diff --git a/python-package/MANIFEST.in b/python-package/MANIFEST.in
index 7973e2f49f13..0effeba8eeb6 100644
--- a/python-package/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/python-package/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 prune build
 include LICENSE
 include *.rst *.txt
-recursive-include lightgbm VERSION.txt *.py *.so
+recursive-include lightgbm VERSION.txt py.typed *.py *.so
 include compile/CMakeLists.txt
 include compile/cmake/IntegratedOpenCL.cmake
 recursive-include compile *.so
diff --git a/python-package/lightgbm/py.typed b/python-package/lightgbm/py.typed
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/python-package/setup.py b/python-package/setup.py
index 243dd5cb0af5..21d5b0336152 100644
--- a/python-package/setup.py
+++ b/python-package/setup.py
@@ -389,4 +389,5 @@ def run(self) -> None:
                        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
                        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
                        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
-                       'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence'])
+                       'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence',
+                       'Typing :: Typed'])