diff --git a/pkg/tfbridge/info.go b/pkg/tfbridge/info.go
index fbb966254..1f4ff0fda 100644
--- a/pkg/tfbridge/info.go
+++ b/pkg/tfbridge/info.go
@@ -318,11 +318,18 @@ func MakeResource(pkg string, mod string, res string) tokens.Type {
 	return tokens.NewTypeToken(modT, tokens.TypeName(res))
 }
 
-// BoolRef returns a reference to the bool argument.
+// BoolRef returns a reference to the bool argument. Retained for backwards compatibility. Prefer [Ref] for new usage
+// and other types like strings.
 func BoolRef(b bool) *bool {
 	return &b
 }
 
+// Fluently construct a reference to the argument. This utility function is needed to ease configuring the bridge where
+// references are expected instead of plain boolean or string literals.
+func Ref[T any](x T) *T {
+	return &x
+}
+
 // StringValue gets a string value from a property map if present, else ""
 func StringValue(vars resource.PropertyMap, prop resource.PropertyKey) string {
 	val, ok := vars[prop]
diff --git a/pkg/tfbridge/info/info.go b/pkg/tfbridge/info/info.go
index 94ac1f071..aeb8689ab 100644
--- a/pkg/tfbridge/info/info.go
+++ b/pkg/tfbridge/info/info.go
@@ -441,9 +441,19 @@ type Schema struct {
 	// a name to override the default when targeting C#; "" uses the default.
 	CSharpName string
 
-	// a type to override the default; "" uses the default.
+	// An optional Pulumi type token to use for the Pulumi type projection of the current property. When unset, the
+	// default behavior is to generate fresh named Pulumi types as needed to represent the schema. To force the use
+	// of a known type and avoid generating unnecessary types, use both [Type] and [OmitType].
 	Type tokens.Type
 
+	// Used together with [Type] to omit generating any Pulumi types whatsoever for the current property, and
+	// instead use the object type identified by the token setup in [Type].
+	//
+	// It is an error to set [OmitType] to true without specifying [Type].
+	//
+	// Experimental.
+	OmitType bool
+
 	// alternative types that can be used instead of the override.
 	AltTypes []tokens.Type
 
@@ -502,6 +512,24 @@ type Schema struct {
 
 	// whether or not to treat this property as secret
 	Secret *bool
+
+	// Specifies the exact name to use for the generated type.
+	//
+	// When generating types for properties, by default Pulumi picks reasonable names based on the property path
+	// prefix and the name of the property. Use [TypeName] to override this decision when the default names for
+	// nested properties are too long or otherwise undesirable. The choice will further affect the automatically
+	// generated names for any properties nested under the current one.
+	//
+	// Example use:
+	//
+	//     TypeName: tfbridge.Ref("Visual")
+	//
+	// Note that the type name, and not the full token like "aws:quicksight/Visual:Visual" is specified. The token
+	// will be picked based on the current module ("quicksight" in the above example) where the parent resource or
+	// data source is found.
+	//
+	// Experimental.
+	TypeName *string
 }
 
 // Config represents a synthetic configuration variable that is Pulumi-only, and not passed to Terraform.
diff --git a/pkg/tfgen/generate.go b/pkg/tfgen/generate.go
index a81e1e410..85e256a67 100644
--- a/pkg/tfgen/generate.go
+++ b/pkg/tfgen/generate.go
@@ -342,6 +342,8 @@ type propertyType struct {
 	nestedType tokens.Type
 	altTypes   []tokens.Type
 	asset      *tfbridge.AssetTranslation
+
+	typeName *string
 }
 
 func (g *Generator) Sink() diag.Sink {
@@ -353,6 +355,9 @@ func (g *Generator) makePropertyType(typePath paths.TypePath,
 	entityDocs entityDocs) (*propertyType, error) {
 
 	t := &propertyType{}
+	if info != nil {
+		t.typeName = info.TypeName
+	}
 
 	var elemInfo *tfbridge.SchemaInfo
 	if info != nil {
@@ -456,10 +461,23 @@ func getDocsFromSchemaMap(key string, schemaMap shim.SchemaMap) string {
 func (g *Generator) makeObjectPropertyType(typePath paths.TypePath,
 	res shim.Resource, info *tfbridge.SchemaInfo,
 	out bool, entityDocs entityDocs) (*propertyType, error) {
+
+	// If the user supplied an explicit Type token override, omit generating types and short-circuit.
+	if info != nil && info.OmitType {
+		if info.Type == "" {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Cannot set info.OmitType without also setting info.Type")
+		}
+		return &propertyType{typ: info.Type}, nil
+	}
+
 	t := &propertyType{
 		kind: kindObject,
 	}
 
