diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ce7eb465d..48cb10182 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ dask = [
 ]
 dev = [
     "black",
+    "mypy",
     "pre-commit",
     "pydra[test]",
 ]
@@ -101,3 +102,9 @@ exclude = "pydra/_version.py"
 
 [tool.codespell]
 ignore-words = ".codespell-ignorewords"
+
+[tool.mypy]
+warn_unused_configs = true
+warn_redundant_casts = true
+warn_unused_ignores = true
+no_implicit_optional = true