diff --git a/MYPY b/MYPY
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e389c214
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MYPY
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+EXTRA="--follow-imports skip" # for now
+
+export PATH=$PATH:~/.local/bin
+# XXX ocperf, models, interval*, tl-*
+exec mypy --check-untyped-defs $EXTRA toplev.py tl_output.py tl_io.py tl_cpu.py tl_stat.py tl_uval.py
+