diff --git a/python/cuml/neighbors/nearest_neighbors.pyx b/python/cuml/neighbors/nearest_neighbors.pyx
index d63ff3ba00..4d63c8b0ac 100644
--- a/python/cuml/neighbors/nearest_neighbors.pyx
+++ b/python/cuml/neighbors/nearest_neighbors.pyx
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ class NearestNeighbors(Base,
     def get_param_names(self):
         return super().get_param_names() + \
             ["n_neighbors", "algorithm", "metric",
-                "p", "metric_params", "algo_params"]
+                "p", "metric_params", "algo_params", "n_jobs"]
 
     @staticmethod
     def _build_metric_type(metric):
diff --git a/python/cuml/test/test_nearest_neighbors.py b/python/cuml/test/test_nearest_neighbors.py
index 35f1c5229e..18e3d9505d 100644
--- a/python/cuml/test/test_nearest_neighbors.py
+++ b/python/cuml/test/test_nearest_neighbors.py
@@ -657,3 +657,8 @@ def test_haversine_fails_high_dimensions():
                  algorithm='brute')
 
     cunn.fit(data).kneighbors(data)
+
+
+def test_n_jobs_parameter_passthrough():
+    cunn = cuKNN()
+    cunn.set_params(n_jobs=12)