diff --git a/adafruit_wsgi/__init__.py b/adafruit_wsgi/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/adafruit_wsgi/request.py b/adafruit_wsgi/request.py
index cacaeb0..68a8b1f 100644
--- a/adafruit_wsgi/request.py
+++ b/adafruit_wsgi/request.py
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
 """
 import re
 
+try:
+    from typing import Dict
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
 
 class Request:
     """
@@ -18,7 +23,7 @@ class Request:
     A higher level abstraction of the raw WSGI Environ dictionary.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, environ):
+    def __init__(self, environ: Dict[str, str]) -> None:
         self._method = environ["REQUEST_METHOD"]
         self._path = environ["PATH_INFO"]
         self._query_params = self.__parse_query_params(environ.get("QUERY_STRING", ""))
@@ -27,21 +32,21 @@ def __init__(self, environ):
         self._wsgi_environ = environ
 
     @property
-    def method(self):
+    def method(self) -> str:
         """
         the HTTP Method Type of this request
         """
         return self._method
 
     @property
-    def path(self):
+    def path(self) -> str:
         """
         the path this request was made to
         """
         return self._path
 
     @property
-    def query_params(self):
+    def query_params(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
         """
         Request query parameters, represented as a dictionary of
         param name to param value
@@ -49,7 +54,7 @@ def query_params(self):
         return self._query_params
 
     @property
-    def headers(self):
+    def headers(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
         """
         Request headers, represented as a dictionary of
         header name to header value
@@ -64,14 +69,14 @@ def body(self):
         return self._body
 
     @property
-    def wsgi_environ(self):
+    def wsgi_environ(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
         """
         The raw WSGI Environment dictionary representation of the request
         """
         return self._wsgi_environ
 
     @staticmethod
-    def __parse_query_params(query_string):
+    def __parse_query_params(query_string: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
         param_list = query_string.split("&")
         params = {}
         for param in param_list:
@@ -81,7 +86,7 @@ def __parse_query_params(query_string):
         return params
 
     @staticmethod
-    def __parse_headers(environ):
+    def __parse_headers(environ: Dict[str, str]) -> Dict[str, str]:
         headers = {}
 
         # Content Type and Content Length headers
diff --git a/adafruit_wsgi/wsgi_app.py b/adafruit_wsgi/wsgi_app.py
index 3315aa7..2ba4572 100644
--- a/adafruit_wsgi/wsgi_app.py
+++ b/adafruit_wsgi/wsgi_app.py
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
 
 import re
 
+try:
+    from typing import Any, AnyStr, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
 from adafruit_wsgi.request import Request
 
 __version__ = "0.0.0-auto.0"
@@ -43,7 +48,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self._routes = []
         self._variable_re = re.compile("^<([a-zA-Z]+)>$")
 
-    def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
+    def __call__(self, environ: Dict[str, str], start_response: Callable):
         """
         Called whenever the server gets a request.
         The environ dict has details about the request per wsgi specification.
@@ -66,7 +71,7 @@ def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
         start_response(status, headers)
         return resp_data
 
-    def on_request(self, methods, rule, request_handler):
+    def on_request(self, methods: List[str], rule: str, request_handler: Callable):
         """
         Register a Request Handler for a particular HTTP method and path.
         request_handler will be called whenever a matching HTTP request is received.
@@ -95,7 +100,7 @@ def on_request(self, methods, rule, request_handler):
             (re.compile(regex), {"methods": methods, "func": request_handler})
         )
 
-    def route(self, rule, methods=None):
+    def route(self, rule: str, methods: Optional[List[str]] = None):
         """
         A decorator to register a route rule with an endpoint function.
         if no methods are provided, default to GET
@@ -104,9 +109,11 @@ def route(self, rule, methods=None):
             methods = ["GET"]
         return lambda func: self.on_request(methods, rule, func)
 
-    def _match_route(self, path, method):
+    def _match_route(
+        self, path: str, method: str
+    ) -> Optional[Tuple[Sequence[AnyStr], Dict[str, Any]]]:
         for matcher, route in self._routes:
             match = matcher.match(path)
             if match and method in route["methods"]:
-                return (match.groups(), route)
+                return match.groups(), route
         return None