diff --git a/ext/TensorKitChainRulesCoreExt/linalg.jl b/ext/TensorKitChainRulesCoreExt/linalg.jl
index 67dc5a980..fe779bd56 100644
--- a/ext/TensorKitChainRulesCoreExt/linalg.jl
+++ b/ext/TensorKitChainRulesCoreExt/linalg.jl
@@ -97,6 +97,14 @@ function ChainRulesCore.rrule(::typeof(norm), a::AbstractTensorMap, p::Real=2)
     return n, norm_pullback
 end
 
+function ChainRulesCore.rrule(::typeof(inv), A::AbstractTensorMap)
+    Ainv = inv(A)
+    inv_pullback = let Ainv = Ainv
+        inv_pullback(ΔAinv) = NoTangent(), -Ainv' * unthunk(ΔAinv) * Ainv'
+    end
+    return Ainv, inv_pullback
+end
+
 function ChainRulesCore.rrule(::typeof(real), a::AbstractTensorMap)
     a_real = real(a)
     real_pullback(Δa) = NoTangent(), eltype(a) <: Real ? Δa : complex(unthunk(Δa))
diff --git a/test/ad.jl b/test/ad.jl
index 496ff9e45..dd1f9823a 100644
--- a/test/ad.jl
+++ b/test/ad.jl
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ Vlist = ((ℂ^2, (ℂ^3)', ℂ^3, ℂ^2, (ℂ^2)'),
             E = randn(T, ⊗(V[1:i]...) ← ⊗(V[1:i]...))
             test_rrule(LinearAlgebra.tr, E)
             test_rrule(exp, E; check_inferred=false)
+            test_rrule(inv, E)
         end
 
         A = randn(T, V[1] ⊗ V[2] ← V[3] ⊗ V[4] ⊗ V[5])