diff --git a/cmake/modules/ExternalDependenciesVersions.cmake b/cmake/modules/ExternalDependenciesVersions.cmake
index b408fac581..61115082ae 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/ExternalDependenciesVersions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/ExternalDependenciesVersions.cmake
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 set(TTG_TRACKED_VG_CMAKE_KIT_TAG cda539db32be6e8171f5cbebdb1a7c38d5ab4b34)  # provides FindOrFetchLinalgPP and "real" FindOrFetchBoost
 set(TTG_TRACKED_CATCH2_VERSION 3.5.0)
 set(TTG_TRACKED_MADNESS_TAG 93a9a5cec2a8fa87fba3afe8056607e6062a9058)
-set(TTG_TRACKED_PARSEC_TAG 996dda4c0ff3120bc65385f86e999befd4b3fe7a)
+set(TTG_TRACKED_PARSEC_TAG parsec-for-ttg)
 set(TTG_TRACKED_BTAS_TAG c25b0a11d2a76190bfb13fa72f9e9dc3e57c3c2f)
 set(TTG_TRACKED_TILEDARRAY_TAG 5944bdba3266a3fa19f1809c8e2accf3dad4d815)
 
diff --git a/ttg/ttg/parsec/buffer.h b/ttg/ttg/parsec/buffer.h
index 62be4270ce..2fdeb5a839 100644
--- a/ttg/ttg/parsec/buffer.h
+++ b/ttg/ttg/parsec/buffer.h
@@ -72,18 +72,32 @@ namespace detail {
       PtrT m_ptr; // keep a reference if PtrT is a shared_ptr
       std::size_t m_size;
 
-      void allocate(std::size_t size) {
+      void do_allocate() {
         if constexpr (std::is_pointer_v<PtrT>) {
-          m_ptr = allocator_traits::allocate(m_allocator, size);
+          m_ptr = allocator_traits::allocate(m_allocator, m_size);
         }
         this->device_private = m_ptr;
-        m_size = size;
       }
 
-      void deallocate() {
-        allocator_traits::deallocate(m_allocator, static_cast<value_type*>(this->device_private), this->m_size);
-        this->device_private = nullptr;
-        this->m_size = 0;
+      void do_deallocate() {
+        if constexpr (std::is_pointer_v<PtrT>) {
+          if (this->device_private != nullptr) {
+            auto ptr = m_ptr;
+            this->device_private = nullptr;
+            this->m_ptr = nullptr;
+            allocator_traits::deallocate(m_allocator, ptr, this->m_size);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      static void allocate(parsec_data_copy_t *parsec_copy, int device) {
+        data_copy_type* copy = static_cast<data_copy_type*>(parsec_copy);
+        copy->do_allocate();
+      }
+
+      static void deallocate(parsec_data_copy_t *parsec_copy, int device) {
+        data_copy_type* copy = static_cast<data_copy_type*>(parsec_copy);
+        copy->do_deallocate();
       }
 
     public:
@@ -100,20 +114,37 @@ namespace detail {
         constexpr const bool is_empty_allocator = std::is_same_v<Allocator, empty_allocator<value_type>>;
         assert(is_empty_allocator);
         m_ptr = std::move(ptr);
+        this->m_size = size;
+        this->dtt = parsec_datatype_int8_t;
         this->device_private = const_cast<value_type*>(to_address(m_ptr));
       }
 
       void construct(std::size_t size,
+                     ttg::scope scope,
                      const allocator_type& alloc = allocator_type()) {
         constexpr const bool is_empty_allocator = std::is_same_v<Allocator, empty_allocator<value_type>>;
         assert(!is_empty_allocator);
         m_allocator = alloc;
-        allocate(size);
-        this->device_private = m_ptr;
+        this->m_size = size;
+        this->dtt = parsec_datatype_int8_t;
+        if (scope == ttg::scope::Allocate) {
+          /* if the user only requests an allocation on the device
+           * we don't allocate host memory but provide PaRSEC with
+           * a way to request host memory from us. */
+          this->alloc_cb = &allocate;
+          this->release_cb  = &deallocate;
+        } else {
+          /* the user requested that the data be sync'ed into the device
+           * so we need to provide host memory for the user to fill prior */
+          do_allocate();
+          this->device_private = m_ptr;
+        }
       }
 
       ~data_copy_type() {
-        this->deallocate();
+        this->alloc_cb = nullptr;
+        this->release_cb = nullptr;
+        this->do_deallocate();
       }
     };
 
@@ -143,7 +174,7 @@ namespace detail {
 
       /* create the host copy and allocate host memory */
       data_copy_type *copy = PARSEC_OBJ_NEW(data_copy_type);
-      copy->construct(size, allocator);
+      copy->construct(size, scope, allocator);
       parsec_data_copy_attach(data, copy, 0);
 
       /* adjust data flags */
diff --git a/ttg/ttg/parsec/devicefunc.h b/ttg/ttg/parsec/devicefunc.h
index 38682ca9df..82cc4ac866 100644
--- a/ttg/ttg/parsec/devicefunc.h
+++ b/ttg/ttg/parsec/devicefunc.h
@@ -201,11 +201,16 @@ namespace ttg_parsec {
       /* enqueue the transfer into the compute stream to come back once the compute and transfer are complete */
       if (data->owner_device != 0) {
         parsec_device_gpu_module_t *device_module = detail::parsec_ttg_caller->dev_ptr->device;
+        if (nullptr == data->device_copies[0]->device_private) {
+          assert(nullptr != data->device_copies[0]->alloc_cb);
+          data->device_copies[0]->alloc_cb(data->device_copies[0], 0);
+        }
+
         int ret = device_module->memcpy_async(device_module, stream,
                                               data->device_copies[0]->device_private,
                                               data->device_copies[data->owner_device]->device_private,
                                               data->nb_elts, parsec_device_gpu_transfer_direction_d2h);
-        assert(ret == PARSEC_SUCCESS);
+        if (ret != PARSEC_SUCCESS) throw std::runtime_error("Failed to copy data from device to host!");
       }
       if constexpr (sizeof...(Is) > 0) {
         // recursion