diff --git a/src/murfey/server/api/file_io_frontend.py b/src/murfey/server/api/file_io_frontend.py
index 0356859b3..cc9e06f28 100644
--- a/src/murfey/server/api/file_io_frontend.py
+++ b/src/murfey/server/api/file_io_frontend.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 from logging import getLogger
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+from sqlmodel import Session, select
 
 from murfey.server.api.auth import (
     MurfeySessionIDFrontend as MurfeySessionID,
@@ -11,6 +14,7 @@
     process_gain as _process_gain,
 )
 from murfey.server.murfey_db import murfey_db
+from murfey.util.config import get_machine_config
 
 logger = getLogger("murfey.server.api.file_io_frontend")
 
@@ -28,3 +32,27 @@ async def process_gain(
 ):
     result = await _process_gain(session_id, gain_reference_params, db)
     return result
+
+
+class SymlinkParameters(BaseModel):
+    target: Path  # these are the paths without the rsync basepath as that is what the frontend has access to
+    symlink: Path
+    override: bool = False
+
+
+@router.post("/sessions/{session_id}/symlink")
+async def create_symlink(
+    session_id: MurfeySessionID, symlink_params: SymlinkParameters, db=murfey_db
+) -> str:
+    murfey_session = db.exec(select(Session).where(Session.id == session_id)).one()
+    instrument_name = murfey_session.instrument_name
+    machine_config = get_machine_config(instrument_name=instrument_name)[
+        instrument_name
+    ]
+    symlink_full_path = machine_config.rsync_basepath / symlink_params.symlink
+    if symlink_full_path.is_symlink() and symlink_params.override:
+        symlink_full_path.unlink()
+    if symlink_full_path.exists():
+        return ""
+    symlink_full_path.symlink_to(symlink_params.target)
+    return str(symlink_params.symlink)
diff --git a/src/murfey/util/route_manifest.yaml b/src/murfey/util/route_manifest.yaml
index 409d9589f..1c998a336 100644
--- a/src/murfey/util/route_manifest.yaml
+++ b/src/murfey/util/route_manifest.yaml
@@ -477,6 +477,13 @@ murfey.server.api.file_io_frontend.router:
         type: int
     methods:
       - POST
+  - path: /file_io/frontend/sessions/{session_id}/symlink
+    function: create_symlink
+    path_params:
+      - name: session_id
+        type: int
+    methods:
+      - POST
 murfey.server.api.file_io_instrument.router:
   - path: /file_io/instrument/visits/{visit_name}/sessions/{session_id}/suggested_path
     function: suggest_path