diff --git a/bedtools.wdl b/bedtools.wdl
index 50f9f92e1b49afc5e393084270d5768a06117fb8..6ae3b3c776a52c40dc3e16bb62e4c759fc711e16 100644
--- a/bedtools.wdl
+++ b/bedtools.wdl
@@ -164,3 +164,49 @@ task Sort {
         docker: dockerImage
     }
 }
+
+task Intersect {
+    input {
+        File regionsA
+        File regionsB
+        # Giving a faidx file will set the sorted option.
+        File? faidx
+        String outputBed = "intersect.bed"
+        String dockerImage = "quay.io/biocontainers/bedtools:2.23.0--hdbcaa40_3"
+    }
+    Boolean sorted = defined(faidx)
+
+    command {
+        set -e
+        ~{"cut -f1,2 " + faidx} ~{true="> sorted.genome" false ="" sorted}
+        bedtools intersect \
+        -a ~{regionsA} \
+        -b ~{regionsB} \
+        ~{true="--sorted" false="" sorted} \
+        ~{true="-g sorted.genome" false="" sorted} \
+        > ~{outputBed}
+    }
+
+    output {
+        File intersectedBed = outputBed
+    }
+
+    runtime {
+        docker: dockerImage
+    }
+
+    parameter_meta {
+        faidx: {description: "The fasta index (.fai) file that is used to create the genome file required for sorted output. Implies sorted option.",
+                category: "common"}
+        regionsA: {description: "Region file a to intersect",
+                   category: "required"}
+        regionsB: {description: "Region file b to intersect",
+                   category: "required"}
+        outputBed: {description: "The path to write the output to",
+                    category: "advanced"}
+        dockerImage: {
+            description: "The docker image used for this task. Changing this may result in errors which the developers may choose not to address.",
+            category: "advanced"
+        }
+    }
+}