diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index f0c53d79..620ecee1 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ recursive-include telegram/lib *
 recursive-include docs *
 
 global-exclude *.pyc
+
+include telegram/py.typed
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 36d79059..82a791af 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ def get_version(package):
         'telegram': [
             'lib/darwin/*',
             'lib/linux/*',
+            'py.typed',
         ],
     },
     install_requires=[
diff --git a/telegram/py.typed b/telegram/py.typed
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b