diff --git a/src/dependency_injector/providers.pyi b/src/dependency_injector/providers.pyi
index 05234c85..66e34e3e 100644
--- a/src/dependency_injector/providers.pyi
+++ b/src/dependency_injector/providers.pyi
@@ -158,10 +158,10 @@ class DependenciesContainer(Object):
 
 
 class Callable(Provider[T]):
-    def __init__(self, provides: Optional[_Callable[..., T]] = None, *args: Injection, **kwargs: Injection) -> None: ...
+    def __init__(self, provides: Optional[Union[_Callable[..., T], str]] = None, *args: Injection, **kwargs: Injection) -> None: ...
     @property
     def provides(self) -> Optional[_Callable[..., T]]: ...
-    def set_provides(self, provides: Optional[_Callable[..., T]]) -> Callable[T]: ...
+    def set_provides(self, provides: Optional[Union[_Callable[..., T], str]]) -> Callable[T]: ...
     @property
     def args(self) -> Tuple[Injection]: ...
     def add_args(self, *args: Injection) -> Callable[T]: ...
@@ -283,12 +283,12 @@ class Configuration(Object[Any]):
 
 class Factory(Provider[T]):
     provided_type: Optional[Type]
-    def __init__(self, provides: Optional[_Callable[..., T]] = None, *args: Injection, **kwargs: Injection) -> None: ...
+    def __init__(self, provides: Optional[Union[_Callable[..., T], str]] = None, *args: Injection, **kwargs: Injection) -> None: ...
     @property
     def cls(self) -> Type[T]: ...
     @property
     def provides(self) -> Optional[_Callable[..., T]]: ...
-    def set_provides(self, provides: Optional[_Callable[..., T]]) -> Factory[T]: ...
+    def set_provides(self, provides: Optional[Union[_Callable[..., T], str]]) -> Factory[T]: ...
     @property
     def args(self) -> Tuple[Injection]: ...
     def add_args(self, *args: Injection) -> Factory[T]: ...
@@ -326,12 +326,12 @@ class FactoryAggregate(Aggregate[T]):
 
 class BaseSingleton(Provider[T]):
     provided_type = Optional[Type]
-    def __init__(self, provides: Optional[_Callable[..., T]] = None, *args: Injection, **kwargs: Injection) -> None: ...
+    def __init__(self, provides: Optional[Union[_Callable[..., T], str]] = None, *args: Injection, **kwargs: Injection) -> None: ...
     @property
     def cls(self) -> Type[T]: ...
     @property
     def provides(self) -> Optional[_Callable[..., T]]: ...
-    def set_provides(self, provides: Optional[_Callable[..., T]]) -> BaseSingleton[T]: ...
+    def set_provides(self, provides: Optional[Union[_Callable[..., T], str]]) -> BaseSingleton[T]: ...
     @property
     def args(self) -> Tuple[Injection]: ...
     def add_args(self, *args: Injection) -> BaseSingleton[T]: ...
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ class AbstractSingleton(BaseSingleton[T]):
 
 
 class SingletonDelegate(Delegate):
-    def __init__(self, factory: BaseSingleton): ...
+    def __init__(self, singleton: BaseSingleton): ...
 
 
 class List(Provider[_List]):
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ class Resource(Provider[T]):
     @overload
     def __init__(self, provides: Optional[_Callable[..., _Coroutine[Injection, Injection, T]]] = None, *args: Injection, **kwargs: Injection) -> None: ...
     @overload
-    def __init__(self, provides: Optional[_Callable[..., T]] = None, *args: Injection, **kwargs: Injection) -> None: ...
+    def __init__(self, provides: Optional[Union[_Callable[..., T], str]] = None, *args: Injection, **kwargs: Injection) -> None: ...
     @property
     def provides(self) -> Optional[_Callable[..., Any]]: ...
     def set_provides(self, provides: Optional[Any]) -> Resource[T]: ...
diff --git a/tests/typing/callable.py b/tests/typing/callable.py
index 09cdf9bc..51c8d3a7 100644
--- a/tests/typing/callable.py
+++ b/tests/typing/callable.py
@@ -66,3 +66,7 @@ assert provides10 is Cat
 provider11 = providers.Callable[Animal](Cat)
 provides11: Optional[Callable[..., Animal]] = provider11.provides
 assert provides11 is Cat
+
+# Test 12: to check string imports
+provider12: providers.Callable[dict] = providers.Callable("builtins.dict")
+provider12.set_provides("builtins.dict")
diff --git a/tests/typing/coroutine.py b/tests/typing/coroutine.py
index 839698dd..40c8e530 100644
--- a/tests/typing/coroutine.py
+++ b/tests/typing/coroutine.py
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ async def _coro() -> None:
 # Test 1: to check the return type
 provider1 = providers.Coroutine(_coro)
 var1: Coroutine = provider1()
+
+# Test 2: to check string imports
+provider2: providers.Coroutine[None] = providers.Coroutine("_coro")
+provider2.set_provides("_coro")
diff --git a/tests/typing/factory.py b/tests/typing/factory.py
index 61999e2f..132a4c29 100644
--- a/tests/typing/factory.py
+++ b/tests/typing/factory.py
@@ -99,3 +99,7 @@ provided_cls13: Type[Animal] = provider13.cls
 assert issubclass(provided_cls13, Animal)
 provided_provides13: Optional[Callable[..., Animal]] = provider13.provides
 assert provided_provides13 is not None and provided_provides13() == Cat()
+
+# Test 14: to check string imports
+provider14: providers.Factory[dict] = providers.Factory("builtins.dict")
+provider14.set_provides("builtins.dict")
diff --git a/tests/typing/resource.py b/tests/typing/resource.py
index b468df42..e70ae67a 100644
--- a/tests/typing/resource.py
+++ b/tests/typing/resource.py
@@ -97,3 +97,8 @@ provider8 = providers.Resource(MyResource8)
 async def _provide8() -> None:
     var1: List[int] = await provider8()  # type: ignore
     var2: List[int] = await provider8.async_()
+
+
+# Test 9: to check string imports
+provider9: providers.Resource[dict] = providers.Resource("builtins.dict")
+provider9.set_provides("builtins.dict")
diff --git a/tests/typing/singleton.py b/tests/typing/singleton.py
index b19a43fe..badfe1c6 100644
--- a/tests/typing/singleton.py
+++ b/tests/typing/singleton.py
@@ -89,3 +89,7 @@ provided_cls15: Type[Animal] = provider15.cls
 assert issubclass(provided_cls15, Animal)
 provided_provides15: Optional[Callable[..., Animal]] = provider15.provides
 assert provided_provides15 is not None and provided_provides15() == Cat()
+
+# Test 16: to check string imports
+provider16: providers.Singleton[dict] = providers.Singleton("builtins.dict")
+provider16.set_provides("builtins.dict")