diff --git a/apt/utils/models/model.py b/apt/utils/models/model.py
index 8ea837a..9e8379d 100644
--- a/apt/utils/models/model.py
+++ b/apt/utils/models/model.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
-from typing import Any, Optional, Callable, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Optional, Callable, Tuple, Union
 from enum import Enum, auto
 import numpy as np
 
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ def get_nb_classes(y: OUTPUT_DATA_ARRAY_TYPE) -> int:
     else:
         return int(np.max(y) + 1)
 
+
 class ModelOutputType(Enum):
     CLASSIFIER_PROBABILITIES = auto()  # vector of probabilities
     CLASSIFIER_LOGITS = auto()  # vector of logits
@@ -38,6 +39,11 @@ class ModelOutputType(Enum):
     REGRESSOR_SCALAR = auto()  # value
 
 
+class ModelType(Enum):
+    SKLEARN_DECISION_TREE = auto()
+    SKLEARN_GRADIENT_BOOSTING = auto()
+
+
 class ScoringMethod(Enum):
     ACCURACY = auto()  # number of correct predictions divided by the number of samples
     MEAN_SQUARED_ERROR = auto()  # mean squared error between the predictions and true labels
@@ -157,13 +163,19 @@ class BlackboxClassifier(Model):
     :type black_box_access: boolean, optional
     :param unlimited_queries: Boolean indicating whether a user can perform unlimited queries to the model API.
     :type unlimited_queries: boolean, optional
+    :param model_type: The type of model this BlackboxClassifier represents. Needed in order to build and/or fit
+                       similar dummy/shadow models.
+    :type model_type: Either a (unfitted) model object of the underlying framework, or a ModelType representing the
+                      type of the model, optional.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, model: Any, output_type: ModelOutputType, black_box_access: Optional[bool] = True,
-                 unlimited_queries: Optional[bool] = True, **kwargs):
+                 unlimited_queries: Optional[bool] = True, model_type: Optional[Union[Any, ModelType]] = None,
+                 **kwargs):
         super().__init__(model, output_type, black_box_access=True, unlimited_queries=unlimited_queries, **kwargs)
         self._nb_classes = None
         self._input_shape = None
+        self._model_type = model_type
 
     @property
     def nb_classes(self) -> int:
@@ -183,6 +195,16 @@ class BlackboxClassifier(Model):
         """
         return self._input_shape
 
+    @property
+    def model_type(self) -> Optional[Union[Any, ModelType]]:
+        """
+        Return the type of the model.
+
+        :return: Either a (unfitted) model object of the underlying framework, or a ModelType representing the type of
+                 the model, or None (of none provided at init).
+        """
+        return self._model_type
+
     def fit(self, train_data: Dataset, **kwargs) -> None:
         """
         A blackbox model cannot be fit.
diff --git a/tests/test_model.py b/tests/test_model.py
index 138c11c..195ad81 100644
--- a/tests/test_model.py
+++ b/tests/test_model.py
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ def test_blackbox_classifier():
     score = model.score(test)
     assert(score == 1.0)
 
+    assert model.model_type is None
+
 def test_blackbox_classifier_no_test():
     (x_train, y_train), (_, _) = dataset_utils.get_iris_dataset_np()