diff --git a/components/vertex-components/src/vertex_components/custom_train_job.py b/components/vertex-components/src/vertex_components/custom_train_job.py
index 0a2773bd..9cc51b17 100644
--- a/components/vertex-components/src/vertex_components/custom_train_job.py
+++ b/components/vertex-components/src/vertex_components/custom_train_job.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright 2022 Google LLC
-from typing import List, Dict
+from typing import List, Dict, NamedTuple
 
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@
 
 @component(
     base_image="python:3.7",
-    packages_to_install=["google-cloud-aiplatform==1.24.1"],
+    packages_to_install=[
+        "google-cloud-aiplatform==1.24.1",
+        "google-cloud-pipeline-components==1.0.42",
+    ],
 )
 def custom_train_job(
     train_script_uri: str,
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ def custom_train_job(
     accelerator_type: str = "ACCELERATOR_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED",
     accelerator_count: int = 0,
     parent_model: str = None,
-):
+) -> NamedTuple("Outputs", [("gcp_resources", str)]):
     """Run a custom training job using a training script.
 
     The provided script will be invoked by passing the following command-line arguments:
@@ -87,12 +90,15 @@ def custom_train_job(
     Returns:
         parent_model (str): Resource URI of the parent model (empty string if the
             trained model is the first model version of its kind).
+        NamedTuple: gcp_resources for Vertex AI UI integration.
     """
     import json
     import logging
     import os.path
     import time
     import google.cloud.aiplatform as aip
+    from google_cloud_pipeline_components.proto.gcp_resources_pb2 import GcpResources
+    from google.protobuf.json_format import MessageToJson
 
     logging.info(f"Using train script: {train_script_uri}")
     script_path = "/gcs/" + train_script_uri[5:]
@@ -143,3 +149,12 @@ def custom_train_job(
     for k, v in parsed_metrics.items():
         if type(v) is float:
             metrics.log_metric(k, v)
+
+    # return GCP resource for Vertex AI UI integration
+    custom_job_name = job.to_dict()["trainingTaskMetadata"]["backingCustomJob"]
+    custom_train_job_resources = GcpResources()
+    ctr = custom_train_job_resources.resources.add()
+    ctr.resource_type = "CustomJob"
+    ctr.resource_uri = custom_job_name
+    gcp_resources = MessageToJson(custom_train_job_resources)
+    return (gcp_resources,)
diff --git a/components/vertex-components/tests/test_custom_training_job.py b/components/vertex-components/tests/test_custom_training_job.py
index 46ec46ca..ac7675c4 100644
--- a/components/vertex-components/tests/test_custom_training_job.py
+++ b/components/vertex-components/tests/test_custom_training_job.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from kfp.v2.dsl import Dataset, Metrics, Artifact
 from unittest import mock
 import pytest
-
+import json
 
 import vertex_components
 
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ def test_custom_train_job(mock_open, mock_exists, mock_job, tmpdir):
     mock_model = Artifact(uri=tmpdir, metadata={"resourceName": ""})
     mock_metrics = Metrics(uri=tmpdir)
 
-    custom_train_job(
+    mock_job_instance = mock_job.return_value
+    mock_job_instance.to_dict.return_value = {
+        "trainingTaskMetadata": {"backingCustomJob": "mock_custom_job_name"}
+    }
+
+    (gcp_resources,) = custom_train_job(
         train_script_uri="gs://my-bucket/train_script.py",
         train_data=mock_train_data,
         valid_data=mock_valid_data,
@@ -53,6 +58,11 @@ def test_custom_train_job(mock_open, mock_exists, mock_job, tmpdir):
 
     # Assert metrics loading
     mock_open.assert_called_once_with(tmpdir, "r")
+    # Assert gcp_resources contains the expected value
+    assert (
+        json.loads(gcp_resources)["resources"][0]["resourceUri"]
+        == "mock_custom_job_name"
+    )
 
 
 @mock.patch("google.cloud.aiplatform.CustomTrainingJob")
@@ -72,7 +82,7 @@ def test_custom_train_script_not_found(mock_open, mock_exists, mock_job, tmpdir)
     mock_metrics = Metrics(uri=tmpdir)
 
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-        custom_train_job(
+        (gcp_resources,) = custom_train_job(
             train_script_uri="gs://my-bucket/train_script.py",
             train_data=mock_train_data,
             valid_data=mock_valid_data,