diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 7e825fcce91..8aa299712bc 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ repos:
         rev: v1.8.0
         hooks:
         -   id: mypy
-            args: [--strict, --ignore-missing-imports, --show-error-codes]
+            args: [--python-version=3.10, --strict, --ignore-missing-imports, --show-error-codes]
             additional_dependencies: [einops>=0.6.0, kornia>=0.6.9, lightning>=2.0.9, matplotlib>=3.8.1, numpy>=1.22, pytest>=6.1.2, pyvista>=0.34.2, scikit-image>=0.18.0, torch>=2.2, torchmetrics>=0.10]
             exclude: (build|data|dist|logo|logs|output)/
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 350d9273bdc..547603eaad0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ datasets = [
     "laspy>=2",
     # opencv-python 4.4.0.46+ required for Python 3.9 wheels
     "opencv-python>=4.4.0.46",
+    # OWSLib is required for WMS Dataset
+    "OWSLib>=0.30.0",
     # pycocotools 2.0.5+ required for cython 3+ support
     "pycocotools>=2.0.5",
     # pyvista 0.34.2+ required to avoid ImportError in CI
diff --git a/requirements/datasets.txt b/requirements/datasets.txt
index f183132801f..211be7599ec 100644
--- a/requirements/datasets.txt
+++ b/requirements/datasets.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 h5py==3.10.0
 laspy==2.5.3
 opencv-python==4.9.0.80
+OWSLib==0.30.0
 pycocotools==2.0.7
 pyvista==0.43.4
 radiant-mlhub==0.4.1
diff --git a/requirements/min-reqs.old b/requirements/min-reqs.old
index 34b22649ceb..646525c1c20 100644
--- a/requirements/min-reqs.old
+++ b/requirements/min-reqs.old
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ torchvision==0.14.0
 h5py==3.0.0
 laspy==2.0.0
 opencv-python==4.4.0.46
+OWSLib==0.21.0
 pycocotools==2.0.5
 pyvista==0.34.2
 radiant-mlhub==0.3.0
diff --git a/tests/datasets/test_wms.py b/tests/datasets/test_wms.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..31c942fd78c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/datasets/test_wms.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+import pytest
+import urllib3
+
+from torchgeo.datasets import WMSDataset
+
+SERVICE_URL = "https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/cgi-bin/wms/nexrad/n0r-t.cgi?"
+
+
+def service_ok(url: str, timeout: int = 5) -> bool:
+    try:
+        http = urllib3.PoolManager()
+        resp = http.request("HEAD", url, timeout=timeout)
+        ok = 200 == resp.status
+    except urllib3.exceptions.NewConnectionError:
+        ok = False
+    except Exception:
+        ok = False
+    return ok
+
+
+class TestWMSDataset:
+
+    @pytest.mark.slow
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(
+        not service_ok(SERVICE_URL), reason="WMS service is unreachable"
+    )
+    def test_wms_no_layer(self) -> None:
+        """MESONET GetMap 1.1.1"""
+        wms = WMSDataset(SERVICE_URL, 10.0)
+        assert "nexrad_base_reflect" in wms.layers()
+        assert 4326 == wms.crs.to_epsg()
+        wms.layer("nexrad_base_reflect", crs=4326)
+        assert -126 == wms.index.bounds[0]
+        assert -66 == wms.index.bounds[1]
+        assert 24 == wms.index.bounds[2]
+        assert 50 == wms.index.bounds[3]
+        assert "image/png" == wms._format
+
+    @pytest.mark.slow
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(
+        not service_ok(SERVICE_URL), reason="WMS service is unreachable"
+    )
+    def test_wms_layer(self) -> None:
+        """MESONET GetMap 1.1.1"""
+        wms = WMSDataset(SERVICE_URL, 10.0, layer="nexrad_base_reflect", crs=4326)
+        assert 4326 == wms.crs.to_epsg()
+        assert -126 == wms.index.bounds[0]
+        assert -66 == wms.index.bounds[1]
+        assert 24 == wms.index.bounds[2]
+        assert 50 == wms.index.bounds[3]
+        assert "image/png" == wms._format
+
+    @pytest.mark.slow
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(
+        not service_ok(SERVICE_URL), reason="WMS service is unreachable"
+    )
+    def test_wms_layer_nocrs(self) -> None:
+        """MESONET GetMap 1.1.1"""
+        wms = WMSDataset(SERVICE_URL, 10.0, layer="nexrad_base_reflect")
+        assert 4326 == wms.crs.to_epsg()
+        assert -126 == wms.index.bounds[0]
+        assert -66 == wms.index.bounds[1]
+        assert 24 == wms.index.bounds[2]
+        assert 50 == wms.index.bounds[3]
+        assert "image/png" == wms._format
diff --git a/torchgeo/datasets/__init__.py b/torchgeo/datasets/__init__.py
index 5f3f974e2b2..fdb89bdd09f 100644
--- a/torchgeo/datasets/__init__.py
+++ b/torchgeo/datasets/__init__.py
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@
 from .vaihingen import Vaihingen2D
 from .vhr10 import VHR10
 from .western_usa_live_fuel_moisture import WesternUSALiveFuelMoisture
+from .wms import WMSDataset
 from .xview import XView2
 from .zuericrop import ZueriCrop
 
@@ -263,6 +264,7 @@
     "RasterDataset",
     "UnionDataset",
     "VectorDataset",
+    "WMSDataset",
     # Utilities
     "BoundingBox",
     "concat_samples",
diff --git a/torchgeo/datasets/wms.py b/torchgeo/datasets/wms.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ce46752ed3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/torchgeo/datasets/wms.py
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+"""A simple class to fetch WMS images."""
