diff --git a/autograd/numpy/numpy_vjps.py b/autograd/numpy/numpy_vjps.py
index 8ae357a6..f07e31be 100644
--- a/autograd/numpy/numpy_vjps.py
+++ b/autograd/numpy/numpy_vjps.py
@@ -973,3 +973,37 @@ def pad_vjp(ans, array, pad_width, mode, **kwargs):
 
 
 defvjp(anp.pad, pad_vjp)
+
+# ----- VJP for numpy.take -----
+
+
+@primitive
+def untake_along_axis(x, indices, shape, axis):
+    """Inverse of take along axis - scatters values back to original positions."""
+    if axis is None:
+        # When axis is None, take flattens the array
+        result = onp.zeros(shape, dtype=x.dtype).ravel()
+        onp.add.at(result, indices, x)
+        return result.reshape(shape)
+    else:
+        # Handle negative axis
+        if axis < 0:
+            axis = len(shape) + axis
+        result = onp.zeros(shape, dtype=x.dtype)
+        # Create index tuple for add.at
+        idx = [slice(None)] * len(shape)
+        idx[axis] = indices
+        onp.add.at(result, tuple(idx), x)
+        return result
+
+
+def grad_take(ans, a, indices, axis=None, out=None, mode="raise"):
+    shape = anp.shape(a)
+
+    def vjp(g):
+        return untake_along_axis(g, indices, shape, axis)
+
+    return vjp
+
+
+defvjp(anp.take, grad_take)