diff --git a/diffusion/datasets/image.py b/diffusion/datasets/image.py
index 20a2c329..aaaee8dc 100644
--- a/diffusion/datasets/image.py
+++ b/diffusion/datasets/image.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 from torch.utils.data import DataLoader
 from torchvision import transforms
 
+from diffusion.datasets.utils import make_streams
+
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # Disable PIL max image size limit
@@ -93,6 +95,9 @@ def build_streaming_image_dataloader(
     transform: Optional[List[Callable]] = None,
     image_key: str = 'image',
     image_output_key: Optional[str] = 'image',
+    proportion: Optional[list] = None,
+    repeat: Optional[list] = None,
+    choose: Optional[list] = None,
     streaming_kwargs: Optional[Dict] = None,
     dataloader_kwargs: Optional[Dict] = None,
 ):
@@ -106,6 +111,9 @@ def build_streaming_image_dataloader(
         image_key (str): Key associated with the image in the streaming dataset. Default: ``'image'``.
         image_output_key (optional, str): Optional output key for the image. If none, the value of `image_key` will
             be used. Default: ``image``.
+        proportion (list, optional): Specifies how to sample this Stream relative to other Streams. Default: ``None``.
+        repeat (list, optional): Specifies the degree to which a Stream is upsampled or downsampled. Default: ``None``.
+        choose (list, optional): Specifies the number of samples to choose from a Stream. Default: ``None``.
         streaming_kwargs (dict, optional): Additional arguments to pass to the ``StreamingDataset``. Default: ``None``.
         dataloader_kwargs (dict, optional): Additional arguments to pass to the ``DataLoader``. Default: ``None``.
     """
@@ -115,21 +123,8 @@ def build_streaming_image_dataloader(
     if dataloader_kwargs is None:
         dataloader_kwargs = {}
 
-    # Check types for remote and local
-    if isinstance(remote, str) and isinstance(local, str):
-        remote, local = [remote], [local]
-    elif isinstance(remote, Sequence) and isinstance(local, Sequence):
-        if len(remote) != len(local):
-            raise ValueError(
-                f'remote and local Sequences must be the same length, got lengths {len(remote)} and {len(local)}')
-    else:
-        raise ValueError(
-            f'remote and local must be both Strings or Sequences, got types {type(remote)} and {type(local)}.')
-
-    # Create a Stream for each (remote, local) pair
-    streams = []
-    for r, l in zip(remote, local):
-        streams.append(Stream(remote=r, local=l))
+    # Set up streams
+    streams = make_streams(remote, local=local, proportion=proportion, repeat=repeat, choose=choose)
 
     if transform is None:
         transform = [transforms.ToTensor()]
diff --git a/diffusion/datasets/image_caption.py b/diffusion/datasets/image_caption.py
index b65d21e0..81939c61 100644
--- a/diffusion/datasets/image_caption.py
+++ b/diffusion/datasets/image_caption.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import logging
 import random
 from io import BytesIO
-from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Union
 
 import torch
@@ -17,6 +16,7 @@
 from torchvision import transforms
 
 from diffusion.datasets.laion.transforms import LargestCenterSquare, RandomCropAspectRatioTransorm, RandomCropSquare
+from diffusion.datasets.utils import make_streams
 from diffusion.models.text_encoder import MultiTokenizer
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ def build_streaming_image_caption_dataloader(
     crop_type: Optional[str] = 'square',
     zero_dropped_captions: bool = True,
     sdxl_conditioning: bool = False,
+    proportion: Optional[list] = None,
+    repeat: Optional[list] = None,
+    choose: Optional[list] = None,
     streaming_kwargs: Optional[Dict] = None,
     dataloader_kwargs: Optional[Dict] = None,
 ):
@@ -213,6 +216,9 @@ def build_streaming_image_caption_dataloader(
             Default: ``'square'``.
         zero_dropped_captions (bool): If True, zero out text embeddings for dropped captions. Default: ``True``.
         sdxl_conditioning (bool): Whether or not to include SDXL microconditioning in a sample. Default: `False`.
+        proportion (list, optional): Specifies how to sample this Stream relative to other Streams. Default: ``None``.
+        repeat (list, optional): Specifies the degree to which a Stream is upsampled or downsampled. Default: ``None``.
+        choose (list, optional): Specifies the number of samples to choose from a Stream. Default: ``None``.
         streaming_kwargs (dict, optional): Additional arguments to pass to the ``StreamingDataset``. Default: ``None``.
         dataloader_kwargs (dict, optional): Additional arguments to pass to the ``DataLoader``. Default: ``None``.
     """
@@ -231,25 +237,8 @@ def build_streaming_image_caption_dataloader(
     if dataloader_kwargs is None:
         dataloader_kwargs = {}
 