+	if info != nil {
+		t.typeName = info.TypeName
+	}
+
 	if info != nil {
 		t.typ = info.Type
 		t.nestedType = info.NestedType
@@ -549,6 +567,15 @@ func (t *propertyType) equals(other *propertyType) bool {
 	if len(t.properties) != len(other.properties) {
 		return false
 	}
+	switch {
+	case t.typeName != nil && other.typeName == nil:
+		return false
+	case t.typeName == nil && other.typeName != nil:
+		return false
+	case t.typeName != nil && other.typeName != nil &&
+		*t.typeName != *other.typeName:
+		return false
+	}
 	for i, p := range t.properties {
 		o := other.properties[i]
 		if p.name != o.name {
diff --git a/pkg/tfgen/generate_schema.go b/pkg/tfgen/generate_schema.go
index 4b05095c9..c699096c2 100644
--- a/pkg/tfgen/generate_schema.go
+++ b/pkg/tfgen/generate_schema.go
@@ -120,7 +120,15 @@ func (nt *schemaNestedTypes) declareType(typePath paths.TypePath, declarer decla
 	typ *propertyType, isInput bool) string {
 
 	// Generate a name for this nested type.
-	typeName := namePrefix + cases.Title(language.Und, cases.NoLower).String(name)
+	var typeName string
+
+	if typ.typeName != nil {
+		// Use an explicit name if provided.
+		typeName = *typ.typeName
+	} else {
+		// Otherwise build one based on the current property name and prefix.
+		typeName = namePrefix + cases.Title(language.Und, cases.NoLower).String(name)
+	}
 
 	// Override the nested type name, if necessary.
 	if typ.nestedType.Name().String() != "" {
diff --git a/pkg/tfgen/generate_schema_test.go b/pkg/tfgen/generate_schema_test.go
index 27616255e..e36fd0401 100644
--- a/pkg/tfgen/generate_schema_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tfgen/generate_schema_test.go
@@ -19,10 +19,13 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"runtime"
+	"sort"
 	"testing"
 	"text/template"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"
 	"github.com/hexops/autogold/v2"
 	csgen "github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pkg/v3/codegen/dotnet"
 	gogen "github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pkg/v3/codegen/go"
@@ -35,7 +38,9 @@ import (
 
 	bridgetesting "github.com/pulumi/pulumi-terraform-bridge/v3/internal/testing"
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi-terraform-bridge/v3/pkg/tfbridge"
+	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi-terraform-bridge/v3/pkg/tfbridge/info"
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi-terraform-bridge/v3/pkg/tfgen/internal/testprovider"
+	sdkv2 "github.com/pulumi/pulumi-terraform-bridge/v3/pkg/tfshim/sdk-v2"
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi-terraform-bridge/v3/unstable/metadata"
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi-terraform-bridge/x/muxer"
 )
@@ -116,6 +121,167 @@ func TestCSharpMiniRandom(t *testing.T) {
 	bridgetesting.AssertEqualsJSONFile(t, "test_data/minirandom-schema-csharp.json", schema)
 }
 
