diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index e470bfc..22892c5 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ include *.pyx
 recursive-include pyreadstat *.pyx
 include *.pxd
 recursive-include pyreadstat *.pxd
+recursive-include pyreadstat *.pyi
+recursive-include pyreadstat py.typed
 
diff --git a/pyreadstat/__init__.py b/pyreadstat/__init__.py
index cda3853..7603ba2 100644
--- a/pyreadstat/__init__.py
+++ b/pyreadstat/__init__.py
@@ -22,5 +22,7 @@
 from ._readstat_parser import ReadstatError, metadata_container
 from .pyfunctions import set_value_labels, set_catalog_to_sas
 
+Metadata = metadata_container
+
 __version__ = "1.3.3"
 
diff --git a/pyreadstat/__init__.pyi b/pyreadstat/__init__.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffa9b1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyreadstat/__init__.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+from os import PathLike
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, IO, Literal, Optional, overload
+
+import numpy as np
+import numpy.typing as npt
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import pandas as pd
+    import polars as pl
+
+
+class Metadata:
+    column_names: list[str]
+    column_labels: list[str | None]
+    column_names_to_labels: dict[str, str | None]
+    file_encoding: str | None
+    file_label: str | None
+    number_columns: int | None
+    number_rows: int | None
+    variable_value_labels: dict[str, dict[Any, str]]
+    value_labels: dict[str, dict[Any, str]]
+    variable_to_label: dict[str, str]
+    notes: list[str]
+    original_variable_types: dict[str, str]
+    readstat_variable_types: dict[str, str]
+    table_name: str | None
+    missing_ranges: dict[str, Any]
+    missing_user_values: dict[str, Any]
+    variable_storage_width: dict[str, int]
+    variable_display_width: dict[str, int]
+    variable_alignment: dict[str, str]
+    variable_measure: dict[str, str]
+    creation_time: datetime | None
+    modification_time: datetime | None
+    mr_sets: dict[str, Any]
+
+
+metadata_container = Metadata
+FilePathOrBuffer = str | bytes | PathLike[str] | PathLike[bytes] | IO[str] | IO[bytes]
+DictOutput = dict[str, npt.NDArray[np.generic]]
+
+
+@overload
+def read_sav(
+    filename_path: FilePathOrBuffer,
+    metadataonly: bool = ...,
+    dates_as_pandas_datetime: bool = ...,
+    apply_value_formats: bool = ...,
+    formats_as_category: bool = ...,
+    formats_as_ordered_category: bool = ...,
+    encoding: Optional[str] = ...,
+    usecols: Optional[list[str]] = ...,
+    user_missing: bool = ...,
+    disable_datetime_conversion: bool = ...,
+    row_limit: int = ...,
+    row_offset: int = ...,
+    output_format: Literal["pandas", None] = ...,
+    extra_datetime_formats: Optional[list[str]] = ...,
+    extra_date_formats: Optional[list[str]] = ...,
+    extra_time_formats: Optional[list[str]] = ...,
+) -> tuple["pd.DataFrame", Metadata]: ...
+
+
+@overload
+def read_sav(
+    filename_path: FilePathOrBuffer,
+    metadataonly: bool = ...,
+    dates_as_pandas_datetime: bool = ...,
+    apply_value_formats: bool = ...,
+    formats_as_category: bool = ...,
+    formats_as_ordered_category: bool = ...,
+    encoding: Optional[str] = ...,
+    usecols: Optional[list[str]] = ...,
+    user_missing: bool = ...,
+    disable_datetime_conversion: bool = ...,
+    row_limit: int = ...,
+    row_offset: int = ...,
+    output_format: Literal["dict"] = ...,
+    extra_datetime_formats: Optional[list[str]] = ...,
+    extra_date_formats: Optional[list[str]] = ...,
+    extra_time_formats: Optional[list[str]] = ...,
+) -> tuple[DictOutput, Metadata]: ...
+
+
+@overload
+def read_sav(
+    filename_path: FilePathOrBuffer,
+    metadataonly: bool = ...,
+    dates_as_pandas_datetime: bool = ...,
+    apply_value_formats: bool = ...,
+    formats_as_category: bool = ...,
+    formats_as_ordered_category: bool = ...,
+    encoding: Optional[str] = ...,
+    usecols: Optional[list[str]] = ...,
+    user_missing: bool = ...,
+    disable_datetime_conversion: bool = ...,
+    row_limit: int = ...,
+    row_offset: int = ...,
+    output_format: Literal["polars"] = ...,
+    extra_datetime_formats: Optional[list[str]] = ...,
+    extra_date_formats: Optional[list[str]] = ...,
+    extra_time_formats: Optional[list[str]] = ...,
+) -> tuple["pl.DataFrame", Metadata]: ...
+
+
+read_sas7bdat: Any
+read_xport: Any
+read_dta: Any
+read_por: Any
+read_sas7bcat: Any
+write_sav: Any
+write_dta: Any
+write_xport: Any
+write_por: Any
+read_file_in_chunks: Any
+read_file_multiprocessing: Any
+set_value_labels: Any
+set_catalog_to_sas: Any
+ReadstatError: type[Exception]
+
+__version__: str
diff --git a/pyreadstat/py.typed b/pyreadstat/py.typed
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ce36203..e99565a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ def is_python_lt_14():
     ],
     ext_modules=extensions,
     packages=["pyreadstat"],
+    package_data={"pyreadstat": ["*.pyi", "py.typed"]},
+    include_package_data=True,
     data_files=data_files,
     install_requires=['narwhals>=2.10.1', 'numpy'],
     license="Apache-2.0",