diff --git a/monarch_hyperactor/src/mailbox.rs b/monarch_hyperactor/src/mailbox.rs
index 6e7654039..219eb4513 100644
--- a/monarch_hyperactor/src/mailbox.rs
+++ b/monarch_hyperactor/src/mailbox.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use std::hash::DefaultHasher;
 use std::hash::Hash;
 use std::hash::Hasher;
+use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use hyperactor::Mailbox;
@@ -35,11 +36,13 @@ use hyperactor::message::Bindings;
 use hyperactor::message::Unbind;
 use hyperactor_mesh::comm::multicast::set_cast_info_on_headers;
 use monarch_types::PickledPyObject;
+use pyo3::IntoPyObjectExt;
 use pyo3::exceptions::PyEOFError;
 use pyo3::exceptions::PyRuntimeError;
 use pyo3::exceptions::PyValueError;
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
 use pyo3::types::PyTuple;
+use pyo3::types::PyType;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use serde::Serialize;
 
@@ -326,6 +329,19 @@ pub struct PythonPortRef {
 
 #[pymethods]
 impl PythonPortRef {
+    #[new]
+    fn new(port: PyPortId) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            inner: PortRef::attest(port.into()),
+        }
+    }
+    fn __reduce__<'py>(
+        slf: Bound<'py, PythonPortRef>,
+    ) -> PyResult<(Bound<'py, PyType>, (PyPortId,))> {
+        let id: PyPortId = (*slf.borrow()).inner.port_id().clone().into();
+        Ok((slf.get_type(), (id,)))
+    }
+
     fn send(&self, mailbox: &PyMailbox, message: PythonMessage) -> PyResult<()> {
         self.inner
             .send(&mailbox.inner, message)
@@ -472,6 +488,22 @@ pub struct PythonOncePortRef {
 
 #[pymethods]
 impl PythonOncePortRef {
+    #[new]
+    fn new(port: Option<PyPortId>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            inner: port.map(|port| PortRef::attest(port.inner).into_once()),
+        }
+    }
+    fn __reduce__<'py>(
+        slf: Bound<'py, PythonOncePortRef>,
+    ) -> PyResult<(Bound<'py, PyType>, (Option<PyPortId>,))> {
+        let id: Option<PyPortId> = (*slf.borrow())
+            .inner
+            .as_ref()
+            .map(|x| x.port_id().clone().into());
+        Ok((slf.get_type(), (id,)))
+    }
+
     fn send(&mut self, mailbox: &PyMailbox, message: PythonMessage) -> PyResult<()> {
         let Some(port_ref) = self.inner.take() else {
             return Err(PyErr::new::<PyValueError, _>("OncePortRef is already used"));
diff --git a/python/tests/test_python_actors.py b/python/tests/test_python_actors.py
index 9ea581161..2608b7f13 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_python_actors.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_python_actors.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 import torch
 
+from monarch._src.actor.actor_mesh import Port, PortTuple
+
 from monarch.actor import (
     Accumulator,
     Actor,
@@ -706,6 +708,24 @@ async def test_actor_log_streaming() -> None:
             pass
 
 
+class SendAlot(Actor):
+    @endpoint
+    async def send(self, port: Port[int]):
+        for i in range(100):
+            port.send(i)
+
+
+def test_port_as_argument():
+    proc_mesh = local_proc_mesh(gpus=1).get()
+    s = proc_mesh.spawn("send_alot", SendAlot).get()
+    send, recv = PortTuple.create(proc_mesh._mailbox, None)
+
+    s.send.broadcast(send)
+
+    for i in range(100):
+        assert i == recv.recv().get()
+
+
 @pytest.mark.timeout(15)
 async def test_same_actor_twice() -> None:
     pm = await proc_mesh(gpus=1)