diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/tools/base.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/tools/base.py
index 2310927ac2..269e2b4846 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/tools/base.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/tools/base.py
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ class StructuredTool(BaseTool):
 
 
 def tool(
-    *args: Union[str, Callable],
+    *args: Union[str, Callable, Runnable],
     return_direct: bool = False,
     args_schema: Optional[Type[BaseModel]] = None,
     infer_schema: bool = True,
@@ -769,21 +769,46 @@ def tool(
     """
 
     def _make_with_name(tool_name: str) -> Callable:
-        def _make_tool(dec_func: Callable) -> BaseTool:
-            if inspect.iscoroutinefunction(dec_func):
+        def _make_tool(dec_func: Union[Callable, Runnable]) -> BaseTool:
+            if isinstance(dec_func, Runnable):
+                runnable = dec_func
+
+                if runnable.input_schema.schema().get("type") != "object":
+                    raise ValueError("Runnable must have an object schema.")
+
+                async def ainvoke_wrapper(
+                    callbacks: Optional[Callbacks] = None, **kwargs: Any
+                ) -> Any:
+                    return await runnable.ainvoke(kwargs, {"callbacks": callbacks})
+
+                def invoke_wrapper(
+                    callbacks: Optional[Callbacks] = None, **kwargs: Any
+                ) -> Any:
+                    return runnable.invoke(kwargs, {"callbacks": callbacks})
+
+                coroutine = ainvoke_wrapper
+                func = invoke_wrapper
+                schema: Optional[Type[BaseModel]] = runnable.input_schema
+                description = repr(runnable)
+            elif inspect.iscoroutinefunction(dec_func):
                 coroutine = dec_func
                 func = None
+                schema = args_schema
+                description = None
             else:
                 coroutine = None
                 func = dec_func
+                schema = args_schema
+                description = None
 
             if infer_schema or args_schema is not None:
                 return StructuredTool.from_function(
                     func,
                     coroutine,
                     name=tool_name,
+                    description=description,
                     return_direct=return_direct,
-                    args_schema=args_schema,
+                    args_schema=schema,
                     infer_schema=infer_schema,
                 )
             # If someone doesn't want a schema applied, we must treat it as
@@ -803,7 +828,9 @@ def tool(
 
         return _make_tool
 
-    if len(args) == 1 and isinstance(args[0], str):
+    if len(args) == 2 and isinstance(args[0], str) and isinstance(args[1], Runnable):
+        return _make_with_name(args[0])(args[1])
+    elif len(args) == 1 and isinstance(args[0], str):
         # if the argument is a string, then we use the string as the tool name
         # Example usage: @tool("search", return_direct=True)
         return _make_with_name(args[0])
diff --git a/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/schema/runnable/test_runnable.py b/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/schema/runnable/test_runnable.py
index a9103d3725..b72144102a 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/schema/runnable/test_runnable.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/schema/runnable/test_runnable.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ from langchain.schema.runnable import (
     RunnableSequence,
     RunnableWithFallbacks,
 )
+from langchain.tools.base import BaseTool, tool
 from langchain.tools.json.tool import JsonListKeysTool, JsonSpec
 
 
@@ -2779,3 +2780,32 @@ def test_representation_of_runnables() -> None:
         "    b: RunnableLambda(...)\n"
         "  }"
     ), "repr where code string contains multiple lambdas gives up"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_tool_from_runnable() -> None:
+    prompt = (
+        SystemMessagePromptTemplate.from_template("You are a nice assistant.")
+        + "{question}"
+    )
+    llm = FakeStreamingListLLM(responses=["foo-lish"])
+
+    chain = prompt | llm | StrOutputParser()
+
+    chain_tool = tool("chain_tool", chain)
+
+    assert isinstance(chain_tool, BaseTool)
+    assert chain_tool.name == "chain_tool"
+    assert chain_tool.run({"question": "What up"}) == chain.invoke(
+        {"question": "What up"}
+    )
+    assert await chain_tool.arun({"question": "What up"}) == await chain.ainvoke(
+        {"question": "What up"}
+    )
+    assert chain_tool.description.endswith(repr(chain))
+    assert chain_tool.args_schema.schema() == chain.input_schema.schema()
+    assert chain_tool.args_schema.schema() == {
+        "properties": {"question": {"title": "Question"}},
+        "title": "PromptInput",
+        "type": "object",
+    }