diff --git a/docs/src/python/ops.rst b/docs/src/python/ops.rst
index abd5d1997..8cd648e31 100644
--- a/docs/src/python/ops.rst
+++ b/docs/src/python/ops.rst
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Operations
    arcsin
    arcsinh
    arctan
+   arctan2
    arctanh
    argmax
    argmin
diff --git a/mlx/backend/accelerate/primitives.cpp b/mlx/backend/accelerate/primitives.cpp
index 7b48e62f7..1fecd9ca6 100644
--- a/mlx/backend/accelerate/primitives.cpp
+++ b/mlx/backend/accelerate/primitives.cpp
@@ -193,6 +193,26 @@ void ArcTan::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   }
 }
 
+void ArcTan2::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
+  assert(inputs.size() == 2);
+  auto& a = inputs[0];
+  auto& b = inputs[1];
+  if (out.dtype() == float32 && a.flags().row_contiguous &&
+      b.flags().row_contiguous) {
+    if (a.is_donatable()) {
+      out.copy_shared_buffer(a);
+    } else if (b.is_donatable()) {
+      out.copy_shared_buffer(b);
+    } else {
+      out.set_data(allocator::malloc_or_wait(out.nbytes()));
+    }
+    int size = a.data_size();
+    vvatan2f(out.data<float>(), a.data<float>(), b.data<float>(), &size);
+  } else {
+    eval(inputs, out);
+  }
+}
+
 void ArcTanh::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   assert(inputs.size() == 1);
   const auto& in = inputs[0];
diff --git a/mlx/backend/common/binary.cpp b/mlx/backend/common/binary.cpp
index 060d7565c..eba96fc5d 100644
--- a/mlx/backend/common/binary.cpp
+++ b/mlx/backend/common/binary.cpp
@@ -293,4 +293,25 @@ void BitwiseBinary::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   }
 }
 
+void ArcTan2::eval(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
+  assert(inputs.size() == 2);
+  const auto& a = inputs[0];
+  const auto& b = inputs[1];
+  if (out.dtype() == float32) {
+    binary_op<float>(a, b, out, detail::ArcTan2());
+  } else if (out.dtype() == float16) {
+    binary_op<float16_t>(a, b, out, detail::ArcTan2());
+  } else if (out.dtype() == bfloat16) {
+    binary_op<bfloat16_t>(a, b, out, detail::ArcTan2());
+  } else if (issubdtype(out.dtype(), inexact)) {
+    std::ostringstream err;
+    err << "[arctan2] Does not support " << out.dtype();
+    throw std::invalid_argument(err.str());
+  } else {
+    throw std::invalid_argument(
+        "[arctan2] Cannot compute inverse tangent for arrays"
+        " with non floating point type.");
+  }
+}
+
 } // namespace mlx::core
diff --git a/mlx/backend/common/default_primitives.cpp b/mlx/backend/common/default_primitives.cpp
index d8ec303f1..a0695feeb 100644
--- a/mlx/backend/common/default_primitives.cpp
+++ b/mlx/backend/common/default_primitives.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ DEFAULT(ArcCosh)
 DEFAULT(ArcSin)
 DEFAULT(ArcSinh)
 DEFAULT(ArcTan)
+DEFAULT(ArcTan2)
 DEFAULT(ArcTanh)
 DEFAULT(ArgPartition)
 DEFAULT(ArgReduce)
diff --git a/mlx/backend/common/ops.h b/mlx/backend/common/ops.h
index ae2e2d225..8733dbe74 100644
--- a/mlx/backend/common/ops.h
+++ b/mlx/backend/common/ops.h
@@ -161,6 +161,13 @@ struct ArcTan {
   };
 };
 
+struct ArcTan2 {
+  template <typename T>
+  T operator()(T y, T x) {
+    return std::atan2(y, x);
+  };
+};
+
 struct ArcTanh {
   template <typename T>
   T operator()(T x) {
diff --git a/mlx/backend/metal/kernels/binary.h b/mlx/backend/metal/kernels/binary.h
index e9606d4f5..9eea3c7b8 100644
--- a/mlx/backend/metal/kernels/binary.h
+++ b/mlx/backend/metal/kernels/binary.h
@@ -264,3 +264,10 @@ struct RightShift {
     return x >> y;
   };
 };
+
+struct ArcTan2 {
+  template <typename T>
+  T operator()(T y, T x) {
+    return metal::precise::atan2(y, x);
+  }
+};
diff --git a/mlx/backend/metal/kernels/binary.metal b/mlx/backend/metal/kernels/binary.metal
index 8dba35958..67967f928 100644
--- a/mlx/backend/metal/kernels/binary.metal
+++ b/mlx/backend/metal/kernels/binary.metal
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ instantiate_binary_types(mul, Multiply)
 instantiate_binary_types(sub, Subtract)
 instantiate_binary_types(pow, Power)
 instantiate_binary_types(rem, Remainder)
+instantiate_binary_float(arctan2, ArcTan2)
 
