diff --git a/gtsam/linear/GaussianBayesNet.cpp b/gtsam/linear/GaussianBayesNet.cpp
index b04878ac5..861e19cc9 100644
--- a/gtsam/linear/GaussianBayesNet.cpp
+++ b/gtsam/linear/GaussianBayesNet.cpp
@@ -243,5 +243,25 @@ namespace gtsam {
   }
 
   /* ************************************************************************* */
+  double GaussianBayesNet::logNormalizationConstant() const {
+    /*
+    normalization constant = 1.0 / sqrt((2*pi)^n*det(Sigma))
+    logConstant = -0.5 * n*log(2*pi) - 0.5 * log det(Sigma)
+    
+    log det(Sigma)) = -2.0 * logDeterminant()
+    thus, logConstant = -0.5*n*log(2*pi) + logDeterminant()
+
+    BayesNet logConstant = sum(-0.5*n_i*log(2*pi) + logDeterminant_i())
+    = sum(-0.5*n_i*log(2*pi)) + sum(logDeterminant_i())
+    = sum(-0.5*n_i*log(2*pi)) + bn->logDeterminant()
+    */
+    double logNormConst = 0.0;
+    for (const sharedConditional& cg : *this) {
+      logNormConst += cg->logNormalizationConstant();
+    }
+    return logNormConst;
+  }
+
+  /* ************************************************************************* */
 
 } // namespace gtsam
diff --git a/gtsam/linear/GaussianBayesNet.h b/gtsam/linear/GaussianBayesNet.h
index d4d60845d..ea1cb8603 100644
--- a/gtsam/linear/GaussianBayesNet.h
+++ b/gtsam/linear/GaussianBayesNet.h
@@ -234,6 +234,14 @@ namespace gtsam {
      * @return The determinant */
     double logDeterminant() const;
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Get the log of the normalization constant corresponding to the
+     * joint Gaussian density represented by this Bayes net.
+     *
+     * @return double
+     */
+    double logNormalizationConstant() const;
+
     /**
      * Backsubstitute with a different RHS vector than the one stored in this BayesNet.
      * gy=inv(R*inv(Sigma))*gx