-    # Check types for remote and local
-
-    if isinstance(remote, str):
-        remote = [remote]
-    if isinstance(local, str):
-        local = [local]
-    if not local:
-        local = [_make_default_local_path(r) for r in remote]
-    if isinstance(remote, Sequence) and isinstance(local, Sequence):
-        if len(remote) != len(local):
-            ValueError(
-                f'remote and local Sequences must be the same length, got lengths {len(remote)} and {len(local)}')
-    else:
-        ValueError(f'remote and local must be both Strings or Sequences, got types {type(remote)} and {type(local)}.')
-
-    # Create a Stream for each (remote, local) pair
-    streams = []
-    for r, l in zip(remote, local):
-        streams.append(Stream(remote=r, local=l))
+    # Set up streams
+    streams = make_streams(remote, local=local, proportion=proportion, repeat=repeat, choose=choose)
 
     # Set the crop to apply
     if crop_type == 'square':
@@ -290,7 +279,3 @@ def build_streaming_image_caption_dataloader(
     )
 
     return dataloader
-
-
-def _make_default_local_path(remote_path):
-    return str(Path(*['/tmp'] + list(Path(remote_path).parts[1:])))
diff --git a/diffusion/datasets/utils.py b/diffusion/datasets/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1d1f197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diffusion/datasets/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# Copyright 2022 MosaicML Diffusion authors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+"""Useful functions for dealing with streaming datasets."""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Sequence
+
+from streaming import Stream
+
+
+def make_streams(remote, local=None, proportion=None, repeat=None, choose=None):
+    """Helper function to create a list of Stream objects from a set of remotes and stream weights.
+
+    Args:
+        remote (Union[str, Sequence[str]]): The remote path or paths to stream from.
+        local (Union[str, Sequence[str]], optional): The local path or paths to cache the data. If not provided, the
+            default local path is used. Default: ``None``.
+        proportion (list, optional): Specifies how to sample this Stream relative to other Streams. Default: ``None``.
+        repeat (list, optional): Specifies the degree to which a Stream is upsampled or downsampled. Default: ``None``.
+        choose (list, optional): Specifies the number of samples to choose from a Stream. Default: ``None``.
+
+    Returns:
+        List[Stream]: A list of Stream objects.
+    """
+    remote, local = _make_remote_and_local_sequences(remote, local)
+    proportion, repeat, choose = _make_weighting_sequences(remote, proportion, repeat, choose)
+
+    streams = []
+    for i, (r, l) in enumerate(zip(remote, local)):
+        streams.append(Stream(remote=r, local=l, proportion=proportion[i], repeat=repeat[i], choose=choose[i]))
+    return streams
+
+
+def _make_remote_and_local_sequences(remote, local=None):
+    if isinstance(remote, str):
+        remote = [remote]
+    if isinstance(local, str):
+        local = [local]
+    if not local:
+        local = [_make_default_local_path(r) for r in remote]
+
+    if isinstance(remote, Sequence) and isinstance(local, Sequence):
+        if len(remote) != len(local):
+            ValueError(
+                f'remote and local Sequences must be the same length, got lengths {len(remote)} and {len(local)}')
+    else:
+        ValueError(f'remote and local must be both Strings or Sequences, got types {type(remote)} and {type(local)}.')
+    return remote, local
+
+
+def _make_default_local_path(remote_path):
+    return str(Path(*['/tmp'] + list(Path(remote_path).parts[1:])))
+
+
+def _make_weighting_sequences(remote, proportion=None, repeat=None, choose=None):
+    weights = {'proportion': proportion, 'repeat': repeat, 'choose': choose}
+    for name, weight in weights.items():
+        if weight is not None and len(remote) != len(weight):
+            ValueError(f'{name} must be the same length as remote, got lengths {len(remote)} and {len(weight)}')
+    proportion = weights['proportion'] if weights['proportion'] is not None else [None] * len(remote)
+    repeat = weights['repeat'] if weights['repeat'] is not None else [None] * len(remote)
+    choose = weights['choose'] if weights['choose'] is not None else [None] * len(remote)
+    return proportion, repeat, choose