diff --git a/packages/http-client-csharp/emitter/src/lib/client-model-builder.ts b/packages/http-client-csharp/emitter/src/lib/client-model-builder.ts
index 94f1bfd767d..7fee2d213f6 100644
--- a/packages/http-client-csharp/emitter/src/lib/client-model-builder.ts
+++ b/packages/http-client-csharp/emitter/src/lib/client-model-builder.ts
@@ -159,4 +159,7 @@ function navigateModels(sdkContext: CSharpEmitterContext) {
   for (const e of sdkContext.sdkPackage.enums) {
     fromSdkType(sdkContext, e);
   }
+  for (const u of sdkContext.sdkPackage.unions) {
+    fromSdkType(sdkContext, u);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/http-client-csharp/emitter/src/lib/type-converter.ts b/packages/http-client-csharp/emitter/src/lib/type-converter.ts
index e18c7b33342..160b5acb209 100644
--- a/packages/http-client-csharp/emitter/src/lib/type-converter.ts
+++ b/packages/http-client-csharp/emitter/src/lib/type-converter.ts
@@ -384,12 +384,46 @@ function fromSdkBuiltInType(
   };
 }
 
-function fromUnionType(sdkContext: CSharpEmitterContext, union: SdkUnionType): InputUnionType {
+function fromUnionType(
+  sdkContext: CSharpEmitterContext,
+  union: SdkUnionType,
+): InputUnionType | InputModelType {
   const variantTypes: InputType[] = [];
   for (const value of union.variantTypes) {
     const variantType = fromSdkType(sdkContext, value);
     variantTypes.push(variantType);
   }
+  if (isDiscriminatedUnion(union)) {
+    const baseType: InputModelType = {
+      kind: "model",
+      name: union.name,
+      namespace: union.namespace,
+      crossLanguageDefinitionId: union.crossLanguageDefinitionId,
+      access: union.access,
+      usage: union.usage,
+      properties: [],
+      serializationOptions: {},
+      summary: union.summary,
+      doc: union.doc,
+      deprecation: union.deprecation,
+      decorators: union.decorators,
+      external: fromSdkExternalTypeInfo(union),
+    } as InputModelType;
+    const discriminatedSubtypes: Record<string, InputModelType> = {};
+    variantTypes.forEach((variant) => {
+      if (variant.kind === "model") {
+        variant.baseModel = baseType;
+        if (variant.discriminatorValue !== undefined) {
+          discriminatedSubtypes[variant.discriminatorValue] = variant;
+        }
+      }
+    });
+    if (Object.keys(discriminatedSubtypes).length > 0) {
+      baseType.discriminatedSubtypes = discriminatedSubtypes;
+    }
+    //TODO we should hoist the discriminator property to the base type
+    return baseType;
+  }
 
   return {
     kind: "union",
@@ -401,6 +435,16 @@ function fromUnionType(sdkContext: CSharpEmitterContext, union: SdkUnionType): I
   };
 }
 
+function isDiscriminatedUnion(sdkType: SdkUnionType): boolean {
+  if (!sdkType.discriminatedOptions) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return sdkType.variantTypes.every((variant) => {
+    return variant.kind === "model" && !variant.baseModel;
+  });
+}
+
 function fromSdkConstantType(
   sdkContext: CSharpEmitterContext,
   constantType: SdkConstantType,
diff --git a/packages/http-client-csharp/emitter/test/Unit/type-converter.test.ts b/packages/http-client-csharp/emitter/test/Unit/type-converter.test.ts
index 081708c903f..443e13ce70a 100644
--- a/packages/http-client-csharp/emitter/test/Unit/type-converter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/http-client-csharp/emitter/test/Unit/type-converter.test.ts
@@ -180,3 +180,52 @@ describe("External types", () => {
     strictEqual((jsonElementProp.type as any).external.minVersion, "8.0.0");
   });
 });
+
+describe("Union types to model hierarchies", () => {
+  let runner: TestHost;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    runner = await createEmitterTestHost();
+  });
+  it("should convert union with members to model hierarchy", async () => {
+    const program = await typeSpecCompile(
+      `
+      model Alpha {
+        alphaProp: string;
+        type: "alpha";
+      }
+      model Beta {
+        betaProp: int32;
+        type: "beta";
+      }
+      @discriminated(#{ discriminatorPropertyName: "type", envelope: "none" })
+      union MyUnion {
+        "alpha": Alpha,
+        "beta": Beta
+      }
+      op test(@body input: MyUnion): void;
+      `,
+      runner,
+      { IsTCGCNeeded: true },
+    );
+    const context = createEmitterContext(program);
+    const sdkContext = await createCSharpSdkContext(context);
+    const root = createModel(sdkContext);
+
+    const alphaModel = root.models.find((m) => m.name === "Alpha");
+    ok(alphaModel, "Alpha should exist");
+
+    const betaModel = root.models.find((m) => m.name === "Beta");
+    ok(betaModel, "Beta should exist");
+
+    const myUnion = root.models.find((m) => m.name === "MyUnion");
+    ok(myUnion, "MyUnion should exist");
+
+    // Validate that MyUnion is a model
+    strictEqual(myUnion.kind, "model", "MyUnion should be converted to a model");
+
+    // Validate that Alpha and Beta inherit from MyUnion
+    strictEqual(alphaModel.baseModel, myUnion, "Alpha should inherit from MyUnion");
+    strictEqual(betaModel.baseModel, myUnion, "Beta should inherit from MyUnion");
+  });
+});