diff --git a/ngraph/core/src/type/element_type.cpp b/ngraph/core/src/type/element_type.cpp
index a807bb56a7c..828c3b7c787 100644
--- a/ngraph/core/src/type/element_type.cpp
+++ b/ngraph/core/src/type/element_type.cpp
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ namespace ngraph
                                         {"i16", element::Type_t::i16},
                                         {"i32", element::Type_t::i32},
                                         {"i64", element::Type_t::i64},
+                                        {"u1", element::Type_t::u1},
                                         {"u8", element::Type_t::u8},
                                         {"u16", element::Type_t::u16},
                                         {"u32", element::Type_t::u32},
diff --git a/ngraph/python/src/pyngraph/ops/constant.cpp b/ngraph/python/src/pyngraph/ops/constant.cpp
index 4b3265f8ce5..1f6dd6b0850 100644
--- a/ngraph/python/src/pyngraph/ops/constant.cpp
+++ b/ngraph/python/src/pyngraph/ops/constant.cpp
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void regclass_pyngraph_op_Constant(py::module m)
         {
             return _cast_vector<int64_t>(self);
         }
-        else if (element_type == ngraph::element::u8)
+        else if (element_type == ngraph::element::u8 || element_type == ngraph::element::u1)
         {
             return _cast_vector<uint8_t>(self);
         }
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ void regclass_pyngraph_op_Constant(py::module m)
         {
             return _get_buffer_info<int64_t>(self);
         }
-        else if (element_type == ngraph::element::u8)
+        else if (element_type == ngraph::element::u8 || element_type == ngraph::element::u1)
         {
             return _get_buffer_info<uint8_t>(self);
         }
diff --git a/ngraph/python/src/pyngraph/types/element_type.cpp b/ngraph/python/src/pyngraph/types/element_type.cpp
index 67ed479e5e7..ce72aacc715 100644
--- a/ngraph/python/src/pyngraph/types/element_type.cpp
+++ b/ngraph/python/src/pyngraph/types/element_type.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ void regclass_pyngraph_Type(py::module m)
     type.attr("i16") = ngraph::element::i16;
     type.attr("i32") = ngraph::element::i32;
     type.attr("i64") = ngraph::element::i64;
+    type.attr("u1") = ngraph::element::u1;
     type.attr("u8") = ngraph::element::u8;
     type.attr("u16") = ngraph::element::u16;
     type.attr("u32") = ngraph::element::u32;