diff --git a/opacus/tests/validators/gru_test.py b/opacus/tests/validators/gru_test.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+#
+# 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
+
+import torch.nn as nn
+from opacus.layers import DPGRU
+from opacus.utils.module_utils import are_state_dict_equal
+from opacus.validators.errors import ShouldReplaceModuleError
+from opacus.validators.module_validator import ModuleValidator
+
+
+class GRUValidator_test(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        self.gru = nn.GRU(8, 4)
+        self.mv = ModuleValidator.VALIDATORS
+        self.mf = ModuleValidator.FIXERS
+
+    def test_validate(self) -> None:
+        val_gru = self.mv[type(self.gru)](self.gru)
+        self.assertEqual(len(val_gru), 1)
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(val_gru[0], ShouldReplaceModuleError))
+
+    def test_fix(self) -> None:
+        fix_gru = self.mf[type(self.gru)](self.gru)
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(fix_gru, DPGRU))
+        self.assertTrue(
+            are_state_dict_equal(self.gru.state_dict(), fix_gru.state_dict())
+        )
diff --git a/opacus/validators/gru.py b/opacus/validators/gru.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+#
+# 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.
+
+from typing import List
+
+import torch.nn as nn
+from opacus.layers import DPGRU
+
+from .errors import ShouldReplaceModuleError, UnsupportedModuleError
+from .utils import register_module_fixer, register_module_validator
+
+
+@register_module_validator(nn.GRU)
+def validate(module: nn.GRU) -> List[UnsupportedModuleError]:
+    return [
+        ShouldReplaceModuleError(
+            "We do not support nn.GRU because its implementation uses special "
+            "modules. We have written a GRU class that is a drop-in replacement "
+            "which is compatible with our Grad Sample hooks. Please run the recommended "
+            "replacement!"
+        )
+    ]
+
+
+@register_module_fixer(nn.GRU)
+def fix(module: nn.GRU) -> DPGRU:
+    dpgru = DPGRU(
+        input_size=module.input_size,
+        hidden_size=module.hidden_size,
+        num_layers=module.num_layers,
+        bias=module.bias,
+        batch_first=module.batch_first,
+        dropout=module.dropout,
+        bidirectional=module.bidirectional,
+        proj_size=module.proj_size,
+    )
+    dpgru.load_state_dict(module.state_dict())
+    return dpgru