diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 88f4079..5f60a87 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -18,22 +18,43 @@ jobs:
   run:
     name: Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} on ${{ startsWith(matrix.os, 'macos-') && 'macOS' || startsWith(matrix.os, 'windows-') && 'Windows' || 'Linux' }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    # skip build of commit contains 'skip ci'
+    if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'skip ci')"
+
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        python-version:
+        - "3.8"
+        - "3.9"
+        - "3.10"
+        - "3.11"
+        - "3.12"
+        os:
+        - "windows-latest"
+        - "macos-latest"
+        - "ubuntu-latest"
+        # Based on peps #3763 (https://github.com/python/peps/pull/3763) via 
+        # setup-python #850 (https://github.com/actions/setup-python/issues/850)
+        exclude:
+        - { python-version: "3.8", os: "macos-latest" }
+        - { python-version: "3.9", os: "macos-latest" }
+        include:
+        - { python-version: "3.8", os: "macos-13" }
+        - { python-version: "3.9", os: "macos-13" }
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
     - name: Install Hatch
       run: |
+        pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install --upgrade hatch
         pip install hatch-mkdocs #This is a workaround  for https://github.com/pypa/hatch/issues/1379
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 87b076c..896de5d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ path = "src/rs_distributions/__about__.py"
 dependencies = [
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
   "pytest",
+  "scipy",
 ]
 [tool.hatch.envs.default.scripts]
 test = "pytest {args:tests}"
diff --git a/src/rs_distributions/distributions/__init__.py b/src/rs_distributions/distributions/__init__.py
index 59222aa..88d1f5d 100644
--- a/src/rs_distributions/distributions/__init__.py
+++ b/src/rs_distributions/distributions/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from .folded_normal import FoldedNormal
+from .rice import Rice
 
 __all__ = [
     "FoldedNormal",
+    "Rice",
 ]
diff --git a/src/rs_distributions/distributions/folded_normal.py b/src/rs_distributions/distributions/folded_normal.py
index ea3f361..d18fa98 100644
--- a/src/rs_distributions/distributions/folded_normal.py
+++ b/src/rs_distributions/distributions/folded_normal.py
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ class FoldedNormal(dist.Distribution):
     support = torch.distributions.constraints.nonnegative
 
     def __init__(self, loc, scale, validate_args=None):
-        self.loc = torch.as_tensor(loc)
-        self.scale = torch.as_tensor(scale)
+        self.loc, self.scale = torch.distributions.utils.broadcast_all(loc, scale)
         batch_shape = self.loc.shape
         super().__init__(batch_shape, validate_args=validate_args)
         self._irsample = NormalIRSample().apply
diff --git a/src/rs_distributions/distributions/rice.py b/src/rs_distributions/distributions/rice.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73adbd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rs_distributions/distributions/rice.py
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+import torch
+import math
+from torch import distributions as dist
+
+
+class RiceIRSample(torch.autograd.Function):
+    @staticmethod
+    def forward(ctx, nu, sigma, samples, dnu, dsigma):
+        ctx.save_for_backward(dnu, dsigma)
+        return samples
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def backward(ctx, grad_output):
+        (
+            grad_nu,
+            grad_sigma,
+        ) = ctx.saved_tensors
+        return grad_output * grad_nu, grad_output * grad_sigma, None, None, None
+
+
+class Rice(dist.Distribution):
+    """
+    The Rice distribution is useful for modeling acentric structure factor amplitudes in
+    X-ray crystallography. It is the amplitude distribution corresponding to a bivariate
+    normal in the complex plane.
+
+    ```
+    x ~ MVN([ν, 0], σI)
+    y = sqrt(x[0] * x[0] + x[1] * x[1])
+    ```
+    The parameters ν and σ represent the location and standard deviation of an isotropic, bivariate normal.
+    If x is drawn from the normal with location [ν, 0i] and covariance,
+    ```
+    | σ   0 |
+    | 0  σi |
+    ```
+    the distribution of amplitudes, `y = sqrt(x * conjugate(x))`, follows a Rician distribution.
+
+    Args:
+        nu (float or Tensor): location parameter of the underlying bivariate normal
+        sigma (float or Tensor): standard deviation of the underlying bivariate normal (must be positive)
+        validate_args (bool, optional): Whether to validate the arguments of the distribution.
