diff --git a/include/lapack_svd/lapack_svd.h b/include/lapack_svd/lapack_svd.h
index ea508b8..15d092b 100644
--- a/include/lapack_svd/lapack_svd.h
+++ b/include/lapack_svd/lapack_svd.h
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ class LapackSvd
     const Eigen::MatrixXd& matrixV() const;
     const Eigen::VectorXd& singularValues() const;
     
+    const Eigen::Index rank() const;
+    void setThreshold(const double& th);
+    void solve(const Eigen::VectorXd& b, Eigen::VectorXd& x);
+    
+    static constexpr double DEFAULT_SVD_THRESHOLD = 1.0e-3;
+    
 private:
     
     void allocate_workspace();
@@ -36,6 +42,9 @@ class LapackSvd
     Eigen::VectorXd _sv;
     Eigen::MatrixXd _U, _V;
     Eigen::MatrixXd _A;
+    
+    Eigen::VectorXd _tmp, _tmp2;
+    double _threshold;
 };
 
 
@@ -44,14 +53,16 @@ class LapackSvd
 
 inline LapackSvd::LapackSvd():
     _rows(-1),
-    _cols(-1)
+    _cols(-1),
+    _threshold(DEFAULT_SVD_THRESHOLD)
 {
 
 }
 
 inline LapackSvd::LapackSvd(int n, int m):
     _rows(n),
-    _cols(m)
+    _cols(m),
+    _threshold(DEFAULT_SVD_THRESHOLD)
 {
     allocate_workspace();
 }
@@ -69,6 +80,9 @@ inline void LapackSvd::allocate_workspace()
     _V.setZero(_cols, _cols);
     _A.setZero(_rows, _cols);
     
+    _tmp.setZero(_rows);
+    _tmp2.setZero(_rows);
+    
     
     double work_size = -1;
     int lwork = -1;
@@ -166,5 +180,35 @@ inline const Eigen::VectorXd& LapackSvd::singularValues() const
     return _sv;
 }
 
+inline const Eigen::Index LapackSvd::rank() const
+{
+    if(_sv.size()==0) return 0;
+    double premultiplied_threshold = _sv.coeff(0) * _threshold;
+    Eigen::Index i = _sv.size() - 1;
+    while(i>=0 && _sv.coeff(i) < premultiplied_threshold) 
+        --i;
+    return i+1;
+}
+
+inline void LapackSvd::setThreshold(const double& th)
+{
+    _threshold = th;
+}
+
+inline void LapackSvd::solve(const Eigen::VectorXd& b, Eigen::VectorXd& x)
+{
+    if( _A.rows() != b.rows() || _A.cols() != x.rows() )
+    {
+        throw std::invalid_argument("_A.rows() != b.rows() || A.cols() != x.rows()");
+    }
+    
+    // A = U S V^*
+    // So A^{-1} = V S^{-1} U^*
+    // Ax = b --> x = A^{-1} * b
+    Eigen::Index l_rank = rank();
+    _tmp.noalias() =  matrixU().leftCols(l_rank).adjoint() * b;
+    _tmp2.noalias() = singularValues().head(l_rank).asDiagonal().inverse() * _tmp;
+    x.noalias() = matrixV().leftCols(l_rank) * _tmp2;
+}
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif
diff --git a/tests/TestSvd.cpp b/tests/TestSvd.cpp
index 691f341..c3adb83 100644
--- a/tests/TestSvd.cpp
+++ b/tests/TestSvd.cpp
@@ -174,6 +174,60 @@ TEST_F(TestSvd, checkMalloc)
     
 };
 
+TEST_F(TestSvd, checkVsEigenRank)
+{
+    const int n = 7, m = 3;
+    
+    Eigen::MatrixXd K(n, m);
+    LapackSvd svd(K.rows(), K.cols());
+    
+    for(int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
+    {
+    
+        K.setRandom(n, m);
+        K.col(1) = K.col(2);
+        
+        ASSERT_TRUE(svd.compute(K));
+        
+        std::cout << "************\n" << svd.singularValues().transpose() << "\n" << std::endl;
+        std::cout << "Rank = " << svd.rank() << "\n" << std::endl;
+        
+        Eigen::JacobiSVD<Eigen::MatrixXd> eig_svd(K, Eigen::ComputeFullU|Eigen::ComputeFullV);
+        
+        ASSERT_EQ(eig_svd.rank(), svd.rank());
+    }
+    
+};
+
+TEST_F(TestSvd, checkVsEigenSolve)
+{
+    const int n = 7, m = 3;
+    
+    Eigen::MatrixXd K(n, m);
+    Eigen::VectorXd b(n);
+    Eigen::VectorXd x(m);
+    LapackSvd svd(K.rows(), K.cols());
+    
+    for(int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
+    {
+    
+        K.setRandom(n, m);
+        b.setRandom(n);
+        
+        ASSERT_TRUE(svd.compute(K));
+        
+        Eigen::JacobiSVD<Eigen::MatrixXd> eig_svd(K, Eigen::ComputeFullU|Eigen::ComputeFullV);
+        
+        svd.solve(b,x);
+        std::cout << "************\nLapack SVD: " << x << "\n" << std::endl;
+        std::cout << "************\nEigen SVD: " << eig_svd.solve(b) << "\n" << std::endl;
+        
+        EXPECT_NEAR( (eig_svd.solve(b) - x).norm(), 0.0, 1e-6 );
+    }
+    
+};
+
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
   return RUN_ALL_TESTS();