diff --git a/ot/sliced.py b/ot/sliced.py
index 4a0c8417b..8f724ce73 100644
--- a/ot/sliced.py
+++ b/ot/sliced.py
@@ -20,6 +20,72 @@
 )
 
 
+def _normalize_inputs(X_s, X_t, normalize, normalize_mode, nx):
+    """Normalize input distributions before computing sliced Wasserstein distance.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    X_s : array-like, shape (n_s, d)
+        Source samples
+    X_t : array-like, shape (n_t, d)
+        Target samples
+    normalize : str or None
+        Normalization method. One of {None, 'standard', 'minmax', 'l2'}.
+    normalize_mode : str
+        Reference for computing statistics. One of {'joint', 'source', 'target'}.
+        Ignored when normalize is None or 'l2'.
+    nx : backend
+        POT backend instance (from ot.backend.get_backend)
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    X_s_out : array-like, shape (n_s, d)
+        Normalized source samples
+    X_t_out : array-like, shape (n_t, d)
+        Normalized target samples
+    """
+    if normalize is None:
+        return X_s, X_t
+
+    if normalize_mode not in ("joint", "source", "target"):
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"Invalid normalize_mode '{normalize_mode}'. "
+            "Expected one of: 'joint', 'source', 'target'."
+        )
+
+    if normalize == "standard":
+        # TODO: full implementation
+        # - compute mean/std using nx ops based on normalize_mode
+        # - apply to both X_s and X_t
+        # - handle zero-variance columns with warnings.warn
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            "normalize='standard' will be implemented in a follow-up commit."
+        )
+
+    elif normalize == "minmax":
+        # TODO: full implementation
+        # - compute min/max using nx ops based on normalize_mode
+        # - apply to both X_s and X_t
+        # - handle zero-range columns with warnings.warn
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            "normalize='minmax' will be implemented in a follow-up commit."
+        )
+
+    elif normalize == "l2":
+        # TODO: full implementation
+        # - row-wise L2 normalization (normalize_mode is ignored)
+        # - handle zero-norm rows with warnings.warn
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            "normalize='l2' will be implemented in a follow-up commit."
+        )
+
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"Invalid normalize value '{normalize}'. "
+            "Expected one of: None, 'standard', 'minmax', 'l2'."
+        )
+
+
 def get_random_projections(d, n_projections, seed=None, backend=None, type_as=None):
     r"""
     Generates n_projections samples from the uniform on the unit sphere of dimension :math:`d-1`: :math:`\mathcal{U}(\mathcal{S}^{d-1})`
@@ -76,6 +142,8 @@ def sliced_wasserstein_distance(
     projections=None,
     seed=None,
     log=False,
+    normalize=None,
+    normalize_mode="joint",
 ):
     r"""
     Computes a Monte-Carlo approximation of the p-Sliced Wasserstein distance
@@ -109,6 +177,24 @@ def sliced_wasserstein_distance(
         Seed used for random number generator
     log: bool, optional
         if True, sliced_wasserstein_distance returns the projections used and their associated EMD.
+    normalize : str or None, optional
+        Normalization applied to X_s and X_t before computing the distance.
+        Useful when features have different scales. Options:
+
+        - ``None`` : no normalization (default, preserves existing behavior)
+        - ``'standard'`` : zero mean, unit variance per feature dimension
+        - ``'minmax'`` : scale each feature to [0, 1]
+        - ``'l2'`` : normalize each sample to unit L2 norm (row-wise)
+
+    normalize_mode : str, optional
+        Determines which samples are used to compute normalization statistics.
+        Ignored when ``normalize`` is ``None`` or ``'l2'``. Options:
+
+        - ``'joint'`` : statistics from ``concat(X_s, X_t)`` (default).
+          Preserves symmetry: SWD(X_s, X_t) == SWD(X_t, X_s).
+        - ``'source'`` : statistics from ``X_s`` only. Useful for drift
+          detection where X_s is the reference distribution.
+        - ``'target'`` : statistics from ``X_t`` only.
 
     Returns
     -------
@@ -136,6 +222,8 @@ def sliced_wasserstein_distance(
 
     nx = get_backend(X_s, X_t, a, b, projections)
 
+    X_s, X_t = _normalize_inputs(X_s, X_t, normalize, normalize_mode, nx)
+
     n = X_s.shape[0]
     m = X_t.shape[0]
 
@@ -181,6 +269,8 @@ def max_sliced_wasserstein_distance(
     projections=None,
     seed=None,
     log=False,
+    normalize=None,
+    normalize_mode="joint",
 ):
     r"""
     Computes a Monte-Carlo approximation of the max p-Sliced Wasserstein distance
@@ -215,6 +305,24 @@ def max_sliced_wasserstein_distance(
         Seed used for random number generator
     log: bool, optional
         if True, sliced_wasserstein_distance returns the projections used and their associated EMD.
+    normalize : str or None, optional
+        Normalization applied to X_s and X_t before computing the distance.
+        Useful when features have different scales. Options:
+
+        - ``None`` : no normalization (default, preserves existing behavior)
+        - ``'standard'`` : zero mean, unit variance per feature dimension
+        - ``'minmax'`` : scale each feature to [0, 1]
+        - ``'l2'`` : normalize each sample to unit L2 norm (row-wise)
+
+    normalize_mode : str, optional
+        Determines which samples are used to compute normalization statistics.
+        Ignored when ``normalize`` is ``None`` or ``'l2'``. Options:
+
+        - ``'joint'`` : statistics from ``concat(X_s, X_t)`` (default).
+          Preserves symmetry: SWD(X_s, X_t) == SWD(X_t, X_s).
+        - ``'source'`` : statistics from ``X_s`` only. Useful for drift
+          detection where X_s is the reference distribution.
+        - ``'target'`` : statistics from ``X_t`` only.
 
     Returns
     -------
@@ -242,6 +350,8 @@ def max_sliced_wasserstein_distance(
 
     nx = get_backend(X_s, X_t, a, b, projections)
 
+    X_s, X_t = _normalize_inputs(X_s, X_t, normalize, normalize_mode, nx)
+
     n = X_s.shape[0]
     m = X_t.shape[0]