diff --git a/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta1/collector_shared.go b/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta1/collector_shared.go
index 98410a23..e75d7c1a 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta1/collector_shared.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta1/collector_shared.go
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ type Logs struct {
 	Limits         *LogLimits `json:"limits,omitempty" yaml:"omitempty"`
 }
 
+type Data struct {
+	CollectorMeta `json:",inline" yaml:",inline"`
+	Name          string `json:"name,omitempty" yaml:"name,omitempty"`
+	Data          string `json:"data" yaml:"data"`
+}
+
 type Run struct {
 	CollectorMeta   `json:",inline" yaml:",inline"`
 	Name            string   `json:"name,omitempty" yaml:"name,omitempty"`
@@ -98,6 +104,7 @@ type Collect struct {
 	Logs             *Logs             `json:"logs,omitempty" yaml:"logs,omitempty"`
 	Run              *Run              `json:"run,omitempty" yaml:"run,omitempty"`
 	Exec             *Exec             `json:"exec,omitempty" yaml:"exec,omitempty"`
+	Data             *Data             `json:"data,omitempty" yaml:"data,omitempty"`
 	Copy             *Copy             `json:"copy,omitempty" yaml:"copy,omitempty"`
 	HTTP             *HTTP             `json:"http,omitempty" yaml:"http,omitempty"`
 }
diff --git a/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 3b2950e8..ea330dfa 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -435,6 +435,11 @@ func (in *Collect) DeepCopyInto(out *Collect) {
 		*out = new(Exec)
 		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
 	}
+	if in.Data != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Data, &out.Data
+		*out = new(Data)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 	if in.Copy != nil {
 		in, out := &in.Copy, &out.Copy
 		*out = new(Copy)
@@ -778,6 +783,22 @@ func (in *CustomResourceDefinition) DeepCopy() *CustomResourceDefinition {
 	return out
 }
 
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *Data) DeepCopyInto(out *Data) {
+	*out = *in
+	out.CollectorMeta = in.CollectorMeta
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new Data.
+func (in *Data) DeepCopy() *Data {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(Data)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}
+
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *DeploymentStatus) DeepCopyInto(out *DeploymentStatus) {
 	*out = *in
diff --git a/pkg/collect/collector.go b/pkg/collect/collector.go
index f997c8bc..a07b0f82 100644
--- a/pkg/collect/collector.go
+++ b/pkg/collect/collector.go
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ func (c *Collector) RunCollectorSync() ([]byte, error) {
 	if c.Collect.Exec != nil {
 		return Exec(c.GetContext(), c.Collect.Exec)
 	}
+	if c.Collect.Data != nil {
+		return Data(c.GetContext(), c.Collect.Data)
+	}
 	if c.Collect.Copy != nil {
 		return Copy(c.GetContext(), c.Collect.Copy)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/collect/data.go b/pkg/collect/data.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c40548f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/collect/data.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package collect
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	troubleshootv1beta1 "github.com/replicatedhq/troubleshoot/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta1"
+)
+
+type DataOutput map[string][]byte
+
+func Data(ctx *Context, dataCollector *troubleshootv1beta1.Data) ([]byte, error) {
+	bundlePath := filepath.Join(dataCollector.Name, dataCollector.CollectorName)
+	dataOutput := DataOutput{
+		bundlePath: []byte(dataCollector.Data),
+	}
+
+	b, err := json.MarshalIndent(dataOutput, "", "  ")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return b, nil
+}