diff --git a/test/test_image.py b/test/test_image.py
index 8eb3930d139..2a62916f8c1 100644
--- a/test/test_image.py
+++ b/test/test_image.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from PIL import Image
 from torchvision.io.image import (
     decode_png, decode_jpeg, encode_jpeg, write_jpeg, decode_image, read_file,
-    encode_png, write_png)
+    encode_png, write_png, write_file)
 import numpy as np
 
 from common_utils import get_tmp_dir
@@ -225,6 +225,18 @@ def test_read_file(self):
                 RuntimeError, "No such file or directory: 'tst'"):
             read_file('tst')
 
+    def test_write_file(self):
+        with get_tmp_dir() as d:
+            fname, content = 'test1.bin', b'TorchVision\211\n'
+            fpath = os.path.join(d, fname)
+            content_tensor = torch.tensor(list(content), dtype=torch.uint8)
+            write_file(fpath, content_tensor)
+
+            with open(fpath, 'rb') as f:
+                saved_content = f.read()
+            self.assertEqual(content, saved_content)
+            os.unlink(fpath)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/torchvision/csrc/cpu/image/image.cpp b/torchvision/csrc/cpu/image/image.cpp
index 6b8022f3014..f0e4ce0e177 100644
--- a/torchvision/csrc/cpu/image/image.cpp
+++ b/torchvision/csrc/cpu/image/image.cpp
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ static auto registry = torch::RegisterOperators()
                            .op("image::encode_jpeg", &encodeJPEG)
                            .op("image::write_jpeg", &writeJPEG)
                            .op("image::read_file", &read_file)
+                           .op("image::write_file", &write_file)
                            .op("image::decode_image", &decode_image);
diff --git a/torchvision/csrc/cpu/image/read_write_file_cpu.cpp b/torchvision/csrc/cpu/image/read_write_file_cpu.cpp
index e4213ca851e..a1164938b70 100644
--- a/torchvision/csrc/cpu/image/read_write_file_cpu.cpp
+++ b/torchvision/csrc/cpu/image/read_write_file_cpu.cpp
@@ -18,3 +18,23 @@ torch::Tensor read_file(std::string filename) {
 
   return data;
 }
+
+void write_file(std::string filename, torch::Tensor& data) {
+  // Check that the input tensor is on CPU
+  TORCH_CHECK(data.device() == torch::kCPU, "Input tensor should be on CPU");
+
+  // Check that the input tensor dtype is uint8
+  TORCH_CHECK(data.dtype() == torch::kU8, "Input tensor dtype should be uint8");
+
+  // Check that the input tensor is 3-dimensional
+  TORCH_CHECK(data.dim() == 1, "Input data should be a 1-dimensional tensor");
+
+  auto fileBytes = data.data_ptr<uint8_t>();
+  auto fileCStr = filename.c_str();
+  FILE* outfile = fopen(fileCStr, "wb");
+
+  TORCH_CHECK(outfile != NULL, "Error opening output file");
+
+  fwrite(fileBytes, sizeof(uint8_t), data.numel(), outfile);
+  fclose(outfile);
+}
diff --git a/torchvision/csrc/cpu/image/read_write_file_cpu.h b/torchvision/csrc/cpu/image/read_write_file_cpu.h
index 42b5e7cc36b..a6dbfb700a7 100644
--- a/torchvision/csrc/cpu/image/read_write_file_cpu.h
+++ b/torchvision/csrc/cpu/image/read_write_file_cpu.h
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@
 #include <torch/torch.h>
 
 C10_EXPORT torch::Tensor read_file(std::string filename);
+
+C10_EXPORT void write_file(std::string filename, torch::Tensor& data);
diff --git a/torchvision/io/image.py b/torchvision/io/image.py
index a79b39fabc3..0eb743c110a 100644
--- a/torchvision/io/image.py
+++ b/torchvision/io/image.py
@@ -38,6 +38,18 @@ def read_file(path: str) -> torch.Tensor:
     return data
 
 
+def write_file(filename: str, data: torch.Tensor) -> None:
+    """
+    Writes the contents of a uint8 tensor with one dimension to a
+    file.
+
+    Arguments:
+        filename (str): the path to the file to be written
+        data (Tensor): the contents to be written to the output file
+    """
+    torch.ops.image.write_file(filename, data)
+
+
 def decode_png(input: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
     """
     Decodes a PNG image into a 3 dimensional RGB Tensor.