diff --git a/pdl-live-react/src/pdl_ast.d.ts b/pdl-live-react/src/pdl_ast.d.ts
index cee63e81..7a47607b 100644
--- a/pdl-live-react/src/pdl_ast.d.ts
+++ b/pdl-live-react/src/pdl_ast.d.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export type PdlTypeType =
   | ListPdlType
   | PdlTypeType[]
   | OptionalPdlType
+  | JsonSchemaTypePdlType
   | ObjPdlType
   | {
       [k: string]: PdlTypeType
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ export type Exclusivemaximum1 = number | null
 export type List = PdlTypeType | ListPdlTypeConstraints
 export type Minitems = number | null
 export type Maxitems = number | null
+export type Type = string | string[]
 export type Obj = {
   [k: string]: PdlTypeType
 } | null
@@ -2991,6 +2993,13 @@ export interface ListPdlTypeConstraints {
 export interface OptionalPdlType {
   optional: PdlTypeType
 }
+/**
+ * Json Schema type
+ */
+export interface JsonSchemaTypePdlType {
+  type: Type
+  [k: string]: unknown
+}
 /**
  * Optional type.
  */
diff --git a/src/pdl/pdl-schema.json b/src/pdl/pdl-schema.json
index f2fffef5..300a0a6e 100644
--- a/src/pdl/pdl-schema.json
+++ b/src/pdl/pdl-schema.json
@@ -6493,6 +6493,31 @@
       "title": "JoinText",
       "type": "object"
     },
+    "JsonSchemaTypePdlType": {
+      "additionalProperties": true,
+      "description": "Json Schema type",
+      "properties": {
+        "type": {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            {
+              "items": {
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "type": "array"
+            }
+          ],
+          "title": "Type"
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "type"
+      ],
+      "title": "JsonSchemaTypePdlType",
+      "type": "object"
+    },
     "LastOfBlock": {
       "additionalProperties": false,
       "description": "Return the value of the last block if the list of blocks.",
@@ -10146,6 +10171,9 @@
         {
           "$ref": "#/$defs/OptionalPdlType"
         },
+        {
+          "$ref": "#/$defs/JsonSchemaTypePdlType"
+        },
         {
           "$ref": "#/$defs/ObjPdlType"
         },
diff --git a/src/pdl/pdl_ast.py b/src/pdl/pdl_ast.py
index 7b155ac5..9abcb24d 100644
--- a/src/pdl/pdl_ast.py
+++ b/src/pdl/pdl_ast.py
@@ -228,6 +228,13 @@ class OptionalPdlType(PdlType):
     optional: "PdlTypeType"
 
 
+class JsonSchemaTypePdlType(PdlType):
+    """Json Schema type"""
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(extra="allow")
+    type: str | list[str]
+
+
 class ObjPdlType(PdlType):
     """Optional type."""
 
@@ -245,6 +252,7 @@ class ObjPdlType(PdlType):
         "      ListPdlType,"
         "      list['PdlTypeType'],"
         "      OptionalPdlType,"
+        "      JsonSchemaTypePdlType,"
         "      ObjPdlType,"
         "      dict[str, 'PdlTypeType']]",
         Field(union_mode="left_to_right"),
diff --git a/src/pdl/pdl_dumper.py b/src/pdl/pdl_dumper.py
index dae3c126..912ae06e 100644
--- a/src/pdl/pdl_dumper.py
+++ b/src/pdl/pdl_dumper.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     IntPdlType,
     JoinText,
     JoinType,
+    JsonSchemaTypePdlType,
     LastOfBlock,
     ListPdlType,
     ListPdlTypeConstraints,
@@ -383,6 +384,8 @@ def type_to_dict(t: PdlTypeType):
             assert False, "list must have only one element"
         case OptionalPdlType():
             d = {"optional": type_to_dict(t.optional)}
+        case JsonSchemaTypePdlType():
+            d = t.model_dump()
         case ObjPdlType():
             if t.obj is None:
                 d = "obj"
diff --git a/src/pdl/pdl_schema_utils.py b/src/pdl/pdl_schema_utils.py
index 402c38a7..78071c5e 100644
--- a/src/pdl/pdl_schema_utils.py
+++ b/src/pdl/pdl_schema_utils.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     EnumPdlType,
     FloatPdlType,
     IntPdlType,
+    JsonSchemaTypePdlType,
     ListPdlType,
     ListPdlTypeConstraints,
     ObjPdlType,
@@ -111,6 +112,12 @@ def pdltype_to_jsonschema(
         case OptionalPdlType(optional=t):
             t_schema = pdltype_to_jsonschema(t, additional_properties)
             schema = {"anyOf": [t_schema, "null"]}
+        case JsonSchemaTypePdlType(type=t):
+            if pdl_type.__pydantic_extra__ is None:
+                extra = {}
+            else:
+                extra = pdl_type.__pydantic_extra__
+            schema = {"type": t, **extra}
         case ObjPdlType(obj=pdl_props):
             if pdl_props is None:
                 schema = {"type": "object"}
diff --git a/tests/test_type_checking.py b/tests/test_type_checking.py
index b82e5823..23c24b75 100644
--- a/tests/test_type_checking.py
+++ b/tests/test_type_checking.py
@@ -140,6 +140,26 @@
         "pdl_type": "{enum: [red, green, blue]}",
         "json_schema": {"enum": ["red", "green", "blue"]},
     },
+    {
+        "pdl_type": "{ type: string }",
+        "json_schema": {"type": "string"},
+    },
+    {
+        "pdl_type": "{ type: [number, string] }",
+        "json_schema": {"type": ["number", "string"]},
+    },
+    {
+        "pdl_type": "{ type: array,  prefixItems: [ { type: number }, { type: string }, { enum: [Street, Avenue, Boulevard] }, { enum: [NW, NE, SW, SE] } ]}",
+        "json_schema": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "prefixItems": [
+                {"type": "number"},
+                {"type": "string"},
+                {"enum": ["Street", "Avenue", "Boulevard"]},
+                {"enum": ["NW", "NE", "SW", "SE"]},
+            ],
+        },
+    },
 ]