diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index ed0b27f95..ac1676c87 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ DiffEqBase = "2b5f629d-d688-5b77-993f-72d75c75574e"
 EnumX = "4e289a0a-7415-4d19-859d-a7e5c4648b56"
 FiniteDiff = "6a86dc24-6348-571c-b903-95158fe2bd41"
 ForwardDiff = "f6369f11-7733-5829-9624-2563aa707210"
+LineSearches = "d3d80556-e9d4-5f37-9878-2ab0fcc64255"
 LinearAlgebra = "37e2e46d-f89d-539d-b4ee-838fcccc9c8e"
 LinearSolve = "7ed4a6bd-45f5-4d41-b270-4a48e9bafcae"
 PrecompileTools = "aea7be01-6a6a-4083-8856-8a6e6704d82a"
diff --git a/src/NonlinearSolve.jl b/src/NonlinearSolve.jl
index cae730bc3..25f4a6e3f 100644
--- a/src/NonlinearSolve.jl
+++ b/src/NonlinearSolve.jl
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import ArrayInterface
 import LinearSolve
 using DiffEqBase
 using SparseDiffTools
+using LineSearches
 
 @reexport using SciMLBase
 using SciMLBase: NLStats
@@ -65,7 +66,8 @@ PrecompileTools.@compile_workload begin
 end
 
 export RadiusUpdateSchemes
-
+export LineSearches
 export NewtonRaphson, TrustRegion, LevenbergMarquardt
 
+
 end # module
diff --git a/src/jacobian.jl b/src/jacobian.jl
index 8296069e0..1574e4b13 100644
--- a/src/jacobian.jl
+++ b/src/jacobian.jl
@@ -183,3 +183,19 @@ function jacobian_autodiff(f, x::AbstractArray, nonlinfun, alg)
             jac_prototype = jac_prototype, chunksize = chunk_size),
         num_of_chunks)
 end
+
+function simple_jacobian(cache, x::Number)
+    @unpack f, p = cache
+    g = Base.Fix2(f, p)
+    ForwardDiff.derivative(g, x)
+end
+
+function simple_jacobian(cache, x::AbstractArray{<:Number})
+    @unpack f, fu, p, prob = cache
+    if !SciMLBase.isinplace(prob)
+        g = Base.Fix2(f, p)
+        return ForwardDiff.jacobian(g, x)
+    else
+        return ForwardDiff.jacobian((fu, x) -> f(fu, x, p), fu, x)
+    end
+end
diff --git a/src/raphson.jl b/src/raphson.jl
index 24e5799fd..a082e6bb1 100644
--- a/src/raphson.jl
+++ b/src/raphson.jl
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ for large-scale and numerically-difficult nonlinear systems.
   - `diff_type`: the type of finite differencing used if `autodiff = false`. Defaults to
     `Val{:forward}` for forward finite differences. For more details on the choices, see the
     [FiniteDiff.jl](https://github.com/JuliaDiff/FiniteDiff.jl) documentation.
+  - `linesearch`: the line search algorithm used. Defaults to no  line search being used.
   - `linsolve`: the [LinearSolve.jl](https://github.com/SciML/LinearSolve.jl) used for the
     linear solves within the Newton method. Defaults to `nothing`, which means it uses the
     LinearSolve.jl default algorithm choice. For more information on available algorithm
@@ -48,22 +49,23 @@ for large-scale and numerically-difficult nonlinear systems.
     Currently, the linear solver and chunk size choice only applies to in-place defined
     `NonlinearProblem`s. That is expected to change in the future.
 """
-struct NewtonRaphson{CS, AD, FDT, L, P, ST, CJ} <:
+struct NewtonRaphson{CS, AD, FDT, L, P, ST, CJ, LS} <:
        AbstractNewtonAlgorithm{CS, AD, FDT, ST, CJ}
     linsolve::L
     precs::P
+    linesearch::LS
 end
 
 function NewtonRaphson(; chunk_size = Val{0}(), autodiff = Val{true}(),
     standardtag = Val{true}(), concrete_jac = nothing,
-    diff_type = Val{:forward}, linsolve = nothing, precs = DEFAULT_PRECS)
+    diff_type = Val{:forward}, linesearch = LineSearches.Static(), linsolve = nothing, precs = DEFAULT_PRECS)
     NewtonRaphson{_unwrap_val(chunk_size), _unwrap_val(autodiff), diff_type,
         typeof(linsolve), typeof(precs), _unwrap_val(standardtag),
-        _unwrap_val(concrete_jac)}(linsolve,
-        precs)
+        _unwrap_val(concrete_jac), typeof(linesearch)}(linsolve,
+        precs, linesearch)
 end
 
