diff --git a/src/v/redpanda/CMakeLists.txt b/src/v/redpanda/CMakeLists.txt
index 7b4ea51e6212..539f0bfdf55b 100644
--- a/src/v/redpanda/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/v/redpanda/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ v_cc_library(
     admin/kafka.cc
     admin/util.cc
     admin/migrations.cc
+    admin/topics.cc
     admin/data_migration_utils.cc
     cli_parser.cc
     application.cc
diff --git a/src/v/redpanda/admin/BUILD b/src/v/redpanda/admin/BUILD
index 4b5caa3f7a59..4650ce9ca775 100644
--- a/src/v/redpanda/admin/BUILD
+++ b/src/v/redpanda/admin/BUILD
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ redpanda_cc_library(
         "recovery.cc",
         "security.cc",
         "server.cc",
+        "topics.cc",
         "transaction.cc",
         "transform.cc",
         "usage.cc",
diff --git a/src/v/redpanda/admin/server.cc b/src/v/redpanda/admin/server.cc
index ba18927bee91..a9a2c9a552c6 100644
--- a/src/v/redpanda/admin/server.cc
+++ b/src/v/redpanda/admin/server.cc
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ void admin_server::configure_admin_routes() {
     register_shadow_indexing_routes();
     register_wasm_transform_routes();
     register_data_migration_routes();
+    register_topic_routes();
     /**
      * Special REST apis active only in recovery mode
      */
diff --git a/src/v/redpanda/admin/server.h b/src/v/redpanda/admin/server.h
index 35efc04a5f09..78180127dd40 100644
--- a/src/v/redpanda/admin/server.h
+++ b/src/v/redpanda/admin/server.h
@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ class admin_server {
     void register_wasm_transform_routes();
     void register_recovery_mode_routes();
     void register_data_migration_routes();
+    void register_topic_routes();
 
     ss::future<ss::json::json_return_type> patch_cluster_config_handler(
       std::unique_ptr<ss::http::request>, const request_auth_result&);
@@ -656,6 +657,12 @@ class admin_server {
     ss::future<ss::json::json_return_type>
       delete_migration(std::unique_ptr<ss::http::request>);
 
+    // Topic routes
+    ss::future<ss::json::json_return_type>
+      mount_topics(std::unique_ptr<ss::http::request>);
+    ss::future<ss::json::json_return_type>
+      unmount_topics(std::unique_ptr<ss::http::request>);
+
     ss::future<> throw_on_error(
       ss::http::request& req,
       std::error_code ec,
diff --git a/src/v/redpanda/admin/topics.cc b/src/v/redpanda/admin/topics.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1fd84b74bc2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/v/redpanda/admin/topics.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 Redpanda Data, Inc.
+ *
+ * Use of this software is governed by the Business Source License
+ * included in the file licenses/BSL.md
+ *
+ * As of the Change Date specified in that file, in accordance with
+ * the Business Source License, use of this software will be governed
+ * by the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ */
+#include "base/vlog.h"
+#include "cluster/controller.h"
+#include "cluster/data_migration_frontend.h"
+#include "cluster/data_migration_types.h"
+#include "container/fragmented_vector.h"
+#include "json/validator.h"
+#include "redpanda/admin/api-doc/migration.json.hh"
+#include "redpanda/admin/data_migration_utils.h"
+#include "redpanda/admin/server.h"
+#include "redpanda/admin/util.h"
+
+using admin::apply_validator;
+
+namespace {
+
+json::validator make_mount_configuration_validator() {
+    const std::string schema = R"(
+
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+    "type": "object",
+    "additionalProperties": false,
+    "required": [
+        "topics"
+    ],
+    "properties": {
+        "topics": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {
+                "$ref": "#/definitions/inbound_topic"
+            },
+            "description": "List of topics to mount"
+        }
+    },
+    "definitions": {
+        "namespaced_topic": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "required": [
+                "topic"
+            ],
+            "properties": {
+                "topic": {
+                    "type": "string"
+                },
+                "ns": {
+                    "type": "string"
+                }
+            },
+            "additionalProperties": false
+        },
+        "inbound_topic": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "required": [
+                "source_topic"
+            ],
+            "properties": {
+                "source_topic": {
+                    "$ref": "#/definitions/namespaced_topic"
+                },
+                "alias": {
+                    "$ref": "#/definitions/namespaced_topic"
+                },
+                "location": {
+                    "type": "string"
+                }
+            },
+            "additionalProperties": false
+        }
+    }
+})";
+    return json::validator(schema);
+}
+
+json::validator make_unmount_array_validator() {
+    const std::string schema = R"(
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+    "type": "object",
+    "additionalProperties": false,
+    "required": [
+        "topics"
+    ],
+    "properties": {
+        "topics": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {
+                "$ref": "#/definitions/namespaced_topic"
+            },
+            "description": "List of topics to unmount"
+        }
+    },
+    "definitions": {
+            "namespaced_topic": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "required": [
+                "topic"
+            ],
+            "properties": {
+                "topic": {
+                    "type": "string"
+                },
+                "ns": {
+                    "type": "string"
+                }
+            },
+            "additionalProperties": false
+        }
+    }
+})";
+    return json::validator(schema);
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+void admin_server::register_topic_routes() {
+    register_route<superuser>(
+      ss::httpd::migration_json::mount_topics,
+      [this](std::unique_ptr<ss::http::request> req) {
+          return mount_topics(std::move(req));
+      });
+    register_route<superuser>(
+      ss::httpd::migration_json::unmount_topics,
+      [this](std::unique_ptr<ss::http::request> req) {
+          return unmount_topics(std::move(req));
+      });
+}
+
+ss::future<ss::json::json_return_type>
+admin_server::mount_topics(std::unique_ptr<ss::http::request> req) {
+    static thread_local json::validator validator
+      = make_mount_configuration_validator();
+    auto json_doc = co_await parse_json_body(req.get());
+    apply_validator(validator, json_doc);
+    cluster::data_migrations::inbound_migration migration;
+
+    migration.topics = parse_inbound_topics(json_doc);
+    auto result = co_await _controller->get_data_migration_frontend()
+                    .local()
+                    .create_migration(std::move(migration));
+    if (!result) {
+        vlog(
+          adminlog.warn,
+          "unable to create data migration for topic mount - error: {}",
+          result.error());
+        co_await throw_on_error(*req, result.error(), model::controller_ntp);
+        throw ss::httpd::server_error_exception(
+          "unknown error when creating data migration for mounting topics");
+    }
+
+    ss::httpd::migration_json::migration_info reply;
+    reply.id = result.value();
+    co_return std::move(reply);
+}
+
+ss::future<ss::json::json_return_type>
+admin_server::unmount_topics(std::unique_ptr<ss::http::request> req) {
+    static thread_local json::validator validator
+      = make_unmount_array_validator();
+    auto json_doc = co_await parse_json_body(req.get());
+    apply_validator(validator, json_doc);
+    cluster::data_migrations::outbound_migration migration;
+
+    migration.topics = parse_topics(json_doc);
+    auto result = co_await _controller->get_data_migration_frontend()
+                    .local()
+                    .create_migration(std::move(migration));
+    if (!result) {
+        vlog(
+          adminlog.warn,
+          "unable to create data migration for topic unmount - error: {}",
+          result.error());
+        co_await throw_on_error(*req, result.error(), model::controller_ntp);
+        throw ss::httpd::server_error_exception(
+          "unknown error when creating data migration for unmounting topics");
+    }
+
+    ss::httpd::migration_json::migration_info reply;
+    reply.id = result.value();
+    co_return std::move(reply);
+}