # Set the shard dimension for the parallel strategy
+    parallel_strategy.shard_dim = 2 + shard_dim
+    padding, output_padding, explicit_padding = find_padding(
+        kernel_size, stride, explicit_padding=True
+    )
+
+    # Initialize the input tensor and convolution layer
+    shape = [1, 4] + [64] * ndims
+    x = torch.randn(*shape, device=device, requires_grad=True)
+
+    conv_kwargs = dict(
+        kernel_size=kernel_size, stride=stride, output_padding=output_padding
+    )
+
+    # set periodic padding case for reference
+    explicit_padding = [explicit_padding, explicit_padding] * ndims
+    x_periodic = torch.nn.functional.pad(input=x, pad=explicit_padding, mode="circular")
+
+    conv_class = getattr(nn, f"ConvTranspose{ndims}d")
+    conv = (
+        conv_class(4, 8, padding=padding, **conv_kwargs)
+        .to(device)
+        .requires_grad_(False)
+    )
+    conv.requires_grad_(True)
+
+    # Perform forward and backward pass for reference (non-distributed) convolution
+    conv.zero_grad()
+    ref_y = conv(x_periodic)
+    ref_y.square().mean().backward()
+    ref_x_grad = x.grad
+    ref_conv_grad = conv.weight.grad
+
+    # Perform forward and backward pass for distributed convolution
+    conv.zero_grad()
+    dist_conv = DistConvDDP(conv, parallel_strategy=parallel_strategy)
+    dcx = DCTensor.distribute(x, parallel_strategy)
+    dcx_periodic = torch.nn.functional.pad(
+        input=dcx, pad=explicit_padding, mode="circular"
+    )
+    dcy = dist_conv(dcx_periodic)
+    dcy_merge = dcy.to_replicate()
+    dc_loss = dcy.to_ddp().square().mean()
+    dc_loss.backward()
+    x_grad = dcx.grad.to_replicate()
+    dc_conv_grad = conv.weight.grad
+
+    # Validate the results
+    assert fp32_allclose(ref_y, dcy_merge)
+    assert fp32_allclose(ref_x_grad, x_grad)
+    assert fp32_allclose(ref_conv_grad, dc_conv_grad)
diff --git a/tests/test_periodic.py b/tests/test_periodic.py
index af6e309..9e13a88 100644
--- a/tests/test_periodic.py
+++ b/tests/test_periodic.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from math import ceil
+
 import pytest
 import torch
 import torch.distributed as dist
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ def test_periodic(
 
     conv_kwargs = dict(
         kernel_size=kernel_size,
-        padding=kernel_size // 2,
+        padding=ceil((kernel_size - stride) / 2),
         bias=False,
         stride=stride,
         padding_mode="circular",