diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ac671d8d2..4b81bfed5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.idea/
 Cargo.lock
 target/
 .idea/
diff --git a/ndarray-rand/Cargo.toml b/ndarray-rand/Cargo.toml
index aa4715fc4..1fbbeba2c 100644
--- a/ndarray-rand/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ndarray-rand/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ ndarray = { version = "0.13", path = ".." }
 rand_distr = "0.2.1"
 quickcheck = { version = "0.9", default-features = false, optional = true }
 
+[features]
+normaldist = ["ndarray-linalg"]
+
+[dependencies.ndarray-linalg]
+version = "0.11"
+optional = true
+features = ["openblas"]
+
 [dependencies.rand]
 version = "0.7.0"
 features = ["small_rng"]
diff --git a/ndarray-rand/src/lib.rs b/ndarray-rand/src/lib.rs
index 63cf1c397..35791fd77 100644
--- a/ndarray-rand/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ndarray-rand/src/lib.rs
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ pub mod rand_distr {
     pub use rand_distr::*;
 }
 
+pub mod normal;
+
 /// Constructors for n-dimensional arrays with random elements.
 ///
 /// This trait extends ndarray’s `ArrayBase` and can not be implemented
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ where
         IdS: Distribution<S::Elem>,
         Sh: ShapeBuilder<Dim = D>;
 
-    /// Create an array with shape `dim` with elements drawn from
+    /// Create an array with shape `shape` with elements drawn from
     /// `distribution`, using a specific Rng `rng`.
     ///
     /// ***Panics*** if the number of elements overflows usize.
diff --git a/ndarray-rand/src/normal.rs b/ndarray-rand/src/normal.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b02effb47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ndarray-rand/src/normal.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+//! Implementation of the multiavariate normal distribution.
+use crate::RandomExt;
+use ndarray::{Array, IntoDimension, Dimension};
+use crate::rand::Rng;
+use crate::rand::distributions::Distribution;
+use crate::rand_distr::{StandardNormal};
+
+#[cfg(feature = "normaldist")]
+pub mod advanced;
+
+/// Standard multivariate normal distribution `N(0,1)` for any-dimensional arrays.
+///
+/// ```
+/// use rand;
+/// use rand_distr::Distribution;
+/// use ndarray;
+/// use ndarray_rand::normal::MultivariateStandardNormal;
+/// 
+/// let shape = (2, 3); // create (2,3)-matrix of standard normal variables
+/// let n = MultivariateStandardNormal::new(shape);
+/// let ref mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+/// println!("{:?}", n.sample(rng));
+/// ```
+pub struct MultivariateStandardNormal<D>
+where D: Dimension
+{
+    shape: D
+}
+
+impl<D> MultivariateStandardNormal<D>
+where D: Dimension
+{
+    pub fn new<Sh>(shape: Sh) -> Self
+    where Sh: IntoDimension<Dim=D>
+    {
+        MultivariateStandardNormal {
+            shape: shape.into_dimension()
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn shape(&self) -> D {
+        self.shape.clone()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<D> Distribution<Array<f64, D>> for MultivariateStandardNormal<D>
+where D: Dimension
+{
+    fn sample<R: Rng + ?Sized>(&self, rng: &mut R) -> Array<f64, D> {
+        let shape = self.shape.clone();
+        let res = Array::random_using(
+            shape, StandardNormal, rng);
+        res
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ndarray-rand/src/normal/advanced.rs b/ndarray-rand/src/normal/advanced.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa2d82f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ndarray-rand/src/normal/advanced.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/// The normal distribution `N(mean, covariance)`.
+use rand::Rng;
+use rand::distributions::{
+    Distribution, StandardNormal
+};
+
+use ndarray::prelude::*;
+use ndarray_linalg::error::Result as LAResult;
+
+/// Multivariate normal distribution for 1D arrays,
+/// with mean vector and covariance matrix.
+pub struct MultivariateNormal {
+    shape: Ix1,
+    mean: Array1<f64>,
+    covariance: Array2<f64>,
+    /// Lower triangular matrix (Cholesky decomposition of the coviariance matrix)
+    lower: Array2<f64>
+}
+
+impl MultivariateNormal {
+    pub fn new(mean: Array1<f64>, covariance: Array2<f64>) -> LAResult<Self> {
+        let shape: Ix1 = Ix1(mean.shape()[0]);
+        use ndarray_linalg::cholesky::*;
+        let lower = covariance.cholesky(UPLO::Lower)?;
+        Ok(MultivariateNormal {
+            shape, mean, covariance, lower
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn shape(&self) -> Ix1 {
+        self.shape
+    }
+
+    pub fn mean(&self) -> ArrayView1<f64> {
+        self.mean.view()
+    }
+
+    pub fn covariance(&self) -> ArrayView2<f64> {
+        self.covariance.view()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Distribution<Array1<f64>> for MultivariateNormal {
+    fn sample<R: Rng + ?Sized>(&self, rng: &mut R) -> Array1<f64> {
+        let shape = self.shape.clone();
+        // standard normal distribution
+        use crate::RandomExt;
+        let res = Array1::random_using(
+            shape, StandardNormal, rng);
+        // use Cholesky decomposition to obtain a sample of our general multivariate normal
+        self.mean.clone() + self.lower.view().dot(&res)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ndarray-rand/tests/tests.rs b/ndarray-rand/tests/tests.rs
index f7860ac12..9a1906114 100644
--- a/ndarray-rand/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/ndarray-rand/tests/tests.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use ndarray_rand::rand::{distributions::Distribution, thread_rng};
 
 use ndarray::ShapeBuilder;
 use ndarray_rand::rand_distr::Uniform;
+use ndarray_rand::normal::MultivariateStandardNormal;
 use ndarray_rand::{RandomExt, SamplingStrategy};
 use quickcheck::quickcheck;
 
@@ -36,6 +37,30 @@ fn test_dim_f() {
 }
 
 #[test]
+fn test_standard_normal() {
+    let shape = 2usize;
+    let n = MultivariateStandardNormal::new(shape);
+    let ref mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+    let s: ndarray::Array1<f64> = n.sample(rng);
+    assert_eq!(s.shape(), &[2]);
+}
+
+#[cfg(features = "normaldist")]
+#[test]
+fn test_normal() {
+    use ndarray::IntoDimension;
+    use ndarray::{Array1, arr2};
+    use ndarray_rand::normal::advanced::MultivariateNormal;
+    let mean = Array1::from_vec([1., 0.]);
+    let covar = arr2([
+        [1., 0.8], [0.8, 1.]]);
+    let ref mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+    let n = MultivariateNormal::new(mean, covar);
+    if let Ok(n) = n {
+        let x = n.sample(rng);
+        assert_eq!(x.shape(), &[2, 2]);
+    }
+}
 #[should_panic]
 fn oversampling_without_replacement_should_panic() {
     let m = 5;