diff --git a/libs/core/langchain_core/tools/retriever.py b/libs/core/langchain_core/tools/retriever.py
index b59b49a3d317a..7d0abaacfa495 100644
--- a/libs/core/langchain_core/tools/retriever.py
+++ b/libs/core/langchain_core/tools/retriever.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from functools import partial
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Any, Literal, Optional, Union
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
@@ -28,11 +28,16 @@ def _get_relevant_documents(
     document_prompt: BasePromptTemplate,
     document_separator: str,
     callbacks: Callbacks = None,
-) -> str:
+    response_format: Literal["content", "content_and_artifact"] = "content",
+) -> Union[str, tuple[str, list[dict[str, Any]]]]:
     docs = retriever.invoke(query, config={"callbacks": callbacks})
-    return document_separator.join(
+    content = document_separator.join(
         format_document(doc, document_prompt) for doc in docs
     )
+    if response_format == "content_and_artifact":
+        return (content, [doc.model_dump() for doc in docs])
+
+    return content
 
 
 async def _aget_relevant_documents(
@@ -41,12 +46,18 @@ async def _aget_relevant_documents(
     document_prompt: BasePromptTemplate,
     document_separator: str,
     callbacks: Callbacks = None,
-) -> str:
+    response_format: Literal["content", "content_and_artifact"] = "content",
+) -> Union[str, tuple[str, list[dict[str, Any]]]]:
     docs = await retriever.ainvoke(query, config={"callbacks": callbacks})
-    return document_separator.join(
+    content = document_separator.join(
         [await aformat_document(doc, document_prompt) for doc in docs]
     )
 
+    if response_format == "content_and_artifact":
+        return (content, [doc.model_dump() for doc in docs])
+
+    return content
+
 
 def create_retriever_tool(
     retriever: BaseRetriever,
@@ -55,6 +66,7 @@ def create_retriever_tool(
     *,
     document_prompt: Optional[BasePromptTemplate] = None,
     document_separator: str = "\n\n",
+    response_format: Literal["content", "content_and_artifact"] = "content",
 ) -> Tool:
     """Create a tool to do retrieval of documents.
 
@@ -76,12 +88,14 @@ def create_retriever_tool(
         retriever=retriever,
         document_prompt=document_prompt,
         document_separator=document_separator,
+        response_format=response_format,
     )
     afunc = partial(
         _aget_relevant_documents,
         retriever=retriever,
         document_prompt=document_prompt,
         document_separator=document_separator,
+        response_format=response_format,
     )
     return Tool(
         name=name,
@@ -89,4 +103,5 @@ def create_retriever_tool(
         func=func,
         coroutine=afunc,
         args_schema=RetrieverInput,
+        response_format=response_format,
     )