diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d33b27a99c..0a4d094d1a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ ignore_missing_imports = true
 useLibraryCodeForTypes = true
 reportMissingImports = true
 reportWildcardImportFromLibrary = false
-include = ['lib/spack']
+include = ['lib/spack', 'var/spack/repos']
 ignore = ['lib/spack/external']
 extraPaths = ['lib/spack', 'lib/spack/external']