diff --git a/evadb/functions/pytesseract_function.py b/evadb/functions/pytesseract_function.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc7d08db8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/evadb/functions/pytesseract_function.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# coding=utf-8
+# Copyright 2018-2023 EvaDB
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+import ast
+
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
+
+from evadb.catalog.catalog_type import NdArrayType
+from evadb.functions.abstract.abstract_function import AbstractFunction
+from evadb.functions.decorators.decorators import forward, setup
+from evadb.functions.decorators.io_descriptors.data_types import PandasDataframe
+from evadb.utils.generic_utils import try_to_import_pytesseract
+
+
+class PyTesseractOCRFunction(AbstractFunction):
+    @property
+    def name(self) -> str:
+        return "PyTesseractOCRFunction"
+
+    @setup(cacheable=False, function_type="FeatureExtraction", batchable=False)
+    def setup(
+        self, convert_to_grayscale: str, remove_noise: str, tesseract_path: str = None
+    ) -> None:  # type: ignore
+        try_to_import_pytesseract()
+
+        # set the tesseract engine
+        pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = tesseract_path
+
+        self.grayscale_flag = convert_to_grayscale
+        self.remove_noise = remove_noise
+
+    @forward(
+        input_signatures=[
+            PandasDataframe(
+                columns=["data"],
+                column_types=[NdArrayType.FLOAT64],
+                column_shapes=[(None, 3)],
+            ),
+        ],
+        output_signatures=[
+            PandasDataframe(
+                columns=["text"],
+                column_types=[NdArrayType.STR],
+                column_shapes=[(None,)],
+            )
+        ],
+    )
+    def forward(self, frames: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame:
+        img_data = np.asarray(frames["data"][0])
+
+        if ast.literal_eval(self.grayscale_flag):
+            img_data = cv2.cvtColor(img_data, cv2.COLOR_RGB2GRAY)
+
+        if ast.literal_eval(self.remove_noise):
+            img_data = cv2.medianBlur(img_data, 5)
+
+        # apply the OCR
+        text = pytesseract.image_to_string(img_data)
+
+        new_df = {"text": [text]}
+
+        return pd.DataFrame(new_df)
diff --git a/evadb/utils/generic_utils.py b/evadb/utils/generic_utils.py
index d9af319103..f056bc426e 100644
--- a/evadb/utils/generic_utils.py
+++ b/evadb/utils/generic_utils.py
@@ -502,6 +502,26 @@ def try_to_import_norfair():
         )
 
 
+def try_to_import_pytesseract():
+    try_to_import_cv2()
+
+    try:
+        import pytesseract
+    except ImportError:
+        raise ValueError(
+            """Could not import pytesseract python package.
+            Please install it with pip install pytesseract"""
+        )
+    
+def is_pytessseract_available():
+    try:
+        try_to_import_pytesseract()
+        return True
+    except ValueError:
+        return False
+
+
+
 ##############################
 ## DOCUMENT
 ##############################
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3334fa8361..35bf3147d7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ def read(path, encoding="utf-8"):
     "boto3",  # AWS
     "norfair>=2.2.0",  # OBJECT TRACKING
     "kornia",  # SIFT FEATURES
+    "pytesseract",  
 ]
 
 ray_libs = [
diff --git a/test/integration_tests/long/functions/test_pytesseract.py b/test/integration_tests/long/functions/test_pytesseract.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b8ed6dc28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration_tests/long/functions/test_pytesseract.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# coding=utf-8
+# Copyright 2018-2023 EvaDB
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+import unittest
+from test.util import get_evadb_for_testing
+from test.markers import pytesseract_skip_marker
+
+from evadb.server.command_handler import execute_query_fetch_all
+
+
+class PytesseractTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        self.evadb = get_evadb_for_testing()
+        self.evadb.catalog().reset()
+
+        load_image_query = """LOAD IMAGE 'data/ocr/Example.jpg' INTO MyImage;"""
+
+        execute_query_fetch_all(self.evadb, load_image_query)
+
+    def tearDown(self) -> None:
+        execute_query_fetch_all(self.evadb, "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS MyImage;")
+
+    @pytesseract_skip_marker
+    def test_pytesseract_function(self):
+        function_name = "PyTesseractOCRFunction"
+        execute_query_fetch_all(self.evadb, f"DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS {function_name};")
+
+        create_function_query = f"""CREATE FUNCTION IF NOT EXISTS{function_name}
+            IMPL 'evadb/functions/pytesseract_function.py';
+        """
+        execute_query_fetch_all(self.evadb, create_function_query)
+
+        ocr_query = f"SELECT {function_name}(data) FROM MyImage;"
+        output_batch = execute_query_fetch_all(self.evadb, ocr_query)
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(output_batch))
diff --git a/test/markers.py b/test/markers.py
index 6fdd2ad3c7..abd1927964 100644
--- a/test/markers.py
+++ b/test/markers.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     is_ludwig_available,
     is_milvus_available,
     is_pinecone_available,
+    is_pytessseract_available,
     is_qdrant_available,
     is_replicate_available,
     is_sklearn_available,
@@ -112,3 +113,7 @@
 stable_diffusion_skip_marker = pytest.mark.skipif(
     is_replicate_available() is False, reason="requires replicate"
 )
+
+pytesseract_skip_marker = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    is_pytessseract_available() is False, reason="requires pytesseract"
+)
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