diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/onnx/gstonnxclient.cpp b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/onnx/gstonnxclient.cpp
index f9111a976a..308c65eff8 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/onnx/gstonnxclient.cpp
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/onnx/gstonnxclient.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ GstOnnxClient::GstOnnxClient ():session (nullptr),
       dest (nullptr),
       m_provider (GST_ONNX_EXECUTION_PROVIDER_CPU),
       inputImageFormat (GST_ML_INPUT_IMAGE_FORMAT_HWC),
+      inputDatatype (GST_TENSOR_TYPE_INT8),
+      inputDatatypeSize (sizeof (uint8_t)),
       fixedInputImageSize (false) {
   }
 
@@ -83,6 +85,33 @@ GstOnnxClient::GstOnnxClient ():session (nullptr),
     return inputImageFormat;
   }
 
+  void GstOnnxClient::setInputImageDatatype(GstTensorType datatype)
+  {
+    inputDatatype = datatype;
+    switch (inputDatatype) {
+      case GST_TENSOR_TYPE_INT8:
+        inputDatatypeSize = sizeof (uint8_t);
+        break;
+      case GST_TENSOR_TYPE_INT16:
+        inputDatatypeSize = sizeof (uint16_t);
+        break;
+      case GST_TENSOR_TYPE_INT32:
+        inputDatatypeSize = sizeof (uint32_t);
+        break;
+      case GST_TENSOR_TYPE_FLOAT16:
+        inputDatatypeSize = 2;
+        break;
+      case GST_TENSOR_TYPE_FLOAT32:
+        inputDatatypeSize = sizeof (float);
+        break;
+    };
+  }
+
+  GstTensorType GstOnnxClient::getInputImageDatatype(void)
+  {
+    return inputDatatype;
+  }
+
   std::vector < const char *>GstOnnxClient::genOutputNamesRaw (void)
   {
     if (!outputNames.empty () && outputNamesRaw.size () != outputNames.size ()) {
@@ -229,9 +258,13 @@ GstOnnxClient::GstOnnxClient ():session (nullptr),
     int32_t newWidth = fixedInputImageSize ? width : vinfo.width;
     int32_t newHeight = fixedInputImageSize ? height : vinfo.height;
 
