diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index c91a6973d16..f1dabc9d7a9 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ jobs:
             pip install --user --progress-bar off mypy
             pip install --user --progress-bar off types-requests
             pip install --user --progress-bar off --pre torch -f https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cpu/torch_nightly.html
+            pip install --user --progress-bar off git+https://github.com/pytorch/data.git
             pip install --user --progress-bar off --editable .
             mypy --config-file mypy.ini
 
diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml.in b/.circleci/config.yml.in
index 77b8a1468a3..c8dd8a5cbc7 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml.in
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml.in
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ jobs:
             pip install --user --progress-bar off mypy
             pip install --user --progress-bar off types-requests
             pip install --user --progress-bar off --pre torch -f https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cpu/torch_nightly.html
+            pip install --user --progress-bar off git+https://github.com/pytorch/data.git
             pip install --user --progress-bar off --editable .
             mypy --config-file mypy.ini
 
diff --git a/.circleci/unittest/linux/scripts/install.sh b/.circleci/unittest/linux/scripts/install.sh
index e9b9e80c077..2bf3684ead1 100755
--- a/.circleci/unittest/linux/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/.circleci/unittest/linux/scripts/install.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ fi
 printf "Installing PyTorch with %s\n" "${cudatoolkit}"
 conda install -y -c "pytorch-${UPLOAD_CHANNEL}" "pytorch-${UPLOAD_CHANNEL}"::pytorch "${cudatoolkit}" pytest
 
+printf "Installing torchdata from source"
+pip install git+https://github.com/pytorch/data.git
+
+
 if [ $PYTHON_VERSION == "3.6" ]; then
     printf "Installing minimal PILLOW version\n"
     # Install the minimal PILLOW version. Otherwise, let setup.py install the latest
diff --git a/.circleci/unittest/windows/scripts/install.sh b/.circleci/unittest/windows/scripts/install.sh
index e4756179371..49ef8224b59 100644
--- a/.circleci/unittest/windows/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/.circleci/unittest/windows/scripts/install.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ printf "Installing PyTorch with %s\n" "${cudatoolkit}"
 # conda-forge channel is required for cudatoolkit 11.1 on Windows, see https://github.com/pytorch/vision/issues/4458
 conda install -y -c "pytorch-${UPLOAD_CHANNEL}" -c conda-forge "pytorch-${UPLOAD_CHANNEL}"::pytorch "${cudatoolkit}" pytest
 
+printf "Installing torchdata from source"
+pip install git+https://github.com/pytorch/data.git
+
+
 if [ $PYTHON_VERSION == "3.6" ]; then
     printf "Installing minimal PILLOW version\n"
     # Install the minimal PILLOW version. Otherwise, let setup.py install the latest
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index de04d6d173e..dac60e11ce0 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -67,3 +67,7 @@ ignore_missing_imports = True
 [mypy-defusedxml.*]
 
 ignore_missing_imports = True
+
+[mypy-torchdata.*]
+
+ignore_missing_imports = True
diff --git a/torchvision/prototype/datasets/__init__.py b/torchvision/prototype/datasets/__init__.py
index 8661eb65cc5..6fa4d8dbc8f 100644
--- a/torchvision/prototype/datasets/__init__.py
+++ b/torchvision/prototype/datasets/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+try:
+    import torchdata
+except (ModuleNotFoundError, TypeError) as error:
+    raise ModuleNotFoundError(
+        "`torchvision.prototype.datasets` depends on PyTorch's `torchdata` (https://github.com/pytorch/data). "
+        "You can install it with `pip install git+https://github.com/pytorch/data.git`. "
+        "Note that you cannot install it with `pip install torchdata`, since this is another package."
+    ) from error
+
+
 from ._home import home
 from . import decoder, utils