diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/inputs/__init__.py b/src/backend/base/langflow/inputs/__init__.py
index dd227d5db..53927ca0f 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/inputs/__init__.py
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/inputs/__init__.py
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ from .inputs import (
     FileInput,
     FloatInput,
     IntInput,
+    MultilineInput,
     NestedDictInput,
     PromptInput,
     SecretStrInput,
     StrInput,
-    MultilineInput,
+    HandleInput,
 )
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -24,4 +25,5 @@ __all__ = [
     "FileInput",
     "PromptInput",
     "MultilineInput",
+    "HandleInput",
 ]
diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/inputs/input_mixin.py b/src/backend/base/langflow/inputs/input_mixin.py
index 917d1ea65..07e4f6338 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/inputs/input_mixin.py
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/inputs/input_mixin.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ SerializableFieldTypes = Annotated[FieldTypes, PlainSerializer(lambda v: v.value
 class BaseInputMixin(BaseModel):
     model_config = ConfigDict(arbitrary_types_allowed=True)
 
-    field_type: Optional[SerializableFieldTypes] = Field(default=FieldTypes.TEXT)
+    field_type: Optional[SerializableFieldTypes | str] = Field(default=FieldTypes.TEXT)
 
     required: bool = False
     """Specifies if the field is required. Defaults to False."""
diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/inputs/inputs.py b/src/backend/base/langflow/inputs/inputs.py
index a59a76984..3342d6322 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/inputs/inputs.py
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/inputs/inputs.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import Callable, Optional, Union
 
-from pydantic import Field
+from pydantic import Field, model_validator
 
 from langflow.inputs.validators import StrictBoolean
 
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ from .input_mixin import (
 )
 
 
+class HandleInput(BaseInputMixin):
+    input_types: list[str] = Field(default_factory=list)
+    field_type: Optional[str] = ""
+
+    @model_validator(mode="after")
+    def validate_model_type(self):
+        # FieldType should be a string
+        self.field_type = " | ".join(self.input_types)
+        return self
+
+
 class PromptInput(BaseInputMixin, ListableInputMixin):
     field_type: Optional[SerializableFieldTypes] = FieldTypes.PROMPT
 
@@ -83,4 +94,5 @@ InputTypes = Union[
     FileInput,
     PromptInput,
     MultilineInput,
+    HandleInput,
 ]