diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/base.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/base.py
index f02a76eaa5a..ca3548a752d 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/base.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/base.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import logging
 import warnings
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Type, Union
+from typing import Any, AsyncIterator, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional, Type, Union
 
 import yaml
 from langchain_core.load.dump import dumpd
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ from langchain_core.pydantic_v1 import (
     root_validator,
     validator,
 )
-from langchain_core.runnables import RunnableConfig, RunnableSerializable
+from langchain_core.runnables import Runnable, RunnableConfig, RunnableSerializable
+from langchain_core.runnables.configurable import ConfigurableFieldSpec
 
 from langchain.callbacks.base import BaseCallbackManager
 from langchain.callbacks.manager import (
@@ -666,3 +667,103 @@ class Chain(RunnableSerializable[Dict[str, Any], Dict[str, Any]], ABC):
     ) -> List[Dict[str, str]]:
         """Call the chain on all inputs in the list."""
         return [self(inputs, callbacks=callbacks) for inputs in input_list]
+
+
+class RunnableChain(Chain, ABC):
+    @abstractmethod
+    def as_runnable(self) -> Runnable:
+        ...
+
+    @property
+    def InputType(self) -> Type[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        return self.as_runnable().InputType
+
+    @property
+    def OutputType(self) -> Type[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        return self.as_runnable().OutputType
+
+    def get_input_schema(self, config: RunnableConfig | None = None) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+        return self.as_runnable().get_input_schema(config)
+
+    def get_output_schema(
+        self, config: RunnableConfig | None = None
+    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+        return self.as_runnable().get_output_schema(config)
+
+    @property
+    def config_specs(self) -> List[ConfigurableFieldSpec]:
+        return self.as_runnable().config_specs
+
+    def invoke(
+        self,
+        input: Dict[str, Any],
+        config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        return self.as_runnable().invoke(input, config, **kwargs)
+
+    async def ainvoke(
+        self,
+        input: Dict[str, Any],
+        config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        return await self.as_runnable().ainvoke(input, config, **kwargs)
+
+    def stream(
+        self,
+        input: Dict[str, Any],
+        config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> Iterator[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        yield from self.as_runnable().stream(input, config, **kwargs)
+
+    async def astream(
+        self,
+        input: Dict[str, Any],
+        config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> AsyncIterator[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        async for item in self.as_runnable().astream(input, config, **kwargs):
+            yield item
+
+    def batch(
+        self,
+        inputs: List[Dict[str, Any]],
+        config: Optional[Union[RunnableConfig, List[RunnableConfig]]] = None,
+        *,
+        return_exceptions: bool = False,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        return self.as_runnable().batch(
+            inputs, config, **kwargs, return_exceptions=return_exceptions
+        )
+
+    async def abatch(
+        self,
+        inputs: List[Dict[str, Any]],
+        config: Optional[Union[RunnableConfig, List[RunnableConfig]]] = None,
+        *,
+        return_exceptions: bool = False,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        return await self.as_runnable().abatch(
+            inputs, config, **kwargs, return_exceptions=return_exceptions
+        )
+
+    def transform(
+        self,
+        input: Iterator[Dict[str, Any]],
+        config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None,
+        **kwargs: Any | None,
+    ) -> Iterator[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        yield from self.as_runnable().transform(input, config, **kwargs)
+
+    async def atransform(
+        self,
+        input: AsyncIterator[Dict[str, Any]],
+        config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None,
+        **kwargs: Any | None,
+    ) -> AsyncIterator[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        async for chunk in super().atransform(input, config, **kwargs):
+            yield chunk
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/llm.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/llm.py
index b7023dbc6a1..3834c79c41d 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/llm.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/llm.py
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ from langchain.callbacks.manager import (
     CallbackManagerForChainRun,
     Callbacks,
 )
-from langchain.chains.base import Chain
+from langchain.chains.base import RunnableChain
 
 
-class LLMChain(Chain):
+class LLMChain(RunnableChain):
     """Chain to run queries against LLMs.
 
     Example:
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ class LLMChain(Chain):
         extra = Extra.forbid
         arbitrary_types_allowed = True
 
+    def as_runnable(self) -> Runnable:
+        return (
+            self.prompt
+            | self.llm.bind(**self.llm_kwargs)
+            | {self.output_key: self.output_parser}
+        )
+
     @property
     def input_keys(self) -> List[str]:
         """Will be whatever keys the prompt expects.