diff --git a/python/mxnet/contrib/onnx/mx2onnx/_op_translations.py b/python/mxnet/contrib/onnx/mx2onnx/_op_translations.py
index ecfb0320e593..1c50abe7dc90 100644
--- a/python/mxnet/contrib/onnx/mx2onnx/_op_translations.py
+++ b/python/mxnet/contrib/onnx/mx2onnx/_op_translations.py
@@ -2946,3 +2946,80 @@ def convert_where(node, **kwargs):
         make_node("Where", [name+"_bool", input_nodes[1], input_nodes[2]], [name], name=name)
     ]
     return nodes
+
+@mx_op.register("_contrib_box_decode")
+def convert_contrib_box_decode(node, **kwargs):
+    """Map MXNet's _contrib_box_decode operator attributes to onnx's operator.
+    """
+    from onnx.helper import make_node
+    name, input_nodes, attrs = get_inputs(node, kwargs)
+
+    data = input_nodes[0]
+    anchors = input_nodes[1]
+    input_type = kwargs['in_type']
+    fmt = attrs.get('format', 'center')
+    std0 = float(attrs.get('std0', '1.'))
+    std1 = float(attrs.get('std1', '1.'))
+    std2 = float(attrs.get('std2', '1.'))
+    std3 = float(attrs.get('std3', '1.'))
+    clip = float(attrs.get('clip', '-1.'))
+
+    if fmt not in ['center', 'corner']:
+        raise NotImplementedError("format must be either corner or center.")
+
+    nodes = [
+        create_tensor([0], name+'_0', kwargs["initializer"]),
+        create_tensor([2], name+'_2', kwargs["initializer"]),
+        create_tensor([4], name+'_4', kwargs["initializer"]),
+        create_tensor([2], name+'_2f', kwargs["initializer"], dtype='float32'),
+        create_tensor([clip], name+'_clip', kwargs["initializer"], dtype='float32'),
+        create_tensor([std0, std1, std2, std3], name+'_std_1d', kwargs["initializer"], dtype='float32'),
+        create_tensor([1, 4], name+'_std_shape', kwargs["initializer"]),
+        make_node("Cast", [data], [name+'_data'], to=int(onnx.TensorProto.FLOAT)),
+        make_node("Cast", [anchors], [name+'_anchors'], to=int(onnx.TensorProto.FLOAT)),
+        make_node('Reshape', [name+'_std_1d', name+'_std_shape'], [name+'_std']),
+        make_node("Mul", [name+'_data', name+'_std'], [name+'_mul0_out']),
+        make_node('Slice', [name+'_mul0_out', name+'_0', name+'_2', name+'_2'], [name+'_data_xy']),
+        make_node('Slice', [name+'_mul0_out', name+'_2', name+'_4', name+'_2'], [name+'_data_wh']),
+    ]
+
+    if fmt == 'corner':
+        nodes += [
+            make_node('Slice', [name+'_anchors', name+'_0', name+'_2', name+'_2'], [name+'_slice0_out']),
+            make_node('Slice', [name+'_anchors', name+'_2', name+'_4', name+'_2'], [name+'_slice1_out']),
+            make_node('Sub', [name+'_slice1_out', name+'_slice0_out'], [name+'_anchor_wh']),
+            make_node('Div', [name+'_anchor_wh', name+'_2f'], [name+'_div0_out']),
+            make_node("Add", [name+'_slice0_out', name+'_div0_out'], [name+'_anchor_xy']),
+        ]
+    else:
+        nodes += [
+            make_node('Slice', [name+'_anchors', name+'_0', name+'_2', name+'_2'], [name+'_anchor_xy']),
+            make_node('Slice', [name+'_anchors', name+'_2', name+'_4', name+'_2'], [name+'_anchor_wh']),
+        ]
+
+    nodes += [
+        make_node("Mul", [name+'_data_xy', name+'_anchor_wh'], [name+'_mul1_out']),
+        make_node("Add", [name+'_mul1_out', name+'_anchor_xy'], [name+'_add0_out']),
+    ]
+
+    if clip > 0.:
+        nodes += [
+            make_node("Less", [name+"_data_wh", name+"_clip"], [name+"_less0_out"]),
+            make_node('Where', [name+'_less0_out', name+'_data_wh', name+'_clip'], [name+'_where0_out']),
+            make_node("Exp", [name+'_where0_out'], [name+'_exp0_out']),
+        ]
+    else:
+        nodes += [
+            make_node("Exp", [name+'_data_wh'], [name+'_exp0_out']),
+        ]
+
+    nodes += [
+        make_node("Mul", [name+'_exp0_out', name+'_anchor_wh'], [name+'_mul2_out']),
+        make_node('Div', [name+'_mul2_out', name+'_2f'], [name+'_div1_out']),
+        make_node('Sub', [name+'_add0_out', name+'_div1_out'], [name+'_sub0_out']),
+        make_node('Add', [name+'_add0_out', name+'_div1_out'], [name+'_add1_out']),
+        make_node('Concat', [name+'_sub0_out', name+'_add1_out'], [name+'concat0_out'], axis=2),
+        make_node("Cast", [name+'concat0_out'], [name], to=input_type, name=name)
+    ]
+
+    return nodes
diff --git a/tests/python-pytest/onnx/test_operators.py b/tests/python-pytest/onnx/test_operators.py
index f9a6abcaf14e..4882321e39a6 100644
--- a/tests/python-pytest/onnx/test_operators.py
+++ b/tests/python-pytest/onnx/test_operators.py
@@ -408,3 +408,16 @@ def test_onnx_export_where(tmp_path, dtype, shape):
     y = mx.nd.ones(shape, dtype=dtype)
     cond = mx.nd.random.randint(low=0, high=1, shape=shape, dtype='int32')
     op_export_test('where', M, [cond, x, y], tmp_path)
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('dtype', ['float16', 'float32'])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('fmt', ['corner', 'center'])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('clip', [-1., 0., .5, 5.])
+def test_onnx_export_contrib_box_decode(tmp_path, dtype, fmt, clip):
+    # ensure data[0] < data[2] and data[1] < data[3] for corner format
+    mul = mx.nd.array([-1, -1, 1, 1], dtype=dtype)
+    data = mx.nd.random.uniform(0, 1, (2, 3, 4), dtype=dtype) * mul
+    anchors = mx.nd.random.uniform(0, 1, (1, 3, 4), dtype=dtype) * mul
+    M1 = def_model('contrib.box_decode', format=fmt, clip=clip)
+    op_export_test('contrib_box_decode', M1, [data, anchors], tmp_path)
+    M2 = def_model('contrib.box_decode', format=fmt, clip=clip, std0=0.3, std1=1.4, std2=0.5, std3=1.6)
+    op_export_test('contrib_box_decode', M1, [data, anchors], tmp_path)