diff --git a/include/asterisk/datastore.h b/include/asterisk/datastore.h
index 8f59fd3cf7e332165af222ce9ee719bbb643dc2d..85e9c6890ac326e3bb4ca018c40e81efbcda4f6e 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/datastore.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/datastore.h
@@ -92,6 +92,64 @@ struct ast_datastore * attribute_malloc __ast_datastore_alloc(const struct ast_d
  */
 int ast_datastore_free(struct ast_datastore *datastore);
 
+/*!
+ * \brief Allocate a specialized data stores container
+ *
+ * \return a container for storing data stores
+ *
+ * \since 14.0.0
+ */
+struct ao2_container *ast_datastores_alloc(void);
+
+/*!
+ * \brief Add a data store to a container
+ *
+ * \param[in] datastores container to store datastore in
+ * \param[in] datastore datastore to add
+ *
+ * \retval 0 success
+ * \retval -1 failure
+ *
+ * \since 14.0.0
+ */
+int ast_datastores_add(struct ao2_container *datastores, struct ast_datastore *datastore);
+
+/*!
+ * \brief Remove a data store from a container
+ *
+ * \param[in] datastores container to remove datastore from
+ * \param[in] name name of the data store to remove
+ *
+ * \since 14.0.0
+ */
+void ast_datastores_remove(struct ao2_container *datastores, const char *name);
+
+/*!
+ * \brief Find a data store in a container
+ *
+ * \param[in] datastores container to find datastore in
+ * \param[in] name name of the data store to find
+ *
+ * \retval non-NULL success
+ * \retval NULL failure
+ *
+ * \since 14.0.0
+ */
+struct ast_datastore *ast_datastores_find(struct ao2_container *datastores, const char *name);
+
+/*!
+ * \brief Allocate a datastore for use with the datastores container
+ *
+ * \param[in] info information about the datastore
+ * \param[in] uid unique identifier for the datastore
+ *
+ * \retval non-NULL success
+ * \retval NULL failure
+ *
+ * \since 14.0.0
+ */
+struct ast_datastore *ast_datastores_alloc_datastore(const struct ast_datastore_info *info, const char *uid);
+
 #if defined(__cplusplus) || defined(c_plusplus)
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/main/datastore.c b/main/datastore.c
index a9079e8375e86ca15364d135a6e5c4878eed4bad..c2bba41904b1403b15aa11f15d6f832384d2a8c4 100644
--- a/main/datastore.c
+++ b/main/datastore.c
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ ASTERISK_REGISTER_FILE()
 
 #include "asterisk/datastore.h"
 #include "asterisk/utils.h"
+#include "asterisk/astobj2.h"
+#include "asterisk/uuid.h"
+
+/*! \brief Number of buckets for datastore container */
+#define DATASTORE_BUCKETS 53
 
 struct ast_datastore *__ast_datastore_alloc(const struct ast_datastore_info *info, const char *uid,
 					    const char *file, int line, const char *function)
@@ -83,3 +88,78 @@ int ast_datastore_free(struct ast_datastore *datastore)
 
 	return res;
 }
+
+AO2_STRING_FIELD_HASH_FN(ast_datastore, uid);
+AO2_STRING_FIELD_CMP_FN(ast_datastore, uid);
+
+struct ao2_container *ast_datastores_alloc(void)
+{
+	return ao2_container_alloc(DATASTORE_BUCKETS, ast_datastore_hash_fn, ast_datastore_cmp_fn);
+}
+
+int ast_datastores_add(struct ao2_container *datastores, struct ast_datastore *datastore)
+{
+	ast_assert(datastore != NULL);
+	ast_assert(datastore->info != NULL);
+	ast_assert(!ast_strlen_zero(datastore->uid));
+
+	if (!ao2_link(datastores, datastore)) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void ast_datastores_remove(struct ao2_container *datastores, const char *name)
+{
+	ao2_find(datastores, name, OBJ_SEARCH_KEY | OBJ_UNLINK | OBJ_NODATA);
+}
+
+struct ast_datastore *ast_datastores_find(struct ao2_container *datastores, const char *name)
+{
+	return ao2_find(datastores, name, OBJ_SEARCH_KEY);
+}
+
+static void datastore_destroy(void *obj)
+{
+	struct ast_datastore *datastore = obj;
+
+	/* Using the destroy function (if present) destroy the data */
+	if (datastore->info->destroy != NULL && datastore->data != NULL) {
+		datastore->info->destroy(datastore->data);
+		datastore->data = NULL;
+	}
+
+	ast_free((void *) datastore->uid);
+	datastore->uid = NULL;
+}
+
+struct ast_datastore *ast_datastores_alloc_datastore(const struct ast_datastore_info *info, const char *uid)
+{
+	struct ast_datastore *datastore;
+	char uuid_buf[AST_UUID_STR_LEN];
+	const char *uid_ptr = uid;
+
+	if (!info) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	datastore = ao2_alloc(sizeof(*datastore), datastore_destroy);
+	if (!datastore) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	datastore->info = info;
+	if (ast_strlen_zero(uid)) {
+		/* They didn't provide an ID so we'll provide one ourself */
+		uid_ptr = ast_uuid_generate_str(uuid_buf, sizeof(uuid_buf));
+	}
+
+	datastore->uid = ast_strdup(uid_ptr);
+	if (!datastore->uid) {
+		ao2_ref(datastore, -1);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return datastore;
+}