diff --git a/src/Approximations/Approximations.jl b/src/Approximations/Approximations.jl
index e4828f5930..a03bfdf985 100644
--- a/src/Approximations/Approximations.jl
+++ b/src/Approximations/Approximations.jl
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ include("box_approximations.jl")
 include("template_directions.jl")
 include("overapproximate.jl")
 include("underapproximate.jl")
+include("approximate.jl")
 include("decompositions.jl")
 include("distance.jl")
 include("hausdorff_distance.jl")
diff --git a/src/Approximations/approximate.jl b/src/Approximations/approximate.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50e4fb2cf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Approximations/approximate.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+"""
+    approximate(R::Rectification; apply_convex_hull::Bool=false)
+
+Approximate a rectification of a polytopic set with a convex polytope.
+
+### Input
+
+- `R`                 -- rectification
+- `apply_convex_hull` -- (optional; default: `false`) option to remove redundant
+                         vertices
+
+### Output
+
+A polytope in vertex representation.
+There is no guarantee that the result over- or underapproximates `R`.
+
+### Algorithm
+
+Let ``X`` be the set that is rectified.
+We compute the vertices of ``X``, rectify them, and return the convex hull of
+the result.
+
+### Notes
+
+Let ``X`` be the set that is rectified and let ``p`` and ``q`` be two vertices
+on a facet of ``X``.
+Intuitively, an approximation may occur if the line segment connecting these
+vertices crosses a coordinate hyperplane and if the line segment connecting the
+rectified vertices has a different angle.
+
+As a corollary, the approximation is exact for the special cases that the
+original set is contained in either the positive or negative orthant or
+is axis-aligned.
+"""
+function approximate(R::Rectification; apply_convex_hull::Bool=false)
+    vlist = [rectify(v) for v in vertices_list(set(R))]
+    if apply_convex_hull
+        vlist = convex_hull(vlist)
+    end
+    T = dim(R) == 2 ? VPolygon : VPolytope
+    return T(vlist)
+end
diff --git a/test/unit_approximate.jl b/test/unit_approximate.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f69db3d9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit_approximate.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+for N in [Float64, Rational{Int}, Float32]
+    # approximate rectification by rectifying the vertices
+    # - exact approximation
+    X = Ball1(N[1, 1], N(1))
+    Y = approximate(Rectification(X))
+    @test isequivalent(Y, X)
+    # - underapproximation
+    X = Ball1(N[2, 2], N(3))
+    Y = approximate(Rectification(X))
+    Z = VPolygon([N[5, 2], N[2, 5], N[2, 0], N[0, 2]])
+    @test Y ⊆ Z && Z ⊆ Y
+    # - overapproximation
+    X = Ball1(N[-1, -1], N(2))
+    Y = approximate(Rectification(X))
+    Z = VPolygon([N[0, 0], N[0, 1], N[1, 0]])
+    @test Y ⊆ Z && Z ⊆ Y
+    # - neither over- nor underapproximation
+    X = VPolygon([N[3, 2], N[1, -1], N[-1, 2], N[-1, 4]])
+    Y = approximate(Rectification(X))
+    Z = VPolygon([N[3, 2], N[1, 0], N[0, 2], N[0, 4]])
+    @test Y ⊆ Z && Z ⊆ Y
+end