diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9ca65ef..7fefee7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Development
 
+* Adding a `py.typed` and a type hint stub file and thereby made this package PEP 561 compliant
 * Release GIL during the computation of the CRC32C hash. A new `gil_release_mode` argument lets users choose between always/never/automatically releasing it (#47).
 * Add keyword support to `crc32c` function (`crc32c(data, value=0, gil_release_mode=-1)`).
 * Adding explicit fallthrough annotations
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index d94aeca..15c74da 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 include *.h
 include LICENSE*
 include AUTHORS*
+include crc32c/*
diff --git a/crc32c/__init__.pyi b/crc32c/__init__.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fe0d8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crc32c/__init__.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from collections.abc import Buffer
+
+big_endian: int
+hardware_based: bool
+
+def crc32(data: Buffer, value: int = 0, gil_release_mode: int = -1) -> int: ...
+def crc32c(data: Buffer, value: int = 0, gil_release_mode: int = -1) -> int: ...
diff --git a/crc32c/py.typed b/crc32c/py.typed
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 15b67c2..496e983 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
       ' in hardware and software'),
       long_description=long_description,
       long_description_content_type='text/x-rst',
+      packages=["crc32c"],
+      include_package_data=True,
       classifiers=classifiers,
       ext_modules=[crcmod_ext],
       test_suite="test")