diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9522b1a49..6b11f22da 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ locale
 tools/runanki.system
 anki/buildhash.py
 .mypy_cache
+.pytype
diff --git a/requirements.dev b/requirements.dev
index 5f62f9aeb..69b16dc2f 100644
--- a/requirements.dev
+++ b/requirements.dev
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ nose
 mypy==0.750
 pylint
 mock
+pytype
diff --git a/tools/typecheck.sh b/tools/typecheck.sh
index 8f9bda521..e35fb3249 100755
--- a/tools/typecheck.sh
+++ b/tools/typecheck.sh
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 
 TOOLS="$(cd "`dirname "$0"`"; pwd)"
 mypy $TOOLS/../anki $TOOLS/../aqt
+pytype $TOOLS/../anki