diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20220823-112633.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20220823-112633.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cce29fdc4b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20220823-112633.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: Include py.typed in MANIFEST.in. This enables packages that install dbt-core
+  from pypi to use mypy.
+time: 2022-08-23T11:26:33.8415455-07:00
+custom:
+  Author: panasenco
+  Issue: "5703"
+  PR: "5703"
diff --git a/core/MANIFEST.in b/core/MANIFEST.in
index 72bfc09cc63..ba02c346851 100644
--- a/core/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/core/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 recursive-include dbt/include *.py *.sql *.yml *.html *.md .gitkeep .gitignore
+include dbt/py.typed