diff --git a/langchain/prompts/chat.py b/langchain/prompts/chat.py
index 251b8e9274..9096b08d34 100644
--- a/langchain/prompts/chat.py
+++ b/langchain/prompts/chat.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Callable, List, Sequence, Tuple, Type, Union
+from typing import Any, Callable, List, Sequence, Tuple, Type, TypeVar, Union
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
@@ -58,12 +58,19 @@ class MessagesPlaceholder(BaseMessagePromptTemplate):
         return [self.variable_name]
 
 
+MessagePromptTemplateT = TypeVar(
+    "MessagePromptTemplateT", bound="BaseStringMessagePromptTemplate"
+)
+
+
 class BaseStringMessagePromptTemplate(BaseMessagePromptTemplate, ABC):
     prompt: StringPromptTemplate
     additional_kwargs: dict = Field(default_factory=dict)
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_template(cls, template: str, **kwargs: Any) -> BaseMessagePromptTemplate:
+    def from_template(
+        cls: Type[MessagePromptTemplateT], template: str, **kwargs: Any
+    ) -> MessagePromptTemplateT:
         prompt = PromptTemplate.from_template(template)
         return cls(prompt=prompt, **kwargs)