diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4165b3675..dfb410758 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ setup(
         ':sys_platform != "win32"': [
         ],
         'dev': [
+            "flake8>=2.6.2, <3.1",
+            "mypy-lang>=0.4.5, <4.6",
+            "rstcheck>=2.2, <3.0",
             "tox>=2.3, <3",
             "mock>=2.0, <2.1",
             "pytest>=3, <3.1",
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 0b183da8b..6a75aaed5 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ changedir = docs
 commands = sphinx-build -W -b html -d {envtmpdir}/doctrees . {envtmpdir}/html
 
 [testenv:lint]
-deps =
-  flake8>=2.6.2, <3.1
-  rstcheck>=2.2, <3.0
 commands =
   flake8 --jobs 8 --count mitmproxy pathod examples test
-  rstcheck README.rst
\ No newline at end of file
+  rstcheck README.rst
+  mypy -s ./mitmproxy/addonmanager.py