diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksConnection.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksConnection.java
index 8274416..93bb88f 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksConnection.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksConnection.java
@@ -14,12 +14,23 @@
  */
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
+import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPut;
+import org.apache.http.entity.FileEntity;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
+
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.impl.JobSpecificationActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.NetworkAddress;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobFlag;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
@@ -107,4 +118,23 @@
     public ClusterTopology getClusterTopology() throws Exception {
         return hci.getClusterTopology();
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void deployBinary(List<String> jars) throws Exception {
+        List<URL> binaryURLs = new ArrayList<URL>();
+        if (jars != null && jars.size() > 0) {
+            HttpClient hc = new DefaultHttpClient();
+            for (String jar : jars) {
+                String url = "http://" + ccHost + ":" + ccInfo.getWebPort() + "/applications/" + jar;
+                HttpPut put = new HttpPut(url);
+                put.setEntity(new FileEntity(new File(jar), "application/octet-stream"));
+                HttpResponse response = hc.execute(put);
+                if (response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() != 200) {
+                    throw new HyracksException(response.getStatusLine().toString());
+                }
+                binaryURLs.add(new URL(url));
+            }
+        }
+        hci.deployBinary(binaryURLs);
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientConnection.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientConnection.java
index fe4094f..6e4dc73 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientConnection.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientConnection.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client;
 
 import java.util.EnumSet;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.NetworkAddress;
@@ -110,4 +111,12 @@
      * @throws Exception
      */
     public ClusterTopology getClusterTopology() throws Exception;
+
+    /**
+     * Deploy the user-defined jars to the cluster
+     * 
+     * @param jars
+     *            a list of user-defined jars
+     */
+    public void deployBinary(List<String> jars) throws Exception;
 }