diff --git a/R/gt_plt_dist.R b/R/gt_plt_dist.R
index 50eec7a5..1a4501bc 100644
--- a/R/gt_plt_dist.R
+++ b/R/gt_plt_dist.R
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #'
 #' @param gt_object An existing gt table object of class `gt_tbl`
 #' @param column The column wherein the sparkline plot should replace existing data. Note that the data *must* be represented as a list of numeric values ahead of time.
-#' @param type A string indicating the type of plot to generate, accepts `"boxplot"`, `"histogram"`, `"rug_strip"` or `"density"`.
+#' @param type A string indicating the type of plot to generate, accepts `"boxplot"`, `"boxplot_identity"`, `"histogram"`, `"rug_strip"` or `"density"`.
 #' @param fig_dim A vector of two numbers indicating the height/width of the plot in mm at a DPI of 25.4, defaults to `c(5,30)`
 #' @param line_color Color for the line, defaults to `"black"`. Accepts a named color (eg 'blue') or a hex color.
 #' @param fill_color Color for the fill of histograms/density plots, defaults to `"grey"`. Accepts a named color (eg `'blue'`) or a hex color.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ gt_plt_dist <- function(gt_object,
 
   stopifnot("Specified column must contain list of values" = any(class(list_data_in) %in% "list"))
   stopifnot("Specified column must be numeric" = is.numeric(data_in))
-  stopifnot("You must indicate the `type` of plot as one of 'boxplot', 'histogram', 'rug_strip' or 'density'." = isTRUE(type %in% c("boxplot", "rug_strip", "histogram", "density")))
+  stopifnot("You must indicate the `type` of plot as one of 'boxplot', 'boxplot_identity', 'histogram', 'rug_strip' or 'density'." = isTRUE(type %in% c("boxplot","boxplot_identity", "rug_strip", "histogram", "density")))
 
   # range to be used for plotting if same axis
   total_rng <- grDevices::extendrange(data_in, r = range(data_in, na.rm = TRUE), f = 0.02)
@@ -117,6 +117,54 @@ gt_plt_dist <- function(gt_object,
           outlier.size = 0.3,
           linewidth = 0.3
         )
+    } else if (type == "boxplot_identity") {
+      stopifnot("'boxplot_identity' type expected ordered 5 number summary" = length(vals) == 5)
+
+      # Re-define input_data with required 5-num data
+      input_data <- bind_cols(
+        as.list(setNames(vals, c("xmin", "lower", "middle", "upper", "xmax"))),
+        y = 1
+      )
+
+      plot_base <- ggplot(input_data) +
+        theme_void()
+
+      if (isTRUE(same_limit)) {
+        plot_base <- plot_base +
+          scale_x_continuous(expand = expansion(mult = 0.05)) +
+          coord_cartesian(
+            clip = "off",
+            xlim = grDevices::extendrange(total_rng, f = c(0, 0.01)),
+            ylim = c(0.9, 1.15)
+          )
+      } else {
+        plot_base <- plot_base +
+          scale_x_continuous(expand = expansion(mult = 0.05)) +
+          coord_cartesian(
+            clip = "off",
+            xlim = grDevices::extendrange(vals, f = 0.09),
+            ylim = c(0.9, 1.15)
+          )
+      }
+
+      plot_out <- plot_base +
+        geom_boxplot(
+          aes(
+            xmin = xmin,
+            xlower = lower,
+            xmiddle = middle,
+            xupper = upper,
+            xmax = xmax,
+            y = y
+          ),
+          stat = "identity",
+          orientation = "y",
+          width = 0.15,
+          color = line_color,
+          fill = fill_color,
+          outlier.size = 0.3,
+          linewidth = 0.3
+        )
     } else if (type == "rug_strip") {
       plot_base <- ggplot(input_data) +
         theme_void()
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-gt_plt_dist.R b/tests/testthat/test-gt_plt_dist.R
index 2bb3e933..a69e51ba 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-gt_plt_dist.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-gt_plt_dist.R
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ test_that("svg is created", {
     dplyr::summarize(mpg_data = list(mpg), .groups = "drop") %>%
     gt()
 
+  fivenum_tab <- mtcars %>%
+    dplyr::group_by(cyl) %>%
+    # must end up with list of data for each row in the input dataframe
+    dplyr::summarize(mpg_data = list(stats::fivenum(mpg)), .groups = "drop") %>%
+    gt()
+
   get_svg_len <- function(table){
     table %>%
       gt::as_raw_html() %>%
@@ -46,6 +52,9 @@ test_that("svg is created", {
   gt_box <- base_tab %>%
     gt_plt_dist(mpg_data, type = "boxplot")
 
+  gt_box_manual <- fivenum_tab |>
+    gt_plt_dist(mpg_data, type = "boxplot_identity")
+
   expect_equal(get_svg_len(gt_dens), 3)
   expect_equal(get_svg_len(gt_dens_bw), 3)
   expect_equal(get_svg_len(gt_dens_lim), 3)
@@ -55,5 +64,6 @@ test_that("svg is created", {
   expect_equal(get_svg_len(gt_hist_bw), 3)
   expect_equal(get_svg_len(gt_hist_lim), 3)
   expect_equal(get_svg_len(gt_rug), 3)
+  expect_equal(get_svg_len(gt_box_manual), 3)
 
 })