+    if (!fixedInputImageSize) {
+      GST_WARNING ("Allocating before knowing model input size");
+    }
+
     if (!dest || width * height < newWidth * newHeight) {
       delete[]dest;
-      dest = new uint8_t[newWidth * newHeight * channels];
+      dest = new uint8_t[newWidth * newHeight * channels * inputDatatypeSize];
     }
     width = newWidth;
     height = newHeight;
@@ -378,13 +411,54 @@ GstOnnxClient::GstOnnxClient ():session (nullptr),
       default:
         break;
     }
-    size_t destIndex = 0;
     uint32_t stride = vinfo.stride[0];
+    const size_t inputTensorSize = width * height * channels * inputDatatypeSize;
+    auto memoryInfo =
+        Ort::MemoryInfo::CreateCpu (OrtAllocatorType::OrtArenaAllocator,
+        OrtMemType::OrtMemTypeDefault);
+
+    std::vector < Ort::Value > inputTensors;
+
+    switch (inputDatatype) {
+      case GST_TENSOR_TYPE_INT8:
+        convert_image_remove_alpha (dest, inputImageFormat , srcPtr,
+        srcSamplesPerPixel, stride);
+        inputTensors.push_back (Ort::Value::CreateTensor < uint8_t > (
+              memoryInfo, dest, inputTensorSize, inputDims.data (),
+              inputDims.size ()));
+        break;
+      case GST_TENSOR_TYPE_FLOAT32: {
+        convert_image_remove_alpha ((float*)dest, inputImageFormat , srcPtr,
+        srcSamplesPerPixel, stride);
+        inputTensors.push_back (Ort::Value::CreateTensor < float > (
+              memoryInfo, (float*)dest, inputTensorSize, inputDims.data (),
+              inputDims.size ()));
+        }
+        break;
+      default:
+        break;
+    }
+
+    std::vector < const char *>inputNames { inputName.get () };
+    modelOutput = session->Run (Ort::RunOptions {nullptr},
+        inputNames.data (),
+        inputTensors.data (), 1, outputNamesRaw.data (),
+        outputNamesRaw.size ());
+
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  template < typename T>
+  void GstOnnxClient::convert_image_remove_alpha (T *dst, 
+      GstMlInputImageFormat hwc, uint8_t **srcPtr, uint32_t srcSamplesPerPixel,
+      uint32_t stride) {
+    size_t destIndex = 0;
+
     if (inputImageFormat == GST_ML_INPUT_IMAGE_FORMAT_HWC) {
       for (int32_t j = 0; j < height; ++j) {
         for (int32_t i = 0; i < width; ++i) {
           for (int32_t k = 0; k < channels; ++k) {
-            dest[destIndex++] = *srcPtr[k];
+            dst[destIndex++] = (T)*srcPtr[k];
             srcPtr[k] += srcSamplesPerPixel;
           }
         }
@@ -394,11 +468,11 @@ GstOnnxClient::GstOnnxClient ():session (nullptr),
       }
     } else {
       size_t frameSize = width * height;
-      uint8_t *destPtr[3] = { dest, dest + frameSize, dest + 2 * frameSize };
+      T *destPtr[3] = { dst, dst + frameSize, dst + 2 * frameSize };
       for (int32_t j = 0; j < height; ++j) {
         for (int32_t i = 0; i < width; ++i) {
           for (int32_t k = 0; k < channels; ++k) {
-            destPtr[k][destIndex] = *srcPtr[k];
+            destPtr[k][destIndex] = (T)*srcPtr[k];
             srcPtr[k] += srcSamplesPerPixel;
           }
           destIndex++;
@@ -408,25 +482,5 @@ GstOnnxClient::GstOnnxClient ():session (nullptr),
           srcPtr[k] += stride - srcSamplesPerPixel * width;
       }
     }
-
-    const size_t inputTensorSize = width * height * channels;
-    auto memoryInfo =
-        Ort::MemoryInfo::CreateCpu (OrtAllocatorType::OrtArenaAllocator,
-        OrtMemType::OrtMemTypeDefault);
-    std::vector < Ort::Value > inputTensors;
-    inputTensors.push_back (Ort::Value::CreateTensor < uint8_t > (memoryInfo,
-            dest, inputTensorSize, inputDims.data (), inputDims.size ()));
-    std::vector < const char *>inputNames
-    {
-    inputName.get ()};
-
-    modelOutput = session->Run (Ort::RunOptions {
-        nullptr},
-        inputNames.data (),
-        inputTensors.data (), 1, outputNamesRaw.data (),
-        outputNamesRaw.size ());
-
-    return true;
   }
-
 }
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/onnx/gstonnxclient.h b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/onnx/gstonnxclient.h
index feed54a826..3721b8968a 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/onnx/gstonnxclient.h
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/onnx/gstonnxclient.h
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ namespace GstOnnxNamespace {
     bool hasSession(void);
     void setInputImageFormat(GstMlInputImageFormat format);
     GstMlInputImageFormat getInputImageFormat(void);
+    void setInputImageDatatype(GstTensorType datatype);
+    GstTensorType getInputImageDatatype(void);
     std::vector < Ort::Value > run (uint8_t * img_data, GstVideoInfo vinfo);
     std::vector < const char *> genOutputNamesRaw(void);
     bool isFixedInputImageSize(void);
@@ -63,6 +65,10 @@ namespace GstOnnxNamespace {
     GstTensorMeta* copy_tensors_to_meta(std::vector < Ort::Value > &outputs,GstBuffer* buffer);
     void parseDimensions(GstVideoInfo vinfo);
   private:
+
+    template < typename T>
+    void convert_image_remove_alpha (T *dest, GstMlInputImageFormat hwc,
+        uint8_t **srcPtr, uint32_t srcSamplesPerPixel, uint32_t stride);
     bool doRun(uint8_t * img_data, GstVideoInfo vinfo, std::vector < Ort::Value > &modelOutput);
     Ort::Env env;
     Ort::Session * session;
@@ -77,6 +83,8 @@ namespace GstOnnxNamespace {
     std::vector < Ort::AllocatedStringPtr > outputNames;
     std::vector < GQuark > outputIds;
     GstMlInputImageFormat inputImageFormat;
+    GstTensorType inputDatatype;
+    size_t inputDatatypeSize;
     bool fixedInputImageSize;
   };
 }
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/onnx/gstonnxinference.cpp b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/onnx/gstonnxinference.cpp
index 54363a72ca..3256ea31bd 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/onnx/gstonnxinference.cpp
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/onnx/gstonnxinference.cpp
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ enum
   PROP_MODEL_FILE,
   PROP_INPUT_IMAGE_FORMAT,
   PROP_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL,
-  PROP_EXECUTION_PROVIDER
+  PROP_EXECUTION_PROVIDER,
+  PROP_INPUT_IMAGE_DATATYPE
 };
 
