diff --git a/lib/aryn-sdk/aryn_sdk/partition/partition.py b/lib/aryn-sdk/aryn_sdk/partition/partition.py
index bdd30ae45..79aabe76f 100644
--- a/lib/aryn-sdk/aryn_sdk/partition/partition.py
+++ b/lib/aryn-sdk/aryn_sdk/partition/partition.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ def partition_file(
     threshold: Optional[Union[float, Literal["auto"]]] = None,
     use_ocr: bool = False,
     ocr_images: bool = False,
+    summarize_images: bool = False,
     ocr_language: Optional[str] = None,
     extract_table_structure: bool = False,
     table_extraction_options: dict[str, Any] = {},
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ def partition_file(
             default: False
         ocr_images: attempt to use OCR to generate a text representation of detected images.
             default: False
+        summarize_images: Generate a text summary of detected images using a VLM.
         ocr_language: specify the language to use for OCR. If not set, the language will be english.
             default: English
         extract_table_structure: extract tables and their structural content.
@@ -157,6 +159,7 @@ def partition_file(
         threshold=threshold,
         use_ocr=use_ocr,
         ocr_images=ocr_images,
+        summarize_images=summarize_images,
         ocr_language=ocr_language,
         extract_table_structure=extract_table_structure,
         table_extraction_options=table_extraction_options,
@@ -180,6 +183,7 @@ def _partition_file_wrapper(
     threshold: Optional[Union[float, Literal["auto"]]] = None,
     use_ocr: bool = False,
     ocr_images: bool = False,
+    summarize_images: bool = False,
     ocr_language: Optional[str] = None,
     extract_table_structure: bool = False,
     table_extraction_options: dict[str, Any] = {},
@@ -209,6 +213,7 @@ def _partition_file_wrapper(
             threshold=threshold,
             use_ocr=use_ocr,
             ocr_images=ocr_images,
+            summarize_images=summarize_images,
             ocr_language=ocr_language,
             extract_table_structure=extract_table_structure,
             table_extraction_options=table_extraction_options,
@@ -236,6 +241,7 @@ def _partition_file_inner(
     threshold: Optional[Union[float, Literal["auto"]]] = None,
     use_ocr: bool = False,
     ocr_images: bool = False,
+    summarize_images: bool = False,
     ocr_language: Optional[str] = None,
     extract_table_structure: bool = False,
     table_extraction_options: dict[str, Any] = {},
@@ -269,6 +275,7 @@ def _partition_file_inner(
         threshold=threshold,
         use_ocr=use_ocr,
         ocr_images=ocr_images,
+        summarize_images=summarize_images,
         ocr_language=ocr_language,
         extract_table_structure=extract_table_structure,
         table_extraction_options=table_extraction_options,
@@ -376,6 +383,7 @@ def _json_options(
     threshold: Optional[Union[float, Literal["auto"]]] = None,
     use_ocr: bool = False,
     ocr_images: bool = False,
+    summarize_images: bool = False,
     ocr_language: Optional[str] = None,
     extract_table_structure: bool = False,
     table_extraction_options: dict[str, Any] = {},
@@ -393,6 +401,8 @@ def _json_options(
         options["use_ocr"] = use_ocr
     if ocr_images:
         options["ocr_images"] = ocr_images
+    if summarize_images:
+        options["summarize_images"] = summarize_images
     if ocr_language:
         options["ocr_language"] = ocr_language
     if extract_images:
@@ -423,6 +433,7 @@ def partition_file_async_submit(
     threshold: Optional[Union[float, Literal["auto"]]] = None,
     use_ocr: bool = False,
     ocr_images: bool = False,
+    summarize_images: bool = False,
     ocr_language: Optional[str] = None,
     extract_table_structure: bool = False,
     table_extraction_options: dict[str, Any] = {},
@@ -479,6 +490,7 @@ def partition_file_async_submit(
         threshold=threshold,
         use_ocr=use_ocr,
         ocr_images=ocr_images,
+        summarize_images=summarize_images,
         ocr_language=ocr_language,
         extract_table_structure=extract_table_structure,
         table_extraction_options=table_extraction_options,