diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index b254d3a125..003ddfe299 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ include OWNERS
 include *.md
 include *.txt
 include *.ini
+include kubernetes/py.typed
 include kubernetes/client/py.typed
 exclude .gitignore
 exclude .gitreview
diff --git a/kubernetes/py.typed b/kubernetes/py.typed
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b13789179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/py.typed
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/kubernetes/test/test_typing.py b/kubernetes/test/test_typing.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15c6cc42e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/test/test_typing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+# Copyright 2026 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from importlib.resources import files
+import unittest
+
+from typing_extensions import assert_type
+
+from kubernetes import client
+from kubernetes.aio import client as aio_client
+
+
+class TestPackageTyping(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_root_package_is_marked_as_typed(self):
+        self.assertTrue(files('kubernetes').joinpath('py.typed').is_file())
+
+    def test_synchronous_nested_model_types(self):
+        pod = client.V1Pod(status=client.V1PodStatus(container_statuses=[
+            client.V1ContainerStatus(
+                image='image',
+                image_id='image-id',
+                name='container',
+                ready=True,
+                restart_count=0,
+                state=client.V1ContainerState(),
+            ),
+        ]))
+
+        status = assert_type(pod.status, client.V1PodStatus | None)
+        assert status is not None
+        containers = assert_type(
+            status.container_statuses,
+            list[client.V1ContainerStatus] | None,
+        )
+        assert containers is not None
+        state = assert_type(
+            containers[0].state,
+            client.V1ContainerState | None,
+        )
+        self.assertIsInstance(state, client.V1ContainerState)
+
+    def test_asynchronous_nested_model_types(self):
+        pod = aio_client.V1Pod(
+            status=aio_client.V1PodStatus(container_statuses=[
+                aio_client.V1ContainerStatus(
+                    image='image',
+                    image_id='image-id',
+                    name='container',
+                    ready=True,
+                    restart_count=0,
+                    state=aio_client.V1ContainerState(),
+                ),
+            ]),
+        )
+
+        status = assert_type(pod.status, aio_client.V1PodStatus | None)
+        assert status is not None
+        containers = assert_type(
+            status.container_statuses,
+            list[aio_client.V1ContainerStatus] | None,
+        )
+        assert containers is not None
+        state = assert_type(
+            containers[0].state,
+            aio_client.V1ContainerState | None,
+        )
+        self.assertIsInstance(state, aio_client.V1ContainerState)
diff --git a/setup-release.py b/setup-release.py
index 17fbcbd901..11dd55d7c4 100644
--- a/setup-release.py
+++ b/setup-release.py
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@
               'kubernetes.aio.client.api',
               'kubernetes.aio.client.models'
               ],
-    package_data={'kubernetes.client': ['py.typed']},
+    package_data={
+        'kubernetes': ['py.typed'],
+        'kubernetes.client': ['py.typed'],
+    },
     include_package_data=True,
     long_description="Python client for kubernetes http://kubernetes.io/",
     python_requires='>=3.10',
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ed1321c242..892dfa8ff2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -67,7 +67,10 @@
               'kubernetes.leaderelection.resourcelock',
               'kubernetes.informer',
               ],
-    package_data={'kubernetes.client': ['py.typed']},
+    package_data={
+        'kubernetes': ['py.typed'],
+        'kubernetes.client': ['py.typed'],
+    },
     include_package_data=True,
     long_description="Python client for kubernetes http://kubernetes.io/",
     python_requires='>=3.10',