diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e0d1d4e65..a60cd35c0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 /build*
 *.pyc
+.vscode/
+.idea/
diff --git a/gloo/CMakeLists.txt b/gloo/CMakeLists.txt
index d5e6a1a55..1092eef9d 100644
--- a/gloo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gloo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ list(APPEND GLOO_HDRS
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/broadcast_one_to_all.h"
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/context.h"
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gather.h"
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gatherv.h"
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/math.h"
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/pairwise_exchange.h"
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/reduce.h"
diff --git a/gloo/gatherv.cc b/gloo/gatherv.cc
index 64767e5c3..67e3ea225 100644
--- a/gloo/gatherv.cc
+++ b/gloo/gatherv.cc
@@ -104,9 +104,7 @@ void gatherv(GathervOptions& opts) {
       out->waitRecv(opts.timeout);
     }
   } else {
-    size_t sendLength = opts.elementSize * opts.elementsPerRank[context->rank];
-    GLOO_ENFORCE_GE(in->size, sendLength);
-    in->send(opts.root, slot, 0, sendLength);
+    in->send(opts.root, slot, 0, in->size);
     in->waitSend(opts.timeout);
   }
 }