diff --git a/jax/_src/scipy/special.py b/jax/_src/scipy/special.py
index a24736ccfec0..d5c99b6e3b4f 100644
--- a/jax/_src/scipy/special.py
+++ b/jax/_src/scipy/special.py
@@ -2637,6 +2637,260 @@ def hyp1f1(a: ArrayLike, b: ArrayLike, x: ArrayLike) -> Array:
 )
 
 
+def _hyp2f1_terminal(a, b, c, x):
+  """
+  The Taylor series representation of the 2F1 hypergeometric function
+  terminates when either a or b is a non-positive integer. See Eq. 4.1 and
+  Taylor Series Method (a) from PEARSON, OLVER & PORTER 2014
+  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1407.7786
+  """
+  # Ensure that between a and b, the negative integer parameter with the greater
+  # absolute value - that still has a magnitude less than the absolute value of
+  # c if c is non-positive - is used for the upper limit in the loop.
+  eps = jnp.finfo(x.dtype).eps * 50
+  ib = jnp.round(b)
+  mask = jnp.logical_and(
+      b < a,
+      jnp.logical_and(
+        jnp.abs(b - ib) < eps,
+        jnp.logical_not(
+          jnp.logical_and(
+            c % 1 == 0,
+            jnp.logical_and(
+              c <= 0,
+              c > b
+            )
+          )
+        )
+      )
+    )
+  orig_a = a
+  a = jnp.where(mask, b, a)
+  b = jnp.where(mask, orig_a, b)
+
+  a = jnp.abs(a)
+
+  def body(i, state):
+    serie, term = state
+
+    term *= -(a - i + 1) / (c + i - 1) * (b + i - 1) / i * x
+    serie += term
+
+    return serie, term
+
+  init = (jnp.array(1, dtype=x.dtype), jnp.array(1, dtype=x.dtype))
+
+  return lax.fori_loop(jnp.array(1, dtype=a.dtype),
+                       a + 1,
+                       body,
+                       init)[0]
+
+
+def _hyp2f1_serie(a, b, c, x):
+  """
+  Compute the 2F1 hypergeometric function using the Taylor expansion.
+  See Eq. 4.1 from PEARSON, OLVER & PORTER 2014
+  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1407.7786
+  """
+  rtol = jnp.finfo(x.dtype).eps
+
+  def body(state):
+    serie, k, term = state
+
+    serie += term
+    term *= (a + k - 1) * (b + k - 1) / (c + k - 1) / k * x
+    k += 1
+
+    return serie, k, term
+
+  def cond(state):
+    serie, k, term = state
+
+    return (k < 250) & (lax.abs(term) > rtol * lax.abs(serie))
+
+  init = (jnp.array(0, dtype=x.dtype),
+          jnp.array(1, dtype=x.dtype),
+          jnp.array(1, dtype=x.dtype))
+
+  return lax.while_loop(cond, body, init)[0]
+
+
+def _hyp2f1_terminal_or_serie(a, b, c, x):
+  """
+  Check for recurrence relations along with whether or not the series
+  terminates. True recursion is not possible; however, the recurrence
+  relation may still be approximated.
+  See 4.6.1. Recurrence Relations from PEARSON, OLVER & PORTER 2014
+  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1407.7786
+  """
+  eps = jnp.finfo(x.dtype).eps * 50
+
+  d = c - a - b
+
+  ia = jnp.round(a)
+  ib = jnp.round(b)
+  id = jnp.round(d)
+
+  neg_int_a = jnp.logical_and(a <= 0, jnp.abs(a - ia) < eps)
+  neg_int_b = jnp.logical_and(b <= 0, jnp.abs(b - ib) < eps)
+  neg_int_a_or_b = jnp.logical_or(neg_int_a, neg_int_b)
+  not_neg_int_a_or_b = jnp.logical_not(neg_int_a_or_b)
+
+  index = jnp.where(jnp.logical_and(x > 0.9, not_neg_int_a_or_b),
+        jnp.where(jnp.abs(d - id) >= eps, 0, 1),
+        jnp.where(neg_int_a_or_b, 2, 0))
+
+  return lax.select_n(index,
+                      _hyp2f1_serie(a, b, c, x),
+                      _hyp2f1_digamma_transform(a, b, c, x),
+                      _hyp2f1_terminal(a, b, c, x))
+
+
+def _hyp2f1_digamma_transform(a, b, c, x):
+  """
+  Digamma transformation of the 2F1 hypergeometric function.