+        Default is None.
+    """
+
+    arg_constraints = {
+        "nu": dist.constraints.nonnegative,
+        "sigma": dist.constraints.positive,
+    }
+    support = torch.distributions.constraints.nonnegative
+
+    def __init__(self, nu, sigma, validate_args=None):
+        self.nu, self.sigma = torch.distributions.utils.broadcast_all(nu, sigma)
+        batch_shape = self.nu.shape
+        super().__init__(batch_shape, validate_args=validate_args)
+        self._irsample = RiceIRSample().apply
+
+    def log_prob(self, value):
+        """
+        Compute the log-probability of the given values under the Rice distribution
+
+        ```
+        Rice(x | nu, sigma) = \
+            x * sigma**-2 * exp(-0.5 * (x**2 + nu**2) * sigma ** -2) * I_0(x * nu * sigma **-2)
+        ```
+
+        Args:
+            value (Tensor): The values at which to evaluate the log-probability
+
+        Returns:
+            Tensor: The log-probabilities of the given values
+        """
+        if self._validate_args:
+            self._validate_sample(value)
+        nu, sigma = self.nu, self.sigma
+        x = value
+        log_prob = (
+            torch.log(x)
+            - 2.0 * torch.log(sigma)
+            - 0.5 * torch.square((x - nu) / sigma)
+            + torch.log(torch.special.i0e(nu * x / (sigma * sigma)))
+        )
+        return log_prob
+
+    def sample(self, sample_shape=torch.Size()):
+        """
+        Generate random samples from the Rice distribution
+
+        Args:
+            sample_shape (torch.Size, optional): The shape of the samples to generate.
+            Default is an empty shape
+
+        Returns:
+            Tensor: The generated random samples
+        """
+        shape = self._extended_shape(sample_shape)
+        nu, sigma = self.nu, self.sigma
+        nu = nu.expand(shape)
+        sigma = sigma.expand(shape)
+        with torch.no_grad():
+            A = torch.normal(nu, sigma)
+            B = torch.normal(torch.zeros_like(nu), sigma)
+            z = torch.sqrt(A * A + B * B)
+            return z
+
+    @property
+    def mean(self):
+        """
+        Compute the mean of the Rice distribution
+
+        Returns:
+            Tensor: The mean of the distribution.
+        """
+        sigma = self.sigma
+        nu = self.nu
+
+        x = -0.5 * torch.square(nu / sigma)
+        L = (1.0 - x) * torch.special.i0e(-0.5 * x) - x * torch.special.i1e(-0.5 * x)
+        mean = sigma * math.sqrt(math.pi / 2.0) * L
+        return mean
+
+    @property
+    def variance(self):
+        """
+        Compute the variance of the Rice distribution
+
+        Returns:
+            Tensor: The variance of the distribution
+        """
+        nu, sigma = self.nu, self.sigma
+        return 2 * sigma * sigma + nu * nu - torch.square(self.mean)
+
+    def cdf(self, value):
+        """
+        Args:
+            value (Tensor): The values at which to evaluate the CDF
+
+        Returns:
+            Tensor: The CDF values at the given values
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError("The CDF is not implemented")
+
+    def _grad_z(self, samples):
+        """
+        Return the gradient of samples from this distribution
+
+        Args:
+            samples (Tensor): samples from this distribution
+
+        Returns:
+            dnu: gradient with respect to the loc parameter, nu
+            dsigma: gradient with respect to the underlying normal's scale parameter, sigma
+        """
+        z = samples
+        nu, sigma = self.nu, self.sigma
+        ab = z * nu / (sigma * sigma)
+        dnu = torch.special.i1e(ab) / torch.special.i0e(ab)  # == i1(ab)/i0(ab)
+        dsigma = (z - nu * dnu) / sigma
+        return dnu, dsigma
+
+    def pdf(self, value):
+        return torch.exp(self.log_prob(value))
+
+    def rsample(self, sample_shape=torch.Size()):
+        """
+        Generate differentiable random samples from the Rice distribution.
+        Gradients are implemented using implicit reparameterization (https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.08498).
+
+        Args:
+            sample_shape (torch.Size, optional): The shape of the samples to generate.
