diff --git a/sdk/typescript/src/types/objects.ts b/sdk/typescript/src/types/objects.ts
index 1bd1c077a5b80..df5e342dc9ad0 100644
--- a/sdk/typescript/src/types/objects.ts
+++ b/sdk/typescript/src/types/objects.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export type ObjectRef = {
 
 export type ObjectExistsInfo = {
   objectRef: ObjectRef,
+  objectType: ObjectType,
   object: any,
 };
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ export type ObjectNotExistsInfo = {
 };
 
 export type ObjectStatus = 'Exists' | 'NotExists' | 'Deleted';
+export type ObjectType = 'moveObject' | 'movePackage';
 
 
 export type GetOwnedObjectRefsResponse = {
diff --git a/sui/src/rest_gateway/responses.rs b/sui/src/rest_gateway/responses.rs
index b24f666ecaab9..34a3ea67c387e 100644
--- a/sui/src/rest_gateway/responses.rs
+++ b/sui/src/rest_gateway/responses.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use sui_types::base_types::{ObjectDigest, ObjectID, ObjectRef, SequenceNumber};
 use sui_types::crypto::SignableBytes;
 use sui_types::error::SuiError;
 use sui_types::messages::TransactionData;
-use sui_types::object::ObjectRead;
+use sui_types::object::{Data, ObjectRead};
 
 #[serde_as]
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, JsonSchema)]
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ impl<T: JsonSchema + Serialize + Send + Sync + 'static> HttpResponse for HttpRes
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub struct ObjectExistsResponse {
     object_ref: NamedObjectRef,
+    object_type: MoveObjectType,
     object: Value,
 }
 
@@ -165,8 +166,10 @@ impl TryFrom<ObjectRead> for GetObjectInfoResponse {
     fn try_from(obj: ObjectRead) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
         match obj {
             ObjectRead::Exists(object_ref, object, layout) => {
+                let object_type = MoveObjectType::from_data(&object.data);
                 Ok(Self::Exists(ObjectExistsResponse {
                     object_ref: object_ref.into(),
+                    object_type,
                     object: object.to_json(&layout)?,
                 }))
             }
@@ -177,3 +180,19 @@ impl TryFrom<ObjectRead> for GetObjectInfoResponse {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, JsonSchema)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub enum MoveObjectType {
+    MoveObject,
+    MovePackage,
+}
+
+impl MoveObjectType {
+    fn from_data(data: &Data) -> Self {
+        match data {
+            Data::Move(_) => MoveObjectType::MoveObject,
+            Data::Package(_) => MoveObjectType::MovePackage,
+        }
+    }
+}