diff --git a/flytekit/interaction/click_types.py b/flytekit/interaction/click_types.py
index 2c26ed0cbc..c16339a236 100644
--- a/flytekit/interaction/click_types.py
+++ b/flytekit/interaction/click_types.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import cloudpickle
 import rich_click as click
 import yaml
-from dataclasses_json import DataClassJsonMixin
+from dataclasses_json import DataClassJsonMixin, dataclass_json
 from pytimeparse import parse
 
 from flytekit import BlobType, FlyteContext, FlyteContextManager, Literal, LiteralType, StructuredDataset
@@ -273,6 +273,11 @@ def convert(
 
         if is_pydantic_basemodel(self._python_type):
             return self._python_type.parse_raw(json.dumps(parsed_value))  # type: ignore
+
+        # Ensure that the python type has `from_json` function
+        if not hasattr(self._python_type, "from_json"):
+            self._python_type = dataclass_json(self._python_type)
+
         return cast(DataClassJsonMixin, self._python_type).from_json(json.dumps(parsed_value))
 
 
diff --git a/tests/flytekit/unit/interaction/test_click_types.py b/tests/flytekit/unit/interaction/test_click_types.py
index 83a191c449..cb32982916 100644
--- a/tests/flytekit/unit/interaction/test_click_types.py
+++ b/tests/flytekit/unit/interaction/test_click_types.py
@@ -206,3 +206,23 @@ def test_query_passing(param_type: click.ParamType):
     query = a.query()
 
     assert param_type.convert(value=query, param=None, ctx=None) is query
+
+
+def test_dataclass_type():
+    from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+    @dataclass
+    class Datum:
+        x: int
+        y: str
+        z: dict[int, str]
+        w: list[int]
+
+    t = JsonParamType(Datum)
+    value = '{ "x": 1, "y": "2", "z": { "1": "one", "2": "two" }, "w": [1, 2, 3] }'
+    v = t.convert(value=value, param=None, ctx=None)
+
+    assert v.x == 1
+    assert v.y == "2"
+    assert v.z == {1: "one", 2: "two"}
+    assert v.w == [1, 2, 3]