diff --git a/deepxde/nn/activations.py b/deepxde/nn/activations.py
index 382946861..5dc977089 100644
--- a/deepxde/nn/activations.py
+++ b/deepxde/nn/activations.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from .. import backend as bkd
 from .. import config
+from .. import utils
 from ..backend import backend_name, tf
 
 
@@ -26,10 +27,12 @@ def layer_wise_locally_adaptive(activation, n=1):
         <https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2020.0334>`_.
     """
     # TODO: other backends
-    if backend_name != "tensorflow.compat.v1":
-        raise NotImplementedError("Only tensorflow.compat.v1 backend supports L-LAAF.")
-    a = tf.Variable(1 / n, dtype=config.real(tf))
-    return lambda x: activation(n * a * x)
+    if backend_name == "tensorflow.compat.v1":
+        a = tf.Variable(1 / n, dtype=config.real(tf))
+        return lambda x: activation(n * a * x)
+    if backend_name == "pytorch":
+        return utils.LLAAF(activation, n)
+    raise NotImplementedError(f"L-LAAF is not implemented for {backend_name} backend.")
 
 
 def get(identifier):
diff --git a/deepxde/utils/pytorch.py b/deepxde/utils/pytorch.py
index 7c9c087df..194f7b42f 100644
--- a/deepxde/utils/pytorch.py
+++ b/deepxde/utils/pytorch.py
@@ -1 +1,37 @@
 """Utilities of pytorch."""
+
+import torch
+
+
+class LLAAF(torch.nn.Module):
+    """Pytorch implementation of layer-wise locally adaptive
+    activation functions (L-LAAF).
+
+    Args:
+        activation: The activation function to use.
+        n: The scaling factor.
+
+    Examples:
+
+    To define a L-LAAF ReLU with the scaling factor ``n = 10``:
+
+    .. code-block:: python
+
+        n = 10
+        llaaf = LLAAF(torch.relu, n)
+
+    References:
+        `A. D. Jagtap, K. Kawaguchi, & G. E. Karniadakis. Locally adaptive activation
+        functions with slope recovery for deep and physics-informed neural networks.
+        Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 476(2239), 20200334, 2020
+        <https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2020.0334>`_.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, activation, n):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.activation = activation
+        self.n = n
+        self.a = torch.nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(1.0 / n))
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        return self.activation(self.n * self.a * x)