diff --git a/genkit-tools/common/src/types/eval.ts b/genkit-tools/common/src/types/eval.ts
index 75556d048a..d9631d13e6 100644
--- a/genkit-tools/common/src/types/eval.ts
+++ b/genkit-tools/common/src/types/eval.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ export const EvalFlowInputSchema = z.union([
 ]);
 export type EvalFlowInput = z.infer<typeof EvalFlowInputSchema>;
 
+/**
+ * Alias for EvalFlowInput to be used in the DatasetStore related APIs.
+ * We may deprecate EvalFlowInput in favor of this in the future.
+ */
+export type Dataset = z.infer<typeof EvalFlowInputSchema>;
+
 /**
  * A record that is ready for evaluation.
  *
@@ -113,7 +119,7 @@ export const EvalRunSchema = z.object({
 export type EvalRun = z.infer<typeof EvalRunSchema>;
 
 /**
- * Eval dataset store persistence interface.
+ * Eval store persistence interface.
  */
 export interface EvalStore {
   /**
@@ -135,3 +141,64 @@ export interface EvalStore {
    */
   list(query?: ListEvalKeysRequest): Promise<ListEvalKeysResponse>;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Metadata for Dataset objects containing version, create and update time, etc.
+ */
+export const DatasetMetadaSchema = z.object({
+  /** autogenerated */
+  datasetId: z.string(),
+  size: z.number(),
+  uri: z.string(),
+  /** 1 for v1, 2 for v2, etc */
+  version: z.number(),
+  displayName: z.string().optional(),
+  createTime: z.string(),
+  updateTime: z.string(),
+});
+export type DatasetMetadata = z.infer<typeof DatasetMetadaSchema>;
+
+export const UpdateDatasetRequestSchema = z.object({
+  /** Supports upsert */
+  patch: EvalFlowInputSchema,
+  displayName: z.string().optional(),
+});
+export type UpdateDatasetRequest = z.infer<typeof UpdateDatasetRequestSchema>;
+
+/**
+ * Eval dataset store persistence interface.
+ */
+export interface DatasetStore {
+  /**
+   * Create new dataset with the given data
+   * @param data  data containing eval flow inputs
+   * @returns dataset metadata
+   */
+  createDataset(data: Dataset): Promise<DatasetMetadata>;
+
+  /**
+   * Update dataset
+   * @param req update requeest with new data
+   * @returns updated dataset metadata
+   */
+  updateDataset(req: UpdateDatasetRequest): Promise<DatasetMetadata>;
+
+  /**
+   * Get existing dataset
+   * @param id the ID of the dataset
+   * @returns dataset ready for inference
+   */
+  getDataset(id: string): Promise<Dataset>;
+
+  /**
+   * List all existing datasets
+   * @returns array of dataset metadata objects
+   */
+  listDatasets(): Promise<DatasetMetadata[]>;
+
+  /**
+   * Delete existing dataset
+   * @param id the ID of the dataset
+   */
+  deleteDataset(id: string): Promise<void>;
+}