diff --git a/docs/source/tensors.rst b/docs/source/tensors.rst
index 385b26d4d6c3..2460c4552ada 100644
--- a/docs/source/tensors.rst
+++ b/docs/source/tensors.rst
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ view of a storage and defines numeric operations on it.
    .. autoattribute:: is_cuda
    .. autoattribute:: device
    .. autoattribute:: grad
+   .. autoattribute:: ndim
 
    .. automethod:: abs
    .. automethod:: abs_
diff --git a/test/test_torch.py b/test/test_torch.py
index 4a5f98dd54eb..20ae72c8ff1c 100644
--- a/test/test_torch.py
+++ b/test/test_torch.py
@@ -11529,6 +11529,14 @@ tensor([[[1., 1., 1.,  ..., 1., 1., 1.],
         f = Foo2()
         self.assertEqual(f.foo(), 5)
 
+    def test_ndim(self):
+        a = torch.randn(1, 2, 3)
+        self.assertEqual(3, a.ndim)
+        b = torch.randn(())
+        self.assertEqual(0, b.ndim)
+        c = torch.randn(1, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(2, c.ndim)
+
 # Functions to test negative dimension wrapping
 METHOD = 1
 INPLACE_METHOD = 2
diff --git a/torch/_tensor_docs.py b/torch/_tensor_docs.py
index b904f09009fa..44298e710874 100644
--- a/torch/_tensor_docs.py
+++ b/torch/_tensor_docs.py
@@ -3191,3 +3191,8 @@ add_docstr_all('device',
                r"""
 Is the :class:`torch.device` where this Tensor is.
 """)
+
+add_docstr_all('ndim',
+               r"""
+Alias for :meth:`~Tensor.dim()`
+""")
diff --git a/torch/csrc/autograd/python_variable.cpp b/torch/csrc/autograd/python_variable.cpp
index 0169aa0d44d8..9b3ede12c38a 100644
--- a/torch/csrc/autograd/python_variable.cpp
+++ b/torch/csrc/autograd/python_variable.cpp
@@ -304,6 +304,13 @@ PyObject *THPVariable_get_requires_grad(THPVariable *self)
   END_HANDLE_TH_ERRORS
 }
 
+PyObject *THPVariable_get_ndim(THPVariable *self)
+{
+  HANDLE_TH_ERRORS
+  return PyInt_FromLong(self->cdata.dim());
+  END_HANDLE_TH_ERRORS
+}
+
 int THPVariable_set_requires_grad(THPVariable *self, PyObject *obj)
 {
   HANDLE_TH_ERRORS
@@ -443,6 +450,7 @@ static struct PyGetSetDef THPVariable_properties[] = {
   {"dtype", (getter)THPVariable_dtype, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr},
   {"layout", (getter)THPVariable_layout, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr},
   {"device", (getter)THPVariable_device, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr},
+  {"ndim", (getter)THPVariable_get_ndim, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr},
   {nullptr}
 };