+// Test the ability to force type sharing. Some of the upstream providers generate very large concrete schemata in Go,
+// with TF not being materially affected. The example is inspired by QuickSight types in AWS. In Pulumi the default
+// projection is going to generate named types for every instance of the shared schema. This may lead to SDK bloat. Test
+// the ability of the provider author to curb the bloat and force an explicit sharing.
+func TestTypeSharing(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		t.Skipf("Skipping on Windows due to a test setup issue")
+	}
+
+	tmpdir := t.TempDir()
+	barCharVisualSchema := func() *schema.Schema {
+		return &schema.Schema{
+			Type:     schema.TypeList,
+			Optional: true,
+			MinItems: 1,
+			MaxItems: 1,
+			Elem: &schema.Resource{
+				Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+					"nest": {
+						Type:     schema.TypeList,
+						MaxItems: 1,
+						Optional: true,
+						Elem: &schema.Resource{
+							Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+								"nested_prop": {
+									Type:     schema.TypeBool,
+									Optional: true,
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+	}
+	visualsSchema := func() *schema.Schema {
+		return &schema.Schema{
+			Type:     schema.TypeList,
+			MinItems: 1,
+			MaxItems: 50,
+			Optional: true,
+			Elem: &schema.Resource{
+				Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+					"bar_chart_visual": barCharVisualSchema(),
+					"box_plot_visual":  barCharVisualSchema(),
+				},
+			},
+		}
+	}
+	provider := info.Provider{
+		Name: "testprov",
+		P: sdkv2.NewProvider(&schema.Provider{
+			ResourcesMap: map[string]*schema.Resource{
+				"testprov_r1": {
+					Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+						"sheets": {
+							Type:     schema.TypeList,
+							MinItems: 1,
+							MaxItems: 20,
+							Optional: true,
+							Elem: &schema.Resource{
+								Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+									"visuals": visualsSchema(),
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				"testprov_r2": {
+					Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+						"x": {
+							Type:     schema.TypeInt,
+							Optional: true,
+						},
+						"sheets": {
+							Type:     schema.TypeList,
+							MinItems: 1,
+							MaxItems: 20,
+							Optional: true,
+							Elem: &schema.Resource{
+								Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+									"y": {
+										Type:     schema.TypeBool,
+										Optional: true,
+									},
+									"visuals": visualsSchema(),
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}),
+		UpstreamRepoPath: tmpdir,
+		Resources: map[string]*info.Resource{
+			"testprov_r1": {
+				Tok: "testprov:index:R1",
+				Fields: map[string]*info.Schema{
+					"sheets": {
+						Elem: &info.Schema{
+							Fields: map[string]*info.Schema{
+								"visuals": {
+									Elem: &info.Schema{
+										TypeName: tfbridge.Ref("Visual"),
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			"testprov_r2": {
+				Tok: "testprov:index:R2",
+				Fields: map[string]*info.Schema{
+					"sheets": {
+						Elem: &info.Schema{
+							Fields: map[string]*info.Schema{
+								"visuals": {
+									Elem: &info.Schema{
+										Type:     "testprov:index/Visual:Visual",
+										OmitType: true,
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	schema, err := GenerateSchema(provider, diag.DefaultSink(&buf, &buf, diag.FormatOptions{
+		Color: colors.Never,
+	}))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	t.Logf("%s", buf.String())
+
+	keys := []string{}
+	for k := range schema.Types {
+		keys = append(keys, k)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(keys)
+
+	// Note that there is only one set of helper types, and they are not prefixed by any of the resource names.
+	autogold.Expect([]string{
+		"testprov:index/R1Sheet:R1Sheet", "testprov:index/R2Sheet:R2Sheet",
+		"testprov:index/Visual:Visual",
+		"testprov:index/VisualBarChartVisual:VisualBarChartVisual",
+		"testprov:index/VisualBarChartVisualNest:VisualBarChartVisualNest",
+		"testprov:index/VisualBoxPlotVisual:VisualBoxPlotVisual",
+		"testprov:index/VisualBoxPlotVisualNest:VisualBoxPlotVisualNest",
+	}).Equal(t, keys)
+
+	bytes, err := json.MarshalIndent(schema, "", "  ")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	autogold.ExpectFile(t, autogold.Raw(string(bytes)))
+}
+
 // TestPropertyDocumentationEdits tests that documentation edits are applied to
 // individual properties. This includes both the property description and
 // deprecation message. This tests the following workflow
diff --git a/pkg/tfgen/testdata/TestTypeSharing.golden b/pkg/tfgen/testdata/TestTypeSharing.golden
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a846f64e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/tfgen/testdata/TestTypeSharing.golden
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+{
+  "name": "testprov",
+  "attribution": "This Pulumi package is based on the [`testprov` Terraform Provider](https://github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-testprov).",
+  "meta": {
+    "moduleFormat": "(.*)(?:/[^/]*)"
+  },
+  "language": {
+    "nodejs": {
