diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 8cd173c..0377b12 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ the features that have already been implemented.
 | Image::scaleDown() | ✅ |
 | Image::cover() | ✅ |
 | Image::coverDown() | ✅ |
-| Image::pad() | ❌ |
+| Image::pad() | ✅ |
 | Image::contain() | ✅ |
 | Image::crop() | ✅ |
 | Image::resizeCanvas() | ✅ |
diff --git a/src/Modifiers/PadModifier.php b/src/Modifiers/PadModifier.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57cebc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Modifiers/PadModifier.php
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Intervention\Image\Drivers\Vips\Modifiers;
+
+use Intervention\Image\Colors\Rgb\Channels\Alpha;
+use Intervention\Image\Colors\Rgb\Channels\Blue;
+use Intervention\Image\Colors\Rgb\Channels\Green;
+use Intervention\Image\Colors\Rgb\Channels\Red;
+use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Vips\Core;
+use Intervention\Image\Exceptions\ColorException;
+use Intervention\Image\Interfaces\ColorInterface;
+use Intervention\Image\Interfaces\FrameInterface;
+use Intervention\Image\Interfaces\ImageInterface;
+use Intervention\Image\Interfaces\SizeInterface;
+use Jcupitt\Vips\Extend;
+
+class PadModifier extends ContainModifier
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     *
+     * @see Intervention\Image\Interfaces\ModifierInterface::apply()
+     */
+    public function apply(ImageInterface $image): ImageInterface
+    {
+        $resize = $this->getResizeSize($image);
+        $bgColor = $this->driver()->handleInput($this->background);
+
+        if (!$image->isAnimated()) {
+            $contained = $this->pad($image->core()->first(), $resize, $bgColor)->native();
+        } else {
+            $frames = [];
+            foreach ($image as $frame) {
+                $frames[] = $this->pad($frame, $resize, $bgColor);
+            }
+
+            $contained = Core::replaceFrames($image->core()->native(), $frames);
+        }
+
+        $image->core()->setNative($contained);
+
+        return $image;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Apply padded image resizing
+     *
+     * @param FrameInterface $frame
+     * @param SizeInterface $resize
+     * @param ColorInterface $bgColor
+     * @return FrameInterface
+     * @throws ColorException
+     */
+    private function pad(FrameInterface $frame, SizeInterface $resize, ColorInterface $bgColor): FrameInterface
+    {
+        $cropWidth = min($frame->native()->width, $resize->width());
+        $cropHeight = min($frame->native()->height, $resize->height());
+
+        $resized = $frame->native()->thumbnail_image($cropWidth, [
+            'height' => $cropHeight,
+            'no_rotate' => true,
+        ]);
+
+        if (!$resized->hasAlpha()) {
+            $resized = $resized->bandjoin_const(255);
+        }
+
+        $frame->setNative(
+            $resized->gravity(
+                $this->positionToGravity($this->position),
+                $resize->width(),
+                $resize->height(),
+                [
+                    'extend' => Extend::BACKGROUND,
+                    'background' => [
+                        $bgColor->channel(Red::class)->value(),
+                        $bgColor->channel(Green::class)->value(),
+                        $bgColor->channel(Blue::class)->value(),
+                        $bgColor->channel(Alpha::class)->value(),
+                    ],
+                ]
+            )
+        );
+
+        return $frame;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Modifiers/PadModifierTest.php b/tests/Unit/Modifiers/PadModifierTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0af3ed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/Modifiers/PadModifierTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Intervention\Image\Drivers\Vips\Tests\Unit\Modifiers;
+
+use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Vips\Modifiers\PadModifier;
+use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Vips\Tests\BaseTestCase;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\CoversClass;
+
+#[CoversClass(PadModifier::class)]
+final class PadModifierTest extends BaseTestCase
+{
+    public function testModify(): void
+    {
+        $image = $this->readTestImage('blue.gif');
+        $this->assertEquals(16, $image->width());
+        $this->assertEquals(16, $image->height());
+        $image->modify(new PadModifier(30, 20, 'f00'));
+        $this->assertEquals(30, $image->width());
+        $this->assertEquals(20, $image->height());
+        $this->assertColor(255, 0, 0, 255, $image->pickColor(0, 0));
+        $this->assertColor(255, 0, 0, 255, $image->pickColor(0, 19));
+        $this->assertColor(255, 0, 0, 255, $image->pickColor(29, 0));
+        $this->assertColor(255, 0, 0, 255, $image->pickColor(29, 19));
+        $this->assertColor(255, 0, 0, 255, $image->pickColor(6, 2));
+        $this->assertColor(255, 0, 0, 255, $image->pickColor(7, 1));
+        $this->assertColor(255, 0, 0, 255, $image->pickColor(6, 17));
+        $this->assertColor(255, 0, 0, 255, $image->pickColor(7, 18));
+        $this->assertColor(255, 0, 0, 255, $image->pickColor(23, 1));
+        $this->assertColor(255, 0, 0, 255, $image->pickColor(23, 2));
+        $this->assertColor(255, 0, 0, 255, $image->pickColor(23, 17));
+        $this->assertColor(255, 0, 0, 255, $image->pickColor(23, 18));
+        $this->assertColor(100, 100, 255, 255, $image->pickColor(7, 2));
+        $this->assertColor(100, 100, 255, 255, $image->pickColor(22, 2));
+        $this->assertColor(100, 100, 255, 255, $image->pickColor(7, 17));
+        $this->assertColor(100, 100, 255, 255, $image->pickColor(22, 17));
+    }
+}