diff --git a/pygit2/__init__.py b/pygit2/__init__.py
index 42988c3b9..2ed82db3a 100644
--- a/pygit2/__init__.py
+++ b/pygit2/__init__.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 from .index import Index, IndexEntry
 from .remote import Remote
 from .repository import Repository
+from .packbuilder import PackBuilder
 from .settings import Settings
 from .submodule import Submodule
 from .utils import to_bytes, to_str
diff --git a/pygit2/_run.py b/pygit2/_run.py
index 5fdaf77a7..974d5ca37 100644
--- a/pygit2/_run.py
+++ b/pygit2/_run.py
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@
     'strarray.h',
     'diff.h',
     'checkout.h',
-    'pack.h',
     'transport.h',
     'proxy.h',
     'indexer.h',
+    'pack.h',
     'remote.h',
     'clone.h',
     'common.h',
diff --git a/pygit2/decl/pack.h b/pygit2/decl/pack.h
index 314a272ac..0e6973045 100644
--- a/pygit2/decl/pack.h
+++ b/pygit2/decl/pack.h
@@ -3,3 +3,16 @@ typedef int (*git_packbuilder_progress)(
 	uint32_t current,
 	uint32_t total,
 	void *payload);
+
+int git_packbuilder_new(git_packbuilder **out, git_repository *repo);
+void git_packbuilder_free(git_packbuilder *pb);
+
+int git_packbuilder_insert(git_packbuilder *pb, const git_oid *id, const char *name);
+int git_packbuilder_insert_recur(git_packbuilder *pb, const git_oid *id, const char *name);
+
+size_t git_packbuilder_object_count(git_packbuilder *pb);
+
+int git_packbuilder_write(git_packbuilder *pb, const char *path, unsigned int mode, git_indexer_progress_cb progress_cb, void *progress_cb_payload);
+uint32_t git_packbuilder_written(git_packbuilder *pb);
+
+unsigned int git_packbuilder_set_threads(git_packbuilder *pb, unsigned int n);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pygit2/decl/types.h b/pygit2/decl/types.h
index 085270849..8770da7a5 100644
--- a/pygit2/decl/types.h
+++ b/pygit2/decl/types.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ typedef struct git_repository git_repository;
 typedef struct git_submodule git_submodule;
 typedef struct git_transport git_transport;
 typedef struct git_tree git_tree;
+typedef struct git_packbuilder git_packbuilder;
 
 typedef int64_t git_off_t;
 typedef int64_t git_time_t;
diff --git a/pygit2/packbuilder.py b/pygit2/packbuilder.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3f54e6be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pygit2/packbuilder.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+# Copyright 2010-2020 The pygit2 contributors
+#
+# This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2,
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# In addition to the permissions in the GNU General Public License,
+# the authors give you unlimited permission to link the compiled
+# version of this file into combinations with other programs,
+# and to distribute those combinations without any restriction
+# coming from the use of this file.  (The General Public License
+# restrictions do apply in other respects; for example, they cover
+# modification of the file, and distribution when not linked into
+# a combined executable.)
+#
+# This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+# the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+# Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+
+# Import from pygit2
+from .errors import check_error
+from .ffi import ffi, C
+from .utils import to_bytes
+
+
+class PackBuilder:
+
+    def __init__(self, repo):
+
+        cpackbuilder = ffi.new('git_packbuilder **')
+        err = C.git_packbuilder_new(cpackbuilder, repo._repo)
+        check_error(err)
+
+        self._repo = repo
+        self._packbuilder = cpackbuilder[0]
+        self._cpackbuilder = cpackbuilder
+
+    @property
+    def _pointer(self):
+        return bytes(ffi.buffer(self._packbuilder)[:])
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        C.git_packbuilder_free(self._packbuilder)
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return C.git_packbuilder_object_count(self._packbuilder)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def convert_object_to_oid(oid):
+        git_oid = ffi.new('git_oid *')
+        ffi.buffer(git_oid)[:] = oid.raw[:]
+        return git_oid
+
+    def add(self, oid):
+        git_oid = self.convert_object_to_oid(oid)
+        err = C.git_packbuilder_insert(self._packbuilder, git_oid, ffi.NULL)
+        check_error(err)
+
+    def add_recur(self, oid):
+        git_oid = self.convert_object_to_oid(oid)
+        err = C.git_packbuilder_insert_recur(self._packbuilder, git_oid, ffi.NULL)
+        check_error(err)
+
+    def set_threads(self, n_threads):
+        return C.git_packbuilder_set_threads(self._packbuilder, n_threads)
+
+    def write(self, path=None):
+        path = ffi.NULL if path is None else to_bytes(path)
+        err = C.git_packbuilder_write(self._packbuilder, path, 0, ffi.NULL, ffi.NULL)
+        check_error(err)
+
+    @property
+    def written_objects_count(self):
+        return C.git_packbuilder_written(self._packbuilder)
diff --git a/pygit2/repository.py b/pygit2/repository.py
index a7180f9b0..98dcf8f76 100644
--- a/pygit2/repository.py
+++ b/pygit2/repository.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 from .blame import Blame
 from .utils import to_bytes, StrArray
 from .submodule import Submodule
+from .packbuilder import PackBuilder
 
 
 class BaseRepository(_Repository):
@@ -83,6 +84,39 @@ def write(self, *args, **kwargs):
         object."""
         return self.odb.write(*args, **kwargs)
 
