diff --git a/src/helm/clients/anthropic_client.py b/src/helm/clients/anthropic_client.py
index 07f38f4176..343365ab5f 100644
--- a/src/helm/clients/anthropic_client.py
+++ b/src/helm/clients/anthropic_client.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, TypedDict, cast
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, TypedDict, Union, cast
 import json
 import requests
 import time
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 from helm.common.cache import CacheConfig
 from helm.common.hierarchical_logger import htrack_block, hlog
+from helm.common.media_object import IMAGE_TYPE, TEXT_TYPE
 from helm.common.optional_dependencies import handle_module_not_found_error
 from helm.common.request import (
     wrap_request_time,
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@
 try:
     from anthropic import Anthropic
     from anthropic.types import MessageParam
+    from anthropic.types.image_block_param import ImageBlockParam
+    from anthropic.types.text_block_param import TextBlockParam
     import websocket
 except ModuleNotFoundError as e:
     handle_module_not_found_error(e, ["anthropic"])
@@ -242,13 +245,54 @@ def make_request(self, request: Request) -> RequestResult:
 
         messages: List[MessageParam] = []
         system_message: Optional[MessageParam] = None
-        if request.messages and request.prompt:
-            raise AnthropicMessagesRequestError("Exactly one of Request.messages and Request.prompt should be set")
-        if request.messages:
+
+        if request.messages is not None:
+            # TODO(#2439): Refactor out Request validation
+            if request.multimodal_prompt is not None or request.prompt:
+                raise AnthropicMessagesRequestError(
+                    "Exactly one of Request.messages, Request.prompt or Request.multimodel_prompt should be set"
+                )
             messages = cast(List[MessageParam], request.messages)
             if messages[0]["role"] == "system":
                 system_message = messages[0]
                 messages = messages[1:]
+
+        elif request.multimodal_prompt is not None:
+            # TODO(#2439): Refactor out Request validation
+            if request.messages is not None or request.prompt:
+                raise AnthropicMessagesRequestError(
+                    "Exactly one of Request.messages, Request.prompt or Request.multimodel_prompt should be set"
+                )
+            blocks: List[Union[TextBlockParam, ImageBlockParam]] = []
+            for media_object in request.multimodal_prompt.media_objects:
+                if media_object.is_type(IMAGE_TYPE):
+                    # TODO(#2439): Refactor out Request validation
+                    if not media_object.location:
+                        raise Exception("MediaObject of image type has missing location field value")
+
+                    from helm.common.images_utils import encode_base64
+
+                    base64_image: str = encode_base64(media_object.location, format="JPEG")
+                    image_block: ImageBlockParam = {
+                        "type": "image",
+                        "source": {
+                            "type": "base64",
+                            "media_type": "image/jpeg",
+                            "data": base64_image,
+                        },
+                    }
+                    blocks.append(image_block)
+                if media_object.is_type(TEXT_TYPE):
+                    # TODO(#2439): Refactor out Request validation
+                    if media_object.text is None:
+                        raise ValueError("MediaObject of text type has missing text field value")
+                    text_block: TextBlockParam = {
+                        "type": "text",
+                        "text": media_object.text,
+                    }
+                    blocks.append(text_block)
+            messages = [{"role": "user", "content": blocks}]
+
         else:
             messages = [{"role": "user", "content": request.prompt}]
 
diff --git a/src/helm/common/media_object.py b/src/helm/common/media_object.py
index ddee88e778..d3fdf8292a 100644
--- a/src/helm/common/media_object.py
+++ b/src/helm/common/media_object.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from typing import List, Optional
 
 
+IMAGE_TYPE = "image"
 TEXT_TYPE = "text"
 
 
diff --git a/src/helm/config/model_metadata.yaml b/src/helm/config/model_metadata.yaml
index 3af6a7d3e8..c2e0831960 100644
--- a/src/helm/config/model_metadata.yaml
+++ b/src/helm/config/model_metadata.yaml
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ models:
     creator_organization_name: Anthropic
     access: limited
     release_date: 2024-03-04
-    tags: [TEXT_MODEL_TAG, LIMITED_FUNCTIONALITY_TEXT_MODEL_TAG, INSTRUCTION_FOLLOWING_MODEL_TAG]
+    tags: [TEXT_MODEL_TAG, VISION_LANGUAGE_MODEL_TAG, LIMITED_FUNCTIONALITY_TEXT_MODEL_TAG, INSTRUCTION_FOLLOWING_MODEL_TAG]
 
   - name: anthropic/claude-3-opus-20240229
     display_name: Claude 3 Opus (20240229)
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ models:
     creator_organization_name: Anthropic
     access: limited
     release_date: 2024-03-04
-    tags: [TEXT_MODEL_TAG, LIMITED_FUNCTIONALITY_TEXT_MODEL_TAG, INSTRUCTION_FOLLOWING_MODEL_TAG]
+    tags: [TEXT_MODEL_TAG, VISION_LANGUAGE_MODEL_TAG, LIMITED_FUNCTIONALITY_TEXT_MODEL_TAG, INSTRUCTION_FOLLOWING_MODEL_TAG]
 
   # DEPRECATED: Please do not use.
   - name: anthropic/stanford-online-all-v4-s3