diff --git a/proto/viam/app/datasync/v1/data_sync.proto b/proto/viam/app/datasync/v1/data_sync.proto
index b572929b2..3f8163aab 100644
--- a/proto/viam/app/datasync/v1/data_sync.proto
+++ b/proto/viam/app/datasync/v1/data_sync.proto
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ message UploadMetadata {
   map<string, google.protobuf.Any> method_parameters = 8;
   string file_extension = 9;
   repeated string tags = 10;
+  repeated string dataset_ids = 12;
 
   reserved 4, 11;
   reserved "component_model", "session_id";
diff --git a/proto/viam/service/datamanager/v1/data_manager.proto b/proto/viam/service/datamanager/v1/data_manager.proto
index f357120ae..9f487469f 100644
--- a/proto/viam/service/datamanager/v1/data_manager.proto
+++ b/proto/viam/service/datamanager/v1/data_manager.proto
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ syntax = "proto3";
 
 package viam.service.datamanager.v1;
 
+import "app/datasync/v1/data_sync.proto";
 import "common/v1/common.proto";
 import "google/api/annotations.proto";
 import "google/protobuf/struct.proto";
@@ -20,6 +21,11 @@ service DataManagerService {
   rpc DoCommand(common.v1.DoCommandRequest) returns (common.v1.DoCommandResponse) {
     option (google.api.http) = {post: "/viam/api/v1/service/datamanager/{name}/do_command"};
   }
+
+  // UploadBinaryDataToDataset uploads raw bytes to a given dataset
+  rpc UploadRawDataToDataset(UploadBinaryDataToDatasetRequest) returns (UploadBinaryDataToDatasetResponse) {
+    option (google.api.http) = {post: "/viam/api/v1/service/datamanager/{name}/upload_binary_data_to_dataset"};
+  }
 }
 
 message SyncRequest {
@@ -29,3 +35,15 @@ message SyncRequest {
 }
 
 message SyncResponse {}
+
+message UploadBinaryDataToDatasetRequest {
+  string name = 1;
+  bytes image = 2;
+  repeated string tags = 3;
+  repeated string dataset_ids = 4;
+  app.datasync.v1.MimeType mime_type = 5;
+  // Additional arguments to the method
+  google.protobuf.Struct extra = 99;
+}
+
+message UploadBinaryDataToDatasetResponse {}