diff --git a/tensorflow_datasets/core/naming.py b/tensorflow_datasets/core/naming.py
index d1416e3002e..3187dc55609 100644
--- a/tensorflow_datasets/core/naming.py
+++ b/tensorflow_datasets/core/naming.py
@@ -292,7 +292,6 @@ def from_tfds_name(
   ) -> DatasetReference:
     """Returns the `DatasetReference` for the given TFDS dataset."""
     parsed_name, builder_kwargs = parse_builder_name_kwargs(tfds_name)
-    version, config = None, None
     version = builder_kwargs.get('version')
     config = builder_kwargs.get('config')
     return cls(
@@ -304,6 +303,46 @@ def from_tfds_name(
         data_dir=data_dir,
     )
 
+  @classmethod
+  def from_path(
+      cls,
+      dataset_dir: epath.PathLike,
+      root_data_dir: epath.PathLike,
+  ) -> DatasetReference:
+    """Returns the `DatasetReference` for the given dataset directory.
+
+    Args:
+      dataset_dir: The path to the dataset directory, e.g.,
+        `/data/my_dataset/my_config/1.2.3`.
+      root_data_dir: The root data directory, e.g., `/data`.
+    """
+    dataset_dir = os.fspath(dataset_dir)
+    root_data_dir = os.fspath(root_data_dir)
+
+    if not dataset_dir.startswith(root_data_dir):
+      raise ValueError(f'{dataset_dir=} does not start with {root_data_dir=}!')
+
+    relative_path = dataset_dir.removeprefix(root_data_dir)
+    relative_path = relative_path.removeprefix('/').removesuffix('/')
+    parts = relative_path.split('/')
+    dataset_name = parts[0]
+    if len(parts) == 2:
+      config_name = None
+      version = parts[1]
+    elif len(parts) == 3:
+      config_name = parts[1]
+      version = parts[2]
+    else:
+      raise ValueError(
+          f'Invalid {relative_path=} for {root_data_dir=} and {dataset_dir=}'
+      )
+    return cls(
+        dataset_name=dataset_name,
+        config=config_name,
+        version=version,
+        data_dir=root_data_dir.removesuffix('/'),
+    )
+
 
 def references_for(
     name_to_tfds_name: Mapping[str, str],
diff --git a/tensorflow_datasets/core/naming_test.py b/tensorflow_datasets/core/naming_test.py
index e253b2ef48b..776177ea950 100644
--- a/tensorflow_datasets/core/naming_test.py
+++ b/tensorflow_datasets/core/naming_test.py
@@ -862,6 +862,100 @@ def test_dataset_reference_from_tfds_name(
   )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ('dataset_dir', 'root_data_dir', 'expected'),
+    [
+        # Dataset with a config and a version.
+        (
+            '/data/ds/config/1.2.3',
+            '/data',
+            naming.DatasetReference(
+                dataset_name='ds',
+                version='1.2.3',
+                config='config',
+                data_dir='/data',
+            ),
+        ),
+        # Dataset with no config and a version.
+        (
+            '/data/ds/1.2.3',
+            '/data',
+            naming.DatasetReference(
+                dataset_name='ds',
+                version='1.2.3',
+                config=None,
+                data_dir='/data',
+            ),
+        ),
+        # Dataset dir with trailing slash.
+        (
+            '/data/ds/config/1.2.3/',
+            '/data',
+            naming.DatasetReference(
+                dataset_name='ds',
+                version='1.2.3',
+                config='config',
+                data_dir='/data',
+            ),
+        ),
+        # Root data dir with trailing slash.
+        (
+            '/data/ds/config/1.2.3',
+            '/data/',
+            naming.DatasetReference(
+                dataset_name='ds',
+                version='1.2.3',
+                config='config',
+                data_dir='/data',
+            ),
+        ),
+        # Dataset dir and root data dir with trailing slash.
+        (
+            '/data/ds/config/1.2.3/',
+            '/data/',
+            naming.DatasetReference(
+                dataset_name='ds',
+                version='1.2.3',
+                config='config',
+                data_dir='/data',
+            ),
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_dataset_reference_from_path(dataset_dir, root_data_dir, expected):
+  actual = naming.DatasetReference.from_path(
+      dataset_dir=dataset_dir, root_data_dir=root_data_dir
+  )
+  assert actual == expected
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ('dataset_dir', 'root_data_dir'),
+    [
+        # Root data dir is not a prefix of the dataset dir.
+        (
+            '/data/ds/config/1.2.3',
+            '/somewhere_else',
+        ),
+        # Too many nested folders.
+        (
+            '/data/ds/config/another_folder/1.2.3',
+            '/data',
+        ),
+        # Too few nested folders.
+        (
+            '/data/ds/',
+            '/data',
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_dataset_reference_from_path_invalid(dataset_dir, root_data_dir):
+  with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+    naming.DatasetReference.from_path(
+        dataset_dir=dataset_dir, root_data_dir=root_data_dir
+    )
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ('ds_name', 'namespace', 'version', 'config', 'tfds_name'),
     [