diff --git a/pandas/py.typed b/pandas/py.typed
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b2589645afb9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pandas/py.typed
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+partial
+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7040147c2b741..62ba300905bab 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ def srcpath(name=None, suffix=".pyx", subdir="src"):
     maintainer=AUTHOR,
     version=versioneer.get_version(),
     packages=find_packages(include=["pandas", "pandas.*"]),
-    package_data={"": ["templates/*", "_libs/*.dll"]},
+    package_data={"": ["templates/*", "_libs/*.dll", "py.typed"]},
     ext_modules=maybe_cythonize(extensions, compiler_directives=directives),
     maintainer_email=EMAIL,
     description=DESCRIPTION,