diff --git a/crates/circuit/src/bits.rs b/crates/circuit/src/bits.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..65d897236b23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/circuit/src/bits.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// This code is part of Qiskit.
+//
+// (C) Copyright IBM 2023, 2024
+//
+// This code is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. You may
+// obtain a copy of this license in the LICENSE.txt file in the root directory
+// of this source tree or at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+//
+// Any modifications or derivative works of this code must retain this
+// copyright notice, and modified files need to carry a notice indicating
+// that they have been altered from the originals.
+
+use pyo3::prelude::*;
+
+/// Opaque struct representing a bit instance which can be stored in any circuit or register.
+#[pyclass]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
+pub struct Bit {
+    // This is an opaque type, so it doesn't store anything but an alias.
+}
+
+#[pymethods]
+impl Bit {
+    
+}
+
+/// Opaque struct representing a Qubit instance
+#[pyclass]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
+pub struct Qubit(Bit);
+
diff --git a/crates/circuit/src/lib.rs b/crates/circuit/src/lib.rs
index a4064d44b917..a65cd24612d2 100644
--- a/crates/circuit/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/circuit/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 // copyright notice, and modified files need to carry a notice indicating
 // that they have been altered from the originals.
 
+pub mod bits;
 pub mod bit_data;
 pub mod circuit_data;
 pub mod circuit_instruction;