diff --git a/src/distributions/dirichlet.rs b/src/distributions/dirichlet.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..281bdfb1821
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/distributions/dirichlet.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// https://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+//! The dirichlet distribution.
+
+use Rng;
+use distributions::Distribution;
+use distributions::gamma::Gamma;
+
+/// The dirichelet distribution `Dirichlet(alpha)`.
+///
+/// The Dirichlet distribution is a family of continuous multivariate probability distributions parameterized by
+/// a vector alpha of positive reals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirichlet_distribution
+/// It is a multivariate generalization of the beta distribution.
+///
+/// # Example
+///
+/// ```
+/// use rand::prelude::*;
+/// use rand::distributions::Dirichlet;
+///
+/// let dirichlet = Dirichlet::new(vec![1.0, 2.0, 3.0]);
+/// let samples = dirichlet.sample(&mut rand::thread_rng());
+/// println!("{:?} is from a Dirichlet([1.0, 2.0, 3.0]) distribution", samples);
+/// ```
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct Dirichlet {
+    /// Concentration parameters (alpha)
+    alpha: Vec<f64>,
+}
+
+impl Dirichlet {
+    /// Construct a new `Dirichlet` with the given alpha parameter `alpha`.
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    /// - if `alpha.len() < 2`
+    ///
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn new<V: Into<Vec<f64>>>(alpha: V) -> Dirichlet {
+        let a = alpha.into();
+        assert!(a.len() > 1);
+        for i in 0..a.len() {
+            assert!(a[i] > 0.0);
+        }
+
+        Dirichlet { alpha: a }
+    }
+
+    /// Construct a new `Dirichlet` with the given shape parameter `alpha` and `size`.
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    /// - if `alpha <= 0.0`
+    /// - if `size < 2`
+    ///
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn new_with_param(alpha: f64, size: usize) -> Dirichlet {
+        assert!(alpha > 0.0);
+        assert!(size > 1);
+        Dirichlet {
+            alpha: vec![alpha; size],
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Distribution<Vec<f64>> for Dirichlet {
+    fn sample<R: Rng + ?Sized>(&self, rng: &mut R) -> Vec<f64> {
+        let n = self.alpha.len();
+        let mut samples = vec![0.0f64; n];
+        let mut sum = 0.0f64;
+
+        for i in 0..n {
+            let g = Gamma::new(self.alpha[i], 1.0);
+            samples[i] = g.sample(rng);
+            sum += samples[i];
+        }
+        let invacc = 1.0 / sum;
+        for i in 0..n {
+            samples[i] *= invacc;
+        }
+        samples
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::Dirichlet;
+    use distributions::Distribution;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_dirichlet() {
+        let d = Dirichlet::new(vec![1.0, 2.0, 3.0]);
+        let mut rng = ::test::rng(221);
+        let samples = d.sample(&mut rng);
+        let _: Vec<f64> = samples
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|x| {
+                assert!(x > 0.0);
+                x
+            })
+            .collect();
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_dirichlet_with_param() {
+        let alpha = 0.5f64;
+        let size = 2;
+        let d = Dirichlet::new_with_param(alpha, size);
+        let mut rng = ::test::rng(221);
+        let samples = d.sample(&mut rng);
+        let _: Vec<f64> = samples
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|x| {
+                assert!(x > 0.0);
+                x
+            })
+            .collect();
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[should_panic]
+    fn test_dirichlet_invalid_length() {
+        Dirichlet::new_with_param(0.5f64, 1);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[should_panic]
+    fn test_dirichlet_invalid_alpha() {
+        Dirichlet::new_with_param(0.0f64, 2);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/distributions/mod.rs b/src/distributions/mod.rs
index f6dccc1bbf7..6904d7b62b2 100644
--- a/src/distributions/mod.rs
+++ b/src/distributions/mod.rs
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@
 //! - Related to real-valued quantities that grow linearly
 //!   (e.g. errors, offsets):
 //!   - [`Normal`] distribution, and [`StandardNormal`] as a primitive
-//!   - [`Cauchy`] distribution
 //! - Related to Bernoulli trials (yes/no events, with a given probability):
 //!   - [`Binomial`] distribution
 //!   - [`Bernoulli`] distribution, similar to [`Rng::gen_bool`].
@@ -96,7 +95,8 @@
 //!   - [`ChiSquared`] distribution
 //!   - [`StudentT`] distribution
 //!   - [`FisherF`] distribution
-//!
+//! - Related to continuous multivariate probability distributions
+//!   - [`Dirichlet`] distribution
 //!
 //! # Examples
 //!
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@
 //! [`Binomial`]: struct.Binomial.html
 //! [`Cauchy`]: struct.Cauchy.html
 //! [`ChiSquared`]: struct.ChiSquared.html
+//! [`Dirichlet`]: struct.Dirichlet.html
 //! [`Exp`]: struct.Exp.html
 //! [`Exp1`]: struct.Exp1.html
 //! [`FisherF`]: struct.FisherF.html
@@ -184,6 +185,8 @@ pub use self::uniform::Uniform as Range;
 #[doc(inline)] pub use self::bernoulli::Bernoulli;
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 #[doc(inline)] pub use self::cauchy::Cauchy;
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+#[doc(inline)] pub use self::dirichlet::Dirichlet;
 
 pub mod uniform;
 #[cfg(feature="std")]
@@ -199,6 +202,8 @@ pub mod uniform;
 #[doc(hidden)] pub mod bernoulli;
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 #[doc(hidden)] pub mod cauchy;
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+#[doc(hidden)] pub mod dirichlet;
 
 mod float;
 mod integer;