diff --git a/flash/core/model.py b/flash/core/model.py
index 1020663340..233c9fa5fb 100644
--- a/flash/core/model.py
+++ b/flash/core/model.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 import functools
 import inspect
 from copy import deepcopy
-from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Mapping, Optional, Sequence, Type, Union
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Mapping, Optional, Sequence, Type, Union, Tuple
 
 import torch
 import torchmetrics
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 from flash.core.utils import get_callable_dict
 from flash.data.data_pipeline import DataPipeline, Postprocess, Preprocess
 
+SchedulerType = Union[Tuple[torch.optim.lr_scheduler._LRScheduler], torch.optim.lr_scheduler._LRScheduler]
+
 
 def predict_context(func: Callable) -> Callable:
     """
@@ -63,18 +65,20 @@ class Task(LightningModule):
     """
 
     def __init__(
-        self,
-        model: Optional[nn.Module] = None,
-        loss_fn: Optional[Union[Callable, Mapping, Sequence]] = None,
-        optimizer: Type[torch.optim.Optimizer] = torch.optim.Adam,
-        metrics: Union[torchmetrics.Metric, Mapping, Sequence, None] = None,
-        learning_rate: float = 5e-5,
+            self,
+            model: Optional[nn.Module] = None,
+            loss_fn: Optional[Union[Callable, Mapping, Sequence]] = None,
+            optimizer: Type[torch.optim.Optimizer] = torch.optim.Adam,
+            scheduler: Optional[Type[torch.optim.lr_scheduler._LRScheduler]] = None,
+            metrics: Union[torchmetrics.Metric, Mapping, Sequence, None] = None,
+            learning_rate: float = 5e-5,
     ):
         super().__init__()
         if model is not None:
             self.model = model
         self.loss_fn = {} if loss_fn is None else get_callable_dict(loss_fn)
         self.optimizer_cls = optimizer
+        self.scheduler = scheduler
         self.metrics = nn.ModuleDict({} if metrics is None else get_callable_dict(metrics))
         self.learning_rate = learning_rate
         # TODO: should we save more? Bug on some regarding yaml if we save metrics
@@ -126,9 +130,9 @@ def test_step(self, batch: Any, batch_idx: int) -> None:
 
     @predict_context
     def predict(
-        self,
-        x: Any,
-        data_pipeline: Optional[DataPipeline] = None,
+            self,
+            x: Any,
+            data_pipeline: Optional[DataPipeline] = None,
     ) -> Any:
         """
         Predict function for raw data or processed data
@@ -159,8 +163,13 @@ def predict_step(self, batch: Any, batch_idx: int, dataloader_idx: int = 0) -> A
             batch = torch.stack(batch)
         return self(batch)
 
-    def configure_optimizers(self) -> torch.optim.Optimizer:
-        return self.optimizer_cls(filter(lambda p: p.requires_grad, self.parameters()), lr=self.learning_rate)
+    def configure_optimizers(
+            self
+    ) -> Union[Tuple[Tuple[torch.optim.Optimizer], Any], Tuple[torch.optim.Optimizer]]:
+        optimizers = self.optimizer_cls(filter(lambda p: p.requires_grad, self.parameters()), lr=self.learning_rate)
+        if self.scheduler:
+            return optimizers, self.scheduler(optimizer=optimizers)
+        return optimizers
 
     def configure_finetune_callback(self) -> List[Callback]:
         return []