-mutable struct NewtonRaphsonCache{iip, fType, algType, uType, duType, resType, pType,
+mutable struct NewtonRaphsonCache{iip, fType, algType, uType, duType, resType, pType, foType, goType,
     INType, tolType,
     probType, ufType, L, jType, JC}
     f::fType
@@ -71,6 +73,9 @@ mutable struct NewtonRaphsonCache{iip, fType, algType, uType, duType, resType, p
     u::uType
     fu::resType
     p::pType
+    α::Real
+    f_o::foType # stores value of objective
+    g_o::goType # stores grad of objective at x
     uf::ufType
     linsolve::L
     J::jType
@@ -85,7 +90,7 @@ mutable struct NewtonRaphsonCache{iip, fType, algType, uType, duType, resType, p
     stats::NLStats
 
     function NewtonRaphsonCache{iip}(f::fType, alg::algType, u::uType, fu::resType,
-        p::pType, uf::ufType, linsolve::L, J::jType,
+        p::pType, α::Real, f_o::foType, g_o::goType, uf::ufType, linsolve::L, J::jType,
         du1::duType,
         jac_config::JC, force_stop::Bool, maxiters::Int,
         internalnorm::INType,
@@ -93,11 +98,11 @@ mutable struct NewtonRaphsonCache{iip, fType, algType, uType, duType, resType, p
         prob::probType,
         stats::NLStats) where {
         iip, fType, algType, uType,
-        duType, resType, pType, INType,
+        duType, resType, pType, foType, goType, INType,
         tolType,
         probType, ufType, L, jType, JC}
-        new{iip, fType, algType, uType, duType, resType, pType, INType, tolType,
-            probType, ufType, L, jType, JC}(f, alg, u, fu, p,
+        new{iip, fType, algType, uType, duType, resType, pType, foType, goType, INType, tolType,
+            probType, ufType, L, jType, JC}(f, alg, u, fu, p, α, f_o, g_o,
             uf, linsolve, J, du1, jac_config,
             force_stop, maxiters, internalnorm,
             retcode, abstol, prob, stats)
@@ -105,7 +110,7 @@ mutable struct NewtonRaphsonCache{iip, fType, algType, uType, duType, resType, p
 end
 
 function jacobian_caches(alg::NewtonRaphson, f, u, p, ::Val{false})
-    JacobianWrapper(f, p), nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing
+    JacobianWrapper(f, p), nothing, nothing, zero(u), nothing
 end
 
 function SciMLBase.__init(prob::NonlinearProblem{uType, iip}, alg::NewtonRaphson,
@@ -122,6 +127,9 @@ function SciMLBase.__init(prob::NonlinearProblem{uType, iip}, alg::NewtonRaphson
     end
     f = prob.f
     p = prob.p
+    α = 1.0 #line search coefficient
+    f_o = 0.0
+    g_o = zero(u)
     if iip
         fu = zero(u)
         f(fu, u, p)
@@ -130,7 +138,7 @@ function SciMLBase.__init(prob::NonlinearProblem{uType, iip}, alg::NewtonRaphson
     end
     uf, linsolve, J, du1, jac_config = jacobian_caches(alg, f, u, p, Val(iip))
 
