diff --git a/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/prompts/test_chat.py b/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/prompts/test_chat.py
index d355b90dfc4..bf0d0d8f1ba 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/prompts/test_chat.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/prompts/test_chat.py
@@ -7,13 +7,19 @@ from langchain.prompts import PromptTemplate
 from langchain.prompts.chat import (
     AIMessagePromptTemplate,
     BaseMessagePromptTemplate,
+    ChatMessage,
     ChatMessagePromptTemplate,
     ChatPromptTemplate,
     ChatPromptValue,
     HumanMessagePromptTemplate,
     SystemMessagePromptTemplate,
 )
-from langchain.schema.messages import HumanMessage
+from langchain.schema.messages import (
+    AIMessage,
+    BaseMessage,
+    HumanMessage,
+    SystemMessage,
+)
 
 
 def create_messages() -> List[BaseMessagePromptTemplate]:
@@ -133,7 +139,9 @@ def test_chat_prompt_template_from_messages() -> None:
 
 
 def test_chat_prompt_template_with_messages() -> None:
-    messages = create_messages() + [HumanMessage(content="foo")]
+    messages: List[BaseMessagePromptTemplate] = create_messages() + [
+        HumanMessage(content="foo")
+    ]
     chat_prompt_template = ChatPromptTemplate.from_messages(messages)
     assert sorted(chat_prompt_template.input_variables) == sorted(
         ["context", "foo", "bar"]
@@ -175,7 +183,7 @@ def test_chat_valid_with_partial_variables() -> None:
         input_variables=["question", "context"],
         partial_variables={"formatins": "some structure"},
     )
-    assert set(prompt.input_variables) == set(["question", "context"])
+    assert set(prompt.input_variables) == {"question", "context"}
     assert prompt.partial_variables == {"formatins": "some structure"}
 
 
@@ -188,5 +196,25 @@ def test_chat_valid_infer_variables() -> None:
     prompt = ChatPromptTemplate(
         messages=messages, partial_variables={"formatins": "some structure"}
     )
-    assert set(prompt.input_variables) == set(["question", "context"])
+    assert set(prompt.input_variables) == {"question", "context"}
     assert prompt.partial_variables == {"formatins": "some structure"}
+
+
+def test_chat_from_role_strings() -> None:
+    """Test instantiation of chat template from role strings."""
+    template = ChatPromptTemplate.from_role_strings(
+        [
+            ("system", "You are a bot."),
+            ("ai", "hello!"),
+            ("human", "{question}"),
+            ("other", "{quack}"),
+        ]
+    )
+
+    messages = template.format_messages(question="How are you?", quack="duck")
+    assert messages == [
+        SystemMessage(content="You are a bot."),
+        AIMessage(content="hello!"),
+        HumanMessage(content="How are you?"),
+        ChatMessage(content="duck", role="other"),
+    ]