diff --git a/tensorflow_addons/layers/BUILD b/tensorflow_addons/layers/BUILD
index 1d5c07d687..0de36d33e0 100644
--- a/tensorflow_addons/layers/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow_addons/layers/BUILD
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ py_library(
     srcs = ([
         "__init__.py",
         "python/__init__.py",
+        "python/poincare.py",
         "python/wrappers.py",
     ]),
     srcs_version = "PY2AND3",
@@ -22,4 +23,17 @@ py_test(
             ":layers_py",
         ],
     srcs_version = "PY2AND3",
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+)
+
+py_test(
+    name = "poincare_py_test",
+    size = "small",
+    srcs = [
+        "python/poincare_test.py",
+    ],
+    main = "python/poincare_test.py",
+    deps = [
+        ":layers_py",
+    ],
+    srcs_version = "PY2AND3",
+)
diff --git a/tensorflow_addons/layers/python/poincare.py b/tensorflow_addons/layers/python/poincare.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..037e7b0c82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tensorflow_addons/layers/python/poincare.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+# Copyright 2019 The TensorFlow Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# ==============================================================================
+"""Implementing PoincareNormalize layer."""
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import division
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+from tensorflow.python.framework import ops
+from tensorflow.python.keras.utils import generic_utils
+from tensorflow.python.keras.engine.base_layer import Layer
+from tensorflow.python.ops import math_ops
+
+
+class PoincareNormalize(Layer):
+    """Project into the Poincare ball with norm <= 1.0 - epsilon.
+
+    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poincare_ball_model
+
+    Used in
+    Poincare Embeddings for Learning Hierarchical Representations
+    Maximilian Nickel, Douwe Kiela
+    https://arxiv.org/pdf/1705.08039.pdf
+
+    For a 1-D tensor with `axis = 0`, computes
+
+                  (x * (1 - epsilon)) / ||x||     if ||x|| > 1 - epsilon
+        output =
+                   x                              otherwise
+
+    For `x` with more dimensions, independently normalizes each 1-D slice along
+    dimension `axis`.
+
+    Arguments:
+        axis: Axis along which to normalize.  A scalar or a vector of
+              integers.
+        epsilon: A small deviation from the edge of the unit sphere for numerical
+              stability.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, axis=1, epsilon=1e-5, **kwargs):
+        super(PoincareNormalize, self).__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.axis = axis
+        self.epsilon = epsilon
+
+    def call(self, inputs):
+        x = ops.convert_to_tensor(inputs)
+        square_sum = math_ops.reduce_sum(
+            math_ops.square(x), self.axis, keepdims=True)
+        x_inv_norm = math_ops.rsqrt(square_sum)
+        x_inv_norm = math_ops.minimum((1. - self.epsilon) * x_inv_norm, 1.)
+        outputs = math_ops.multiply(x, x_inv_norm)
+        return outputs
+
+    def compute_output_shape(self, input_shape):
+        return input_shape
+
+    def get_config(self):
+        config = {'axis': self.axis, 'epsilon': self.epsilon}
+        base_config = super(PoincareNormalize, self).get_config()
+        return dict(list(base_config.items()) + list(config.items()))
+
+
+generic_utils._GLOBAL_CUSTOM_OBJECTS['PoincareNormalize'] = PoincareNormalize
+    
diff --git a/tensorflow_addons/layers/python/poincare_test.py b/tensorflow_addons/layers/python/poincare_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81be19c249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tensorflow_addons/layers/python/poincare_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# Copyright 2019 The TensorFlow Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# ==============================================================================
+"""Tests for PoincareNormalize layer."""
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import division
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import numpy as np
+
+from tensorflow.python.keras import testing_utils
+from tensorflow.python.platform import test
+from tensorflow_addons.layers.python.poincare import PoincareNormalize
+
+
+class PoincareNormalizeTest(test.TestCase):
+    def _PoincareNormalize(self, x, dim, epsilon=1e-5):
+        if isinstance(dim, list):
+            norm = np.linalg.norm(x, axis=tuple(dim))
+            for d in dim:
+                norm = np.expand_dims(norm, d)
+            norm_x = ((1. - epsilon) * x) / norm
+        else:
+            norm = np.expand_dims(
+                np.apply_along_axis(np.linalg.norm, dim, x), dim)
+            norm_x = ((1. - epsilon) * x) / norm
+        return np.where(norm > 1.0 - epsilon, norm_x, x)
+
+    def testPoincareNormalize(self):
+        x_shape = [20, 7, 3]
+        epsilon = 1e-5
+        tol = 1e-6
+        np.random.seed(1)
+        inputs = np.random.random_sample(x_shape).astype(np.float32)
+
+        for dim in range(len(x_shape)):
+            outputs_expected = self._PoincareNormalize(inputs, dim, epsilon)
+
+            outputs = testing_utils.layer_test(
+                PoincareNormalize,
+                kwargs={
+                    'axis': dim,
+                    'epsilon': epsilon
+                },
+                input_data=inputs,
+                expected_output=outputs_expected)
+            for y in outputs_expected, outputs:
+                norm = np.linalg.norm(y, axis=dim)
+                self.assertLessEqual(norm.max(), 1. - epsilon + tol)
+
+    def testPoincareNormalizeDimArray(self):
+        x_shape = [20, 7, 3]
+        epsilon = 1e-5
+        tol = 1e-6
+        np.random.seed(1)
+        inputs = np.random.random_sample(x_shape).astype(np.float32)
+        dim = [1, 2]
+
+        outputs_expected = self._PoincareNormalize(inputs, dim, epsilon)
+
+        outputs = testing_utils.layer_test(
+            PoincareNormalize,
+            kwargs={
+                'axis': dim,
+                'epsilon': epsilon
+            },
+            input_data=inputs,
+            expected_output=outputs_expected)
+        for y in outputs_expected, outputs:
+            norm = np.linalg.norm(y, axis=tuple(dim))
+            self.assertLessEqual(norm.max(), 1. - epsilon + tol)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    test.main()