+    def pack(self, path=None, pack_delegate=None, n_threads=None):
+        """Pack the objects in the odb chosen by the pack_delegate function
+        and write .pack and .idx files for them.
+
+        Returns: the number of objects written to the pack
+
+        Parameters:
+
+        path
+            The path to which the .pack and .idx files should be written. None will write to the default location.
+
+        pack_delegate
+            The method which will provide add the objects to the pack builder. Defaults to all objects.
+
+        n_threads
+            The number of threads the PackBuilder will spawn. If set to 0 libgit2 will autodetect the number of CPUs.
+        """
+
+        def pack_all_objects(pack_builder):
+            for obj in self.odb:
+                pack_builder.add(obj)
+
+        pack_delegate = pack_delegate or pack_all_objects
+
+        builder = PackBuilder(self)
+        if n_threads is not None:
+            builder.set_threads(n_threads)
+        pack_delegate(builder)
+        builder.write(path=path)
+
+        return builder.written_objects_count
+
+
     def __iter__(self):
         return iter(self.odb)
 
diff --git a/test/test_packbuilder.py b/test/test_packbuilder.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01dc126e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_packbuilder.py
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+# Copyright 2010-2020 The pygit2 contributors
+#
+# This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2,
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# In addition to the permissions in the GNU General Public License,
+# the authors give you unlimited permission to link the compiled
+# version of this file into combinations with other programs,
+# and to distribute those combinations without any restriction
+# coming from the use of this file.  (The General Public License
+# restrictions do apply in other respects; for example, they cover
+# modification of the file, and distribution when not linked into
+# a combined executable.)
+#
+# This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+# the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+# Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+"""Tests for Index files."""
+
+import os
+
+import pytest
+
+import pygit2
+from pygit2 import PackBuilder
+from . import utils
+from .utils import rmtree
+
+
+def test_create_packbuilder(testrepo):
+    # simple test of PackBuilder creation
+    packbuilder = PackBuilder(testrepo)
+    assert len(packbuilder) == 0
+
+
+def test_add(testrepo):
+    # Add a few objects and confirm that the count is correct
+    packbuilder = PackBuilder(testrepo)
+    objects_to_add = [obj for obj in testrepo]
+    packbuilder.add(objects_to_add[0])
+    assert len(packbuilder) == 1
+    packbuilder.add(objects_to_add[1])
+    assert len(packbuilder) == 2
+
+
+def test_add_recursively(testrepo):
+    # Add the head object and referenced objects recursively and confirm that the count is correct
+    packbuilder = PackBuilder(testrepo)
+    packbuilder.add_recur(testrepo.head.target)
+
+    #expect a count of 4 made up of the following referenced objects:
+    # Commit
+    # Tree
+    # Blob: hello.txt
+    # Blob: .gitignore
+
+    assert len(packbuilder) == 4
+
+
+def test_repo_pack(testrepo, tmp_path):
+    # pack the repo with the default strategy
+    confirm_same_repo_after_packing(testrepo, tmp_path, None)
+
+
+def test_pack_with_delegate(testrepo, tmp_path):
+    # loop through all branches and add each commit to the packbuilder
+    def pack_delegate(pb):
+        for branch in pb._repo.branches:
+            br = pb._repo.branches.get(branch)
+            for commit in br.log():
+                pb.add_recur(commit.oid_new)
+    confirm_same_repo_after_packing(testrepo, tmp_path, pack_delegate)
+
+
+def setup_second_repo(tmp_path):
+    # helper method to set up a second repo for comparison
+    tmp_path_2 = os.path.join(tmp_path, 'test_repo2')
+    with utils.TemporaryRepository('testrepo.tar', tmp_path_2) as path:
+        testrepo = pygit2.Repository(path)
+    return testrepo
+
+def confirm_same_repo_after_packing(testrepo, tmp_path, pack_delegate):
+    # Helper method to confirm the contents of two repos before and after packing
+    pack_repo = setup_second_repo(tmp_path)
+
+    objects_dir = os.path.join(pack_repo.path, 'objects')
+    rmtree(objects_dir)
+    pack_path = os.path.join(pack_repo.path, 'objects', 'pack')
+    os.makedirs(pack_path)
+
+    # assert that the number of written objects is the same as the number of objects in the repo
+    written_objects = testrepo.pack(pack_path, pack_delegate=pack_delegate)
+    assert written_objects == len([obj for obj in testrepo])
+
+
+    # assert that the number of objects in the pack repo is the same as the original repo
+    orig_objects = [obj for obj in testrepo.odb]
+    packed_objects = [obj for obj in pack_repo.odb]
+    assert len(packed_objects) == len(orig_objects)
+
+    # assert that the objects in the packed repo are the same objects as the original repo
+    for i, obj in enumerate(orig_objects):
+        assert pack_repo[obj].type == testrepo[obj].type
+        assert pack_repo[obj].read_raw() == testrepo[obj].read_raw()