diff --git a/tfx/proto/orchestration/pipeline.proto b/tfx/proto/orchestration/pipeline.proto
index 7986a1ee904..7f116b6a06b 100644
--- a/tfx/proto/orchestration/pipeline.proto
+++ b/tfx/proto/orchestration/pipeline.proto
@@ -638,6 +638,11 @@ message NodeExecutionOptions {
       // If set then the node this NodeExecutionOptions belongs to marks the end
       // of some lifetime.
       string lifetime_start = 1;
+      // If True then the node this NodeExecutionOptions belongs to will execute
+      // when the pipeline is considered "finalized". Noted that the node will
+      // not have a start node and the node will always be triggered when the
+      // pipeline is finalized.
+      bool pipeline_lifetime = 2;
     }
   }