 #define GST_ONNX_INFERENCE_DEFAULT_EXECUTION_PROVIDER    GST_ONNX_EXECUTION_PROVIDER_CPU
@@ -169,6 +170,9 @@ GType gst_onnx_execution_provider_get_type (void);
 GType gst_ml_model_input_image_format_get_type (void);
 #define GST_TYPE_ML_MODEL_INPUT_IMAGE_FORMAT (gst_ml_model_input_image_format_get_type ())
 
+GType gst_onnx_model_input_image_datatype_get_type (void);
+#define GST_TYPE_ONNX_MODEL_INPUT_IMAGE_DATATYPE (gst_onnx_model_input_image_datatype_get_type ())
+
 GType
 gst_onnx_optimization_level_get_type (void)
 {
@@ -247,6 +251,28 @@ gst_ml_model_input_image_format_get_type (void)
   return ml_model_input_image_format;
 }
 
+GType
+gst_onnx_model_input_image_datatype_get_type (void)
+{
+  static GType model_input_image_datatype = 0;
+
+  if (g_once_init_enter (&model_input_image_datatype)) {
+    static GEnumValue model_input_image_datatype_types[] = {
+      {GST_TENSOR_TYPE_INT8, "8 Bits integer", "int8"},
+      {GST_TENSOR_TYPE_FLOAT32, "32 Bits floating points", "float"},
+      {0, NULL, NULL},
+    };
+
+    GType temp = g_enum_register_static ("GstTensorType",
+        model_input_image_datatype_types);
+
+    g_once_init_leave (&model_input_image_datatype, temp);
+  }
+
+  return model_input_image_datatype;
+
+}
+
 static void
 gst_onnx_inference_class_init (GstOnnxInferenceClass * klass)
 {
@@ -320,6 +346,22 @@ gst_onnx_inference_class_init (GstOnnxInferenceClass * klass)
           GST_ONNX_EXECUTION_PROVIDER_CPU, (GParamFlags)
           (G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS)));
 
+  /**
+   * GstOnnxInference:input-image-datatype
+   *
+   * Temporary hack, this should be discovered from the model and exposed
+   * on sinkpad caps based on model contrains.
+   */
+
+  g_object_class_install_property (G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass),
+      PROP_INPUT_IMAGE_DATATYPE,
+      g_param_spec_enum ("input-image-datatype",
+          "Inference input image datatype",
+          "Datatype that will be used as an input for the inference",
+          GST_TYPE_ONNX_MODEL_INPUT_IMAGE_DATATYPE,
+          GST_TENSOR_TYPE_INT8,
+          (GParamFlags)(G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS)));
+
   gst_element_class_set_static_metadata (element_class, "onnxinference",
       "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Apply neural network to video frames and create tensor output",
@@ -387,6 +429,10 @@ gst_onnx_inference_set_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
       onnxClient->setInputImageFormat ((GstMlInputImageFormat)
           g_value_get_enum (value));
       break;
+    case PROP_INPUT_IMAGE_DATATYPE:
+      onnxClient->setInputImageDatatype ((GstTensorType)
+          g_value_get_enum (value));
+      break;
     default:
       G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, pspec);
       break;
@@ -413,6 +459,9 @@ gst_onnx_inference_get_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
     case PROP_INPUT_IMAGE_FORMAT:
       g_value_set_enum (value, onnxClient->getInputImageFormat ());
       break;
+    case PROP_INPUT_IMAGE_DATATYPE:
+      g_value_set_enum (value, onnxClient->getInputImageDatatype ());
+      break;
     default:
       G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, pspec);
       break;
@@ -547,6 +596,7 @@ gst_onnx_inference_process (GstBaseTransform * trans, GstBuffer * buf)
       auto meta = client->copy_tensors_to_meta (outputs, buf);
       if (!meta)
         return FALSE;
+      GST_TRACE_OBJECT (trans, "Num tensors:%d", meta->num_tensors);
       meta->batch_size = 1;
     }
     catch (Ort::Exception & ortex) {