diff --git a/byaldi/RAGModel.py b/byaldi/RAGModel.py
index 0b87bd8..89c232a 100644
--- a/byaldi/RAGModel.py
+++ b/byaldi/RAGModel.py
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Union
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Union
 
 from PIL import Image
 
 from byaldi.colpali import ColPaliModel
+
 from byaldi.objects import Result
 
+# Optional langchain integration
+try:
+    from byaldi.integrations import ByaldiLangChainRetriever
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
 
 class RAGMultiModalModel:
     """
@@ -50,7 +57,10 @@ def from_pretrained(
         """
         instance = cls()
         instance.model = ColPaliModel.from_pretrained(
-            pretrained_model_name_or_path, index_root=index_root, device=device, verbose=verbose
+            pretrained_model_name_or_path,
+            index_root=index_root,
+            device=device,
+            verbose=verbose,
         )
         return instance
 
@@ -165,3 +175,6 @@ def search(
 
     def get_doc_ids_to_file_names(self):
         return self.model.get_doc_ids_to_file_names()
+
+    def as_langchain_retriever(self, **kwargs: Any):
+        return ByaldiLangChainRetriever(model=self, kwargs=kwargs)
diff --git a/byaldi/integrations/__init__.py b/byaldi/integrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5841288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/byaldi/integrations/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+_all__ = []
+
+try:
+    from byaldi.integrations._langchain import ByaldiLangChainRetriever
+
+    _all__.append("ByaldiLangChainRetriever")
+except ImportError:
+    pass
diff --git a/byaldi/integrations/_langchain.py b/byaldi/integrations/_langchain.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f07b0be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/byaldi/integrations/_langchain.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from typing import Any, List
+
+from langchain_core.callbacks.manager import CallbackManagerForRetrieverRun
+from langchain_core.retrievers import BaseRetriever
+
+from byaldi.objects import Result
+
+
+class ByaldiLangChainRetriever(BaseRetriever):
+    model: Any
+    kwargs: dict = {}
+
+    def _get_relevant_documents(
+        self,
+        query: str,
+        *,
+        run_manager: CallbackManagerForRetrieverRun,  # noqa
+    ) -> List[Result]:
+        """Get documents relevant to a query."""
+        docs = self.model.search(query, **self.kwargs)
+        return docs
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index df19ff4..287157f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = ["pytest>=7.4.0", "ruff>=0.1.9"]
 server = ["uvicorn", "fastapi"]
+langchain = ["langchain-core"]
 
 [project.urls]
 "Homepage" = "https://github.com/answerdotai/byaldi"