diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/openai_tools/base.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/openai_tools/base.py
index 9d3ba6660a7..dd6c3246f93 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/openai_tools/base.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/openai_tools/base.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Sequence
+from typing import Optional, Sequence
 
 from langchain_core.language_models import BaseLanguageModel
 from langchain_core.prompts.chat import ChatPromptTemplate
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ from langchain.agents.output_parsers.openai_tools import OpenAIToolsAgentOutputP
 
 
 def create_openai_tools_agent(
-    llm: BaseLanguageModel, tools: Sequence[BaseTool], prompt: ChatPromptTemplate
+    llm: BaseLanguageModel,
+    tools: Sequence[BaseTool],
+    prompt: ChatPromptTemplate,
+    strict: Optional[bool] = None,
 ) -> Runnable:
     """Create an agent that uses OpenAI tools.
 
@@ -87,7 +90,9 @@ def create_openai_tools_agent(
     if missing_vars:
         raise ValueError(f"Prompt missing required variables: {missing_vars}")
 
-    llm_with_tools = llm.bind(tools=[convert_to_openai_tool(tool) for tool in tools])
+    llm_with_tools = llm.bind(
+        tools=[convert_to_openai_tool(tool, strict=strict) for tool in tools]
+    )
 
     agent = (
         RunnablePassthrough.assign(