diff --git a/mmcls/datasets/pipelines/__init__.py b/mmcls/datasets/pipelines/__init__.py
index f84cddb0c..424b3f507 100644
--- a/mmcls/datasets/pipelines/__init__.py
+++ b/mmcls/datasets/pipelines/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from .auto_augment import Rotate, Shear, Translate
+from .auto_augment import Invert, Rotate, Shear, Translate
 from .compose import Compose
 from .formating import (Collect, ImageToTensor, ToNumpy, ToPIL, ToTensor,
                         Transpose, to_tensor)
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ __all__ = [
     'Compose', 'to_tensor', 'ToTensor', 'ImageToTensor', 'ToPIL', 'ToNumpy',
     'Transpose', 'Collect', 'LoadImageFromFile', 'Resize', 'CenterCrop',
     'RandomFlip', 'Normalize', 'RandomCrop', 'RandomResizedCrop',
-    'RandomGrayscale', 'Shear', 'Translate', 'Rotate'
+    'RandomGrayscale', 'Shear', 'Translate', 'Rotate', 'Invert'
 ]
diff --git a/mmcls/datasets/pipelines/auto_augment.py b/mmcls/datasets/pipelines/auto_augment.py
index 9e357a2d2..8ee7388f2 100644
--- a/mmcls/datasets/pipelines/auto_augment.py
+++ b/mmcls/datasets/pipelines/auto_augment.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ class Shear(object):
 @PIPELINES.register_module()
 class Translate(object):
     """Translate images.
+
     Args:
         magnitude (int | float): The magnitude used for translate. Note that
             the offset is calculated by magnitude * size in the corresponding
@@ -258,3 +259,32 @@ class Rotate(object):
         repr_str += f'random_negative_prob={self.random_negative_prob}, '
         repr_str += f'interpolation={self.interpolation})'
         return repr_str
+
+
+@PIPELINES.register_module()
+class Invert(object):
+    """Invert images.
+    Args:
+        prob (float): The probability for performing invert therefore should
+             be in range [0, 1]. Defaults to 0.5.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, prob=0.5):
+        assert 0 <= prob <= 1.0, 'The prob should be in range [0,1], ' \
+            f'got {prob} instead.'
+
+        self.prob = prob
+
+    def __call__(self, results):
+        if np.random.rand() > self.prob:
+            return results
+        for key in results.get('img_fields', ['img']):
+            img = results[key]
+            img_inverted = mmcv.iminvert(img)
+            results[key] = img_inverted.astype(img.dtype)
+        return results
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        repr_str = self.__class__.__name__
+        repr_str += f'(prob={self.prob})'
+        return repr_str
diff --git a/tests/test_pipelines/test_auto_augment.py b/tests/test_pipelines/test_auto_augment.py
index 23cf765b5..c84bf5a8c 100644
--- a/tests/test_pipelines/test_auto_augment.py
+++ b/tests/test_pipelines/test_auto_augment.py
@@ -308,3 +308,30 @@ def test_rotate():
     rotated_img = np.stack([rotated_img, rotated_img, rotated_img], axis=-1)
     assert (results['img'] == rotated_img).all()
     assert (results['img'] == results['img2']).all()
+
+
+def test_invert():
+    # test assertion for invalid value of prob
+    with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+        transform = dict(type='Invert', prob=100)
+        build_from_cfg(transform, PIPELINES)
+
+    # test case when prob=0, therefore no invert
+    results = construct_toy_data()
+    transform = dict(type='Invert', prob=0.)
+    pipeline = build_from_cfg(transform, PIPELINES)
+    results = pipeline(results)
+    assert (results['img'] == results['ori_img']).all()
+
+    # test case when prob=1
+    results = construct_toy_data()
+    transform = dict(type='Invert', prob=1.)
+    pipeline = build_from_cfg(transform, PIPELINES)
+    results = pipeline(results)
+    inverted_img = np.array(
+        [[254, 253, 252, 251], [250, 249, 248, 247], [246, 245, 244, 243]],
+        dtype=np.uint8)
+    inverted_img = np.stack([inverted_img, inverted_img, inverted_img],
+                            axis=-1)
+    assert (results['img'] == inverted_img).all()
+    assert (results['img'] == results['img2']).all()