+  See AMS55 #15.3.10, #15.3.11, #15.3.12
+  """
+  rtol = jnp.finfo(x.dtype).eps
+
+  d = c - a - b
+  s = 1 - x
+  rd = jnp.round(d)
+
+  e = jnp.where(rd >= 0, d, -d)
+  d1 = jnp.where(rd >= 0, d, jnp.array(0, dtype=d.dtype))
+  d2 = jnp.where(rd >= 0, jnp.array(0, dtype=d.dtype), d)
+  ard = jnp.where(rd >= 0, rd, -rd).astype('int32')
+
+  ax = jnp.log(s)
+
+  y = digamma(1.0) + digamma(1.0 + e) - digamma(a + d1) - digamma(b + d1) - ax
+  y /= gamma(e + 1.0)
+
+  p = (a + d1) * (b + d1) * s / gamma(e + 2.0)
+
+  def cond(state):
+    _, _, _, _, _, _, q, _, _, t, y = state
+
+    return jnp.logical_and(
+      t < 250,
+      jnp.abs(q) >= rtol * jnp.abs(y)
+    )
+
+  def body(state):
+    a, ax, b, d1, e, p, q, r, s, t, y = state
+
+    r = digamma(1.0 + t) + digamma(1.0 + t + e) - digamma(a + t + d1) \
+        - digamma(b + t + d1) - ax
+    q = p * r
+    y += q
+    p *= s * (a + t + d1) / (t + 1.0)
+    p *= (b + t + d1) / (t + 1.0 + e)
+    t += 1.0
+
+    return a, ax, b, d1, e, p, q, r, s, t, y
+
+  init = (a, ax, b, d1, e, p, y, jnp.array(0, dtype=x.dtype), s,
+          jnp.array(1, dtype=x.dtype), y)
+  _, _, _, _, _, _, q, r, _, _, y = lax.while_loop(cond, body, init)
+
+  def compute_sum(y):
+    y1 = jnp.array(1, dtype=x.dtype)
+    t = jnp.array(0, dtype=x.dtype)
+    p = jnp.array(1, dtype=x.dtype)
+
+    def for_body(i, state):
+      a, b, d2, e, p, s, t, y1 = state
+
+      r = 1.0 - e + t
+      p *= s * (a + t + d2) * (b + t + d2) / r
+      t += 1.0
+      p /= t
+      y1 += p
+
+      return a, b, d2, e, p, s, t, y1
+
+    init_val = a, b, d2, e, p, s, t, y1
+    y1 = lax.fori_loop(1, ard, for_body, init_val)[-1]
+
+    p = gamma(c)
+    y1 *= gamma(e) * p / (gamma(a + d1) * gamma(b + d1))
+    y *= p / (gamma(a + d2) * gamma(b + d2))
+
+    y = jnp.where((ard & 1) != 0, -y, y)
+    q = s ** rd
+
+    return jnp.where(rd > 0, y * q + y1, y + y1 * q)
+
+  return jnp.where(
+    rd == 0,
+    y * gamma(c) / (gamma(a) * gamma(b)),
+    compute_sum(y)
+  )
+
+
+@jit
+@jnp.vectorize
+def hyp2f1(a: ArrayLike, b: ArrayLike, c: ArrayLike, x: ArrayLike) -> Array:
+  r"""The 2F1 hypergeometric function.
+
+  JAX implementation of :obj:`scipy.special.hyp2f1`.
+
+  .. math::
+
+     \mathrm{hyp2f1}(a, b, c, x) = {}_2F_1(a; b; c; x) = \sum_{k=0}^\infty \frac{(a)_k(b)_k}{(c)_k}\frac{x^k}{k!}
+
+  where :math:`(\cdot)_k` is the Pochammer symbol.
+
+  The JAX version only accepts positive and real inputs. Values of
+  ``a``, ``b``, ``c``, and ``x`` leading to high values of 2F1 may
+  lead to erroneous results; consider enabling double precision in this case.
+
+  Args:
+    a: arraylike, real-valued
+    b: arraylike, real-valued
+    c: arraylike, real-valued
+    x: arraylike, real-valued
+
+  Returns:
+    array of 2F1 values.
