diff --git a/.mypy.ini b/.mypy.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8e6439f8074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mypy.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+[mypy]
+warn_unused_configs = True
+
+disallow_any_generics = True
+disallow_subclassing_any = True
+disallow_untyped_calls = True
+disallow_untyped_defs = True
+disallow_incomplete_defs = True
+check_untyped_defs = True
+disallow_untyped_decorators = True
+no_implicit_optional = True
+warn_redundant_casts = True
+warn_unused_ignores = True
+warn_return_any = True
+no_implicit_reexport = True
+strict_equality = True
+
+[mypy-aiodns]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+
+[mypy-brotli]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+
+[mypy-gunicorn.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+
+[mypy-uvloop]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+
+[mypy-cchardet]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+
+[mypy-tokio]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+
+[mypy-pytest]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a7b833353ee..9a1e8311495 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ fmt format:
 
 .PHONY: mypy
 mypy:
-	mypy --strict aiohttp
-	mypy tests
+	mypy aiohttp tests
 
 .develop: .install-deps $(call to-hash,$(PYS) $(CYS) $(CS))
 	pip install -e .