diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index f1982130f75..f1a8d65db6d 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 from PIL import Image
 
 
+def path_to_tensor(filepath):
+    from numpy import array as to_numpy_array
+    return torch.from_numpy(to_numpy_array(Image.open(filepath)))
+
+
 class Tester(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_make_grid_not_inplace(self):
@@ -41,6 +46,39 @@ def test_normalize_in_make_grid(self):
         self.assertTrue(torch.equal(norm_max, rounded_grid_max), 'Normalized max is not equal to 1')
         self.assertTrue(torch.equal(norm_min, rounded_grid_min), 'Normalized min is not equal to 0')
 
+    # def test_bboxes_not_inplace(self):
+        # t = torch.rand(5, 3, 10, 10) * 255
+        # t_clone = t.clone()
+        #
+        # TODO: this doesn't work; we need to pass in bboxes
+        # utils.draw_bounding_bboxes(t, draw_labels=False)
+        # self.assertTrue(torch.equal(t, t_clone), 'draw_bounding_bboxes modified tensor in-place')
+        #
+        # utils.draw_bounding_bboxes(t, draw_labels=True)
+        # self.assertTrue(torch.equal(t, t_clone), 'draw_bounding_bboxes modified tensor in-place')
+
+    def test_bboxes(self):
+        from numpy import array as to_numpy_array
+
+        IMAGE_ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "assets")
+        IMAGE_DIR = os.path.join(IMAGE_ROOT, "fakedata", "imagefolder")
+        inp_img_path = os.path.join(IMAGE_DIR, 'a4.png')
+        out_img_path = os.path.join(IMAGE_DIR, 'b5.png')
+
+        inp_img_pil = path_to_tensor(inp_img_path)
+        bboxes = ((1, 2, 10, 18), (4, 8, 9, 11))
+        # TODO: maybe write the rectangle programatically in this test instead of
+        # statically loading output?
+        out_img_pil = path_to_tensor(out_img_path)
+
+        self.assertTrue(
+            torch.equal(
+                utils.draw_bounding_bboxes(inp_img_pil, bboxes, draw_labels=False),
+                out_img_pil,
+            ),
+            'draw_bounding_bboxes returned an incorrect result',
+        )
+
     @unittest.skipIf('win' in sys.platform, 'temporarily disabled on Windows')
     def test_save_image(self):
         with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.png') as f:
diff --git a/torchvision/utils.py b/torchvision/utils.py
index be373138c5f..54c5278aef0 100644
--- a/torchvision/utils.py
+++ b/torchvision/utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Union, Optional, List, Tuple, Text, BinaryIO
+from typing import Union, Optional, List, Tuple, Text, BinaryIO, Sequence, Dict
 import io
 import pathlib
 import torch
@@ -128,3 +128,71 @@ def save_image(
     ndarr = grid.mul(255).add_(0.5).clamp_(0, 255).permute(1, 2, 0).to('cpu', torch.uint8).numpy()
     im = Image.fromarray(ndarr)
     im.save(fp, format=format)
+
+
+BBox = Tuple[int, int, int, int]
+BBoxes = Sequence[BBox]
+Color = Tuple[int, int, int]
+DEFAULT_COLORS: Sequence[Color]
+
+
+def draw_bounding_boxes(
+    image: torch.Tensor,
+    bboxes: Union[BBoxes, Dict[str, Sequence[BBox]]],
+    colors: Optional[Dict[str, Color]] = None,
+    draw_labels: bool = None,
+    width: int = 1,
+) -> torch.Tensor:
+    # TODO: docstring
+
+    bboxes_is_seq = BBoxes.__instancecheck__(bboxes)
+    # bboxes_is_dict is Dict[str, Sequence[BBox]].__instancecheck__(bboxes)
+    bboxes_is_dict = not bboxes_is_seq
+
+    if bboxes_is_seq:
+        # TODO: raise better Errors
+        if colors is not None:
+            # can't pass custom colors if bboxes is a sequence
+            raise Error
+        if draw_labels is True:
+            # can't draw labels if bboxes is a sequence
+            raise Error
+
+    if draw_labels is None:
+        if bboxes_is_seq:
+            draw_labels = False
+        else:  # BBoxes.__instancecheck__(Dict[str, Sequence[BBox]])
+            draw_labels = True
+
+    # colors: Union[Sequence[Color], Dict[str, Color]]
+    if colors is None:
+        # TODO: default to one of @pmeir's suggestions as a seq
+        colors_: Sequence[Color] = colors
+    else:
+        colors_: Dict[str, Color] = colors
+
+    from PIL import Image, ImageDraw
+    # Add 0.5 after unnormalizing to [0, 255] to round to nearest integer
+    ndarr = image.mul(255).add_(0.5).clamp_(0, 255).permute(
+        1, 2, 0).to('cpu', torch.uint8).numpy()
+    im = Image.fromarray(ndarr)
+    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(im)
+
+    if bboxes_is_dict:
+        if Sequence[Color].__instancecheck__(colors_):
+            # align the colors seq with the bbox classes
+            colors = dict(zip(sorted(bboxes.keys()), colors_))
+
+        for bbox_class, bbox in enumerate(bboxes.items()):
+            draw.rectangle(bbox, outline=colors_[bbox_class], width=width)
+            if draw_labels:
+                # TODO: this will probably overlap with the bbox
+                # hard-code in a margin for the label?
+                label_tl_x, label_tl_y, _, _ = bbox
+                draw.text((label_tl_x, label_tl_y), bbox_class)
+    else:  # bboxes_is_seq
+        for i, bbox in enumerate(bboxes):
+            draw.rectangle(bbox, outline=colors_[i], width=width)
+
+    from numpy import array as to_numpy_array
+    return torch.from_numpy(to_numpy_array(im))