+            Default is an empty shape
+
+        Returns:
+            Tensor: The generated random samples
+        """
+        samples = self.sample(sample_shape)
+        dnu, dsigma = self._grad_z(samples)
+        samples.requires_grad_(True)
+        return self._irsample(self.nu, self.sigma, samples, dnu, dsigma)
diff --git a/tests/distributions/test_folded_normal.py b/tests/distributions/test_folded_normal.py
index 5fea021..2dad315 100644
--- a/tests/distributions/test_folded_normal.py
+++ b/tests/distributions/test_folded_normal.py
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@
 import torch
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("batch_shape", [1, 10])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("test_float_broadcasting", [False, True])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("batch_shape", [3, 10])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("sample_shape", [(), (10,)])
-def test_folded_normal_execution(batch_shape, sample_shape):
+def test_folded_normal_execution(test_float_broadcasting, batch_shape, sample_shape):
     params = torch.ones((2, batch_shape), requires_grad=True)
     loc, scale = params
+    if test_float_broadcasting:
+        loc = 1.0
     q = FoldedNormal(loc, scale)
     z = q.rsample(sample_shape)
     q.mean
diff --git a/tests/distributions/test_rice.py b/tests/distributions/test_rice.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60192c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/distributions/test_rice.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import pytest
+from rs_distributions.distributions.rice import Rice
+from scipy.stats import rice
+import torch
+import numpy as np
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("test_float_broadcasting", [False, True])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("batch_shape", [3, 10])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("sample_shape", [(), (10,)])
+def test_rice_execution(test_float_broadcasting, batch_shape, sample_shape):
+    params = torch.ones((2, batch_shape), requires_grad=True)
+    loc, scale = params
+    if test_float_broadcasting:
+        loc = 1.0
+    q = Rice(loc, scale)
+    z = q.rsample(sample_shape)
+    q.mean
+    q.variance
+    # q.cdf(z) #<-- no cdf implementation
+    q.pdf(z)
+    q.log_prob(z)
+    torch.autograd.grad(z.sum(), params)
+
+
+def test_rice_against_scipy(
+    dtype="float32", snr_cutoff=10.0, log_min=-12, log_max=2, rtol=1e-5
+):
+    """
+    Test the following attributes of Rice against scipy.stats.rice
+     - mean
+
+    Args:
+      dtype (string) : float dtype to determine the precision of the test
+      snr_cutoff (float) : do not test combinations with nu/sigma values above this threshold
+      log_min (int) : 10**log_min will be the minimum value tested for nu and sigma
+      log_max (int) : 10**log_max will be the maximum value tested for nu and sigma
+      rtol (float) : the relative tolerance for equivalency in tests
+    """
+    log_min, log_max = -12, 2
+    nu = sigma = np.logspace(log_min, log_max, log_max - log_min + 1, dtype=dtype)
+    nu, sigma = np.meshgrid(nu, sigma)
+    nu, sigma = nu.flatten(), sigma.flatten()
+    idx = nu / sigma < snr_cutoff
+    nu, sigma = nu[idx], sigma[idx]
+
+    q = Rice(
+        torch.as_tensor(nu),
+        torch.as_tensor(sigma),
+    )
+
+    mean = rice.mean(nu / sigma, scale=sigma).astype(dtype)
+    result = q.mean.detach().numpy()
+    assert np.allclose(mean, result, rtol=rtol)
+
+    stddev = rice.std(nu / sigma, scale=sigma).astype(dtype)
+    result = q.stddev.detach().numpy()
+    assert np.allclose(stddev, result, rtol=rtol)
+
+    z = np.linspace(
+        np.maximum(mean - 3.0 * stddev, 0.0),
+        mean + 3.0 * stddev,
+        10,
+    )
+
+    log_prob = rice.logpdf(z, nu / sigma, scale=sigma)
+    result = q.log_prob(torch.as_tensor(z)).detach().numpy()
+    assert np.allclose(log_prob, result, rtol=rtol)
+
+    pdf = rice.pdf(z, nu / sigma, scale=sigma)
+    result = q.pdf(torch.as_tensor(z)).detach().numpy()
+    assert np.allclose(pdf, result, rtol=rtol)