diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6cc9d837a5..43d46489a0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ debian/*debhelper
 .tox/
 .cache/
 .pytest_cache/
+.pytype/
 .mypy_cache/
 .tags
 venv
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d9b719ef97..505f096377 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ jobs:
           env: TOXENV=pep8
         - python: 3.8
           env: TOXENV=mypy
+        - python: 3.7
+          env: TOXENV=pytype
 
     allow_failures:
         - python: pypy3
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ addons:
     - gkrellm
     - graphviz # for docs
     - imagemagick
+    - libdbus-1-dev
     - x11-apps
     - xserver-xephyr
     - xterm
diff --git a/libqtile/backend/x11/xcursors.py b/libqtile/backend/x11/xcursors.py
index 24454b83fa..da6777d52e 100644
--- a/libqtile/backend/x11/xcursors.py
+++ b/libqtile/backend/x11/xcursors.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from libqtile.log_utils import logger
 
 try:
-    from libqtile.backend.x11._ffi_xcursors import ffi
+    from libqtile.backend.x11._ffi_xcursors import ffi  # pytype: disable=import-error
 except ImportError:
     raise ImportError("No module named libqtile.backend.x11._ffi_xcursors, be sure to run `./scripts/ffibuild`")
 
diff --git a/libqtile/pangocffi.py b/libqtile/pangocffi.py
index 2e2aa84db4..5c1f9fb46a 100644
--- a/libqtile/pangocffi.py
+++ b/libqtile/pangocffi.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
 
 try:
-    from libqtile._ffi_pango import ffi
+    from libqtile._ffi_pango import ffi  # pytype: disable=import-error
 except ImportError:
     raise ImportError("No module named libqtile._ffi_pango, be sure to run `./scripts/ffibuild`")
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 1b0e0f25db..cd764ef1ec 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ envlist =
     py36,
     py37,
     py38,
-    py-nightly
+    py-nightly,
     docs,
     pep8,
     mypy,
+    pytype,
     packaging
 
 [testenv]
@@ -55,6 +56,16 @@ commands =
     pip install -r requirements.txt
     mypy -p libqtile
 
+[testenv:pytype]
+deps =
+    dbus-python
+    jupyter_client
+    pytype
+    xcffib >= 0.8.1
+commands =
+    pip install -r requirements.txt
+    pytype -k libqtile
+
 [testenv:docs]
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/docs/requirements.txt
 commands = python setup.py build_sphinx -W