diff --git a/flyteidl/clients/go/coreutils/extract_literal.go b/flyteidl/clients/go/coreutils/extract_literal.go
index 4c4ae1f5ad..398821d503 100644
--- a/flyteidl/clients/go/coreutils/extract_literal.go
+++ b/flyteidl/clients/go/coreutils/extract_literal.go
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ func ExtractFromLiteral(literal *core.Literal) (interface{}, error) {
 			}
 		case *core.Scalar_Blob:
 			return scalarValue.Blob.Uri, nil
+		case *core.Scalar_Generic:
+			return scalarValue.Generic, nil
 		default:
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported literal scalar type %T", scalarValue)
 		}
diff --git a/flyteidl/clients/go/coreutils/extract_literal_test.go b/flyteidl/clients/go/coreutils/extract_literal_test.go
index ed1dccbbd6..321f3041a3 100644
--- a/flyteidl/clients/go/coreutils/extract_literal_test.go
+++ b/flyteidl/clients/go/coreutils/extract_literal_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ package coreutils
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/flyteorg/flyteidl/gen/pb-go/flyteidl/core"
+
+	structpb "github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/struct"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
@@ -101,4 +104,57 @@ func TestFetchLiteral(t *testing.T) {
 		_, err = ExtractFromLiteral(p)
 		assert.NotNil(t, err)
 	})
+
+	t.Run("Generic", func(t *testing.T) {
+		literalVal := map[string]interface{}{
+			"x": 1,
+			"y": "ystringvalue",
+		}
+		var literalType = &core.LiteralType{Type: &core.LiteralType_Simple{Simple: core.SimpleType_STRUCT}}
+		lit, err := MakeLiteralForType(literalType, literalVal)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		extractedLiteralVal, err := ExtractFromLiteral(lit)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		fieldsMap := map[string]*structpb.Value{
+			"x": {
+				Kind: &structpb.Value_NumberValue{NumberValue: 1},
+			},
+			"y": {
+				Kind: &structpb.Value_StringValue{StringValue: "ystringvalue"},
+			},
+		}
+		expectedStructVal := &structpb.Struct{
+			Fields: fieldsMap,
+		}
+		extractedStructValue := extractedLiteralVal.(*structpb.Struct)
+		assert.Equal(t, len(expectedStructVal.Fields), len(extractedStructValue.Fields))
+		for key, val := range expectedStructVal.Fields {
+			assert.Equal(t, val.Kind, extractedStructValue.Fields[key].Kind)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Generic Passed As String", func(t *testing.T) {
+		literalVal := "{\"x\": 1,\"y\": \"ystringvalue\"}"
+		var literalType = &core.LiteralType{Type: &core.LiteralType_Simple{Simple: core.SimpleType_STRUCT}}
+		lit, err := MakeLiteralForType(literalType, literalVal)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		extractedLiteralVal, err := ExtractFromLiteral(lit)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		fieldsMap := map[string]*structpb.Value{
+			"x": {
+				Kind: &structpb.Value_NumberValue{NumberValue: 1},
+			},
+			"y": {
+				Kind: &structpb.Value_StringValue{StringValue: "ystringvalue"},
+			},
+		}
+		expectedStructVal := &structpb.Struct{
+			Fields: fieldsMap,
+		}
+		extractedStructValue := extractedLiteralVal.(*structpb.Struct)
+		assert.Equal(t, len(expectedStructVal.Fields), len(extractedStructValue.Fields))
+		for key, val := range expectedStructVal.Fields {
+			assert.Equal(t, val.Kind, extractedStructValue.Fields[key].Kind)
+		}
+	})
 }
diff --git a/flyteidl/clients/go/coreutils/literals.go b/flyteidl/clients/go/coreutils/literals.go
index 6bb30f7be6..5a23a42b16 100644
--- a/flyteidl/clients/go/coreutils/literals.go
+++ b/flyteidl/clients/go/coreutils/literals.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 package coreutils
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
@@ -483,7 +484,17 @@ func MakeLiteralForType(t *core.LiteralType, v interface{}) (*core.Literal, erro
 		}
 	case *core.LiteralType_Simple:
 		newT := t.Type.(*core.LiteralType_Simple)
-		lv, err := MakeLiteralForSimpleType(newT.Simple, fmt.Sprintf("%v", v))
+		strValue := fmt.Sprintf("%v", v)
+		if newT.Simple == core.SimpleType_STRUCT {
+			if _, isValueStringType := v.(string); !isValueStringType {
+				byteValue, err := json.Marshal(v)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to marshal to json string for struct value %v", v)
+				}
+				strValue = string(byteValue)
+			}
+		}
+		lv, err := MakeLiteralForSimpleType(newT.Simple, strValue)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}