 // NaNEqual only needed for floating point types with boolean output
 instantiate_binary_all(naneq, float16, half, bool, NaNEqual)
diff --git a/mlx/backend/metal/primitives.cpp b/mlx/backend/metal/primitives.cpp
index 364132eba..c4ed2618b 100644
--- a/mlx/backend/metal/primitives.cpp
+++ b/mlx/backend/metal/primitives.cpp
@@ -451,6 +451,10 @@ void ArcTan::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   unary_op(inputs, out, "arctan");
 }
 
+void ArcTan2::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
+  binary_op(inputs, out, "arctan2");
+}
+
 void ArcTanh::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   unary_op(inputs, out, "arctanh");
 }
diff --git a/mlx/backend/no_metal/primitives.cpp b/mlx/backend/no_metal/primitives.cpp
index 2b10e416a..0b6a8c4ab 100644
--- a/mlx/backend/no_metal/primitives.cpp
+++ b/mlx/backend/no_metal/primitives.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ NO_GPU(ArcCosh)
 NO_GPU(ArcSin)
 NO_GPU(ArcSinh)
 NO_GPU(ArcTan)
+NO_GPU(ArcTan2)
 NO_GPU(ArcTanh)
 NO_GPU(ArgPartition)
 NO_GPU(ArgReduce)
diff --git a/mlx/compile.cpp b/mlx/compile.cpp
index 55aafffaf..f002b20eb 100644
--- a/mlx/compile.cpp
+++ b/mlx/compile.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ bool is_binary(const Primitive& p) {
       typeid(p) == typeid(LogAddExp) || typeid(p) == typeid(Maximum) ||
       typeid(p) == typeid(Minimum) || typeid(p) == typeid(Multiply) ||
       typeid(p) == typeid(NotEqual) || typeid(p) == typeid(Power) ||
-      typeid(p) == typeid(Subtract) || typeid(p) == typeid(BitwiseBinary));
+      typeid(p) == typeid(Subtract) || typeid(p) == typeid(BitwiseBinary) ||
+      typeid(p) == typeid(ArcTan2));
 }
 
 bool is_ternary(const Primitive& p) {
diff --git a/mlx/ops.cpp b/mlx/ops.cpp
index 92c6137ef..1903a34ad 100644
--- a/mlx/ops.cpp
+++ b/mlx/ops.cpp
@@ -2152,6 +2152,14 @@ array arctan(const array& a, StreamOrDevice s /* = {} */) {
       a.shape(), dtype, std::make_shared<ArcTan>(to_stream(s)), {input});
 }
 
+array arctan2(const array& a, const array& b, StreamOrDevice s /* = {} */) {
+  auto dtype = at_least_float(promote_types(a.dtype(), b.dtype()));
+  auto inputs = broadcast_arrays(astype(a, dtype, s), astype(b, dtype, s), s);
+  auto& shape = inputs[0].shape();
+  return array(
+      shape, dtype, std::make_shared<ArcTan2>(to_stream(s)), std::move(inputs));
+}
+
 array sinh(const array& a, StreamOrDevice s /* = {} */) {
   auto dtype = at_least_float(a.dtype());
   auto input = astype(a, dtype, s);
diff --git a/mlx/ops.h b/mlx/ops.h
index c75dc1846..454b22c0d 100644
--- a/mlx/ops.h
+++ b/mlx/ops.h
@@ -828,6 +828,9 @@ array arccos(const array& a, StreamOrDevice s = {});
 /** Arc Tangent of the elements of an array */
 array arctan(const array& a, StreamOrDevice s = {});
 
+/** Inverse tangent of the ratio of two arrays */
+array arctan2(const array& a, const array& b, StreamOrDevice s = {});
+
 /** Hyperbolic Sine of the elements of an array */
 array sinh(const array& a, StreamOrDevice s = {});
 
diff --git a/mlx/primitives.cpp b/mlx/primitives.cpp
index 1f50d1e9c..6f8a0511a 100644
--- a/mlx/primitives.cpp
+++ b/mlx/primitives.cpp
@@ -402,6 +402,36 @@ std::pair<std::vector<array>, std::vector<int>> ArcTan::vmap(
   return {{arctan(inputs[0], stream())}, axes};
 }
 
