diff --git a/gtsam/discrete/discrete.i b/gtsam/discrete/discrete.i
index f0dc72a24..44eece225 100644
--- a/gtsam/discrete/discrete.i
+++ b/gtsam/discrete/discrete.i
@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@ virtual class DiscreteConditional : gtsam::DecisionTreeFactor {
                  gtsam::DefaultKeyFormatter) const;
 };
 
+#include <gtsam/discrete/DiscretePrior.h>
+virtual class DiscretePrior : gtsam::DiscreteConditional {
+  DiscretePrior();
+  DiscretePrior(const gtsam::DecisionTreeFactor& f);
+  DiscretePrior(const gtsam::DiscreteKey& key, string spec);
+  void print(string s = "Discrete Prior\n",
+             const gtsam::KeyFormatter& keyFormatter =
+                 gtsam::DefaultKeyFormatter) const;
+};
+
 #include <gtsam/discrete/DiscreteBayesNet.h>
 class DiscreteBayesNet { 
   DiscreteBayesNet();
diff --git a/python/gtsam/tests/test_DiscretePrior.py b/python/gtsam/tests/test_DiscretePrior.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e95b05135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/gtsam/tests/test_DiscretePrior.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+"""
+GTSAM Copyright 2010-2021, Georgia Tech Research Corporation,
+Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0415
+All Rights Reserved
+
+See LICENSE for the license information
+
+Unit tests for Discrete Priors.
+Author: Varun Agrawal
+"""
+
+# pylint: disable=no-name-in-module, invalid-name
+
+import unittest
+
+from gtsam import DiscretePrior, DecisionTreeFactor, DiscreteKeys
+from gtsam.utils.test_case import GtsamTestCase
+
+
+class TestDiscretePrior(GtsamTestCase):
+    """Tests for Discrete Priors."""
+
+    def test_constructor(self):
+        """Test various constructors."""
+        X = 0, 2
+        actual = DiscretePrior(X, "2/3")
+        keys = DiscreteKeys()
+        keys.push_back(X)
+        f = DecisionTreeFactor(keys, "0.4 0.6")
+        expected = DiscretePrior(f)
+        self.gtsamAssertEquals(actual, expected)
+
+    def test_markdown(self):
+        """Test the _repr_markdown_ method."""
+
+        X = 0, 2
+        prior = DiscretePrior(X, "2/3")
+        expected = " $P(0)$:\n" \
+            "|0|value|\n" \
+            "|:-:|:-:|\n" \
+            "|0|0.4|\n" \
+            "|1|0.6|\n" \
+
+        actual = prior._repr_markdown_()
+        self.assertEqual(actual, expected)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()