diff --git a/rubicon_ml/client/artifact.py b/rubicon_ml/client/artifact.py
index c4582777..8ffcbdde 100644
--- a/rubicon_ml/client/artifact.py
+++ b/rubicon_ml/client/artifact.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def _get_data(self):
     @failsafe
     def get_data(
         self,
-        deserialize: Optional[Literal["h2o", "pickle"]] = None,
+        deserialize: Optional[Literal["h2o", "pickle", "xgboost"]] = None,
         unpickle: bool = False,  # TODO: deprecate & move to `deserialize`
     ):
         """Loads the data associated with this artifact and
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ def get_data(
             * None to disable deseralization and return the raw data.
             * "h2o" to use `h2o.load_model` to load the data.
             * "pickle" to use pickles to load the data.
+            * "xgboost" to use xgboost's JSON loader to load the data as a fitted model.
             Defaults to None.
         unpickle : bool, optional
             Flag indicating whether or not to unpickle artifact data.
@@ -102,7 +103,19 @@ def get_data(
 
         for repo in self.repositories or []:
             try:
-                data = repo.get_artifact_data(project_name, self.id, experiment_id=experiment_id)
+                if deserialize == "xgboost":
+                    # xgboost can only handle string file name locations
+                    import xgboost
+
+                    artifact_data_path = repo._get_artifact_data_path(
+                        project_name, experiment_id, self.id
+                    )
+                    data = xgboost.Booster()
+                    data.load_model(artifact_data_path)
+                else:
+                    data = repo.get_artifact_data(
+                        project_name, self.id, experiment_id=experiment_id
+                    )
             except Exception as err:
                 return_err = err
             else:
diff --git a/rubicon_ml/client/mixin.py b/rubicon_ml/client/mixin.py
index 4a4ac228..cf7074c2 100644
--- a/rubicon_ml/client/mixin.py
+++ b/rubicon_ml/client/mixin.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     import dask.dataframe as dd
     import pandas as pd
     import polars as pl
+    import xgboost as xgb
 
     from rubicon_ml.client import Artifact, Dataframe
     from rubicon_ml.domain import DOMAIN_TYPES
@@ -282,6 +283,49 @@ def log_h2o_model(
 
         return artifact
 
+    @failsafe
+    def log_xgboost_model(
+        self,
+        xgboost_model: "xgb.Booster",
+        artifact_name: Optional[str] = None,
+        **log_artifact_kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> Artifact:
+        """Log an XGBoost model as a JSON file to this client object.
+
+        Please note that we do not currently support logging directly from the SKLearn interface.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        xgboost_model: Booster
+            An xgboost model object in the Booster format
+        artifact_name : str, optional
+            The name of the artifact (the exported XGBoost model).
+        log_artifact_kwargs : Any
+            Additional kwargs to be passed directly to `self.log_artifact`.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        rubicon.client.Artifact
+            The new artifact.
+        """
+        if artifact_name is None:
+            artifact_name = xgboost_model.__class__.__name__
+
+        # TODO: handle sklearn
+        booster = xgboost_model
+
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temp_dir_name:
+            model_location = f"{temp_dir_name}/{artifact_name}.json"
+            booster.save_model(model_location)
+
+            artifact = self.log_artifact(
+                name=artifact_name,
+                data_path=model_location,
+                **log_artifact_kwargs,
+            )
+
+        return artifact
+
     @failsafe
     def log_pip_requirements(self, artifact_name: Optional[str] = None) -> Artifact:
         """Log the pip requirements as an artifact to this client object.
diff --git a/tests/unit/client/test_artifact_client.py b/tests/unit/client/test_artifact_client.py
index b3d3dbfe..10135cfd 100644
--- a/tests/unit/client/test_artifact_client.py
+++ b/tests/unit/client/test_artifact_client.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import h2o
 import pandas as pd
 import pytest
+import xgboost
 from h2o import H2OFrame
 from h2o.estimators.random_forest import H2ORandomForestEstimator
 
@@ -186,6 +187,23 @@ def test_get_data_deserialize_h2o(
     assert artifact_data.__class__ == h2o_model.__class__
 
 
+def test_get_data_deserialize_xgboost(
+    make_classification_df, rubicon_local_filesystem_client_with_project
+):
+    """Test logging `xgboost` model data."""
+    _, project = rubicon_local_filesystem_client_with_project
+    X, y = make_classification_df
+
+    model = xgboost.XGBClassifier(n_estimators=2)
+    model.fit(X, y)
+    model = model.get_booster()
+
+    artifact = project.log_xgboost_model(model)
+    artifact_data = artifact.get_data(deserialize="xgboost")
+
+    assert artifact_data.__class__ == model.__class__
+
+
 def test_download_data_unzip(project_client):
     """Test downloading and unzipping artifact data."""
     project = project_client