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from io import BytesIO
+from typing import Any
+
+import torchvision.transforms as transforms
+from PIL import Image
+from rasterio.coords import BoundingBox
+from rasterio.crs import CRS
+from rasterio.errors import CRSError
+from rtree.index import Index, Property
+
+from torchgeo.datasets import GeoDataset
+
+
+class WMSDataset(GeoDataset):
+    """Allow models to fetch images from a WMS (at a good resolution)."""
+
+    try:
+        from owslib.map.wms111 import ContentMetadata
+        from owslib.wms import WebMapService
+    except ImportError:
+        raise ImportError("OWSLib is not installed and is required to use this dataset")
+    _url: str = ""
+    _wms: WebMapService = None
+
+    _layers: list[ContentMetadata] = []
+    _layer: ContentMetadata = None
+    _layer_name: str = ""
+    is_image = True
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        url: str,
+        res: float,
+        layer: str | None = None,
+        transforms: Callable[[dict[str, Any]], dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
+        crs: str | int | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Initialize the data set instance.
+
+        Args:
+            url: String pointing to the WMS Server (no need for
+                request=getcapabilities).
+            res: The best resolution to make requests at
+                (should probably match your other datasets).
+            layer: An optional string with the name of the
+                layer you want to fetch.
+            transforms:  a function/transform that takes an input sample
+                 and returns a transformed version
+            crs: An optional string or integer code that is a
+                valid EPSG code (without the 'EPSG:')
+
+        """
+        try:
+            from owslib.wms import WebMapService
+        except ImportError:
+            raise ImportError(
+                "OWSLib is not installed and is required to use this dataset"
+            )
+        super().__init__(transforms)
+        self._url = url
+        self._res = res
+
+        if crs is not None:
+            self._crs = CRS.from_epsg(crs)
+        self._wms = WebMapService(url)
+        self._format = self._wms.getOperationByName("GetMap").formatOptions[0]
+        self._layers = list(self._wms.contents)
+
+        if layer is not None and layer in self._layers:
+            self.layer(layer, crs)
+
+    def layer(self, layer: str, crs: str | int | None = None) -> None:
+        """Set the layer to be fetched.
+
+        Args:
+            layer: A string with the name of the layer you want to fetch.
+            crs: An optional string or integer code that is a valid EPSG
+                code (without the 'EPSG:')
+        """
+        self._layer = self._wms[layer]
+        self._layer_name = layer
+        coords = self._wms[layer].boundingBox
+        self.index = Index(interleaved=False, properties=Property(dimension=3))
+        self.index.insert(
+            0,
+            (
+                float(coords[0]),
+                float(coords[2]),
+                float(coords[1]),
+                float(coords[3]),
+                0,
+                9.223372036854776e18,
+            ),
+        )
+        if crs is None:
+            i = 0
+            while self._crs is None:
+                crs_str = sorted(self._layer.crsOptions)[i].upper()
+                if "EPSG:" in crs_str:
+                    crs_str = crs_str[5:]
+                elif "CRS:84":
+                    crs_str = "4326"
+                try:
+                    self._crs = CRS.from_epsg(crs_str)
+                except CRSError:
+                    pass
+
+    def getlayer(self) -> ContentMetadata:
+        """Return the selected layer object."""
+        return self._layer
+
+    def layers(self) -> list[str]:
+        """Return a list of availiable layers."""
+        return self._layers
+
+    def __getitem__(self, query: BoundingBox) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        """Retrieve image/mask and metadata indexed by query.
+
+        Args:
+            query: (minx, maxx, miny, maxy, mint, maxt) coordinates to index
+
+        Returns:
+            sample of image/mask and metadata at that index
+
+        Raises:
+            IndexError: if query is not found in the index
+        """
+        img = self._wms.getmap(
+            layers=[self._layer_name],
+            srs="epsg:" + str(self.crs.to_epsg()),
+            bbox=(query.minx, query.miny, query.maxx, query.maxy),
+            # TODO fix size
+            size=(500, 500),
+            format=self._format,
+            transparent=True,
+        )
+        sample = {"crs": self.crs, "bbox": query}
+
+        transform = transforms.Compose([transforms.ToTensor()])
+        # Convert the PIL image to Torch tensor
+        img_tensor = transform(Image.open(BytesIO(img.read())))
+        if self.is_image:
+            sample["image"] = img_tensor
+        else:
+            sample["mask"] = img_tensor
+
+        if self.transforms is not None:
+            sample = self.transforms(sample)
+
+        return sample