diff --git a/haiku/_src/stateful.py b/haiku/_src/stateful.py
index 6e5e842e6..5990fdeb8 100644
--- a/haiku/_src/stateful.py
+++ b/haiku/_src/stateful.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 """Wrappers for JAX transformations that respect Haiku internal state."""
 
 import collections
+import collections.abc
 import functools
 import inspect
 from typing import Any, Callable, Mapping, MutableMapping, Optional, Tuple, TypeVar
@@ -734,6 +735,8 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
   wrapper.require_split_rng = True
   return wrapper
 
+list_to_tuple = lambda x: tuple(x) if isinstance(x, list) else x
+
 
 @add_split_rng_error
 def vmap(
@@ -793,7 +796,7 @@ def vmap(
   params_axes = state_axes = None
   rng_axes = (0 if split_rng else None)
   haiku_state_axes = InternalState(params_axes, state_axes, rng_axes)
-  in_axes = in_axes, haiku_state_axes
+  in_axes = list_to_tuple(in_axes), haiku_state_axes
   out_axes = out_axes, haiku_state_axes
 
   @functools.wraps(fun)
diff --git a/haiku/_src/stateful_test.py b/haiku/_src/stateful_test.py
index f43a17857..661d07623 100644
--- a/haiku/_src/stateful_test.py
+++ b/haiku/_src/stateful_test.py
@@ -591,6 +591,12 @@ def test_vmap_in_axes_different_size(self):
         ValueError, "vmap got inconsistent sizes for array axes to be mapped"):
       stateful.vmap(lambda a, b: None, in_axes=(0, 1), split_rng=False)(x, x)
 
+  @test_utils.transform_and_run
+  def test_vmap_in_axes_supports_list(self):
+    a = jnp.ones([4])
+    b = stateful.vmap(lambda a: a * 2, in_axes=[0], split_rng=False)(a)
+    np.testing.assert_array_equal(b, a * 2)
+
   @test_utils.transform_and_run
   def test_vmap_no_split_rng(self):
     key_before = base.next_rng_key()