diff --git a/source/MaterialXGenMdl/mdl/materialx/pbrlib.mdl b/source/MaterialXGenMdl/mdl/materialx/pbrlib.mdl
index f218f520d3..baf5d3c132 100644
--- a/source/MaterialXGenMdl/mdl/materialx/pbrlib.mdl
+++ b/source/MaterialXGenMdl/mdl/materialx/pbrlib.mdl
@@ -276,8 +276,42 @@ export material mx_subsurface_bsdf(
 ) [[ 
     anno::usage( "materialx:bsdf") 
 ]]
-// TODO: add proper implementation
-= material();
+= let {
+    // https://blog.selfshadow.com/publications/s2017-shading-course/imageworks/s2017_pbs_imageworks_slides_v2.pdf
+    // Phase function eccentricity 'g' has been omitted here since we pass that directly 
+    // to anisotropic_vdf(directional_bias: g).    
+    color albedo = color(4.09712) +
+           (4.20863f * mxp_color) -
+           math::sqrt(
+               9.59217f +
+               41.6808f * mxp_color +
+               17.7126f * mxp_color * mxp_color);
+
+    color albedo_sq = albedo * albedo;
+
+    color white = color(1.0, 1.0, 1.0);
+
+    color alpha = 
+        (white - albedo_sq) / (white - mxp_anisotropy * albedo_sq);
+
+    color radius_inv = white/mxp_radius;
+
+    color sigma_s = alpha * radius_inv;
+    color sigma_a = radius_inv - sigma_s;
+
+} in material(
+    volume: material_volume(
+        scattering: df::anisotropic_vdf (
+            directional_bias: mxp_anisotropy
+        ),
+        scattering_coefficient: sigma_s,
+        absorption_coefficient: sigma_a
+    ), 
+
+    surface: material_surface(
+        scattering: df::diffuse_transmission_bsdf(tint: white)
+    )
+);
 
 // TODO: MDL's sheen BSDF has no possibility to configure the base BSDF, it is
 //       always a diffuse BSDF. Its color is configurable through the multiscatter