diff --git a/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/values/mod.rs b/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/values/mod.rs
index fec45fe1bb..c3db22db19 100644
--- a/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/values/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/values/mod.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ mod nu_lazygroupby;
 mod nu_schema;
 mod nu_when;
 pub mod utils;
+mod nu_dtype;
 
 use crate::{Cacheable, PolarsPlugin};
 use nu_plugin::EngineInterface;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ pub use nu_expression::{NuExpression, NuExpressionCustomValue};
 pub use nu_lazyframe::{NuLazyFrame, NuLazyFrameCustomValue};
 pub use nu_lazygroupby::{NuLazyGroupBy, NuLazyGroupByCustomValue};
 pub use nu_schema::{str_to_dtype, NuSchema};
+pub use nu_dtype::NuDataType;
 pub use nu_when::{NuWhen, NuWhenCustomValue, NuWhenType};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
diff --git a/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/values/nu_dtype.rs b/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/values/nu_dtype.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ece475319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/values/nu_dtype.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+use nu_protocol::{ShellError, Span};
+use polars::prelude::{DataType, UnknownKind};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct NuDataType {
+    dtype: DataType,
+}
+
+impl NuDataType {
+    pub fn new(dtype: DataType) -> Self {
+        Self { dtype }
+    }
+
+    pub fn to_polars(&self) -> DataType {
+        self.dtype.clone()
+    }
+}
+