diff --git a/tests/test_docker.sh b/tests/test_docker.sh
index 63a2f1998..eddfe98c6 100755
--- a/tests/test_docker.sh
+++ b/tests/test_docker.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ cd .cache/docker
 cookiecutter ../../ --no-input --overwrite-if-exists use_docker=y
 cd my_awesome_project
 
+# run the project's type checks
+docker-compose -f local.yml run django mypy my_awesome_project
+
 # run the project's tests
 docker-compose -f local.yml run django pytest
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/README.rst b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/README.rst
index c282f73a7..80923cd88 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/README.rst
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/README.rst
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ Setting Up Your Users
 
 For convenience, you can keep your normal user logged in on Chrome and your superuser logged in on Firefox (or similar), so that you can see how the site behaves for both kinds of users.
 
+Type checks
+^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Running type checks with mypy:
+
+::
+
+  $ mypy {{cookiecutter.project_slug}}
+
 Test coverage
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index 6e84beb10..365d94b01 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ psycopg2-binary==2.7.5  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
 
 # Testing
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+mypy==0.620  # https://github.com/python/mypy
 pytest==3.7.3  # https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest
 pytest-sugar==0.9.1  # https://github.com/Frozenball/pytest-sugar
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/setup.cfg b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/setup.cfg
index 1ec89c789..c2139f1db 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/setup.cfg
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/setup.cfg
@@ -5,3 +5,17 @@ exclude = .tox,.git,*/migrations/*,*/static/CACHE/*,docs,node_modules
 [pycodestyle]
 max-line-length = 120
 exclude = .tox,.git,*/migrations/*,*/static/CACHE/*,docs,node_modules
+
+[mypy]
+python_version = 3.6
+check_untyped_defs = True
+ignore_errors = False
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+strict_optional = True
+warn_unused_ignores = True
+warn_redundant_casts = True
+warn_unused_configs = True
+
+[mypy-*.migrations.*]
+# Django migrations should not produce any errors:
+ignore_errors = True