diff --git a/intake_dal/dal_catalog.py b/intake_dal/dal_catalog.py
index 753343e..a16cd88 100644
--- a/intake_dal/dal_catalog.py
+++ b/intake_dal/dal_catalog.py
@@ -20,13 +20,16 @@ class DalCatalog(NestedYAMLFileCatalog):
     name = "dal_cat"
     version = pkg_resources.get_distribution("intake-dal").version
 
-    def __init__(self, path, storage_mode=None, autoreload=True, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, path=None, catalog_data=None, storage_mode=None, autoreload=True, **kwargs):
         """
         Parameters
         ----------
         path: str
             Location of the file to parse (can be remote)
-        reload : bool
+        catalog_data: dict
+            If catalog data is in memory, pass it through `catalog_data` to populate the intake catalog.
+            If the dataset/catalog is in the local or a specific url is given, please use the `path` argument.
+        reload: bool
             Whether to watch the source file for changes; make False if you want
             an editable Catalog
         storage_mode: str
@@ -49,7 +52,18 @@ def __init__(self, path, storage_mode=None, autoreload=True, **kwargs):
         >>> df = cat.user_events.read()
         """
         self.storage_mode = storage_mode
-        super(DalCatalog, self).__init__(path, autoreload, **kwargs)
+
+        self.is_path = False
+        if catalog_data and not path:
+            # A user passes catalog data, not passes path info.
+            self.path_or_catalog = catalog_data
+        else:
+            # A user passes path and url.
+            # In this case, ignore catalog_data.
+            self.path_or_catalog = path
+            self.is_path = True
+
+        super(DalCatalog, self).__init__(self.path_or_catalog, autoreload, **kwargs)
 
     def __getitem__(self, key):
         # TODO(Taleb Zeghmi): Remove once https://github.com/zillow/intake-nested-yaml-catalog/issues/6 is resolved
@@ -59,6 +73,16 @@ def __getitem__(self, key):
             ret = super().__getitem__(key)
             return ret
 
+    def _load(self, reload=False):
+        if self.is_path:
+            # File path or url. Load and parse.
+            super()._load()
+        else:
+            # It's catalog data and not requires directory/url information.
+            # Set self._dir to an empty value
+            self._dir = ""
+            self.parse(yaml.dump(self.path_or_catalog))
+
     def parse(self, text):
         data = yaml_load(text)
 
diff --git a/intake_dal/tests/conftest.py b/intake_dal/tests/conftest.py
index 7b7ed0e..4dd3070 100644
--- a/intake_dal/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/intake_dal/tests/conftest.py
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ def catalog_path():
     return str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.joinpath(Path("catalog.yaml")))
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def remote_catalog_path():
+    return str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.joinpath(Path("remote_storage_catalog.yaml")))
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def serving_cat(catalog_path: str):
     return DalCatalog(catalog_path, storage_mode="serving")
diff --git a/intake_dal/tests/remote_storage_catalog.yaml b/intake_dal/tests/remote_storage_catalog.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9755ccc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/intake_dal/tests/remote_storage_catalog.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: My Sample Catalog
+metadata:
+  hierarchical_catalog: true
+entity:
+  property:
+    user_event:
+      args:
+        default: batch
+        storage:
+          batch: parquet://https://my_storage.com/user_event/date={{date}}/*.parquet
+          golden: parquet://https://my_storage.com/user_event/golden/date={{date}}/*.parquet
+      description: This is user_event description
+      driver: dal
+      metadata:
+        owner_team: my-team
+        public: false
+    user_dataset:
+      args:
+        default: batch
+        storage:
+          batch: parquet://https://my_storage.com/user_dataset/date={{date}}/*.parquet
+          serving: dal-online://https://featurestore.url.net#userid
+      description: This is user_dataset description
+      driver: dal
+      metadata:
+        owner_team: my-team
+        public: false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/intake_dal/tests/test_dal_catalog.py b/intake_dal/tests/test_dal_catalog.py
index 12e71a0..e24a936 100644
--- a/intake_dal/tests/test_dal_catalog.py
+++ b/intake_dal/tests/test_dal_catalog.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+import yaml
 import pandas as pd
-
 from intake_dal.dal_catalog import DalCatalog
 
 
@@ -69,3 +69,17 @@ def validate_dataset(ds):
     validate_dataset(cat["entity.user.user_events"])
     validate_dataset(cat.entity["user.user_events"])
     validate_dataset(cat.entity.user["user_events"])
+
+
+def test_dal_catalog_passing_dict(remote_catalog_path):
+    with open(remote_catalog_path, 'r') as f:
+        data = yaml.load(f)
+
+    # Instead of passing path, passes the catalog data read from the file.
+    cat = DalCatalog(catalog_data=data, storage_mode="golden")
+
+    assert cat.entity.property.user_event.default == "golden"
+    assert cat.entity.property.user_dataset.default == "golden"
+
+    assert len(cat.entity.property.user_event.storage) == 2
+    assert len(cat.entity.property.user_dataset.storage) == 2