diff --git a/test/minmax_test.cc b/test/minmax_test.cc
index e51c9fd48..e5c93ed7d 100644
--- a/test/minmax_test.cc
+++ b/test/minmax_test.cc
@@ -127,4 +127,9 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(NEON, MinMaxTest,
                         ::testing::Values(&vpx_minmax_8x8_neon));
 #endif
 
+#if HAVE_MSA
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(MSA, MinMaxTest,
+                        ::testing::Values(&vpx_minmax_8x8_msa));
+#endif
+
 }  // namespace
diff --git a/vpx_dsp/mips/avg_msa.c b/vpx_dsp/mips/avg_msa.c
index e8b5fc059..48b841969 100644
--- a/vpx_dsp/mips/avg_msa.c
+++ b/vpx_dsp/mips/avg_msa.c
@@ -677,3 +677,50 @@ int vpx_vector_var_msa(const int16_t *ref, const int16_t *src, const int bwl) {
 
   return var;
 }
+
+void vpx_minmax_8x8_msa(const uint8_t *s, int p, const uint8_t *d, int dp,
+                        int *min, int *max) {
+  v16u8 s0, s1, s2, s3, s4, s5, s6, s7, d0, d1, d2, d3, d4, d5, d6, d7;
+  v16u8 diff0, diff1, diff2, diff3, min0, min1, max0, max1;
+
+  LD_UB8(s, p, s0, s1, s2, s3, s4, s5, s6, s7);
+  LD_UB8(d, dp, d0, d1, d2, d3, d4, d5, d6, d7);
+  PCKEV_D4_UB(s1, s0, s3, s2, s5, s4, s7, s6, s0, s1, s2, s3);
+  PCKEV_D4_UB(d1, d0, d3, d2, d5, d4, d7, d6, d0, d1, d2, d3);
+
+  diff0 = __msa_asub_u_b(s0, d0);
+  diff1 = __msa_asub_u_b(s1, d1);
+  diff2 = __msa_asub_u_b(s2, d2);
+  diff3 = __msa_asub_u_b(s3, d3);
+
+  min0 = __msa_min_u_b(diff0, diff1);
+  min1 = __msa_min_u_b(diff2, diff3);
+  min0 = __msa_min_u_b(min0, min1);
+
+  max0 = __msa_max_u_b(diff0, diff1);
+  max1 = __msa_max_u_b(diff2, diff3);
+  max0 = __msa_max_u_b(max0, max1);
+
+  min1 = (v16u8)__msa_sldi_b((v16i8)min1, (v16i8)min0, 8);
+  min0 = __msa_min_u_b(min0, min1);
+  max1 = (v16u8)__msa_sldi_b((v16i8)max1, (v16i8)max0, 8);
+  max0 = __msa_max_u_b(max0, max1);
+
+  min1 = (v16u8)__msa_sldi_b((v16i8)min1, (v16i8)min0, 4);
+  min0 = __msa_min_u_b(min0, min1);
+  max1 = (v16u8)__msa_sldi_b((v16i8)max1, (v16i8)max0, 4);
+  max0 = __msa_max_u_b(max0, max1);
+
+  min1 = (v16u8)__msa_sldi_b((v16i8)min1, (v16i8)min0, 2);
+  min0 = __msa_min_u_b(min0, min1);
+  max1 = (v16u8)__msa_sldi_b((v16i8)max1, (v16i8)max0, 2);
+  max0 = __msa_max_u_b(max0, max1);
+
+  min1 = (v16u8)__msa_sldi_b((v16i8)min1, (v16i8)min0, 1);
+  min0 = __msa_min_u_b(min0, min1);
+  max1 = (v16u8)__msa_sldi_b((v16i8)max1, (v16i8)max0, 1);
+  max0 = __msa_max_u_b(max0, max1);
+
+  *min = min0[0];
+  *max = max0[0];
+}
diff --git a/vpx_dsp/vpx_dsp_rtcd_defs.pl b/vpx_dsp/vpx_dsp_rtcd_defs.pl
index dc1bbba17..e7f4010de 100644
--- a/vpx_dsp/vpx_dsp_rtcd_defs.pl
+++ b/vpx_dsp/vpx_dsp_rtcd_defs.pl
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ if (vpx_config("CONFIG_VP9_ENCODER") eq "yes") {
   specialize qw/vpx_avg_4x4 sse2 neon msa/;
 
   add_proto qw/void vpx_minmax_8x8/, "const uint8_t *s, int p, const uint8_t *d, int dp, int *min, int *max";
-  specialize qw/vpx_minmax_8x8 sse2 neon/;
+  specialize qw/vpx_minmax_8x8 sse2 neon msa/;
 
   add_proto qw/void vpx_hadamard_8x8/, "const int16_t *src_diff, int src_stride, int16_t *coeff";
   specialize qw/vpx_hadamard_8x8 sse2 neon msa/, "$ssse3_x86_64";