diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 46ed80623e..723f59c6d0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
   - `utils.ddp_sync_run` function for synchronous ddp run
   - CIFAR10 and CIFAR100 datasets from torchvision (no cv-based requirements)
   - [Catalyst Engines demo](https://github.com/catalyst-team/catalyst/tree/master/examples/engines)
+- `dataset_from_params` support in config API ([#1231](https://github.com/catalyst-team/catalyst/pull/1231))
+- transform from params support for config API added ([#1236](https://github.com/catalyst-team/catalyst/pull/1236))
 
 ### Changed
 
@@ -35,25 +37,6 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
   - Hydra hotfix due to `1.1.0` version changes
 
 
-## [21.06] - YYYY-MM-DD
-
-### Added
-
-- `dataset_from_params` support in config API ([#1231](https://github.com/catalyst-team/catalyst/pull/1231))
-
-### Changed
-
--
-
-### Removed
-
--
-
-### Fixed
-
-- batch overfit test fixed ([#1232](https://github.com/catalyst-team/catalyst/pull/1232/files))
-
-
 ## [21.05] - 2021-05-31
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/catalyst/registry.py b/catalyst/registry.py
index 0ac1bc590d..d0925542d1 100644
--- a/catalyst/registry.py
+++ b/catalyst/registry.py
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 def _transforms_loader(r: registry.Registry):
     from catalyst.data import transforms as t
 
-    r.add_from_module(t, prefix=["catalyst.", "C."])
+    # add `'transform.'` prefix to avoid nameing conflicts with other catalyst modules
+    r.add_from_module(t, prefix=["transform."])
 
 
 REGISTRY.late_add(_transforms_loader)
diff --git a/catalyst/runners/config.py b/catalyst/runners/config.py
index 7b7438bd39..2dee7e9657 100644
--- a/catalyst/runners/config.py
+++ b/catalyst/runners/config.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Any, Dict, List
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from copy import deepcopy
 import logging
@@ -215,12 +215,44 @@ def get_loggers(self) -> Dict[str, ILogger]:
 
         return loggers
 
-    def get_dataset_from_params(self, **params) -> "Dataset":
+    def _get_transform_from_params(self, **params) -> Callable:
+        """Creates transformation from ``**params`` parameters."""
+        recursion_keys = params.pop("_transforms_", ("transforms",))
+        for key in recursion_keys:
+            if key in params:
+                params[key] = [
+                    self._get_transform_from_params(**transform_params)
+                    for transform_params in params[key]
+                ]
+
+        transform = REGISTRY.get_from_params(**params)
+        return transform
+
+    def get_transform(self, **params) -> Callable:
+        """
+        Returns the data transforms for a given dataset.
+
+        Args:
+            **params: parameters of the transformation
+
+        Returns:
+            Data transformation to use
+        """
+        # make a copy of params since we don't want to modify config
+        params = deepcopy(params)
+
+        transform = self._get_transform_from_params(**params)
+        return transform
+
+    def _get_dataset_from_params(self, **params) -> "Dataset":
         """Creates dataset from ``**params`` parameters."""
         params = deepcopy(params)
 
-        dataset = REGISTRY.get_from_params(**params)
+        transform_params: dict = params.pop("transform", None)
+        if transform_params is not None:
+            params["transform"] = self.get_transform(**transform_params)
 
+        dataset = REGISTRY.get_from_params(**params)
         return dataset
 
     def get_datasets(self, stage: str) -> "OrderedDict[str, Dataset]":
@@ -232,12 +264,11 @@ def get_datasets(self, stage: str) -> "OrderedDict[str, Dataset]":
 
         Returns:
             Dict: datasets objects
-
         """
         params = deepcopy(self._stage_config[stage]["loaders"]["datasets"])
 
         datasets = [
-            (key, self.get_dataset_from_params(**dataset_params))
+            (key, self._get_dataset_from_params(**dataset_params))
             for key, dataset_params in params.items()
         ]
         return OrderedDict(datasets)
@@ -251,7 +282,6 @@ def get_loaders(self, stage: str) -> "OrderedDict[str, DataLoader]":
 
         Returns:
             Dict: loaders objects
-
         """
         loaders_params = deepcopy(self._stage_config[stage]["loaders"])
         loaders_params.pop("datasets", None)
diff --git a/catalyst/runners/hydra.py b/catalyst/runners/hydra.py
index 4307d8451e..b9d9cf90e4 100644
--- a/catalyst/runners/hydra.py
+++ b/catalyst/runners/hydra.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Any, Dict, List
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from copy import deepcopy
 import logging
@@ -176,10 +176,32 @@ def get_loggers(self) -> Dict[str, ILogger]:
 
