diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3c7e579c23c..e6e4e0f3728 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ gen.yml
 .idea/
 *.orig
 *-checkpoint.ipynb
+*.venv
diff --git a/test/assets/fakedata/draw_boxes_util.png b/test/assets/fakedata/draw_boxes_util.png
index e6b9286bf92..d64fa2f1f36 100644
Binary files a/test/assets/fakedata/draw_boxes_util.png and b/test/assets/fakedata/draw_boxes_util.png differ
diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index 21e2ab461d7..662ad2a0cce 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def test_draw_boxes(self):
                              [10, 15, 30, 35], [23, 35, 93, 95]], dtype=torch.float)
         labels = ["a", "b", "c", "d"]
         colors = ["green", "#FF00FF", (0, 255, 0), "red"]
-        result = utils.draw_bounding_boxes(img, boxes, labels=labels, colors=colors)
+        result = utils.draw_bounding_boxes(img, boxes, labels=labels, colors=colors, fill=True)
 
         path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "assets", "fakedata", "draw_boxes_util.png")
         if not os.path.exists(path):
diff --git a/torchvision/utils.py b/torchvision/utils.py
index 6290809a7d6..9ee5a0cc65c 100644
--- a/torchvision/utils.py
+++ b/torchvision/utils.py
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 import math
 import warnings
 import numpy as np
-from PIL import Image, ImageDraw
-from PIL import ImageFont
+from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont, ImageColor
 
 __all__ = ["make_grid", "save_image", "draw_bounding_boxes"]
 
@@ -142,6 +141,7 @@ def draw_bounding_boxes(
     boxes: torch.Tensor,
     labels: Optional[List[str]] = None,
     colors: Optional[List[Union[str, Tuple[int, int, int]]]] = None,
+    fill: Optional[bool] = False,
     width: int = 1,
     font: Optional[str] = None,
     font_size: int = 10
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ def draw_bounding_boxes(
     """
     Draws bounding boxes on given image.
     The values of the input image should be uint8 between 0 and 255.
+    If filled, Resulting Tensor should be saved as PNG image.
 
     Args:
         image (Tensor): Tensor of shape (C x H x W)
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ def draw_bounding_boxes(
         labels (List[str]): List containing the labels of bounding boxes.
         colors (List[Union[str, Tuple[int, int, int]]]): List containing the colors of bounding boxes. The colors can
             be represented as `str` or `Tuple[int, int, int]`.
+        fill (bool): If `True` fills the bounding box with specified color.
         width (int): Width of bounding box.
         font (str): A filename containing a TrueType font. If the file is not found in this filename, the loader may
             also search in other directories, such as the `fonts/` directory on Windows or `/Library/Fonts/`,
@@ -178,12 +180,31 @@ def draw_bounding_boxes(
 
     img_boxes = boxes.to(torch.int64).tolist()
 
-    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img_to_draw)
+    if fill:
+        draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img_to_draw, "RGBA")
+
+    else:
+        draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img_to_draw)
+
     txt_font = ImageFont.load_default() if font is None else ImageFont.truetype(font=font, size=font_size)
 
     for i, bbox in enumerate(img_boxes):
-        color = None if colors is None else colors[i]
-        draw.rectangle(bbox, width=width, outline=color)
+        if colors is None:
+            color = None
+        else:
+            color = colors[i]
+
+        if fill:
+            if color is None:
+                fill_color = (255, 255, 255, 100)
+            elif isinstance(color, str):
+                # This will automatically raise Error if rgb cannot be parsed.
+                fill_color = ImageColor.getrgb(color) + (100,)
+            elif isinstance(color, tuple):
+                fill_color = color + (100,)
+            draw.rectangle(bbox, width=width, outline=color, fill=fill_color)
+        else:
+            draw.rectangle(bbox, width=width, outline=color)
 
         if labels is not None:
             draw.text((bbox[0], bbox[1]), labels[i], fill=color, font=txt_font)