+      "readme": "\u003e This provider is a derived work of the [Terraform Provider](https://github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-testprov)\n\u003e distributed under [MPL 2.0](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0/). If you encounter a bug or missing feature,\n\u003e first check the [`pulumi-testprov` repo](/issues); however, if that doesn't turn up anything,\n\u003e please consult the source [`terraform-provider-testprov` repo](https://github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-testprov/issues).",
+      "compatibility": "tfbridge20",
+      "disableUnionOutputTypes": true
+    },
+    "python": {
+      "readme": "\u003e This provider is a derived work of the [Terraform Provider](https://github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-testprov)\n\u003e distributed under [MPL 2.0](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0/). If you encounter a bug or missing feature,\n\u003e first check the [`pulumi-testprov` repo](/issues); however, if that doesn't turn up anything,\n\u003e please consult the source [`terraform-provider-testprov` repo](https://github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-testprov/issues).",
+      "compatibility": "tfbridge20",
+      "pyproject": {}
+    }
+  },
+  "config": {},
+  "types": {
+    "testprov:index/R1Sheet:R1Sheet": {
+      "properties": {
+        "visuals": {
+          "type": "array",
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/types/testprov:index/Visual:Visual"
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "type": "object"
+    },
+    "testprov:index/R2Sheet:R2Sheet": {
+      "properties": {
+        "visuals": {
+          "type": "array",
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/types/testprov:index/Visual:Visual"
+          }
+        },
+        "y": {
+          "type": "boolean"
+        }
+      },
+      "type": "object"
+    },
+    "testprov:index/Visual:Visual": {
+      "properties": {
+        "barChartVisual": {
+          "$ref": "#/types/testprov:index/VisualBarChartVisual:VisualBarChartVisual"
+        },
+        "boxPlotVisual": {
+          "$ref": "#/types/testprov:index/VisualBoxPlotVisual:VisualBoxPlotVisual"
+        }
+      },
+      "type": "object"
+    },
+    "testprov:index/VisualBarChartVisual:VisualBarChartVisual": {
+      "properties": {
+        "nest": {
+          "$ref": "#/types/testprov:index/VisualBarChartVisualNest:VisualBarChartVisualNest"
+        }
+      },
+      "type": "object"
+    },
+    "testprov:index/VisualBarChartVisualNest:VisualBarChartVisualNest": {
+      "properties": {
+        "nestedProp": {
+          "type": "boolean"
+        }
+      },
+      "type": "object"
+    },
+    "testprov:index/VisualBoxPlotVisual:VisualBoxPlotVisual": {
+      "properties": {
+        "nest": {
+          "$ref": "#/types/testprov:index/VisualBoxPlotVisualNest:VisualBoxPlotVisualNest"
+        }
+      },
+      "type": "object"
+    },
+    "testprov:index/VisualBoxPlotVisualNest:VisualBoxPlotVisualNest": {
+      "properties": {
+        "nestedProp": {
+          "type": "boolean"
+        }
+      },
+      "type": "object"
+    }
+  },
+  "provider": {
+    "description": "The provider type for the testprov package. By default, resources use package-wide configuration\nsettings, however an explicit `Provider` instance may be created and passed during resource\nconstruction to achieve fine-grained programmatic control over provider settings. See the\n[documentation](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/reference/programming-model/#providers) for more information.\n"
+  },
+  "resources": {
+    "testprov:index:R1": {
+      "properties": {
+        "sheets": {
+          "type": "array",
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/types/testprov:index/R1Sheet:R1Sheet"
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "inputProperties": {
+        "sheets": {
+          "type": "array",
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/types/testprov:index/R1Sheet:R1Sheet"
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "stateInputs": {
+        "description": "Input properties used for looking up and filtering R1 resources.\n",
+        "properties": {
+          "sheets": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {
+              "$ref": "#/types/testprov:index/R1Sheet:R1Sheet"
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "type": "object"
+      }
+    },
+    "testprov:index:R2": {
+      "properties": {
+        "sheets": {
+          "type": "array",
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/types/testprov:index/R2Sheet:R2Sheet"
+          }
+        },
+        "x": {
+          "type": "integer"
+        }
+      },
+      "inputProperties": {
+        "sheets": {
+          "type": "array",
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/types/testprov:index/R2Sheet:R2Sheet"
+          }
+        },
+        "x": {
+          "type": "integer"
+        }
+      },
+      "stateInputs": {
+        "description": "Input properties used for looking up and filtering R2 resources.\n",
+        "properties": {
+          "sheets": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {
+              "$ref": "#/types/testprov:index/R2Sheet:R2Sheet"
+            }
+          },
+          "x": {
+            "type": "integer"
+          }
+        },
+        "type": "object"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file