diff --git a/src/diffusers/guiders/perturbed_attention_guidance.py b/src/diffusers/guiders/perturbed_attention_guidance.py
index 904d319..30d728b 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/guiders/perturbed_attention_guidance.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/guiders/perturbed_attention_guidance.py
@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ def __init__(
                 raise ValueError(
                     "`perturbed_guidance_layers` must be provided if `perturbed_guidance_config` is not specified."
                 )
+            if isinstance(perturbed_guidance_layers, int):
+                perturbed_guidance_layers = [perturbed_guidance_layers]
+            if not isinstance(perturbed_guidance_layers, list):
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Expected `perturbed_guidance_layers` to be an int or a list of ints, but got {type(perturbed_guidance_layers)}."
+                )
             perturbed_guidance_config = LayerSkipConfig(
                 indices=perturbed_guidance_layers,
                 fqn="auto",
diff --git a/tests/guiders/test_perturbed_attention_guidance.py b/tests/guiders/test_perturbed_attention_guidance.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8176bc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/guiders/test_perturbed_attention_guidance.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Copyright 2025 HuggingFace Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from diffusers.guiders.perturbed_attention_guidance import PerturbedAttentionGuidance
+
+
+class TestPerturbedAttentionGuidanceConfig:
+    def test_perturbed_guidance_layers_int_shorthand_builds_list_indices(self):
+        guider = PerturbedAttentionGuidance(
+            guidance_scale=7.5,
+            perturbed_guidance_layers=7,
+            perturbed_guidance_scale=2.8,
+        )
+
+        assert guider.skip_layer_config[0].indices == [7]
+
+    def test_perturbed_guidance_layers_list_shorthand_builds_list_indices(self):
+        guider = PerturbedAttentionGuidance(
+            guidance_scale=7.5,
+            perturbed_guidance_layers=[7, 8, 9],
+            perturbed_guidance_scale=2.8,
+        )
+
+        assert guider.skip_layer_config[0].indices == [7, 8, 9]