diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index 71c11242..6f0a31a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -61,3 +61,18 @@ jobs:
       run: python3 -m pip install -r doc/requirements.txt -e .
     - name: Build docs
       run: make -C doc html
+
+  mypy:
+    continue-on-error: true
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.12
+        cache: pip
+        cache-dependency-path: |
+          'pyproject.toml'
+          'requirements-dev.txt'
+    - run: pip install -r requirements-dev.txt -e .
+    - run: mypy --config-file pyproject.toml .
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a87ba589..e9c85993 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -48,3 +48,11 @@ testpaths = [
 filterwarnings = [
     "ignore::DeprecationWarning",
 ]
+
+[tool.mypy]
+python_version = "3.8"
+exclude = [
+    "^examples*",
+    "^test*",
+    "^setup.py*",
+]
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 1a1c1f37..23f3a7aa 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+mypy~=1.10
 pytest~=8.3
 pytest-cov~=5.0