-    return NewtonRaphsonCache{iip}(f, alg, u, fu, p, uf, linsolve, J, du1, jac_config,
+    return NewtonRaphsonCache{iip}(f, alg, u, fu, p, α, f_o, g_o, uf, linsolve, J, du1, jac_config,
         false, maxiters, internalnorm,
         ReturnCode.Default, abstol, prob, NLStats(1, 0, 0, 0, 0))
 end
@@ -139,13 +147,13 @@ function perform_step!(cache::NewtonRaphsonCache{true})
     @unpack u, fu, f, p, alg = cache
     @unpack J, linsolve, du1 = cache
     jacobian!(J, cache)
-
     # u = u - J \ fu
     linres = dolinsolve(alg.precs, linsolve, A = J, b = _vec(fu), linu = _vec(du1),
         p = p, reltol = cache.abstol)
     cache.linsolve = linres.cache
-    @. u = u - du1
-    f(fu, u, p)
+    perform_linesearch!(cache)
+    @. cache.u = cache.u - cache.α * cache.du1
+    f(cache.fu, cache.u, p)
 
     if cache.internalnorm(cache.fu) < cache.abstol
         cache.force_stop = true
@@ -160,7 +168,9 @@ end
 function perform_step!(cache::NewtonRaphsonCache{false})
     @unpack u, fu, f, p = cache
     J = jacobian(cache, f)
-    cache.u = u - J \ fu
+    cache.du1 = J \ fu
+    perform_linesearch!(cache) 
+    cache.u = cache.u - cache.α * cache.du1
     cache.fu = f(cache.u, p)
     if iszero(cache.fu) || cache.internalnorm(cache.fu) < cache.abstol
         cache.force_stop = true
@@ -172,6 +182,44 @@ function perform_step!(cache::NewtonRaphsonCache{false})
     return nothing
 end
 
+function objective_linesearch(cache::NewtonRaphsonCache) ## returns the objective functions required in LS
+    @unpack f, p = cache
+
+    function fo(x)
+        return dot(value_f(cache, x), value_f(cache, x)) / 2
+    end
+
+    function g!(g_o, x)
+        mul!(g_o, simple_jacobian(cache, x)', value_f(cache, x)) 
+        g_o
+    end
+
+    function fg!(g_o, x)
+        g!(g_o, x)
+        fo(x)
+    end
+    return fo, g!, fg!
+end
+
+function perform_linesearch!(cache::NewtonRaphsonCache)
+    @unpack u, fu, du1, alg, α = cache
+    fo, g!, fg! = objective_linesearch(cache)
+    cache.f_o = fo(u)
+    g!(cache.g_o, u)
+    @unpack f_o, g_o = cache
+    ϕ(α) = fo(u .- α .* du1)
+
+    function dϕ(α)
+        g!(g_o, u .- α .* du1)
+        return dot(g_o, -du1)
+    end
+
+    function ϕdϕ(α)
+        return (fg!(g_o, u .- α .* du1), dot(g_o, -du1))
+    end
+    cache.α, cache.f_o = alg.linesearch(ϕ, dϕ, ϕdϕ, 1.0, f_o, dot(du1, -g_o))
+end
+
 function SciMLBase.solve!(cache::NewtonRaphsonCache)
     while !cache.force_stop && cache.stats.nsteps < cache.maxiters
         perform_step!(cache)
@@ -207,3 +255,18 @@ function SciMLBase.reinit!(cache::NewtonRaphsonCache{iip}, u0 = cache.u; p = cac
     cache.retcode = ReturnCode.Default
     return cache
 end
+
+## some helper func ###
+
+function value_f(cache::NewtonRaphsonCache, x)
+    iip = SciMLBase.isinplace(cache.prob)
+    @unpack f, p = cache
+    if iip
+        res = zero(x)
+        f(res, x, p)
+    else
+        res = f(x, p)
+    end
+    res
+end
+
diff --git a/src/utils.jl b/src/utils.jl
index 9d72e230f..eacf06727 100644
--- a/src/utils.jl
+++ b/src/utils.jl
@@ -157,3 +157,6 @@ function rfunc(r::R, c2::R, M::R, γ1::R, γ2::R, β::R) where {R <: Real} # R-f
         return (1 - γ1 - β) * (exp(r - c2) + β / (1 - γ1 - β))
     end
 end
+
+
+