diff --git a/gtsam/inference/Ordering.cpp b/gtsam/inference/Ordering.cpp
index 4f4b14bb5..7d3d7cc0b 100644
--- a/gtsam/inference/Ordering.cpp
+++ b/gtsam/inference/Ordering.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <gtsam/inference/Ordering.h>
 #include <gtsam/3rdparty/CCOLAMD/Include/ccolamd.h>
+#include <gtsam/3rdparty/metis-5.1.0/include/metis.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -196,6 +197,12 @@ namespace gtsam {
     return Ordering::COLAMDConstrained(variableIndex, cmember);
   }
 
+  /* ************************************************************************* */
+  Ordering Ordering::METIS(const VariableIndex& variableIndex)
+  {
+      gttic(Ordering_METIS);
+  }
+
   /* ************************************************************************* */
   void Ordering::print(const std::string& str, const KeyFormatter& keyFormatter) const
   {
diff --git a/gtsam/inference/Ordering.h b/gtsam/inference/Ordering.h
index 7b1a2bb2e..1260c15fb 100644
--- a/gtsam/inference/Ordering.h
+++ b/gtsam/inference/Ordering.h
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ namespace gtsam {
       return Ordering(keys);
     }
 
+
+    /// Compute an ordering determined by METIS from a VariableIndex
+    static GTSAM_EXPORT Ordering METIS(const VariableIndex& variableIndex);
+
+    template<class FACTOR>
+    static Ordering METIS(const FactorGraph<FACTOR>& graph){
+        return METIS(VariableIndex(graph)); }
+
     /// @}
 
     /// @name Testable @{
diff --git a/gtsam/inference/tests/testOrdering.cpp b/gtsam/inference/tests/testOrdering.cpp
index 3bf6f7ca0..5fcac15b4 100644
--- a/gtsam/inference/tests/testOrdering.cpp
+++ b/gtsam/inference/tests/testOrdering.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ TEST(Ordering, grouped_constrained_ordering) {
   EXPECT(assert_equal(expConstrained, actConstrained));
 }
 
+/* ************************************************************************* */
+TEST(Ordering, metis_ordering) {
+
+}
+
 /* ************************************************************************* */
 int main() { TestResult tr; return TestRegistry::runAllTests(tr); }
 /* ************************************************************************* */