diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 7b67bc9e57..7da30808d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: api/library/python/iterm2
         run: python -m pytest tests/ -v
 
+      - name: Run mypy
+        working-directory: api/library/python/iterm2
+        run: python -m mypy iterm2/
+
   xcode-tests:
     runs-on: macos-15
 
diff --git a/api/library/python/iterm2/mypy.ini b/api/library/python/iterm2/mypy.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df2ab230d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/library/python/iterm2/mypy.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[mypy]
+disable_error_code = import-not-found, import-untyped
diff --git a/api/library/python/iterm2/requirements-dev.txt b/api/library/python/iterm2/requirements-dev.txt
index 9d1685e4c6..62ea28e286 100644
--- a/api/library/python/iterm2/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/api/library/python/iterm2/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 pytest>=7.0.0
 pytest-cov>=4.0.0
 pytest-asyncio>=0.21.0
+mypy>=1.0.0
+types-protobuf