diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 2c61991e30f932218e0c6f76bc15b6e155871b27..aa7e93528d5eafaf2819c3c727b03d05e3789510 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ lint =
     flake8-builtins
     flake8-isort
     flake8-pytest-style
+mypy =
+    mypy
+    types-xmltodict ~= 0.12
 
 [options.data_files]
 share/doc/obs-proxy/examples = proxy.conf