diff --git a/src/main/java/io/cryostat/diagnostic/Diagnostics.java b/src/main/java/io/cryostat/diagnostic/Diagnostics.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..917d9412f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/io/cryostat/diagnostic/Diagnostics.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The Cryostat Authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package io.cryostat.diagnostic;
+
+import io.cryostat.targets.Target;
+import io.cryostat.targets.TargetConnectionManager;
+
+import io.smallrye.common.annotation.Blocking;
+import jakarta.annotation.security.RolesAllowed;
+import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.POST;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.Path;
+import org.jboss.resteasy.reactive.RestPath;
+
+@Path("/api/beta/diagnostics/targets/{targetId}")
+public class Diagnostics {
+
+    @Inject TargetConnectionManager targetConnectionManager;
+
+    @Path("/gc")
+    @RolesAllowed("write")
+    @Blocking
+    @POST
+    public void gc(@RestPath long targetId) {
+        targetConnectionManager.executeConnectedTask(
+                Target.getTargetById(targetId),
+                conn -> conn.invokeMBeanOperation("java.lang:type=Memory", "gc", null, null, Void.class));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/cryostat/targets/AgentClient.java b/src/main/java/io/cryostat/targets/AgentClient.java
index 146d96ab9..b9e53ba05 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/cryostat/targets/AgentClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/cryostat/targets/AgentClient.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.openjdk.jmc.common.unit.IConstrainedMap;
@@ -108,6 +109,53 @@ Uni<MBeanMetrics> mbeanMetrics() {
                 .map(Unchecked.function(s -> mapper.readValue(s, MBeanMetrics.class)));
     }
 
+    <T> Uni<T> invokeMBeanOperation(
+            String beanName,
+            String operation,
+            Object[] parameters,
+            String[] signature,
+            Class<T> returnType) {
+        try {
+            var req = new MBeanInvocationRequest(beanName, operation, parameters, signature);
+            return invoke(
+                            HttpMethod.POST,
+                            "/mbean-invoke/",
+                            Buffer.buffer(mapper.writeValueAsBytes(req)),
+                            BodyCodec.buffer())
+                    .map(
+                            Unchecked.function(
+                                    resp -> {
+                                        int statusCode = resp.statusCode();
+                                        if (HttpStatusCodeIdentifier.isSuccessCode(statusCode)) {
+                                            return resp;
+                                        } else if (statusCode == 403) {
+                                            logger.errorv(
+                                                    "invokeMBeanOperation {0} ({1}) for {2} failed:"
+                                                            + " HTTP 403",
+                                                    beanName, operation, getUri());
+                                            throw new ForbiddenException(
+                                                    new UnsupportedOperationException(
+                                                            "startRecording"));
+                                        } else {
+                                            logger.errorv(
+                                                    "invokeMBeanOperation for {0} for ({1}) {2}"
+                                                            + " failed: HTTP {3}",
+                                                    beanName, operation, getUri(), statusCode);
+                                            throw new AgentApiException(statusCode);
+                                        }
+                                    }))
+                    .map(HttpResponse::bodyAsBuffer)
+                    .map(
+                            buff -> {
+                                // TODO implement conditional handling based on expected returnType
+                                return null;
+                            });
+        } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+            logger.error("invokeMBeanOperation request failed", e);
+            return Uni.createFrom().failure(e);
+        }
+    }
+
     Uni<IRecordingDescriptor> startRecording(StartRecordingRequest req) {
         try {
             return invoke(
@@ -568,4 +616,12 @@ public IOptionDescriptor<?> getOptionInfo(String s) {
             return getOptionDescriptors().get(s);
         }
     }
+
+    static record MBeanInvocationRequest(
+            String beanName, String operation, Object[] parameters, String[] signature) {
+        MBeanInvocationRequest {
+            Objects.requireNonNull(beanName);
+            Objects.requireNonNull(operation);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/cryostat/targets/AgentConnection.java b/src/main/java/io/cryostat/targets/AgentConnection.java
index 658b93a5f..c1dede725 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/cryostat/targets/AgentConnection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/cryostat/targets/AgentConnection.java
@@ -108,6 +108,18 @@ public JvmIdentifier getJvmIdentifier() throws IDException, IOException {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public <T> T invokeMBeanOperation(
+            String beanName,
+            String operation,
+            Object[] parameters,
+            String[] signature,
+            Class<T> returnType) {
+        return client.invokeMBeanOperation(beanName, operation, parameters, signature, returnType)
+                .await()
+                .atMost(client.getTimeout());
+    }
+
     @Override
     public int getPort() {
         return getUri().getPort();