+std::vector<array> ArcTan2::vjp(
+    const std::vector<array>& primals,
+    const std::vector<array>& cotangents,
+    const std::vector<int>& argnums,
+    const std::vector<array>&) {
+  return jvp(primals, cotangents, argnums);
+}
+
+std::vector<array> ArcTan2::jvp(
+    const std::vector<array>& primals,
+    const std::vector<array>& tangents,
+    const std::vector<int>& argnums) {
+  assert(primals.size() == 2);
+  assert(argnums.size() == 2);
+  array t =
+      add(square(primals[0], stream()), square(primals[1], stream()), stream());
+  return {
+      divide(tangents[0], t, stream()),
+      divide(negative(tangents[1], stream()), t, stream())};
+}
+
+std::pair<std::vector<array>, std::vector<int>> ArcTan2::vmap(
+    const std::vector<array>& inputs,
+    const std::vector<int>& axes) {
+  assert(inputs.size() == 2);
+  assert(axes.size() == 2);
+  auto [a, b, to_ax] = vmap_binary_op(inputs, axes, stream());
+  return {{arctan2(a, b, stream())}, {to_ax}};
+}
+
 std::vector<array> ArcTanh::vjp(
     const std::vector<array>& primals,
     const std::vector<array>& cotangents,
diff --git a/mlx/primitives.h b/mlx/primitives.h
index 7d0aca52b..316ae13d5 100644
--- a/mlx/primitives.h
+++ b/mlx/primitives.h
@@ -314,6 +314,23 @@ class ArcTan : public UnaryPrimitive {
   void eval(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out);
 };
 
+class ArcTan2 : public UnaryPrimitive {
+ public:
+  explicit ArcTan2(Stream stream) : UnaryPrimitive(stream) {};
+
+  void eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) override;
+  void eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) override;
+
+  DEFINE_VMAP()
+  DEFINE_GRADS()
+  DEFINE_PRINT(ArcTan2)
+  DEFINE_DEFAULT_IS_EQUIVALENT()
+  DEFINE_INPUT_OUTPUT_SHAPE()
+
+ private:
+  void eval(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out);
+};
+
 class ArcTanh : public UnaryPrimitive {
  public:
   explicit ArcTanh(Stream stream) : UnaryPrimitive(stream) {};
diff --git a/python/src/ops.cpp b/python/src/ops.cpp
index a33ed822d..4857f813d 100644
--- a/python/src/ops.cpp
+++ b/python/src/ops.cpp
@@ -930,6 +930,25 @@ void init_ops(nb::module_& m) {
         Returns:
             array: The inverse tangent of ``a``.
       )pbdoc");
+  m.def(
+      "arctan2",
+      &mlx::core::arctan2,
+      nb::arg(),
+      nb::arg(),
+      nb::kw_only(),
+      "stream"_a = nb::none(),
+      nb::sig(
+          "def arctan2(a: array, b: array, /, *, stream: Union[None, Stream, Device] = None) -> array"),
+      R"pbdoc(
+        Element-wise inverse tangent of the ratio of two arrays.
+
+        Args:
+            a (array): Input array.
+            b (array): Input array.
+
+        Returns:
+            array: The inverse tangent of the ratio of ``a`` and ``b``.
+      )pbdoc");
   m.def(
       "sinh",
       &mlx::core::sinh,
diff --git a/python/tests/test_ops.py b/python/tests/test_ops.py
index af22bd14e..76a77ccd2 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_ops.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_ops.py
@@ -1273,6 +1273,7 @@ class TestOps(mlx_tests.MLXTestCase):
             "arcsin": lambda primal, cotan: cotan / np.sqrt(1.0 - primal**2),
             "arccos": lambda primal, cotan: -cotan / np.sqrt(1.0 - primal**2),
             "arctan": lambda primal, cotan: cotan / (1.0 + primal**2),
+            "arctan2": lambda primal, cotan: cotan / (1.0 + primal**2),
             "arcsinh": lambda primal, cotan: cotan / np.sqrt(primal**2 + 1),
             "arccosh": lambda primal, cotan: cotan / np.sqrt(primal**2 - 1),
             "arctanh": lambda primal, cotan: cotan / (1.0 - primal**2),