+  """
+  # This is backed by https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1407.7786
+  a, b, c, x = promote_args_inexact('hyp2f1', a, b, c, x)
+  eps = jnp.finfo(x.dtype).eps * 50
+
+  d = c - a - b
+  s = 1 - x
+  ca = c - a
+  cb = c - b
+
+  id = jnp.round(d)
+  ica = jnp.round(ca)
+  icb = jnp.round(cb)
+
+  neg_int_ca = jnp.logical_and(ca <= 0, jnp.abs(ca - ica) < eps)
+  neg_int_cb = jnp.logical_and(cb <= 0, jnp.abs(cb - icb) < eps)
+  neg_int_ca_or_cb = jnp.logical_or(neg_int_ca, neg_int_cb)
+
+  index = jnp.where(jnp.logical_or(x == 0, jnp.logical_and(jnp.logical_or(a == 0, b == 0), c != 0)), 0,
+            jnp.where(jnp.logical_or(c == 0, jnp.logical_and(c < 0, c % 1 == 0)), 1,
+              jnp.where(jnp.logical_and(d <= -1, jnp.logical_not(jnp.logical_and(jnp.abs(d - id) >= eps, s < 0))), 2,
+                jnp.where(jnp.logical_and(d <= 0, x == 1), 1,
+                  jnp.where(jnp.logical_and(x < 1, b == c), 3,
+                    jnp.where(jnp.logical_and(x < 1, a == c), 4,
+                      jnp.where(x > 1, 1,
+                        jnp.where(x == 1, 5, 6))))))))
+
+  return lax.select_n(index,
+                      jnp.array(1, dtype=x.dtype),
+                      jnp.array(jnp.inf, dtype=x.dtype),
+                      s ** d * _hyp2f1_terminal_or_serie(ca, cb, c, x),
+                      s ** (-a),
+                      s ** (-b),
+                      gamma(c) * gamma(d) / (gamma(ca) * gamma(cb)),
+                      _hyp2f1_terminal_or_serie(a, b, c, x))
+
+
 def softmax(x: ArrayLike,
             /,
             *,
diff --git a/jax/scipy/special.py b/jax/scipy/special.py
index 2ffc65a1abe1..e1330d4b6cf3 100644
--- a/jax/scipy/special.py
+++ b/jax/scipy/special.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
   gammaln as gammaln,
   gammasgn as gammasgn,
   hyp1f1 as hyp1f1,
+  hyp2f1 as hyp2f1,
   i0 as i0,
   i0e as i0e,
   i1 as i1,
diff --git a/tests/lax_scipy_special_functions_test.py b/tests/lax_scipy_special_functions_test.py
index 4b3945a84453..e02581626a53 100644
--- a/tests/lax_scipy_special_functions_test.py
+++ b/tests/lax_scipy_special_functions_test.py
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ def op_record(name, nargs, dtypes, rng_factory, test_grad, nondiff_argnums=(), t
         "hyp1f1", 3, float_dtypes,
         functools.partial(jtu.rand_uniform, low=0.5, high=30), True
     ),
+    op_record(
+        "hyp2f1", 4, float_dtypes,
+        functools.partial(jtu.rand_uniform, low=0.5, high=30), False
+    ),
     op_record("log_softmax", 1, float_dtypes, jtu.rand_default, True),
     op_record("softmax", 1, float_dtypes, jtu.rand_default, True),
 ]
@@ -354,5 +358,18 @@ def testBetaIncBoundaryValues(self):
     self._CheckAgainstNumpy(osp_special.betainc, lsp_special.betainc, args_maker, rtol=rtol)
     self._CompileAndCheck(lsp_special.betainc, args_maker, rtol=rtol)
 
+  def testHyp2f1SpecialCases(self):
+    dtype = jax.dtypes.canonicalize_dtype(float)
+
+    a_samples = np.array([0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 5, 5, 0.245, 0.45, 0.45, 2, 0.4, 0.32, 4, 4], dtype=dtype)
+    b_samples = np.array([1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 0.7, 0.7, 1, 0.7, 0.76, 2, 3], dtype=dtype)
+    c_samples = np.array([1, 1, 0, 1, -1, 3, 3, 3, 0.45, 0.45, 5, 0.3, 0.11, 7, 7], dtype=dtype)
+    x_samples = np.array([1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0.5, 1, 0.35, 0.35, 1.5, 1, 0.4, 0.95, 0.95, 0.95], dtype=dtype)
+
+    args_maker = lambda: (a_samples, b_samples, c_samples, x_samples)
+    rtol = 1E-3 if jtu.test_device_matches(["tpu"]) else 5e-5
+    self._CheckAgainstNumpy(osp_special.hyp2f1, lsp_special.hyp2f1, args_maker, rtol=rtol)
+    self._CompileAndCheck(lsp_special.hyp2f1, args_maker, rtol=rtol)
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   absltest.main(testLoader=jtu.JaxTestLoader())