diff --git a/common/src/main/java/dev/cel/common/types/BUILD.bazel b/common/src/main/java/dev/cel/common/types/BUILD.bazel
index 752c6df9..f6ac05e4 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/dev/cel/common/types/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/common/src/main/java/dev/cel/common/types/BUILD.bazel
@@ -94,6 +94,18 @@ java_library(
     ],
 )
 
+java_library(
+    name = "cel_proto_message_types",
+    srcs = ["CelProtoMessageTypes.java"],
+    tags = [
+    ],
+    deps = [
+        "//common/types:cel_proto_types",
+        "@cel_spec//proto/cel/expr:expr_java_proto",
+        "@maven//:com_google_protobuf_protobuf_java",
+    ],
+)
+
 java_library(
     name = "cel_v1alpha1_types",
     srcs = ["CelV1AlphaTypes.java"],
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/dev/cel/common/types/CelProtoMessageTypes.java b/common/src/main/java/dev/cel/common/types/CelProtoMessageTypes.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..108305e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/main/java/dev/cel/common/types/CelProtoMessageTypes.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Copyright 2025 Google LLC
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package dev.cel.common.types;
+
+import dev.cel.expr.Type;
+import com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.Descriptor;
+
+/**
+ * Utility class for working with {@link Type} that require a full protobuf dependency (i.e:
+ * descriptors).
+ */
+public final class CelProtoMessageTypes {
+
+  /** Create a message {@code Type} for {@code Descriptor}. */
+  public static Type createMessage(Descriptor descriptor) {
+    return CelProtoTypes.createMessage(descriptor.getFullName());
+  }
+
+  private CelProtoMessageTypes() {}
+}
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/dev/cel/common/types/CelProtoTypes.java b/common/src/main/java/dev/cel/common/types/CelProtoTypes.java
index 1c240ca1..a794a9d0 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/dev/cel/common/types/CelProtoTypes.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/dev/cel/common/types/CelProtoTypes.java
@@ -112,7 +112,10 @@ public static Type createMessage(String messageName) {
     return Type.newBuilder().setMessageType(messageName).build();
   }
 
-  /** Create a message {@code Type} for {@code Descriptor}. */
+  /**
+   * @deprecated Use {@link CelProtoMessageTypes#createMessage} instead.
+   */
+  @Deprecated
   public static Type createMessage(Descriptor descriptor) {
     return createMessage(descriptor.getFullName());
   }
diff --git a/common/src/test/java/dev/cel/common/types/BUILD.bazel b/common/src/test/java/dev/cel/common/types/BUILD.bazel
index 541a77ec..dcad1703 100644
--- a/common/src/test/java/dev/cel/common/types/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/common/src/test/java/dev/cel/common/types/BUILD.bazel
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ java_library(
         "//:java_truth",
         "//common/types",
         "//common/types:cel_internal_types",
+        "//common/types:cel_proto_message_types",
         "//common/types:cel_proto_types",
         "//common/types:cel_types",
         "//common/types:message_type_provider",
diff --git a/common/src/test/java/dev/cel/common/types/CelProtoMessageTypesTest.java b/common/src/test/java/dev/cel/common/types/CelProtoMessageTypesTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..593dcc17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/test/java/dev/cel/common/types/CelProtoMessageTypesTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// Copyright 2025 Google LLC
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package dev.cel.common.types;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+
+import dev.cel.expr.Type;
+import com.google.testing.junit.testparameterinjector.TestParameterInjector;
+import dev.cel.expr.conformance.proto3.TestAllTypes;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+@RunWith(TestParameterInjector.class)
+public final class CelProtoMessageTypesTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void createMessage_fromDescriptor() {
+    Type type = CelProtoMessageTypes.createMessage(TestAllTypes.getDescriptor());
+
+    assertThat(type)
+        .isEqualTo(
+            Type.newBuilder().setMessageType(TestAllTypes.getDescriptor().getFullName()).build());
+  }
+}
diff --git a/common/types/BUILD.bazel b/common/types/BUILD.bazel
index 1802b054..e726b0c5 100644
--- a/common/types/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/common/types/BUILD.bazel
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ java_library(
     exports = ["//common/src/main/java/dev/cel/common/types:cel_proto_types"],
 )
 
+java_library(
+    name = "cel_proto_message_types",
+    exports = ["//common/src/main/java/dev/cel/common/types:cel_proto_message_types"],
+)
+
 java_library(
     name = "cel_v1alpha1_types",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],