diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/tan.glsl b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/tan.glsl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..876cd43ad08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/tan.glsl
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+#version 450 core
+
+#define PRECISION ${PRECISION}
+
+#define VEC4_T ${texel_load_type(DTYPE, STORAGE)}
+#define T ${buffer_scalar_type(DTYPE)}
+
+${define_active_storage_type(STORAGE)}
+
+#include "indexing_utils.h"
+
+${define_required_extensions(DTYPE)}
+
+layout(std430) buffer;
+
+${layout_declare_tensor(0, "w", "t_out", DTYPE, STORAGE)}
+${layout_declare_tensor(1, "r", "t_in", DTYPE, STORAGE)}
+$if STORAGE == "buffer":
+  ${layout_declare_ubo(2, "int", "numel")}
+$else:
+  ${layout_declare_ubo(2, "ivec3", "out_limits")}
+
+layout(local_size_x_id = 0, local_size_y_id = 1, local_size_z_id = 2) in;
+
+#include "activations.h"
+
+#ifdef USING_BUFFER
+
+void main() {
+  const int i = int(gl_GlobalInvocationID.x);
+  if (i >= numel) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  float in_val = float(t_in[i]);
+  t_out[i] = T(tan(in_val));
+}
+
+#else
+
+void main() {
+  const ivec3 pos = ivec3(gl_GlobalInvocationID);
+
+  if (any(greaterThanEqual(pos, out_limits))) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  VEC4_T in_texel = texelFetch(t_in, pos, 0);
+  imageStore(t_out, pos, VEC4_T(tan(in_texel)));
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/tan.yaml b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/tan.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad0755bfad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/tan.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+tan:
+  parameter_names_with_default_values:
+    DTYPE: float
+    STORAGE: texture3d
+  generate_variant_forall:
+    DTYPE:
+      - VALUE: half
+      - VALUE: float
+    STORAGE:
+      - VALUE: texture3d
+      - VALUE: buffer
+  shader_variants:
+    - NAME: tan
diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/impl/Tan.cpp b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/impl/Tan.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..89c4a4d408f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/impl/Tan.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+#include <executorch/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/OperatorRegistry.h>
+
+#include <executorch/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/impl/utils/TensorUtils.h>
+#include <executorch/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/utils/ShaderNameUtils.h>
+
+namespace vkcompute {
+
+using namespace utils;
+
+void resize_tan_node(
+    ComputeGraph* graph,
+    const std::vector<ArgGroup>& args,
+    const std::vector<ValueRef>& extra_args) {
+  (void)extra_args;
+  vTensorPtr out = graph->get_tensor(args[0].refs[0]);
+  vTensorPtr self = graph->get_tensor(args[1].refs[0]);
+
+  out->virtual_resize(self->sizes());
+}
+
+void add_tan_node(ComputeGraph& graph, const ValueRef in, const ValueRef out) {
+  std::string kernel_name = "tan";
+  add_dtype_suffix(kernel_name, graph.dtype_of(out));
+  add_storage_type_suffix(kernel_name, graph.storage_type_of(out));
+
+  vkapi::ParamsBindList ubos({});
+  ubos.append({graph.logical_limits_ubo(out)});
+
+  graph.execute_nodes().emplace_back(new DispatchNode(
+      graph,
+      VK_KERNEL_FROM_STR(kernel_name),
+      graph.create_global_wg_size(out),
+      graph.create_local_wg_size(out),
+      // Inputs and Outputs
+      {{out, vkapi::kWrite}, {in, vkapi::kRead}},
+      // Shader params buffers
+      ubos,
+      // Push Constants
+      {},
+      // Specialization Constants
+      {},
+      // Resize Args
+      {},
+      // Resizing Logic
+      resize_tan_node));
+}
+
+void tan(ComputeGraph& graph, const std::vector<ValueRef>& args) {
+  return add_tan_node(graph, args[0], args[1]);
+}
+
+REGISTER_OPERATORS {
+  VK_REGISTER_OP(aten.tan.default, tan);
+}
+
+} // namespace vkcompute
diff --git a/backends/vulkan/test/op_tests/cases.py b/backends/vulkan/test/op_tests/cases.py
index 4a12f16bbf9..f7abf5c2e9b 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/test/op_tests/cases.py
+++ b/backends/vulkan/test/op_tests/cases.py
@@ -1164,6 +1164,22 @@ def get_unary_ops_inputs():
     return test_suite
 
 
+# separate test suite from unary_ops for learning purposes
+@register_test_suite("aten.tan.default")
+def get_tan_inputs():
+    test_suite = VkTestSuite(
+        [
+            (M1,),
+            (M1, M2),
+            (S1, M1, M2),
+            (S1, S2, S2, M2),
+        ]
+    )
+    test_suite.storage_types = ["utils::kTexture3D", "utils::kBuffer"]
+    test_suite.dtypes = ["at::kFloat", "at::kHalf"]
+    return test_suite
+
+
 @register_test_suite("aten._native_batch_norm_legit_no_training.default")
 def get_native_batch_norm_inputs():
     Test = namedtuple(