diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 namespace_packages = True
 warn_unused_ignores = True
 
+# support for django magic: https://github.com/typeddjango/django-stubs
+plugins = mypy_django_plugin.main, mypy_drf_plugin.main
+
+[mypy.plugins.django-stubs]
+django_settings_module = swh.auth.tests.app.apptest.settings
 
 # 3rd party libraries without stubs (yet)
 
@@ -13,6 +18,3 @@
 
 [mypy-keycloak.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
-
-[mypy-django.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+django-stubs
+djangorestframework-stubs
 pytest
-requests_mock
 pytest-django
+requests_mock