diff --git a/oslo.{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/.gitignore b/oslo.{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/.gitignore
index e12ea21..61bba41 100644
--- a/oslo.{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/.gitignore
+++ b/oslo.{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/.gitignore
@@ -34,8 +34,12 @@ lib64
 pip-log.txt
 
 # Unit test / coverage reports
-.coverage
+cover/
+.mypy.cache/
+.coverage*
 .tox
+stestr
+.venv
 
 # Translations
 *.mo
@@ -50,3 +54,8 @@ doc/build
 # pbr generates these
 AUTHORS
 ChangeLog
+
+# reno build
+releasenotes/build
+RELEASENOTES.rst
+releasenotes/notes/reno.cache
diff --git a/oslo.{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/lower-constraints.txt b/oslo.{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/lower-constraints.txt
index 85ada21..e820647 100644
--- a/oslo.{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/oslo.{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 
 Babel==1.3.0
 hacking==0.10.0
+mypy==0.720
 oslotest==1.5.1
diff --git a/oslo.{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/setup.cfg b/oslo.{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/setup.cfg
index 857913c..65d5b90 100644
--- a/oslo.{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/setup.cfg
+++ b/oslo.{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/setup.cfg
@@ -38,3 +38,15 @@ input_file = oslo.{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/locale/oslo.{{cookiecutter.module
 keywords = _ gettext ngettext l_ lazy_gettext
 mapping_file = babel.cfg
 output_file = oslo.{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/locale/oslo.{{cookiecutter.module_name}}.pot
+
+[mypy]
+show_column_numbers = true
+show_error_context = true
+ignore_missing_imports = true
+follow_imports = skip
+incremental = true
+check_untyped_defs = true
+warn_unused_ignores = true
+
+[mypy-oslo_{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}.tests.*]
+ignore_errors = true
diff --git a/oslo.{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/test-requirements.txt b/oslo.{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/test-requirements.txt
index 9bdae47..65ba07b 100644
--- a/oslo.{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/oslo.{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/test-requirements.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 
 hacking<0.11,>=0.10.0
+mypy>=0.720 # MIT
 oslotest>=1.5.1
 stestr>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/oslo.{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/tox.ini b/oslo.{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/tox.ini
index a99ce65..a0f95ba 100644
--- a/oslo.{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/tox.ini
+++ b/oslo.{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/tox.ini
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ deps =
     -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/master}
     -r{toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
 
+[testenv:mypy]
+commands =
+  mypy oslo_{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}
+
 [testenv:debug]
 commands = oslo_debug_helper {posargs}