         return loggers
 
-    def get_dataset_from_params(self, params: DictConfig) -> "Dataset":
+    def _get_transform_from_params(self, params: DictConfig) -> Callable:
+        transform: Callable = hydra.utils.instantiate(params)
+        return transform
+
+    def get_transform(self, params: DictConfig) -> Callable:
+        """
+        Returns the data transforms for a dataset.
+
+        Args:
+            params: parameters of the transformation
+
+        Returns:
+            Data transformations to use
+        """
+        transform = self._get_transform_from_params(params)
+        return transform
+
+    def _get_dataset_from_params(self, params: DictConfig) -> "Dataset":
         """Creates dataset from ``**params`` parameters."""
-        dataset = hydra.utils.instantiate(params)
-        raise dataset
+        transform_params = params.pop("transform", None)
+        if transform_params:
+            transform = self.get_transform(transform_params)
+            dataset = hydra.utils.instantiate(params, transform=transform)
+        else:
+            dataset = hydra.utils.instantiate(params)
+        return dataset
 
     def get_datasets(self, stage: str) -> "OrderedDict[str, Dataset]":
         """
@@ -190,13 +212,12 @@ def get_datasets(self, stage: str) -> "OrderedDict[str, Dataset]":
 
         Returns:
             Dict: datasets objects
-
         """
         datasets_params = self._config.stages[stage].loaders.datasets
         datasets_params = OmegaConf.to_container(datasets_params, resolve=True)
 
         datasets = {
-            key: self.get_dataset_from_params(params) for key, params in datasets_params.items()
+            key: self._get_dataset_from_params(params) for key, params in datasets_params.items()
         }
         return OrderedDict(datasets)
 
diff --git a/examples/mnist_stages/config.yml b/examples/mnist_stages/config.yml
index 49f88722ac..34ffb886a3 100644
--- a/examples/mnist_stages/config.yml
+++ b/examples/mnist_stages/config.yml
@@ -57,12 +57,16 @@ stages:
           _target_: MNIST
           root: *dataset_root
           train: True
+          transform:
+            _target_: transform.ToTensor
           download: True
           num_samples_per_class: 320
         valid:
           _target_: MNIST
           root: *dataset_root
           train: False
+          transform:
+            _target_: transform.ToTensor
           download: True
 
     criterion:
diff --git a/examples/mnist_stages/config_hydra.yaml b/examples/mnist_stages/config_hydra.yaml
index d98bd6e42d..daf44fa53b 100644
--- a/examples/mnist_stages/config_hydra.yaml
+++ b/examples/mnist_stages/config_hydra.yaml
@@ -56,11 +56,15 @@ stages:
           _target_: catalyst.contrib.datasets.MNIST
           root: ${shared.dataset_root}
           train: true
+          transform:
+            _target_: catalyst.data.transforms.ToTensor
           download: true
         valid:
           _target_: catalyst.contrib.datasets.MNIST
           root: ${shared.dataset_root}
           train: false
+          transform:
+            _target_: catalyst.data.transforms.ToTensor
           download: true
 
     criterion:
diff --git a/examples/mnist_stages/config_tune.yml b/examples/mnist_stages/config_tune.yml
index 0908c4e5fe..7024a950c3 100644
--- a/examples/mnist_stages/config_tune.yml
+++ b/examples/mnist_stages/config_tune.yml
@@ -65,11 +65,19 @@ stages:
           _target_: MNIST
           root: *dataset_root
           train: True
+          transform: &transform
+            _target_: transform.Compose
+            transforms:
+              - _target_: transform.ToTensor
+              - _target_: transform.Normalize
+                mean: [0]
+                std: [1]
           download: True
         valid:
           _target_: MNIST
           root: *dataset_root
           train: False
+          transform: *transform
           download: True
 #
 #      samplers:
diff --git a/examples/mnist_stages/runner.py b/examples/mnist_stages/runner.py
index e41a545106..c6cab073b7 100644
--- a/examples/mnist_stages/runner.py
+++ b/examples/mnist_stages/runner.py
@@ -25,13 +25,10 @@ def get_model(self, stage: str):
                 utils.set_requires_grad(layer, requires_grad=False)
         return model
 
-    def get_transform(self, stage: str = None, mode: str = None):
-        return ToTensor()
-
 
 class CustomSupervisedConfigRunner(IRunnerMixin, SupervisedConfigRunner):
-    def get_dataset_from_params(self, num_samples_per_class=320, **kwargs):
-        dataset = super().get_dataset_from_params(transform=self.get_transform(), **kwargs)
+    def _get_dataset_from_params(self, num_samples_per_class=320, **kwargs):
+        dataset = super()._get_dataset_from_params(**kwargs)
         if kwargs.get("train", True):
             dataset = {
                 "dataset": dataset,
@@ -47,10 +44,10 @@ def get_dataset_from_params(self, num_samples_per_class=320, **kwargs):
     from catalyst.dl import SupervisedHydraRunner
 
     class CustomSupervisedHydraRunner(IRunnerMixin, SupervisedHydraRunner):
-        def get_dataset_from_params(self, params):
-            num_samples_per_class = 320
+        def _get_dataset_from_params(self, params):
+            num_samples_per_class = params.pop("num_samples_per_class", 320)
 
-            dataset = hydra.utils.instantiate(params, transform=self.get_transform())
+            dataset = super()._get_dataset_from_params(params)
             if params["train"]:
                 dataset = {
                     "dataset": dataset,