diff --git a/dlib/image_transforms/interpolation.h b/dlib/image_transforms/interpolation.h
index 32f935d66..f928103ff 100644
--- a/dlib/image_transforms/interpolation.h
+++ b/dlib/image_transforms/interpolation.h
@@ -1275,6 +1275,36 @@ namespace dlib
         }
     }
 
+    template <
+        typename pyramid_type,
+        typename image_array_type
+        >
+    void upsample_image_dataset (
+        image_array_type& images,
+        std::vector<std::vector<mmod_rect>>& objects
+    )
+    {
+        // make sure requires clause is not broken
+        DLIB_ASSERT( images.size() == objects.size(),
+            "\t void upsample_image_dataset()"
+            << "\n\t Invalid inputs were given to this function."
+            << "\n\t images.size():   " << images.size() 
+            << "\n\t objects.size():  " << objects.size() 
+            );
+
+        typename image_array_type::value_type temp;
+        pyramid_type pyr;
+        for (unsigned long i = 0; i < images.size(); ++i)
+        {
+            pyramid_up(images[i], temp, pyr);
+            swap(temp, images[i]);
+            for (unsigned long j = 0; j < objects[i].size(); ++j)
+            {
+                objects[i][j].rect = pyr.rect_up(objects[i][j].rect);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     template <
         typename pyramid_type,
         typename image_array_type
diff --git a/dlib/image_transforms/interpolation_abstract.h b/dlib/image_transforms/interpolation_abstract.h
index dcb441b7b..0bd353787 100644
--- a/dlib/image_transforms/interpolation_abstract.h
+++ b/dlib/image_transforms/interpolation_abstract.h
@@ -651,6 +651,33 @@ namespace dlib
                 #objects[i].size() == objects[i].size()
     !*/
 
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    template <
+        typename pyramid_type,
+        typename image_array_type
+        >
+    void upsample_image_dataset (
+        image_array_type& images,
+        std::vector<std::vector<mmod_rect>>& objects
+    );
+    /*!
+        requires
+            - image_array_type == a dlib::array or std::vector of image objects that each
+              implement the interface defined in dlib/image_processing/generic_image.h 
+            - images.size() == objects.size()
+        ensures
+            - This function replaces each image in images with an upsampled version of that
+              image.  Each image is upsampled using pyramid_up() and the given
+              pyramid_type.  Therefore, #images[i] will contain the larger upsampled
+              version of images[i].  It also adjusts all the rectangles in objects so that
+              they still bound the same visual objects in each image.
+            - #images.size() == image.size()
+            - #objects.size() == objects.size()
+            - for all valid i:
+                #objects[i].size() == objects[i].size()
+    !*/
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     template <