diff --git a/include/albatross/src/evaluation/prediction_metrics.hpp b/include/albatross/src/evaluation/prediction_metrics.hpp
index 29ee165f..f0543d72 100644
--- a/include/albatross/src/evaluation/prediction_metrics.hpp
+++ b/include/albatross/src/evaluation/prediction_metrics.hpp
@@ -145,6 +145,30 @@ struct ChiSquaredCdf : public PredictionMetric<JointDistribution> {
   ChiSquaredCdf() : PredictionMetric<JointDistribution>(chi_squared_cdf){};
 };
 
+namespace distance {
+
+namespace detail {
+
+inline Eigen::MatrixXd principal_sqrt(const Eigen::MatrixXd &input) {
+  const Eigen::SelfAdjointEigenSolver<Eigen::MatrixXd> eigs(input);
+  return eigs.eigenvectors() *
+         eigs.eigenvalues().array().sqrt().matrix().asDiagonal() *
+         eigs.eigenvectors().transpose();
+}
+
+} // namespace detail
+
+inline double wasserstein_2(const JointDistribution &a,
+                            const JointDistribution &b) {
+  auto b_sqrt{detail::principal_sqrt(b.covariance)};
+  return (a.mean - b.mean).squaredNorm() +
+         (a.covariance + b.covariance -
+          2 * detail::principal_sqrt(b_sqrt * a.covariance * b_sqrt))
+             .trace();
+}
+
+} // namespace distance
+
 } // namespace albatross
 
 #endif /* ALBATROSS_EVALUATION_PREDICTION_METRICS_H_ */