diff --git a/doc/source/api-reference/qibo.rst b/doc/source/api-reference/qibo.rst
index 60d852db5f..33947014cb 100644
--- a/doc/source/api-reference/qibo.rst
+++ b/doc/source/api-reference/qibo.rst
@@ -744,6 +744,23 @@ Mølmer–Sørensen (MS)
     :members:
     :member-order: bysource
 
+Quantinuum native gates
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+U1q
+"""
+
+.. autoclass:: qibo.gates.U1q
+    :members:
+    :member-order: bysource
+
+.. note::
+    The other Quantinuum single-qubit and two-qubit native gates are
+    implemented in Qibo as:
+        - Pauli-:math:`Z` rotation: :class:`qibo.gates.RZ`
+        - Arbitrary :math:`ZZ` rotation: :class:`qibo.gates.RZZ`
+        - Fully-entangling :math:`ZZ`-interaction: :math:`R_{ZZ}(\\pi/2)`
+
 
 _______________________
 
diff --git a/src/qibo/backends/npmatrices.py b/src/qibo/backends/npmatrices.py
index de0f7103f0..217697f006 100644
--- a/src/qibo/backends/npmatrices.py
+++ b/src/qibo/backends/npmatrices.py
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ def U3(self, theta, phi, lam):
             dtype=self.dtype,
         )
 
+    def U1q(self, theta, phi):
+        return self.U3(theta, phi - self.np.pi / 2, self.np.pi / 2 - phi)
+
     @cached_property
     def CNOT(self):
         return self.np.array(
diff --git a/src/qibo/gates/gates.py b/src/qibo/gates/gates.py
index 7c3a9f08fb..792bd13ae7 100644
--- a/src/qibo/gates/gates.py
+++ b/src/qibo/gates/gates.py
@@ -892,6 +892,48 @@ def decompose(self) -> List[Gate]:
         ]
 
 
+class U1q(_Un_):
+    """Native single-qubit gate in the Quantinuum platform.
+
+    Corresponds to the following unitary matrix:
+
+    .. math::
+        \\begin{pmatrix}
+            \\cos\\left(\\frac{\\theta}{2}\\right) &
+                -i \\, e^{-i \\, \\phi} \\, \\sin\\left(\\frac{\\theta}{2}\\right) \\\\
+            -i \\, e^{i \\, \\phi} \\, \\sin\\left(\\frac{\\theta}{2}\\right) &
+                \\cos\\left(\\frac{\\theta}{2}\\right) \\\\
+        \\end{pmatrix}
+
+    Note that
+    :math:`U_{1q}(\\theta, \\phi) = U_{3}(\\theta, \\phi - \\frac{\\pi}{2}, \\frac{\\pi}{2} - \\phi)`,
+    where :math:`U_{3}` is :class:`qibo.gates.U3`.
+
+    Args:
+        q (int): the qubit id number.
+        theta (float): first rotation angle.
+        phi (float): second rotation angle.
+        trainable (bool): whether gate parameters can be updated using
+            :meth:`qibo.models.circuit.Circuit.set_parameters`.
+            Defaults to ``True``.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, q, theta, phi, trainable=True):
+        super().__init__(q, trainable=trainable)
+        self.name = "u1q"
+        self.draw_label = "U1q"
+        self.nparams = 2
+        self._theta, self._phi = None, None
+        self.init_kwargs = {"theta": theta, "phi": phi, "trainable": trainable}
+        self.parameter_names = ["theta", "phi"]
+        self.parameters = theta, phi
+
+    def _dagger(self) -> "Gate":
+        """"""
+        theta, phi = self.init_kwargs["theta"], self.init_kwargs["phi"]
+        return self.__class__(self.init_args[0], -theta, phi)
+
+
 class CNOT(Gate):
     """The Controlled-NOT gate.
 
diff --git a/tests/test_gates_gates.py b/tests/test_gates_gates.py
index c441fea22e..4020abc97c 100644
--- a/tests/test_gates_gates.py
+++ b/tests/test_gates_gates.py
@@ -437,6 +437,30 @@ def test_u3(backend, seed_state, seed_observable):
     assert gates.U3(0, theta, phi, lam).unitary
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("seed_state", list(range(1, 10 + 1)))
+def test_u1q(backend, seed_state):
+    nqubits = 1
+    theta, phi = np.random.rand(2)
+
+    initial_state = random_statevector(2**nqubits, seed=seed_state, backend=backend)
+    final_state = apply_gates(
+        backend, [gates.U1q(0, theta, phi)], initial_state=initial_state
+    )
+    cost, sint = np.cos(theta / 2), np.sin(theta / 2)
+
+    matrix = np.array(
+        [[cost, -1j * np.exp(-1j * phi) * sint], [-1j * np.exp(1j * phi) * sint, cost]]
+    )
+    matrix = backend.cast(matrix, dtype=matrix.dtype)
+
+    target_state = np.dot(matrix, initial_state)
+
+    backend.assert_allclose(final_state, target_state)
+
+    assert not gates.U1q(0, theta, phi).clifford
+    assert gates.U1q(0, theta, phi).unitary
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("applyx", [False, True])
 def test_cnot(backend, applyx):
     if applyx:
@@ -1408,6 +1432,7 @@ def test_controlled_unitary_matrix(backend):
     ("U1", (0, 0.1)),
     ("U2", (0, 0.2, 0.3)),
     ("U3", (0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3)),
+    ("U1q", (0, 0.1, 0.2)),
     ("CNOT", (0, 1)),
     ("CZ", (0, 1)),
     ("CSX", (0, 1)),