diff --git a/pymc/dims/distributions/transforms.py b/pymc/dims/distributions/transforms.py
index 8f49d2a16f..3425fbe69e 100644
--- a/pymc/dims/distributions/transforms.py
+++ b/pymc/dims/distributions/transforms.py
@@ -54,6 +54,34 @@ def log_jac_det(self, value, *inputs):
 log_odds_transform = LogOddsTransform()
 
 
+class SimplexTransform(DimTransform):
+    name = "simplex"
+
+    def __init__(self, dim: str):
+        self.core_dim = dim
+
+    def forward(self, value, *inputs):
+        log_value = ptx.math.log(value)
+        N = value.sizes[self.core_dim].astype(value.dtype)
+        shift = log_value.sum(self.core_dim) / N
+        return log_value.isel({self.core_dim: slice(None, -1)}) - shift
+
+    def backward(self, value, *inputs):
+        value = ptx.concat([value, -value.sum(self.core_dim)], dim=self.core_dim)
+        exp_value_max = ptx.math.exp(value - value.max(self.core_dim))
+        return exp_value_max / exp_value_max.sum(self.core_dim)
+
+    def log_jac_det(self, value, *inputs):
+        N = value.sizes[self.core_dim] + 1
+        N = N.astype(value.dtype)
+        sum_value = value.sum(self.core_dim)
+        value_sum_expanded = value + sum_value
+        value_sum_expanded = ptx.concat([value_sum_expanded, 0], dim=self.core_dim)
+        logsumexp_value_expanded = ptx.math.logsumexp(value_sum_expanded, dim=self.core_dim)
+        res = ptx.math.log(N) + (N * sum_value) - (N * logsumexp_value_expanded)
+        return res
+
+
 class ZeroSumTransform(DimTransform):
     name = "zerosum"
 
diff --git a/pymc/dims/distributions/vector.py b/pymc/dims/distributions/vector.py
index 0ad834c8a8..7107712e67 100644
--- a/pymc/dims/distributions/vector.py
+++ b/pymc/dims/distributions/vector.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from pytensor.xtensor import random as pxr
 
 from pymc.dims.distributions.core import VectorDimDistribution
-from pymc.dims.distributions.transforms import ZeroSumTransform
+from pymc.dims.distributions.transforms import SimplexTransform, ZeroSumTransform
 from pymc.distributions.multivariate import ZeroSumNormalRV
 from pymc.util import UNSET
 
@@ -63,6 +63,61 @@ def dist(cls, p=None, *, logit_p=None, core_dims=None, **kwargs):
         return super().dist([p], core_dims=core_dims, **kwargs)
 
 
+class Dirichlet(VectorDimDistribution):
+    """Dirichlet distribution.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    a : xtensor_like, optional
+        Probabilities of each category. Must sum to 1 along the core dimension.
+    core_dims : str
+        The core dimension of the distribution, which represents the categories.
+        The dimension must be present in `p` or `logit_p`.
+    **kwargs
+        Other keyword arguments used to define the distribution.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    XTensorVariable
+        An xtensor variable representing the categorical distribution.
+        The output does not contain the core dimension, as it is absorbed into the distribution.
+
+
+    """
+
+    xrv_op = ptxr.dirichlet
+
+    @classmethod
+    def __new__(
+        cls, *args, core_dims=None, dims=None, default_transform=UNSET, observed=None, **kwargs
+    ):
+        if core_dims is not None:
+            if isinstance(core_dims, tuple | list):
+                [core_dims] = core_dims
+
+            # Create default_transform
+            if observed is None and default_transform is UNSET:
+                default_transform = SimplexTransform(dim=core_dims)
+
+        # If the user didn't specify dims, take it from core_dims
+        # We need them to be forwarded to dist in the `dim_lenghts` argument
+        # if dims is None and core_dims is not None:
+        #    dims = (..., *core_dims)
+
+        return super().__new__(
+            *args,
+            core_dims=core_dims,
+            dims=dims,
+            default_transform=default_transform,
+            observed=observed,
+            **kwargs,
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def dist(cls, a, *, core_dims=None, **kwargs):
+        return super().dist([a], core_dims=core_dims, **kwargs)
+
+
 class MvNormal(VectorDimDistribution):
     """Multivariate Normal distribution.
 
diff --git a/tests/dims/distributions/test_vector.py b/tests/dims/distributions/test_vector.py
index 3a57453b48..8cfdadb372 100644
--- a/tests/dims/distributions/test_vector.py
+++ b/tests/dims/distributions/test_vector.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import pymc.distributions as regular_distributions
 
 from pymc import Model
-from pymc.dims import Categorical, MvNormal, ZeroSumNormal
+from pymc.dims import Categorical, Dirichlet, MvNormal, ZeroSumNormal
 from tests.dims.utils import assert_equivalent_logp_graph, assert_equivalent_random_graph
 
 
@@ -40,6 +40,27 @@ def test_categorical():
     assert_equivalent_logp_graph(model, reference_model)
 
 
+def test_dirichlet():
+    coords = {"a": range(3), "b": range(2)}
+    alpha = pt.as_tensor([1, 2, 3])
+
+    alpha_xr = as_xtensor(alpha, dims=("b",))
+
+    with Model(coords=coords) as model:
+        Dirichlet("x", a=alpha_xr, core_dims="b", dims=("a", "b"))
+
+    with Model(coords=coords) as reference_model:
+        regular_distributions.Dirichlet("x", a=alpha, dims=("a", "b"))
+
+    assert_equivalent_random_graph(model, reference_model)
+
+    # logp graphs end up different, but they mean the same thing
+    np.testing.assert_allclose(
+        model.compile_logp()(model.initial_point()),
+        reference_model.compile_logp()(reference_model.initial_point()),
+    )
+
+
 def test_mvnormal():
     coords = {"a": range(3), "b": range(2)}
     mu = pt.as_tensor([1, 2])