diff --git a/changelog/685.feature.rst b/changelog/685.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f829a574b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/685.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Enable rtruediv on`~ndcube.NDCube` such that a user can now do 1/`~ndcube.NDCube`.
diff --git a/ndcube/ndcube.py b/ndcube/ndcube.py
index 93bdf5659..ee730dff5 100644
--- a/ndcube/ndcube.py
+++ b/ndcube/ndcube.py
@@ -948,6 +948,9 @@ def __rmul__(self, value):
     def __truediv__(self, value):
         return self.__mul__(1/value)
 
+    def __rtruediv__(self, value):
+        return self.__pow__(-1).__mul__(value)
+
     def __pow__(self, value):
         new_data = self.data ** value
         new_unit = self.unit if self.unit is None else self.unit ** value
diff --git a/ndcube/tests/test_ndcube.py b/ndcube/tests/test_ndcube.py
index eb08bd07c..dff3761ec 100644
--- a/ndcube/tests/test_ndcube.py
+++ b/ndcube/tests/test_ndcube.py
@@ -1101,6 +1101,20 @@ def test_cube_arithmetic_divide(ndcube_2d_ln_lt_units, value):
     new_cube = ndcube_2d_ln_lt_units / value
     check_arithmetic_value_and_units(new_cube, cube_quantity / value)
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('value', [1, 2, -1])
+def test_cube_arithmetic_rdivide(ndcube_2d_ln_lt_units, value):
+    cube_quantity = u.Quantity(ndcube_2d_ln_lt_units.data, ndcube_2d_ln_lt_units.unit)
+    with np.errstate(divide='ignore'):
+        new_cube =  value / ndcube_2d_ln_lt_units
+        check_arithmetic_value_and_units(new_cube,  value / cube_quantity)
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('value', [1, 2, -1])
+def test_cube_arithmetic_rdivide_uncertainty(ndcube_4d_unit_uncertainty, value):
+    cube_quantity = u.Quantity(ndcube_4d_unit_uncertainty.data, ndcube_4d_unit_uncertainty.unit)
+    with pytest.warns(UserWarning, match="UnknownUncertainty does not support uncertainty propagation with correlation. Setting uncertainties to None."):
+        with np.errstate(divide='ignore'):
+            new_cube =  value / ndcube_4d_unit_uncertainty
+            check_arithmetic_value_and_units(new_cube,  value / cube_quantity)
 
 def test_cube_arithmetic_neg(ndcube_2d_ln_lt_units):
     check_arithmetic_value_and_units(