diff --git a/python/ray/train/lightning/_lightning_utils.py b/python/ray/train/lightning/_lightning_utils.py
index 4d2c90987b3dd..1495fdcf21dce 100644
--- a/python/ray/train/lightning/_lightning_utils.py
+++ b/python/ray/train/lightning/_lightning_utils.py
@@ -1,26 +1,38 @@
+import ray
+from ray.air import session
+from ray.air.constants import MODEL_KEY
+from ray.data.datastream import DataIterator
+from ray.train.lightning.lightning_checkpoint import LightningCheckpoint
+
 import logging
 import shutil
 import torch
 import tempfile
 from packaging.version import Version
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
+from torch.utils.data import IterableDataset, DataLoader
 
 import pytorch_lightning as pl
 from pytorch_lightning.callbacks import ModelCheckpoint
 from pytorch_lightning.plugins.environments import LightningEnvironment
 from pytorch_lightning.strategies import DDPStrategy
 
-if Version(pl.__version__) >= Version("2.0.0"):
+_LIGHTNING_GREATER_EQUAL_2_0 = Version(pl.__version__) >= Version("2.0.0")
+_TORCH_GREATER_EQUAL_1_12 = Version(torch.__version__) >= Version("1.12.0")
+_TORCH_FSDP_AVAILABLE = _TORCH_GREATER_EQUAL_1_12 and torch.distributed.is_available()
+
+if _LIGHTNING_GREATER_EQUAL_2_0:
     from pytorch_lightning.strategies import FSDPStrategy
 else:
     from pytorch_lightning.strategies import DDPFullyShardedStrategy as FSDPStrategy
 
-import ray
-from ray.air import session
-from ray.air.constants import MODEL_KEY
-from ray.train.lightning.lightning_checkpoint import LightningCheckpoint
-from torch.utils.data import IterableDataset, DataLoader
-from ray.data.datastream import DataIterator
+if _TORCH_FSDP_AVAILABLE:
+    from torch.distributed.fsdp import (
+        FullStateDictConfig,
+        FullyShardedDataParallel,
+        StateDictType,
+    )
+
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -65,6 +77,25 @@ def distributed_sampler_kwargs(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
             rank=self.global_rank,
         )
 
+    def lightning_module_state_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """Gathers the full state dict to rank 0 on CPU."""
+        assert self.model is not None, "Failed to get the state dict for a None model!"
+
+        if _LIGHTNING_GREATER_EQUAL_2_0 and _TORCH_FSDP_AVAILABLE:
+            with FullyShardedDataParallel.state_dict_type(
+                module=self.model,
+                state_dict_type=StateDictType.FULL_STATE_DICT,
+                state_dict_config=FullStateDictConfig(
+                    offload_to_cpu=True, rank0_only=True
+                ),
+            ):
+                state_dict = self.model.state_dict()
+                prefix_len = len("_forward_module.")
+                return {k[prefix_len:]: v for k, v in state_dict.items()}
+        else:
+            # Otherwise Lightning uses Fairscale FSDP, no need to unshard by ourself.
+            return super().lightning_module_state_dict()
+
 
 class RayEnvironment(LightningEnvironment):
     """Setup Lightning DDP training environment for Ray cluster."""
diff --git a/python/ray/train/tests/test_lightning_checkpoint.py b/python/ray/train/tests/test_lightning_checkpoint.py
index 64bcd40b32bec..5109fb0a051b3 100644
--- a/python/ray/train/tests/test_lightning_checkpoint.py
+++ b/python/ray/train/tests/test_lightning_checkpoint.py
@@ -4,9 +4,15 @@
 import torch.nn as nn
 import tempfile
 
-from ray.train.lightning import LightningCheckpoint
+import ray
 from ray.air.constants import MODEL_KEY
 from torch.utils.data import DataLoader
+from ray.train.tests.lightning_test_utils import LinearModule, DummyDataModule
+from ray.train.lightning import (
+    LightningCheckpoint,
+    LightningConfigBuilder,
+    LightningTrainer,
+)
 
 
 class Net(pl.LightningModule):
@@ -100,6 +106,42 @@ def test_from_directory():
             assert torch.equal(output, checkpoint_output)
 
 
+def test_fsdp_checkpoint():
+    num_epochs = 1
+    batch_size = 8
+    input_dim = 32
+    output_dim = 4
+    dataset_size = 256
+
+    datamodule = DummyDataModule(batch_size, dataset_size)
+
+    config_builder = (
+        LightningConfigBuilder()
+        .module(
+            LinearModule, input_dim=input_dim, output_dim=output_dim, strategy="fsdp"
+        )
+        .trainer(max_epochs=num_epochs, accelerator="gpu")
+        .strategy("fsdp")
+        .checkpointing(save_last=True)
+        .fit_params(datamodule=datamodule)
+    )
+
+    scaling_config = ray.air.ScalingConfig(num_workers=2, use_gpu=True)
+
+    trainer = LightningTrainer(
+        lightning_config=config_builder.build(), scaling_config=scaling_config
+    )
+
+    results = trainer.fit()
+
+    with results.checkpoint.as_directory() as checkpoint_dir:
+        checkpoint = torch.load(f"{checkpoint_dir}/{MODEL_KEY}")
+        model = LinearModule(input_dim=input_dim, output_dim=output_dim)
+
+        for key in model.state_dict().keys():
+            assert key in checkpoint["state_dict"]
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     import sys