diff --git a/tinygrad/tensor.py b/tinygrad/tensor.py
index 4a3a2c6ab..d7bd9724e 100644
--- a/tinygrad/tensor.py
+++ b/tinygrad/tensor.py
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ class Tensor:
   no_grad: ClassVar[bool] = False
   default_type: ClassVar[DType] = dtypes.float32
 
-  def __init__(self, data:Union[int, float, list, LazyBuffer, np.ndarray], device=Device.DEFAULT, dtype:Optional[DType]=None, requires_grad:Optional[bool]=None):
+  def __init__(self, data:Union[int, float, list, tuple, LazyBuffer, np.ndarray], device=Device.DEFAULT, dtype:Optional[DType]=None, requires_grad:Optional[bool]=None):
     assert dtype is None or isinstance(dtype, DType), f"invalid dtype {dtype}"
     device = Device.canonicalize(device)
-    if isinstance(data, list):
+    if isinstance(data, (list, tuple)):
       data = np.array(data, dtype=(dtype if dtype is not None else Tensor.default_type).np)
 
     if isinstance(data, LazyBuffer):