diff --git a/examples/sample_pipeline/pipeline.py b/examples/sample_pipeline/pipeline.py
index f984c129..eff75db7 100644
--- a/examples/sample_pipeline/pipeline.py
+++ b/examples/sample_pipeline/pipeline.py
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@
     ],
 )
 class CalculateChunkLength(PandasTransformComponent):
+    def __init__(self, arg_x: bool, **kwargs):
+        self.arg_x = arg_x
+
     def transform(self, dataframe: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame:
         dataframe["chunk_length"] = dataframe["text"].apply(len)
         return dataframe
@@ -59,4 +62,5 @@ def transform(self, dataframe: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame:
     ref=CalculateChunkLength,
     consumes={"text": pa.string()},
     produces={"chunk_length": pa.int32()},
+    arguments={"arg_x": "value_x"},
 )
diff --git a/src/fondant/core/component_spec.py b/src/fondant/core/component_spec.py
index 452d92d1..64507ec8 100644
--- a/src/fondant/core/component_spec.py
+++ b/src/fondant/core/component_spec.py
@@ -55,6 +55,17 @@ def kubeflow_type(self) -> str:
         }
         return lookup[self.type]
 
+    def to_spec(self):
+        return {
+            k: v
+            for k, v in {
+                "description": self.description,
+                "type": self.type.__name__,
+                "default": self.default,
+            }.items()
+            if v is not None
+        }
+
 
 class ComponentSpec:
     """
@@ -252,9 +263,9 @@ def args(self) -> t.Mapping[str, Argument]:
             {
                 name: Argument(
                     name=name,
-                    description=arg_info["description"],
+                    description=arg_info.get("description"),
                     type=pydoc.locate(arg_info["type"]),  # type: ignore
-                    default=arg_info["default"] if "default" in arg_info else None,
+                    default=arg_info.get("default"),
                     optional=arg_info.get("default") == "None",
                 )
                 for name, arg_info in self._specification.get("args", {}).items()
diff --git a/src/fondant/pipeline/lightweight_component.py b/src/fondant/pipeline/lightweight_component.py
index d44dd9ec..2f548b51 100644
--- a/src/fondant/pipeline/lightweight_component.py
+++ b/src/fondant/pipeline/lightweight_component.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from functools import wraps
 
-from fondant.component import Component
+from fondant.component import BaseComponent, Component
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def __post_init__(self):
             self.base_image = "fondant:latest"
 
 
-class PythonComponent:
+class PythonComponent(BaseComponent):
     @classmethod
     def image(cls) -> Image:
         raise NotImplementedError
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ def wrapper(cls):
 
         # updated=() is needed to prevent an attempt to update the class's __dict__
         @wraps(cls, updated=())
-        class AppliedPythonComponent(cls, PythonComponent):
+        class PythonComponentOp(cls, PythonComponent):
             @classmethod
             def image(cls) -> Image:
                 return image
 
-        return AppliedPythonComponent
+        return PythonComponentOp
 
     return wrapper
 
diff --git a/src/fondant/pipeline/pipeline.py b/src/fondant/pipeline/pipeline.py
index 629e42a3..18d16a11 100644
--- a/src/fondant/pipeline/pipeline.py
+++ b/src/fondant/pipeline/pipeline.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 from fondant.core.manifest import Manifest
 from fondant.core.schema import Field
 from fondant.pipeline import Image, PythonComponent
+from fondant.pipeline.argument_inference import infer_arguments
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -222,6 +223,10 @@ def from_ref(cls, ref: t.Any, **kwargs) -> "ComponentOp":
                     description=description,
                     consumes={"additionalProperties": True},
                     produces={"additionalProperties": True},
+                    args={
+                        name: arg.to_spec()
+                        for name, arg in infer_arguments(ref).items()
+                    },
                 )
 
                 operation = cls(
diff --git a/tests/pipeline/test_python_component.py b/tests/pipeline/test_python_component.py
index c06cdba0..8f1c57f8 100644
--- a/tests/pipeline/test_python_component.py
+++ b/tests/pipeline/test_python_component.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from fondant.component import DaskLoadComponent, PandasTransformComponent
 from fondant.core.exceptions import InvalidPythonComponent
 from fondant.pipeline import Pipeline, lightweight_component
+from fondant.pipeline.compiler import DockerCompiler
 
 
 def test_build_python_script():
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ def load(self) -> dd.DataFrame:
 
     @lightweight_component()
     class AddN(PandasTransformComponent):
-        def __init__(self, n: int):
+        def __init__(self, n: int, **kwargs):
             self.n = n
 
         def transform(self, dataframe: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame:
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ def transform(self, dataframe: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame:
         ref=AddN,
         produces={"x": pa.int32(), "y": pa.int32()},
         consumes={"x": pa.int32(), "y": pa.int32()},
+        arguments={"n": 1},
     )
     assert len(pipeline._graph.keys()) == 1 + 1
     assert pipeline._graph["AddN"]["dependencies"] == ["CreateData"]
@@ -113,12 +115,15 @@ def transform(self, dataframe: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame:
             "description": "python component",
             "consumes": {"additionalProperties": True},
             "produces": {"additionalProperties": True},
+            "args": {"n": {"type": "int"}},
         },
         "consumes": {"x": {"type": "int32"}, "y": {"type": "int32"}},
         "produces": {"x": {"type": "int32"}, "y": {"type": "int32"}},
     }
     pipeline._validate_pipeline_definition(run_id="dummy-run-id")
 
+    DockerCompiler().compile(pipeline)
+
 
 def test_lightweight_component_missing_decorator():
     pipeline = Pipeline(