diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ea637846..bb264cd1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ ENDIF(RTABMAP_GUI OR rviz_FOUND)
 ## Uncomment this if the package has a setup.py. This macro ensures
 ## modules and global scripts declared therein get installed
 ## See http://ros.org/doc/api/catkin/html/user_guide/setup_dot_py.html
-# catkin_python_setup()
+catkin_python_setup()
 
 #######################################
 ## Declare ROS messages and services ##
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ catkin_install_python(PROGRAMS
   scripts/point_to_tf.py
   scripts/transform_to_tf.py
   scripts/yaml_to_camera_info.py
+  scripts/netvlad_tf_ros.py
   scripts/wifi_signal_pub.py
   DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_BIN_DESTINATION}
 )
diff --git a/python/rtabmap_ros/__init__.py b/python/rtabmap_ros/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..139597f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/rtabmap_ros/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+
diff --git a/python/rtabmap_ros/compression.py b/python/rtabmap_ros/compression.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..140f7f6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/rtabmap_ros/compression.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+
+import zlib
+import struct
+import numpy as np
+
+def compress(data):
+    assert data.ndim == 1 or data.ndim == 2
+
+    dim1 = 1
+    if data.ndim == 1:
+        dim1 = 1
+        dim2 = len(data)
+    else:
+        dim1 = data.shape[0]
+        dim2 = data.shape[1]
+
+    numpy_type_to_cvtype = {'uint8': 0, 'int8': 1, 'uint16': 2,
+                            'int16': 3, 'int32': 4, 'float32': 5,
+                            'float64': 6}
+
+    compressed_data = bytearray(zlib.compress(data.tobytes()))
+    compressed_data.extend(struct.pack("iii", dim1, dim2, numpy_type_to_cvtype[data.dtype.name]))
+
+    return compressed_data
+
+def uncompress(bytes):
+    cvtype_to_numpy_type = {0: 'uint8', 1: 'int8', 2: 'uint16',
+                            3: 'int16', 4: 'int32', 5: 'float32',
+                            6: 'float64'}
+    out = zlib.decompress(bytes[:len(bytes)-3*4])
+    rows, cols, datatype = struct.unpack_from("iii", bytes, offset=len(bytes)-3*4)
+    data = np.frombuffer(out, dtype=cvtype_to_numpy_type[datatype])
+    return data.reshape((rows, cols))
+
diff --git a/scripts/netvlad_tf_ros.py b/scripts/netvlad_tf_ros.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..1a079b73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/netvlad_tf_ros.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Using netvlad tensorflow-v1 implementation from https://github.com/uzh-rpg/netvlad_tf_open/
+# For ROS melodic, follow the following instructions to rebuild cv_bridge with Python3
+# https://medium.com/@beta_b0t/how-to-setup-ros-with-python-3-44a69ca36674
+# On Jetpack 4.4 (18.04 and OpenCV4), use vision_opencv's noetic branch. In cv_bridge/CMakeLists.txt,
+# apply this patch:
+#   -find_package(Boost REQUIRED python37)
+#   +find_package(Boost REQUIRED python3)
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import roslib
+import sys
+import rospy
+import cv2
+import numpy as np
+import tensorflow as tf
+import time
+
+import netvlad_tf.net_from_mat as nfm
+import netvlad_tf.nets as nets
+
+from std_msgs.msg import String
+from sensor_msgs.msg import Image
+from cv_bridge import CvBridge, CvBridgeError
+from rtabmap_ros import compression as cp
+from rtabmap_ros.msg import GlobalDescriptor
+
+class netvlad_ros:
+
+  def __init__(self):
+
+    self.dim = rospy.get_param('~dim', 4096)
+    self.scale = rospy.get_param('~scale', 1.0)
+    rospy.loginfo("Parameter dim=%d", self.dim)
+    rospy.loginfo("Parameter scale=%d", self.scale)
+
+    tf.reset_default_graph()
+
+    self.image_batch = tf.placeholder(
+        dtype=tf.float32, shape=[None, None, None, 3])
+
+    self.net_out = nets.vgg16NetvladPca(self.image_batch)
+    self.saver = tf.train.Saver()
+
+    self.sess = tf.Session()
+    self.saver.restore(self.sess, nets.defaultCheckpoint())
+
+    self.pub = rospy.Publisher('netvlad_descriptor', GlobalDescriptor, queue_size=1)  
+
+    self.bridge = CvBridge()
+    self.image_sub = rospy.Subscriber("image",Image,self.callback, queue_size=1)
+
+  def callback(self,data):
+    start = time.time()
+    try:
+      cv_image = self.bridge.imgmsg_to_cv2(data, "rgb8")
+    except CvBridgeError as e:
+      print(e)
+
+    if self.scale != 1.0:
+      width = int(cv_image.shape[1] * self.scale)
+      height = int(cv_image.shape[0] * self.scale)
+      cv_image = cv2.resize(cv_image, (width, height), interpolation = cv2.INTER_AREA)
+
+    batch = np.expand_dims(cv_image, axis=0)
+    result = self.sess.run(self.net_out, feed_dict={self.image_batch: batch})
+    result = result[:,:self.dim]
+
+    descriptor = GlobalDescriptor()
+    descriptor.type = 0
+    descriptor.header = data.header
+    descriptor.data = cp.compress(result)
+    self.pub.publish(descriptor)
+    end = time.time()
+    rospy.loginfo("Extracting descriptor (img=%dx%d, dim=%d): %fs", cv_image.shape[1], cv_image.shape[0], self.dim, end-start)
+
+def main(args):
+  rospy.init_node('netvlad', anonymous=True)
+  n = netvlad_ros()
+  try:
+    rospy.spin()
+  except KeyboardInterrupt:
+    print("Shutting down")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main(sys.argv)
+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7279001b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+from setuptools import setup
+from catkin_pkg.python_setup import generate_distutils_setup
+
+d = generate_distutils_setup()
+
+d['packages'] = ['rtabmap_ros']
+d['package_dir'] = {'' : 'python'}
+
+setup(**d)