diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-code.yml b/.github/workflows/check-code.yml
index e1200cdd..884dc212 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-code.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-code.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ on:
         default: '3.9'
         required: false
         type: string
+      extra-typing:
+        description: 'Package extra to be installed for type checks + include mypy'
+        default: 'test'
+        required: false
+        type: string
 
 defaults:
   run:
@@ -35,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         # don't use --upgrade to respect the version installed via setup.py
-        pip install -e '.[test]' mypy types-setuptools \
+        pip install -e '.[${{ inputs.extra-typing }}]' mypy \
           --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu/torch_stable.html
         pip list
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-use-checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-use-checks.yaml
index 60cd21c0..f591c6f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-use-checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-use-checks.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/check-code.yml
     with:
       actions-ref: ${{ github.sha }}  # use local version
+      extra-typing: 'typing'
 
   check-schema:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/check-schema.yml
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d865fa98..a455e22a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
--
+- CI: allow specify typing extra ([#110](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/utilities/pull/110))
 
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/requirements/typing.txt b/requirements/typing.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..432605a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements/typing.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+mypy>=1.0.0
+
+types-setuptools