diff --git a/_imaging.c b/_imaging.c
index 1759d4c8d..17cfe2bfa 100644
--- a/_imaging.c
+++ b/_imaging.c
@@ -1791,7 +1791,6 @@ _unsharp_mask(ImagingObject* self, PyObject* args)
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "fii", &radius, &percent, &threshold))
         return NULL;
 
-
     imIn = self->image;
     imOut = ImagingNew(imIn->mode, imIn->xsize, imIn->ysize);
     if (!imOut)
@@ -1804,6 +1803,27 @@ _unsharp_mask(ImagingObject* self, PyObject* args)
 }
 #endif
 
+static PyObject*
+_box_blur(ImagingObject* self, PyObject* args)
+{
+    Imaging imIn;
+    Imaging imOut;
+
+    int radius;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i", &radius))
+        return NULL;
+
+    imIn = self->image;
+    imOut = ImagingNew(imIn->mode, imIn->xsize, imIn->ysize);
+    if (!imOut)
+        return NULL;
+
+    if (!ImagingBoxBlur(imIn, imOut, radius))
+        return NULL;
+
+    return PyImagingNew(imOut);
+}
+
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 static PyObject*
@@ -3078,6 +3098,8 @@ static struct PyMethodDef methods[] = {
     {"unsharp_mask", (PyCFunction)_unsharp_mask, 1},
 #endif
 
+    {"box_blur", (PyCFunction)_box_blur, 1},    
+
 #ifdef WITH_EFFECTS
     /* Special effects */
     {"effect_spread", (PyCFunction)_effect_spread, 1},
diff --git a/libImaging/BoxBlur.c b/libImaging/BoxBlur.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe57ebf97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libImaging/BoxBlur.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include "Python.h"
+#include "Imaging.h"
+
+
+Imaging ImagingBoxBlur(Imaging im, Imaging imOut, int radius)
+{
+    return imOut;
+}
diff --git a/libImaging/Imaging.h b/libImaging/Imaging.h
index d958387c9..e6f290fc3 100644
--- a/libImaging/Imaging.h
+++ b/libImaging/Imaging.h
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ extern Imaging ImagingTransform(
     int fill);
 extern Imaging ImagingUnsharpMask(
     Imaging im, Imaging imOut, float radius, int percent, int threshold);
+extern Imaging ImagingBoxBlur(Imaging im, Imaging imOut, int radius);
 
 extern Imaging ImagingCopy2(Imaging imOut, Imaging imIn);
 extern Imaging ImagingConvert2(Imaging imOut, Imaging imIn);
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2d8cafa34..95d54df01 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ _LIB_IMAGING = (
     "RankFilter", "RawDecode", "RawEncode", "Storage", "SunRleDecode",
     "TgaRleDecode", "Unpack", "UnpackYCC", "UnsharpMask", "XbmDecode",
     "XbmEncode", "ZipDecode", "ZipEncode", "TiffDecode", "Incremental",
-    "Jpeg2KDecode", "Jpeg2KEncode")
+    "Jpeg2KDecode", "Jpeg2KEncode", "BoxBlur")
 
 
 def _add_directory(path, dir, where=None):