diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e735d3c52..7ac3f3cd9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ docker = {version = ">= 6.1.3", optional = true }
 kfp = { version = "2.3.0", optional = true, extras =["kubernetes"] }
 google-cloud-aiplatform =  { version = "1.34.0", optional = true}
 sagemaker = {version = ">= 2.197.0", optional = true}
+boto3 = {version = "1.28.64", optional = true}
 
 [tool.poetry.extras]
 component = ["dask"]
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ gcp = ["gcsfs"]
 
 kfp = ["docker", "kfp"]
 vertex = ["docker", "kfp", "google-cloud-aiplatform"]
-sagemaker = ["sagemaker"]
+sagemaker = ["sagemaker", "boto3"]
 docker = ["docker"]
 
 [tool.poetry.group.test.dependencies]
diff --git a/src/fondant/pipeline/runner.py b/src/fondant/pipeline/runner.py
index c79dad0ef..108305c22 100644
--- a/src/fondant/pipeline/runner.py
+++ b/src/fondant/pipeline/runner.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def run(
             experiment = self.client.get_experiment(experiment_name=experiment_name)
         except ValueError:
             logger.info(
-                f"Defined experiment '{experiment_name}' not found. Creating new experiment"
+                f"defined experiment '{experiment_name}' not found. creating new experiment"
                 f" under this name",
             )
             experiment = self.client.create_experiment(experiment_name)
@@ -126,3 +126,49 @@ def get_name_from_spec(self, input_spec: str):
         with open(input_spec) as f:
             spec = yaml.safe_load(f)
             return spec["pipelineInfo"]["name"]
+
+
+class SagemakerRunner(Runner):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.__resolve_imports()
+        self.client = self.boto3.client("sagemaker")
+
+    def __resolve_imports(self):
+        import boto3
+
+        self.boto3 = boto3
+
+    def run(self, input_spec: str, pipeline_name: str, role_arn: str, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Creates/updates a sagemaker pipeline and execute it."""
+        with open(input_spec) as f:
+            pipeline = f.read()
+            pipelines = self.client.list_pipelines(
+                PipelineNamePrefix=pipeline_name,
+            )
+            if pipelines["PipelineSummaries"]:
+                logging.info(
+                    f"Pipeline with name {pipeline_name} already exists, updating it",
+                )
+                _ = self.client.update_pipeline(
+                    PipelineName=pipeline_name,
+                    PipelineDefinition=pipeline,
+                    RoleArn=role_arn,
+                )
+            else:
+                logging.info(
+                    f"Pipeline with name {pipeline_name} does not exist, creating it",
+                )
+                _ = self.client.create_pipeline(
+                    PipelineName=pipeline_name,
+                    PipelineDefinition=pipeline,
+                    RoleArn=role_arn,
+                )
+
+        logging.info(f"Starting pipeline execution for pipeline {pipeline_name}")
+        _ = self.client.start_pipeline_execution(
+            PipelineName=pipeline_name,
+            ParallelismConfiguration={"MaxParallelExecutionSteps": 1},
+        )
+        logging.info(
+            "Pipeline execution started for pipeline, visit Sagemaker studio to follow up",
+        )
diff --git a/tests/test_runner.py b/tests/test_runner.py
index 15bc4e89a..84ad63304 100644
--- a/tests/test_runner.py
+++ b/tests/test_runner.py
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@
 from unittest import mock
 
 import pytest
-from fondant.pipeline.runner import DockerRunner, KubeflowRunner, VertexRunner
+from fondant.pipeline.runner import (
+    DockerRunner,
+    KubeflowRunner,
+    SagemakerRunner,
+    VertexRunner,
+)
 
 VALID_PIPELINE = Path("./tests/example_pipelines/compiled_pipeline/")
 
@@ -96,3 +101,58 @@ def test_vertex_runner():
             service_account="some_account",
         )
         runner2.run(input_spec=input_spec_path)
+
+
+def test_sagemaker_runner(tmp_path_factory):
+    with mock.patch("boto3.client", spec=True), tmp_path_factory.mktemp(
+        "temp",
+    ) as tmpdir:
+        # create a small temporary spec file
+        with open(tmpdir / "spec.json", "w") as f:
+            f.write('{"pipelineInfo": {"name": "pipeline_1"}}')
+        runner = SagemakerRunner()
+
+        runner.run(
+            input_spec=tmpdir / "spec.json",
+            pipeline_name="pipeline_1",
+            role_arn="arn:something",
+        )
+
+        # check which methods were called on the client
+        assert runner.client.method_calls == [
+            mock.call.list_pipelines(PipelineNamePrefix="pipeline_1"),
+            mock.call.update_pipeline(
+                PipelineName="pipeline_1",
+                PipelineDefinition='{"pipelineInfo": {"name": "pipeline_1"}}',
+                RoleArn="arn:something",
+            ),
+            mock.call.start_pipeline_execution(
+                PipelineName="pipeline_1",
+                ParallelismConfiguration={"MaxParallelExecutionSteps": 1},
+            ),
+        ]
+
+        # reset the mock and test the creation of a new pipeline
+        runner.client.reset_mock()
+        runner.client.configure_mock(
+            **{"list_pipelines.return_value": {"PipelineSummaries": []}},
+        )
+
+        runner.run(
+            input_spec=tmpdir / "spec.json",
+            pipeline_name="pipeline_1",
+            role_arn="arn:something",
+        )
+        # here we expect the create_pipeline method to be called
+        assert runner.client.method_calls == [
+            mock.call.list_pipelines(PipelineNamePrefix="pipeline_1"),
+            mock.call.create_pipeline(
+                PipelineName="pipeline_1",
+                PipelineDefinition='{"pipelineInfo": {"name": "pipeline_1"}}',
+                RoleArn="arn:something",
+            ),
+            mock.call.start_pipeline_execution(
+                PipelineName="pipeline_1",
+                ParallelismConfiguration={"MaxParallelExecutionSteps": 1},
+            ),
+        ]