diff --git a/starfish/core/morphology/Binarize/__init__.py b/starfish/core/morphology/Binarize/__init__.py
index 340ba5c79..eaebd9b90 100644
--- a/starfish/core/morphology/Binarize/__init__.py
+++ b/starfish/core/morphology/Binarize/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Algorithms in this module binarize an ImageStack into a BinaryMaskCollection."""
 from ._base import BinarizeAlgorithm
 from .threshold import ThresholdBinarize
+from .watershed import WatershedBinarize
 
 # autodoc's automodule directive only captures the modules explicitly listed in __all__.
 __all__ = list(set(
diff --git a/starfish/core/morphology/Binarize/watershed.py b/starfish/core/morphology/Binarize/watershed.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5917767cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/starfish/core/morphology/Binarize/watershed.py
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+from typing import Mapping, Optional
+
+import numpy as np
+from skimage.morphology import watershed
+
+from starfish.core.imagestack.imagestack import ImageStack
+from starfish.core.morphology.binary_mask import BinaryMaskCollection
+from starfish.core.morphology.util import _get_axes_names
+from starfish.core.types import ArrayLike, Axes, Coordinates, Number
+from ._base import BinarizeAlgorithm
+
+
+class WatershedBinarize(BinarizeAlgorithm):
+    """Binarizes an image using a watershed algorithm.  This wraps scikit-image's watershed
+    algorithm.
+
+    The image being binarized must be an ImageStack with num_rounds == 1 and num_chs == 1.
+
+    Any parameters besides image, markers, and mask should be set in the constructor and will be
+    passed to scikit-image's watershed.
+
+    See Also
+    --------
+    skimage.morphology.watershed
+    """
+    def __init__(self, **watershed_kwargs):
+        self.watershed_kwargs = watershed_kwargs
+
+    def run(
+            self,
+            image: ImageStack,
+            markers: Optional[BinaryMaskCollection] = None,
+            mask: Optional[BinaryMaskCollection] = None,
+            *args, **kwargs
+    ) -> BinaryMaskCollection:
+        """Runs scikit-image's watershed
+        """
+        if image.num_rounds != 1:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"{WatershedBinarize.__name__} given an image with more than one round "
+                f"{image.num_rounds}")
+        if image.num_chs != 1:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"{WatershedBinarize.__name__} given an image with more than one channel "
+                f"{image.num_chs}")
+        if mask is not None and len(mask) != 1:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"{WatershedBinarize.__name__} given a mask given a mask with more than one "
+                f"channel {image.num_chs}")
+        if len(args) != 0 or len(kwargs) != 0:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"{WatershedBinarize.__name__}'s run method should not have additional arguments.")
+
+        image_npy = 1 - image._squeezed_numpy(Axes.ROUND, Axes.CH)
+        markers_npy = np.asarray(markers.to_label_image().xarray) if markers is not None else None
+        mask_npy = mask.uncropped_mask(0) if mask is not None else None
+
+        watershed_output = watershed(
+            image_npy,
+            markers=markers_npy,
+            mask=mask_npy,
+            **self.watershed_kwargs
+        )
+
+        pixel_ticks: Mapping[Axes, ArrayLike[int]] = {
+            Axes(axis): axis_data
+            for axis, axis_data in image.xarray.coords.items()
+            if axis in _get_axes_names(3)[0]
+        }
+        physical_ticks: Mapping[Coordinates, ArrayLike[Number]] = {
+            Coordinates(coord): coord_data
+            for coord, coord_data in image.xarray.coords.items()
+            if coord in _get_axes_names(3)[1]
+        }
+
+        return BinaryMaskCollection.from_label_array_and_ticks(
+            watershed_output,
+            pixel_ticks,
+            physical_ticks,
+            image.log,  # FIXME: (ttung) this should somehow include the provenance of markers and
+                        # mask.
+        )