diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9897b7c8d..d1386e0a1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ PLEASE REMEMBER TO CHANGE THE '..main' WITH AN ACTUAL TAG in GITHUB LINK.
 * [GitHub
   commits](https://github.com/google/jax/compare/jax-v0.3.7...main).
 * Changes
+  * {func}`jax.scipy.cluster.vq.vq` has been added.
   * `jax.experimental.maps.mesh` has been deleted.
     Please use `jax.experimental.maps.Mesh`. Please see https://jax.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_autosummary/jax.experimental.maps.Mesh.html#jax.experimental.maps.Mesh
     for more information.
diff --git a/jax/_src/scipy/cluster/vq.py b/jax/_src/scipy/cluster/vq.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94de1e667
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jax/_src/scipy/cluster/vq.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+#
+# 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 operator
+
+import scipy.cluster.vq
+import textwrap
+
+from jax import vmap
+from jax._src.numpy.util import _wraps, _check_arraylike, _promote_dtypes_inexact
+from jax._src.numpy.lax_numpy import argmin
+from jax._src.numpy.linalg import norm
+
+
+_no_chkfinite_doc = textwrap.dedent("""
+Does not support the Scipy argument ``check_finite=True``,
+because compiled JAX code cannot perform checks of array values at runtime
+""")
+
+
+@_wraps(scipy.cluster.vq.vq, lax_description=_no_chkfinite_doc, skip_params=('check_finite',))
+def vq(obs, code_book, check_finite=True):
+    _check_arraylike("scipy.cluster.vq.vq", obs, code_book)
+    if obs.ndim != code_book.ndim:
+        raise ValueError("Observation and code_book should have the same rank")
+    obs, code_book = _promote_dtypes_inexact(obs, code_book)
+    if obs.ndim == 1:
+        obs, code_book = obs[..., None], code_book[..., None]
+    if obs.ndim != 2:
+        raise ValueError("ndim different than 1 or 2 are not supported")
+
+    # explicitly rank promotion
+    dist = vmap(lambda ob: norm(ob[None] - code_book, axis=-1))(obs)
+    code = argmin(dist, axis=-1)
+    dist_min = vmap(operator.getitem)(dist, code)
+    return code, dist_min
diff --git a/jax/scipy/__init__.py b/jax/scipy/__init__.py
index 149311db0..0f504cf64 100644
--- a/jax/scipy/__init__.py
+++ b/jax/scipy/__init__.py
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ from jax.scipy import sparse as sparse
 from jax.scipy import special as special
 from jax.scipy import stats as stats
 from jax.scipy import fft as fft
+from jax.scipy import cluster as cluster
diff --git a/jax/scipy/cluster/__init__.py b/jax/scipy/cluster/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0c3ced15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jax/scipy/cluster/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+#
+# 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.scipy.cluster import vq as vq
diff --git a/jax/scipy/cluster/vq.py b/jax/scipy/cluster/vq.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b836b09c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jax/scipy/cluster/vq.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+#
+# 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.cluster.vq import vq as vq
diff --git a/tests/lax_scipy_test.py b/tests/lax_scipy_test.py
index 9b5ad7eb3..f56a2cc0b 100644
--- a/tests/lax_scipy_test.py
+++ b/tests/lax_scipy_test.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from absl.testing import parameterized
 
 import numpy as np
 import scipy.special as osp_special
+import scipy.cluster as osp_cluster
 
 import jax
 from jax import numpy as jnp
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ from jax import lax
 from jax import scipy as jsp
 from jax._src import test_util as jtu
 from jax.scipy import special as lsp_special
+from jax.scipy import cluster as lsp_cluster
 import jax._src.scipy.eigh
 
 from jax.config import config
@@ -610,6 +612,19 @@ class LaxBackedScipyTests(jtu.JaxTestCase):
     v_eye = jnp.eye(v_unitary_delta.shape[0], dtype=dtype)
     self.assertAllClose(v_unitary_delta, v_eye, atol=eps)
 
+  @parameterized.named_parameters(jtu.cases_from_list(
+      {"testcase_name": f"_{jtu.format_shape_dtype_string((n_obs, n_codes, *n_feats), dtype)}",
+       "n_obs": n_obs, "n_codes": n_codes, "n_feats": n_feats, "dtype": dtype}
+      for n_obs in [1, 3, 5]
+      for n_codes in [1, 2, 4]
+      for n_feats in [()] + [(i,) for i in range(1, 3)]
+      for dtype in float_dtypes + int_dtypes)) # scipy doesn't support complex
+  def test_vq(self, n_obs, n_codes, n_feats, dtype):
+    rng = jtu.rand_default(self.rng())
+    args_maker = lambda: [rng((n_obs, *n_feats), dtype), rng((n_codes, *n_feats), dtype)]
+    self._CheckAgainstNumpy(osp_cluster.vq.vq, lsp_cluster.vq.vq, args_maker, check_dtypes=False)
+    self._CompileAndCheck(lsp_cluster.vq.vq, args_maker)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   absltest.main(testLoader=jtu.JaxTestLoader())