diff --git a/package/python-twisted/Config.in b/package/python-twisted/Config.in
index 29536ecf9d..25145ee067 100644
--- a/package/python-twisted/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-twisted/Config.in
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_TWISTED
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_HYPERLINK # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYHAMCREST # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_ZOPE_INTERFACE # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_TYPING_EXTENSIONS # runtime
 	help
 	  Twisted is an event-driven networking engine written in
 	  Python.