diff --git a/docs/jax.scipy.rst b/docs/jax.scipy.rst
index 7cf3a71cd..72ef6db35 100644
--- a/docs/jax.scipy.rst
+++ b/docs/jax.scipy.rst
@@ -357,3 +357,12 @@ jax.scipy.stats.gaussian_kde
    gaussian_kde.resample
    gaussian_kde.pdf
    gaussian_kde.logpdf
+
+jax.scipy.stats.vonmises
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.. automodule:: jax.scipy.stats.vonmises
+.. autosummary::
+  :toctree: _autosummary
+
+   logpdf
+   pdf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jax/_src/scipy/stats/vonmises.py b/jax/_src/scipy/stats/vonmises.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6a447c65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jax/_src/scipy/stats/vonmises.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Copyright 2022 The JAX Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+import scipy.stats as osp_stats
+from jax import lax
+from jax._src.lax.lax import _const as _lax_const
+from jax._src.numpy import lax_numpy as jnp
+from jax._src.numpy.util import _wraps, _promote_args_inexact
+from jax._src.typing import Array, ArrayLike
+
+@_wraps(osp_stats.vonmises.logpdf, update_doc=False)
+def logpdf(x: ArrayLike, kappa: ArrayLike) -> Array:
+  x, kappa = _promote_args_inexact('vonmises.pdf', x, kappa)
+  zero = _lax_const(kappa, 0)
+  return jnp.where(lax.gt(kappa, zero), kappa * (jnp.cos(x) - 1) - jnp.log(2 * jnp.pi * lax.bessel_i0e(kappa)), jnp.nan)
+
+@_wraps(osp_stats.vonmises.pdf, update_doc=False)
+def pdf(x: ArrayLike, kappa: ArrayLike) -> Array:
+  return lax.exp(logpdf(x, kappa))
diff --git a/jax/scipy/stats/__init__.py b/jax/scipy/stats/__init__.py
index 3d08c7124..56b815412 100644
--- a/jax/scipy/stats/__init__.py
+++ b/jax/scipy/stats/__init__.py
@@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ from jax.scipy.stats import gennorm as gennorm
 from jax.scipy.stats import truncnorm as truncnorm
 from jax._src.scipy.stats.kde import gaussian_kde as gaussian_kde
 from jax._src.scipy.stats._core import mode as mode
+from jax.scipy.stats import vonmises as vonmises
diff --git a/jax/scipy/stats/vonmises.py b/jax/scipy/stats/vonmises.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1277b5777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jax/scipy/stats/vonmises.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Copyright 2022 The JAX Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from jax._src.scipy.stats.vonmises import (
+  logpdf as logpdf,
+  pdf as pdf,
+)
diff --git a/tests/scipy_stats_test.py b/tests/scipy_stats_test.py
index a5f4489a9..92b246a21 100644
--- a/tests/scipy_stats_test.py
+++ b/tests/scipy_stats_test.py
@@ -49,6 +49,38 @@ def genNamedParametersNArgs(n):
 class LaxBackedScipyStatsTests(jtu.JaxTestCase):
   """Tests for LAX-backed scipy.stats implementations"""
 
+  @genNamedParametersNArgs(2)
+  def testVonMisesPdf(self, shapes, dtypes):
+    rng = jtu.rand_default(self.rng())
+    scipy_fun = osp_stats.vonmises.pdf
+    lax_fun = lsp_stats.vonmises.pdf
+
+    def args_maker():
+      x, kappa = map(rng, shapes, dtypes)
+      kappa = np.where(kappa < 0, kappa * -1, kappa).astype(kappa.dtype)
+      return [x, kappa]
+
+    with jtu.strict_promotion_if_dtypes_match(dtypes):
+      self._CheckAgainstNumpy(scipy_fun, lax_fun, args_maker, check_dtypes=False,
+                            tol=1e-3)
+      self._CompileAndCheck(lax_fun, args_maker)
+
+  @genNamedParametersNArgs(2)
+  def testVonMisesLogPdf(self, shapes, dtypes):
+    rng = jtu.rand_default(self.rng())
+    scipy_fun = osp_stats.vonmises.pdf
+    lax_fun = lsp_stats.vonmises.pdf
+
+    def args_maker():
+      x, kappa = map(rng, shapes, dtypes)
+      kappa = np.where(kappa < 0, kappa * -1, kappa).astype(kappa.dtype)
+      return [x, kappa]
+
+    with jtu.strict_promotion_if_dtypes_match(dtypes):
+      self._CheckAgainstNumpy(scipy_fun, lax_fun, args_maker, check_dtypes=False,
+                            tol=1e-3)
+      self._CompileAndCheck(lax_fun, args_maker)
+
   @genNamedParametersNArgs(3)
   def testPoissonLogPmf(self, shapes, dtypes):
     rng = jtu.rand_default(self.rng())