diff --git a/bitsandbytes/py.typed b/bitsandbytes/py.typed
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 90c57408d..7940e7bbf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ test = [
 ]
 
 [tool.setuptools]
-package-data = { "*" = ["libbitsandbytes*.*"] }
+package-data = { "*" = ["libbitsandbytes*.*", "py.typed"] }
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 include = ["bitsandbytes*"]