diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 004b157664..bca8ccb1a3 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ ClimaCore.jl Release Notes
 main
 -------
 
+- Extended `create_dss_buffer` and `weighted_dss!` for `FieldVector`s, rather than
+just `Field`s. PR [#2000](https://github.com/CliMA/ClimaCore.jl/pull/2000).
+
 v0.14.16
 -------
 
diff --git a/src/Fields/Fields.jl b/src/Fields/Fields.jl
index c8c0ab7baf..171daf699e 100644
--- a/src/Fields/Fields.jl
+++ b/src/Fields/Fields.jl
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ function interpcoord(elemrange, x::Real)
 end
 
 """
-    Spaces.weighted_dss!(f::Field[, ghost_buffer = Spaces.create_dss_buffer(field)])
+    Spaces.weighted_dss!(f::Field, dss_buffer = Spaces.create_dss_buffer(field))
 
 Apply weighted direct stiffness summation (DSS) to `f`. This operates in-place
 (i.e. it modifies the `f`). `ghost_buffer` contains the necessary information
diff --git a/src/Fields/fieldvector.jl b/src/Fields/fieldvector.jl
index 158f317b80..1dc3ee30f8 100644
--- a/src/Fields/fieldvector.jl
+++ b/src/Fields/fieldvector.jl
@@ -184,6 +184,41 @@ end
     return dest
 end
 
+"""
+    Spaces.create_dss_buffer(fv::FieldVector)
+
+Create a NamedTuple of buffers for communicating neighbour information of
+each Field in `fv`. In this NamedTuple, the name of each field is mapped
+to the buffer.
+"""
+function Spaces.create_dss_buffer(fv::FieldVector)
+    NamedTuple{propertynames(fv)}(
+        map(
+            key -> Spaces.create_dss_buffer(getproperty(fv, key)),
+            propertynames(fv),
+        ),
+    )
+end
+
+"""
+    Spaces.weighted_dss!(fv::FieldVector, dss_buffer = Spaces.create_dss_buffer(fv))
+
+Apply weighted direct stiffness summation (DSS) to each field in `fv`.
+If a `dss_buffer` object is not provided, a buffer will be created for each
+field in `fv`.
+Note that using the `Pair` interface here parallelizes the `weighted_dss!` calls.
+"""
+function Spaces.weighted_dss!(
+    fv::FieldVector,
+    dss_buffer = Spaces.create_dss_buffer(fv),
+)
+    pairs = map(propertynames(fv)) do key
+        Pair(getproperty(fv, key), getproperty(dss_buffer, key))
+    end
+    Spaces.weighted_dss!(pairs...)
+end
+
+
 # Recursively call transform_bc_args() on broadcast arguments in a way that is statically reducible by the optimizer
 # see Base.Broadcast.preprocess_args
 @inline transform_bc_args(args::Tuple, inds...) = (
diff --git a/test/Fields/field_opt.jl b/test/Fields/field_opt.jl
index 24955cdbb5..b57c4f3206 100644
--- a/test/Fields/field_opt.jl
+++ b/test/Fields/field_opt.jl
@@ -393,4 +393,49 @@ using JET
     @test_opt ifelsekernel!(S, ρ)
 end
 
+@testset "dss of FieldVectors" begin
+    function field_vec(center_space, face_space)
+        Y = Fields.FieldVector(
+            c = map(Fields.coordinate_field(center_space)) do coord
+                FT = Spaces.undertype(center_space)
+                (;
+                    ρ = FT(coord.lat + coord.long),
+                    uₕ = Geometry.Covariant12Vector(
+                        FT(coord.lat),
+                        FT(coord.long),
+                    ),
+                )
+            end,
+            f = map(Fields.coordinate_field(face_space)) do coord
+                FT = Spaces.undertype(face_space)
+                (; w = Geometry.Covariant3Vector(FT(coord.lat + coord.long)))
+            end,
+        )
+        return Y
+    end
+
+    fv = field_vec(toy_sphere(Float64)...)
+
+    c_copy = copy(getproperty(fv, :c))
+    f_copy = copy(getproperty(fv, :f))
+
+    # Test that dss_buffer is created and has the correct keys
+    dss_buffer = Spaces.create_dss_buffer(fv)
+    @test haskey(dss_buffer, :c)
+    @test haskey(dss_buffer, :f)
+
+    # Test weighted_dss! with and without preallocated buffer
+    Spaces.weighted_dss!(fv, dss_buffer)
+    @test getproperty(fv, :c) ≈ Spaces.weighted_dss!(c_copy)
+    @test getproperty(fv, :f) ≈ Spaces.weighted_dss!(f_copy)
+
+    fv = field_vec(toy_sphere(Float64)...)
+    c_copy = copy(getproperty(fv, :c))
+    f_copy = copy(getproperty(fv, :f))
+
+    Spaces.weighted_dss!(fv)
+    @test getproperty(fv, :c) ≈ Spaces.weighted_dss!(c_copy)
+    @test getproperty(fv, :f) ≈ Spaces.weighted_dss!(f_copy)
+end
+
 nothing