diff --git a/fiftyone/utils/torch.py b/fiftyone/utils/torch.py
index 4a9486ec89..a75d2498ef 100644
--- a/fiftyone/utils/torch.py
+++ b/fiftyone/utils/torch.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import eta.core.geometry as etag
 import eta.core.learning as etal
 import eta.core.utils as etau
+from torchvision.models.feature_extraction import create_feature_extractor
 
 import fiftyone.core.config as foc
 import fiftyone.core.labels as fol
@@ -251,19 +252,31 @@ class TorchEmbeddingsMixin(fom.EmbeddingsMixin):
         layer_name (None): the name of the embeddings layer whose output to
             save, or ``None`` if this model instance should not expose
             embeddings. Prepend ``"<"`` to save the input tensor instead
+        as_feature_extractor (False): whether this model instance should
+            operate as a feature extractor, in which case ``layer_name`` if provided
+            is used to create a feature extractor. If ``layer_name`` is not provided,
+            the model is used as-is for feature extraction.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, model, layer_name=None):
-        if layer_name is not None:
+    def __init__(self, model, layer_name=None, as_feature_extractor=False):
+        if as_feature_extractor:
+            if layer_name:
+                # create a torchvision feature extractor
+                self._model = create_feature_extractor(
+                    model, return_nodes=[layer_name]
+                )
+            embeddings_layer = None
+        elif layer_name is not None:
             embeddings_layer = SaveLayerTensor(model, layer_name)
         else:
             embeddings_layer = None
 
         self._embeddings_layer = embeddings_layer
+        self._as_feature_extractor = as_feature_extractor
 
     @property
     def has_embeddings(self):
-        return self._embeddings_layer is not None
+        return self._embeddings_layer is not None or self._as_feature_extractor
 
     def embed(self, arg):
         if isinstance(arg, torch.Tensor):
@@ -271,12 +284,18 @@ def embed(self, arg):
         else:
             args = [arg]
 
-        self._predict_all(args)
-        return self.get_embeddings()[0]
+        features = self._predict_all(args)
+        if self._as_feature_extractor:
+            return features
+        else:
+            return self.get_embeddings()[0]
 
     def embed_all(self, args):
-        self._predict_all(args)
-        return self.get_embeddings()
+        features = self._predict_all(args)
+        if self._as_feature_extractor:
+            return features
+        else:
+            return self.get_embeddings()
 
     def get_embeddings(self):
         if not self.has_embeddings:
@@ -399,6 +418,10 @@ def predict_all(imgs):
             inputs that are lists of Tensors
         embeddings_layer (None): the name of a layer whose output to expose as
             embeddings. Prepend ``"<"`` to save the input tensor instead
+        as_feature_extractor (False): whether this model instance should be
+            treated as a feature extractor. If embedding_layer is provided,
+            then a feature extractor is created using torchvision, otherwise
+            the model itself is treated as a feature extractor.
         use_half_precision (None): whether to use half precision (only
             supported when using GPU)
         cudnn_benchmark (None): a value to use for
@@ -465,6 +488,9 @@ def __init__(self, d):
         self.embeddings_layer = self.parse_string(
             d, "embeddings_layer", default=None
         )
+        self.as_feature_extractor = self.parse_bool(
+            d, "as_feature_extractor", default=False
+        )
         self.use_half_precision = self.parse_bool(
             d, "use_half_precision", default=None
         )
@@ -519,7 +545,10 @@ def __init__(self, config):
 
         fom.LogitsMixin.__init__(self)
         TorchEmbeddingsMixin.__init__(
-            self, self._model, layer_name=self.config.embeddings_layer
+            self,
+            self._model,
+            layer_name=self.config.embeddings_layer,
+            as_feature_extractor=self.config.as_feature_extractor,
         )
 
     def __enter__(self):
@@ -1000,6 +1029,11 @@ def _setup(self, model, layer_name):
 
         if _layer is None:
             raise ValueError("No layer found with name %s" % layer_name)
+        elif isinstance(_layer, torch.nn.Identity):
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Layer '%s' is an Identity layer. Use previous layer."
+                % layer_name
+            )
 
         _layer.register_forward_hook(self)
 
diff --git a/tests/intensive/model_tests.py b/tests/intensive/model_tests.py
index 25b71a549a..1e070c70ee 100644
--- a/tests/intensive/model_tests.py
+++ b/tests/intensive/model_tests.py
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@
 import unittest
 
 import numpy as np
+import pytest
 
 import fiftyone as fo
 import fiftyone.zoo as foz
+import fiftyone.utils.torch as fout
 
 
 def test_apply_model():
@@ -49,6 +51,31 @@ def test_compute_embeddings():
     _assert_embeddings_equal(embeddings2a, embeddings2b)
 
 
+def test_torch_hub_feature_extractor():
+    dataset = foz.load_zoo_dataset("quickstart")
+    view = dataset.take(5)
+
+    model = fout.load_torch_hub_image_model(
+        "facebookresearch/dino:main",
+        "dino_vits16",
+        as_feature_extractor=True,
+        image_size=[224, 224],
+    )
+
+    embeddings1a = view.compute_embeddings(model, skip_failures=False)
+    view.compute_embeddings(model, embeddings_field="embeddings1")
+    embeddings1b = _load_embeddings(view, "embeddings1")
+    _assert_embeddings_equal(embeddings1a, embeddings1b)
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        fout.load_torch_hub_image_model(
+            "facebookresearch/dino:main",
+            "dino_vits16",
+            embeddings_layer="head",
+            image_size=[224, 224],
+        )
+
+
 def _load_embeddings(samples, path):
     return np.stack(samples.values(path))