diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints.py
index d0dfaec23afc..f429935c3a0e 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints.py
@@ -1462,9 +1462,10 @@ def normalize(x, none_as_type=False):
   # Convert bare builtin types to correct type hints directly
   elif x in _KNOWN_PRIMITIVE_TYPES:
     return _KNOWN_PRIMITIVE_TYPES[x]
-  elif getattr(x, '__module__',
-               None) in ('typing', 'collections', 'collections.abc') or getattr(
-                   x, '__origin__', None) in _KNOWN_PRIMITIVE_TYPES:
+  elif isinstance(x, types.UnionType) or getattr(
+      x, '__module__',
+      None) in ('typing', 'collections', 'collections.abc') or getattr(
+          x, '__origin__', None) in _KNOWN_PRIMITIVE_TYPES:
     beam_type = native_type_compatibility.convert_to_beam_type(x)
     if beam_type != x:
       # We were able to do the conversion.
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints_test.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints_test.py
index cec830380087..1377bea6d56d 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints_test.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints_test.py
@@ -1596,6 +1596,22 @@ def test_hint_helper(self):
     self.assertFalse(is_consistent_with(Union[str, int], str))
     self.assertFalse(is_consistent_with(str, NonBuiltInGeneric[str]))
 
+  def test_hint_helper_pipe_union(self):
+    pipe_union = int | None  # pylint: disable=unsupported-binary-operation
+    typing_union = Union[int, None]
+    self.assertTrue(is_consistent_with(int, pipe_union))
+    self.assertTrue(is_consistent_with(type(None), pipe_union))
+    self.assertFalse(is_consistent_with(str, pipe_union))
+    self.assertTrue(
+        is_consistent_with(int, pipe_union) == is_consistent_with(
+            int, typing_union))
+    self.assertTrue(
+        is_consistent_with(str, pipe_union) == is_consistent_with(
+            str, typing_union))
+    pipe_union_2 = int | float  # pylint: disable=unsupported-binary-operation
+    self.assertTrue(is_consistent_with(int, pipe_union_2))
+    self.assertTrue(is_consistent_with(float, pipe_union_2))
+
   def test_positional_arg_hints(self):
     self.assertEqual(typehints.Any, _positional_arg_hints('x', {}))
     self.assertEqual(int, _positional_arg_hints('x', {'x': int}))
@@ -1934,6 +1950,14 @@ def test_pipe_operator_as_union(self):
         native_type_compatibility.convert_to_beam_type(type_a),
         native_type_compatibility.convert_to_beam_type(type_b))
 
+  def test_normalize_pipe_union(self):
+    pipe_union = int | None  # pylint: disable=unsupported-binary-operation
+    normalized = typehints.normalize(pipe_union)
+    self.assertIsInstance(normalized, typehints.UnionConstraint)
+    pipe_union_2 = int | float  # pylint: disable=unsupported-binary-operation
+    normalized_2 = typehints.normalize(pipe_union_2)
+    self.assertIsInstance(normalized_2, typehints.UnionConstraint)
+
 
 class TestNonBuiltInGenerics(unittest.TestCase):
   def test_no_error_thrown(self):