diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c8e7c04f6..3f6a32f94 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.PHONY: quality style test docs utils
+.PHONY: quality style test docs utils mypy
 
 check_dirs := examples src tests utils
 
@@ -6,8 +6,15 @@ check_dirs := examples src tests utils
 quality:
 	ruff check $(check_dirs)
 	ruff format --check $(check_dirs)
+# disabling mypy in standard quality check for now.
+# Reenable it when the code base get a good state
+#	mypy $(check_dirs)
 	python utils/check_tests_in_ci.py
 
+# Run mypy type checking
+mypy:
+	mypy $(check_dirs)
+
 # Format source code automatically
 style:
 	ruff check $(check_dirs) --fix
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae385cf7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+[mypy]
+python_version = 3.10
+warn_return_any = True
+warn_unused_configs = True
+disallow_untyped_defs = False
+disallow_incomplete_defs = False
+check_untyped_defs = True
+disallow_untyped_decorators = False
+no_implicit_optional = True
+strict_optional = True
+
+# Ignore missing imports for external libraries
+[mypy.plugins.numpy.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+
+[mypy-IPython.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+
+[mypy-soundfile.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+
+[mypy-gradio_client.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+
+[mypy-gradio.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+
+[mypy-mcpadapt.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+
+[mypy-accelerate.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+
+[mypy-mlx_lm.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+
+[mypy-litellm.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+
+[mypy-openai.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+
+[mypy-e2b_code_interpreter.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+
+[mypy-websocket.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+
+[mypy-helium.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+
+[mypy-selenium.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 266717318..8630e96c0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ all = [
 ]
 quality = [
   "ruff>=0.9.0",
+  "mypy>=1.9.0",
+  "types-requests",
+  "types-PyYAML",
+  "types-docker"
 ]
 test = [
   "ipython>=8.31.0", # for interactive environment tests
@@ -106,6 +110,46 @@ lint.select = ["E", "F", "I", "W"]
 known-first-party = ["smolagents"]
 lines-after-imports = 2
 
+[tool.mypy]
+python_version = "3.10"
+warn_return_any = true
+warn_unused_configs = true
+disallow_untyped_defs = false
+disallow_incomplete_defs = false
+check_untyped_defs = true
+disallow_untyped_decorators = false
+no_implicit_optional = true
+strict_optional = true
+warn_redundant_casts = true
+warn_unused_ignores = true
+warn_no_return = true
+warn_unreachable = true
+
+[[tool.mypy.overrides]]
+module = [
+    "torch.*", 
+    "transformers.*", 
+    "pillow.*", 
+    "huggingface_hub.*",
+    "pandas.*",
+    "duckduckgo_search.*",
+    "markdownify.*",
+    "IPython.*",
+    "soundfile.*",
+    "gradio_client.*",
+    "gradio.*",
+    "mcpadapt.*",
+    "accelerate.*",
+    "mlx_lm.*",
+    "litellm.*",
+    "openai.*",
+    "e2b_code_interpreter.*",
+    "websocket.*",
+    "helium.*",
+    "selenium.*"
+]
+ignore_missing_imports = true
+
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
 "smolagents.prompts" = ["*.yaml"]