diff --git a/torchtitan/distributed/full_dtensor.py b/torchtitan/distributed/full_dtensor.py
index f8103093ce..66d713509e 100644
--- a/torchtitan/distributed/full_dtensor.py
+++ b/torchtitan/distributed/full_dtensor.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 # This file contains utility functions to parallelize models with full dtensor.
 # We will eventually replace the existing functions with these or merge them.
 
+from collections.abc import Callable
 from typing import Any
 
 import torch
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@
 from torch.distributed.device_mesh import DeviceMesh
 from torch.distributed.fsdp import DataParallelMeshDims
 from torch.distributed.tensor import distribute_module, DTensor
+
+from torch.distributed.tensor.experimental import local_map
 from torch.distributed.tensor.placement_types import Placement, Replicate, Shard
 
 from torchtitan.distributed.parallel_dims import ParallelDims
@@ -52,11 +55,11 @@ def validate_config(parallel_dims: ParallelDims, model_config: Any) -> None:
     layer = getattr(model_config, "layer", None)
     attn_config = getattr(layer, "attention", None) if layer else None
     attn_backend = getattr(attn_config, "attn_backend", "sdpa")
-    if attn_backend in ("flex", "varlen"):
+    if attn_backend == "varlen":
         raise NotImplementedError(
             f"full_dtensor is not supported with {attn_backend} attention. "
-            "Flex/varlen attention does not support DTensor dispatch. "
-            "Use sdpa attention or disable full_dtensor."
+            "Varlen attention does not support DTensor dispatch. "
+            "Use sdpa or flex attention, or disable full_dtensor."
         )
 
 
@@ -107,6 +110,73 @@ def _remove_sdpa_math_backend(model: nn.Module) -> None:
                 ]
 
 
+def _wrap_inner_attention_with_local_map(model: nn.Module) -> None:
+    """Wrap inner attention modules' forward with local_map.
+
+    In full DTensor mode, attention inputs (q, k, v) are DTensors. Flex
+    attention mask functions (e.g. document_mask) operate on plain tensors
+    and cannot handle DTensor indices. Wrapping forward with local_map
+    converts DTensor inputs to local tensors before forward runs, and wraps
+    outputs back to DTensors afterward.
+
+    Placements and device mesh are inferred from the input DTensors at
+    runtime, following the sixlib pattern of wrapping self.forward at setup
+    time. The local_map wrapper is lazily created on first call since FSDP
+    may change placements after distribute_module.
+    """
+    from torchtitan.models.common.attention import (
+        FlexAttentionWrapper,
+        ScaledDotProductAttentionWrapper,
+        VarlenAttentionWrapper,
+    )
+
+    inner_attn_types = (
+        FlexAttentionWrapper,
+        ScaledDotProductAttentionWrapper,
+        VarlenAttentionWrapper,
+    )
+
+    for name, module in model.named_modules():
+        if isinstance(module, inner_attn_types):
+            original_forward = module.forward
+
+            # Cache for the local_map-wrapped function, keyed by placements
+            # so we don't recreate it every call.
+            cached_fn: dict[tuple, Callable] = {}
+
+            def make_wrapped_forward(orig_fn: Callable) -> Callable:
+                def wrapped_forward(
+                    q: torch.Tensor,
+                    k: torch.Tensor,
+                    v: torch.Tensor,
+                    **kwargs,
+                ) -> torch.Tensor | tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
+                    if not isinstance(q, DTensor):
+                        return orig_fn(q, k, v, **kwargs)
+
+                    assert isinstance(k, DTensor) and isinstance(v, DTensor)
+
+                    # Infer placements from the input DTensors
+                    cache_key = (q.placements, k.placements, v.placements)
+                    if cache_key not in cached_fn:
+                        cached_fn[cache_key] = local_map(
+                            orig_fn,
+                            out_placements=(q.placements,),
+                            in_placements=(
+                                q.placements,
+                                k.placements,
+                                v.placements,
+                            ),
+                            device_mesh=q.device_mesh,
+                        )
+                    return cached_fn[cache_key](q, k, v, **kwargs)
+
+                return wrapped_forward
+
+            module.forward = make_wrapped_forward(original_forward)
+            logger.debug(f"Wrapped {name} forward with local_map")
+
+
 def _find_tied_parameters(
     model: nn.Module,
 ) -> list[list[tuple[nn.Module, str]]]:
@@ -197,6 +267,11 @@ def distribute_model(
             f"after distribute_module"
         )
 
+    # Wrap inner attention modules' forward with local_map so that
+    # DTensor inputs are converted to local tensors before attention
+    # computation (e.g. flex attention mask functions expect plain tensors).
+    _wrap_inner_attention_with_local_map(model)
+
     logger.info(
         f"Distributed model parameters as DTensors on SPMD mesh "
         f"with dims {spmd_mesh.mesh_dim_names}"