diff --git a/xla/python/py_client.cc b/xla/python/py_client.cc
index efce0ebc1e5898..e2065b014a4493 100644
--- a/xla/python/py_client.cc
+++ b/xla/python/py_client.cc
@@ -49,12 +49,14 @@ limitations under the License.
 #include "nanobind/stl/unique_ptr.h"  // from @nanobind  // IWYU pragma: keep
 #include "nanobind/stl/variant.h"  // from @nanobind  // IWYU pragma: keep
 #include "nanobind/stl/vector.h"  // from @nanobind  // IWYU pragma: keep
+#include "xla/layout.h"
 #include "xla/literal.h"
 #include "xla/pjrt/exceptions.h"
 #include "xla/pjrt/mlir_to_hlo.h"
 #include "xla/pjrt/pjrt_client.h"
 #include "xla/pjrt/pjrt_compiler.h"
 #include "xla/pjrt/pjrt_executable.h"
+#include "xla/pjrt/pjrt_layout.h"
 #include "xla/pjrt/pjrt_stream_executor_client.h"
 #include "xla/pjrt/status_casters.h"
 #include "xla/python/callback.h"
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 #include "xla/python/ifrt/memory.h"
 #include "xla/python/nb_absl_span.h"  // IWYU pragma: keep
 #include "xla/python/nb_class_ptr.h"
+#include "xla/python/nb_numpy.h"
 #include "xla/python/pjrt_ifrt/pjrt_array.h"
 #include "xla/python/pjrt_ifrt/pjrt_client.h"
 #include "xla/python/pjrt_ifrt/xla_compiler.h"
@@ -79,6 +82,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 #include "xla/python/python_ref_manager.h"
 #include "xla/python/traceback.h"
 #include "xla/python/transfer_guard_lib.h"
+#include "xla/python/types.h"
 #include "xla/service/custom_call_target_registry.h"
 #include "xla/service/platform_util.h"  // IWYU pragma: keep
 #include "xla/shape.h"
@@ -802,6 +806,18 @@ PyType_Slot PyClient::slots_[] = {
            nb::arg("result_shapes"), nb::arg("send_channel_ids"),
            nb::arg("recv_channel_ids"),
            nb::arg("serializer").none() = nb::none())
+      .def(
+          "get_default_layout",
+          [](PyClient& self, nb_dtype dtype,
+             nb::sequence dims_seq) -> std::unique_ptr<PjRtLayout> {
+            PrimitiveType element_type =
+                xla::ValueOrThrow(DtypeToPrimitiveType(dtype));
+            std::vector<int64_t> dims = SequenceToVector<int64_t>(dims_seq);
+            xla::Layout layout = xla::ValueOrThrow(
+                self.pjrt_client()->GetDefaultLayout(element_type, dims));
+            return std::make_unique<PjRtXlaLayout>(layout);
+          },
+          nb::arg("dtype"), nb::arg("dims_seq"))
       .def("__getattr__",
            [](PyClient& client, std::string_view name) -> nb::object {
              const auto& attrs = client.attributes();
diff --git a/xla/python/xla_client.py b/xla/python/xla_client.py
index 115c27989a38e5..d2ede223efc3c2 100644
--- a/xla/python/xla_client.py
+++ b/xla/python/xla_client.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
 # Just an internal arbitrary increasing number to help with backward-compatible
 # changes. In JAX, reference this via jax._src.lib.xla_extension_version.
-_version = 254
+_version = 255
 
 # Version number for MLIR:Python components.
 mlir_api_version = 55
diff --git a/xla/python/xla_extension/__init__.pyi b/xla/python/xla_extension/__init__.pyi
index 0315b9bb19d166..4fa7e5913b6860 100644
--- a/xla/python/xla_extension/__init__.pyi
+++ b/xla/python/xla_extension/__init__.pyi
@@ -539,6 +539,9 @@ class Client:
       recv_channel_ids: Sequence[int],
       serializer: Optional[Callable] = ...,
   ) -> Any: ...
+  def get_default_layout(
+      self, dtype: np.dtype, dims_seq: Sequence[int]
+  ) -> PjRtLayout: ...
   def __getattr__(self, name: str) -> Any: ...
 
 class CpuCollectives: ...