diff --git a/.mypy.ini b/.mypy.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..486dde3fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mypy.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[mypy]
+
+exclude = venv
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index f51dbc6d3..46e29e7a0 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -20,3 +20,12 @@ repos:
     rev: v2.17.4
     hooks:
     - id: pylint
+-   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
+    rev: v1.3.0
+    hooks:
+    - id: mypy
+      additional_dependencies:
+        [
+        'fire',
+        'types-PyYAML'
+        ]
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 20420596a..df7e312cb 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pre-commit
 black
+mypy