diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/core.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/core.py
index 53c36a00738f..9818fb1e14b7 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/core.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/core.py
@@ -2016,7 +2016,7 @@ def to_runner_api(self, unused_context):
     return beam_runner_api_pb2.FunctionSpec(urn=self._urn)
 
 
-def identity(x: T) -> T:
+def identity(x):
   return x
 
 
@@ -2053,6 +2053,7 @@ def FlatMap(fn=identity, *args, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
 
   pardo = ParDo(CallableWrapperDoFn(fn), *args, **kwargs)
   pardo.label = label
+
   return pardo
 
 
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/core_test.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/core_test.py
index 54afb365d2d8..542544bce3c1 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/core_test.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/core_test.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import os
 import tempfile
 import unittest
+from typing import TypeVar
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@
 from apache_beam.testing.util import assert_that
 from apache_beam.testing.util import equal_to
 from apache_beam.transforms.window import FixedWindows
+from apache_beam.typehints import TypeCheckError
+from apache_beam.typehints import typehints
 
 RETURN_NONE_PARTIAL_WARNING = "No iterator is returned"
 
@@ -279,6 +282,16 @@ def failure_callback(e, el):
       self.assertFalse(os.path.isfile(tmp_path))
 
 
+def test_callablewrapper_typehint():
+  T = TypeVar("T")
+
+  def identity(x: T) -> T:
+    return x
+
+  dofn = beam.core.CallableWrapperDoFn(identity)
+  assert dofn.get_type_hints().strip_iterable()[1][0][0] == typehints.Any
+
+
 class FlatMapTest(unittest.TestCase):
   def test_default(self):
 
@@ -289,6 +302,25 @@ def test_default(self):
           | beam.FlatMap())
       assert_that(letters, equal_to(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f']))
 
+  def test_default_identity_function_with_typehint(self):
+    with beam.Pipeline() as pipeline:
+      letters = (
+          pipeline
+          | beam.Create([["abc"]], reshuffle=False)
+          | beam.FlatMap()
+          | beam.Map(lambda s: s.upper()).with_input_types(str))
+
+      assert_that(letters, equal_to(["ABC"]))
+
+  def test_typecheck_with_default(self):
+    with pytest.raises(TypeCheckError):
+      with beam.Pipeline() as pipeline:
+        _ = (
+            pipeline
+            | beam.Create([[1, 2, 3]], reshuffle=False)
+            | beam.FlatMap()
+            | beam.Map(lambda s: s.upper()).with_input_types(str))
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.INFO)
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/decorators.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/decorators.py
index dd650aa2fc0b..d7bf1ca9248e 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/decorators.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/decorators.py
@@ -424,6 +424,11 @@ def strip_iterable(self) -> 'IOTypeHints':
           output_type = types[0]
         except ValueError:
           pass
+    if isinstance(output_type, typehints.TypeVariable):
+      # We don't know what T yields, so we just assume Any.
+      return self._replace(
+          output_types=((typehints.Any, ), {}),
+          origin=self._make_origin([self], tb=False, msg=['strip_iterable()']))
 
     yielded_type = typehints.get_yielded_type(output_type)
     return self._replace(
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/decorators_test.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/decorators_test.py
index dd110ced5bb8..a2909b4e545f 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/decorators_test.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/decorators_test.py
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ def _test_strip_iterable_fail(self, before):
   def test_strip_iterable(self):
     self._test_strip_iterable(None, None)
     self._test_strip_iterable(typehints.Any, typehints.Any)
+    self._test_strip_iterable(T, typehints.Any)
     self._test_strip_iterable(typehints.Iterable[str], str)
     self._test_strip_iterable(typehints.List[str], str)
     self._test_strip_iterable(typehints.Iterator[str], str)
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints.py
index ef86a0eeb075..26c727380fc0 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints.py
@@ -1563,6 +1563,8 @@ def get_yielded_type(type_hint):
   Raises:
     ValueError if not iterable.
   """
+  if isinstance(type_hint, typing.TypeVar):
+    return typing.Any
   if isinstance(type_hint, AnyTypeConstraint):
     return type_hint
   if is_consistent_with(type_hint, Iterator[Any]):
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints_test.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints_test.py
index f5e551f56d83..c5c8b85f8c08 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints_test.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints_test.py
@@ -1654,6 +1654,7 @@ def test_iterables(self):
         typehints.get_yielded_type(typehints.Tuple[int, str]))
     self.assertEqual(int, typehints.get_yielded_type(typehints.Set[int]))
     self.assertEqual(int, typehints.get_yielded_type(typehints.FrozenSet[int]))
+    self.assertEqual(typing.Any, typehints.get_yielded_type(T))
     self.assertEqual(
         typehints.Union[int, str],
         typehints.get_yielded_type(