diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index ba863069aa..09270cacbf 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+recursive-include src/helm/ py.typed
 recursive-include src/helm/proxy/clients/ *.sp
 recursive-include src/helm/benchmark/ *.json
 recursive-include src/helm/benchmark/static/ *.css *.html *.js *.png *.yaml
diff --git a/src/helm/py.typed b/src/helm/py.typed
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2