diff --git a/integration-test/langfuse-integration-datasets.spec.ts b/integration-test/langfuse-integration-datasets.spec.ts
index 8dc8a811..f308c794 100644
--- a/integration-test/langfuse-integration-datasets.spec.ts
+++ b/integration-test/langfuse-integration-datasets.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 // uses the compiled node.js version, run yarn build after making changes to the SDKs
 import Langfuse from "../langfuse-node";
+import { createDatasetItemHandler } from "../langfuse-langchain";
+import { randomUUID } from "crypto";
+import { PromptTemplate } from "@langchain/core/prompts";
+import { StringOutputParser } from "@langchain/core/output_parsers";
+import { ChatOpenAI } from "@langchain/openai";
 
 describe("Langfuse Node.js", () => {
   let langfuse: Langfuse;
@@ -323,5 +328,84 @@ describe("Langfuse Node.js", () => {
         totalPages: 5,
       });
     }, 10000);
+
+    it("createDatasetItemHandler", async () => {
+      // Create simple Langchain chain
+      const prompt = new PromptTemplate({
+        template: "What is the capital of {country}? Give ONLY the name of the capital.",
+        inputVariables: ["country"],
+      });
+      const llm = new ChatOpenAI();
+      const parser = new StringOutputParser();
+      const chain = prompt.pipe(llm).pipe(parser);
+
+      // Create a dataset
+      const datasetName = randomUUID().slice(0, 8);
+      await langfuse.createDataset(datasetName);
+
+      // Add two items to the dataset
+      await Promise.all([
+        langfuse.createDatasetItem({
+          datasetName: datasetName,
+          input: "Germany",
+          expectedOutput: "Berlin",
+        }),
+
+        langfuse.createDatasetItem({
+          datasetName: datasetName,
+          input: "France",
+          expectedOutput: "Paris",
+        }),
+      ]);
+
+      // Execute chain on dataset items
+      const dataset = await langfuse.getDataset(datasetName);
+      const runName = "test-run-" + new Date().toISOString();
+      const runDescription = "test-run-description";
+      const runMetadata = { test: "test" };
+      const traceIds: string[] = [];
+
+      for (const item of dataset.items) {
+        const { handler, trace } = await createDatasetItemHandler({
+          item,
+          runName,
+          langfuseClient: langfuse,
+          options: {
+            runDescription,
+            runMetadata,
+          },
+        });
+
+        await chain.invoke({ country: item.input }, { callbacks: [handler] });
+
+        trace.score({
+          name: "test-score",
+          value: 0.5,
+        });
+
+        // Add trace id to list
+        traceIds.push(trace.id);
+      }
+
+      await langfuse.flushAsync();
+
+      // Verify that the dataset item is updated with the run name
+      const getRun = await langfuse.getDatasetRun({ datasetName, runName });
+
+      expect(getRun).toMatchObject({
+        name: runName,
+        description: "test-run-description", // from second link
+        metadata: { test: "test" }, // from second link
+        datasetId: dataset.id,
+        datasetRunItems: expect.arrayContaining([
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            traceId: traceIds[0],
+          }),
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            traceId: traceIds[1],
+          }),
+        ]),
+      });
+    }, 15000);
   });
 });
diff --git a/langfuse-core/src/index.ts b/langfuse-core/src/index.ts
index c0f35cfe..693f707f 100644
--- a/langfuse-core/src/index.ts
+++ b/langfuse-core/src/index.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import {
   type GetLangfuseSessionsQuery,
   type GetLangfuseSessionsResponse,
   type EventBody,
+  type DatasetItem,
 } from "./types";
 import {
   generateUUID,
@@ -1012,21 +1013,7 @@ export abstract class LangfuseCore extends LangfuseCoreStateless {
     description?: string;
     metadata?: any;
     projectId: string;
-    items: Array<{
-      id: string;
-      input?: any;
-      expectedOutput?: any;
-      metadata?: any;
-      sourceObservationId?: string | null;
-      link: (
-        obj: LangfuseObjectClient,
-        runName: string,
-        runArgs?: {
-          description?: string;
-          metadata?: any;
-        }
-      ) => Promise<{ id: string }>;
-    }>;
+    items: DatasetItem[];
   }> {
     const dataset = await this._getDataset(name);
     const items: GetLangfuseDatasetItemsResponse["data"] = [];
diff --git a/langfuse-core/src/types.ts b/langfuse-core/src/types.ts
index 5b0155e1..642be7d1 100644
--- a/langfuse-core/src/types.ts
+++ b/langfuse-core/src/types.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { type LangfuseObjectClient } from "./index";
 import { type LangfusePromptClient } from "./prompts/promptClients";
 import { type components, type paths } from "./openapi/server";
 
@@ -217,3 +218,15 @@ export type DeferRuntime = {
     }[]
   ) => void;
 };
+
+// Datasets
+export type DatasetItemData = GetLangfuseDatasetItemsResponse["data"][number];
+export type LinkDatasetItem = (
+  obj: LangfuseObjectClient,
+  runName: string,
+  runArgs?: {
+    description?: string;
+    metadata?: any;
+  }
+) => Promise<{ id: string }>;
+export type DatasetItem = DatasetItemData & { link: LinkDatasetItem };
diff --git a/langfuse-langchain/index.ts b/langfuse-langchain/index.ts
index b79d1b1c..3e4aaebf 100644
--- a/langfuse-langchain/index.ts
+++ b/langfuse-langchain/index.ts
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ import { CallbackHandler } from "./src/callback";
 export default CallbackHandler;
 
 export { CallbackHandler };
+export { createDatasetItemHandler } from "./src/createDatasetItemHandler";
 export * from "./src/callback";
diff --git a/langfuse-langchain/src/callback.ts b/langfuse-langchain/src/callback.ts
index 8f5965d2..9dc82511 100644
--- a/langfuse-langchain/src/callback.ts
+++ b/langfuse-langchain/src/callback.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ export class CallbackHandler extends BaseCallbackHandler {
       this.traceId = params.root.traceId;
       this.rootProvided = true;
       this.updateRoot = params.updateRoot ?? false;
+      this.metadata = params.metadata;
     } else {
       this.langfuse = new Langfuse({
         ...params,
diff --git a/langfuse-langchain/src/createDatasetItemHandler.ts b/langfuse-langchain/src/createDatasetItemHandler.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fedeec9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/langfuse-langchain/src/createDatasetItemHandler.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import type { LangfuseCore } from "langfuse-core";
+
+import { CallbackHandler } from "./callback";
+
+import type { DatasetItem, LangfuseTraceClient } from "langfuse-core";
+
+type CreateDatasetItemHandlerParams = {
+  runName: string;
+  item: DatasetItem;
+  langfuseClient: LangfuseCore;
+  options?: {
+    runDescription?: string;
+    runMetadata?: Record<string, any>;
+  };
+};
+
+export const createDatasetItemHandler = async (
+  params: CreateDatasetItemHandlerParams
+): Promise<{ handler: CallbackHandler; trace: LangfuseTraceClient }> => {
+  const { runName, item, langfuseClient, options } = params;
+
+  // Snake case properties to match Python SDK
+  const metadata: Record<string, string> = {
+    dataset_item_id: item.id,
+    dataset_id: item.datasetId,
+    dataset_run_name: runName,
+  };
+
+  const trace = langfuseClient.trace();
+
+  await item.link(trace, runName, {
+    description: options?.runDescription,
+    metadata: options?.runMetadata,
+  });
+
+  return {
+    handler: new CallbackHandler({ root: trace, updateRoot: true, metadata }),
+    trace,
+  };
+};