diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 42c4614ef6..7678fe5dcc 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export { state, State, declareState } from './lib/mina/state.js';
 
 export type { JsonProof } from './lib/proof-system/zkprogram.js';
 export {
+  type ProofBase,
   Proof,
   DynamicProof,
   SelfProof,
diff --git a/src/lib/proof-system/sideloaded.unit-test.ts b/src/lib/proof-system/sideloaded.unit-test.ts
index 5f397b443d..88bb40fca8 100644
--- a/src/lib/proof-system/sideloaded.unit-test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/proof-system/sideloaded.unit-test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   Void,
   ZkProgram,
 } from './zkprogram.js';
-import { Field, Struct } from '../../index.js';
+import { Field, SmartContract, Struct, method } from '../../index.js';
 import { it, describe, before } from 'node:test';
 import { expect } from 'expect';
 
@@ -124,6 +124,17 @@ const sideloadedProgram2 = ZkProgram({
   },
 });
 
+export class SideloadedSmartContract extends SmartContract {
+  @method async setValue(
+    value: Field,
+    proof: SampleSideloadedProof,
+    vk: VerificationKey
+  ) {
+    proof.verify(vk);
+    proof.publicInput.assertEquals(value);
+  }
+}
+
 describe('sideloaded', async () => {
   let program1Vk = (await program1.compile()).verificationKey;
   let program2Vk = (await program2.compile()).verificationKey;
@@ -211,4 +222,8 @@ describe('sideloaded', async () => {
 
     expect(tag1).not.toStrictEqual(tag2);
   });
+
+  it('should compile with SmartContracts', async () => {
+    await SideloadedSmartContract.compile();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/proof-system/zkprogram.ts b/src/lib/proof-system/zkprogram.ts
index 43857b9cb2..d834e38d82 100644
--- a/src/lib/proof-system/zkprogram.ts
+++ b/src/lib/proof-system/zkprogram.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import { prefixes } from '../../bindings/crypto/constants.js';
 
 // public API
 export {
+  ProofBase,
   Proof,
   DynamicProof,
   SelfProof,
diff --git a/src/lib/provable/types/struct.ts b/src/lib/provable/types/struct.ts
index c251509bb5..9cce8f932e 100644
--- a/src/lib/provable/types/struct.ts
+++ b/src/lib/provable/types/struct.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import type {
   IsPure,
 } from './provable-derivers.js';
 import { Provable } from '../provable.js';
-import { Proof } from '../../proof-system/zkprogram.js';
+import { DynamicProof, Proof } from '../../proof-system/zkprogram.js';
 import { ProvablePure } from './provable-intf.js';
 import { From, InferValue } from '../../../bindings/lib/provable-generic.js';
 
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ function cloneCircuitValue<T>(obj: T): T {
   if (isPrimitive(obj)) {
     return obj;
   }
-  if (obj instanceof Proof) {
+  if (obj instanceof Proof || obj instanceof DynamicProof) {
     return obj;
   }