diff --git a/.github/workflows/pylint.yml b/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
index 85e4b067a..6a543d691 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ jobs:
             defusedxml \
             pygments \
             'pylint<=3.2.7' \
+            pylint-per-file-ignores \
             pytest>=6.2.0 \
             pyupgrade>=2.31.0 \
             regex \
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index af0e1d623..5d0219f11 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 [mypy]
+mypy_path = stubs/
+
 disallow_any_unimported = True
 disallow_any_expr = False
 disallow_any_decorated = True
@@ -81,9 +83,6 @@ ignore_missing_imports = True
 [mypy-pytest.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
-[mypy-pyupgrade.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-
 [mypy-setuptools.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1ffd0b406..a23d0bc4f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,10 +31,18 @@ revision = "origin/master..."
 revision = "origin/master..."
 src = ["."]
 
+[tool.pylint.MASTER]
+load-plugins = [
+    "pylint_per_file_ignores",
+]
+
 [tool.pylint."messages control"]
 # Check import order only with isort. Pylint doesn't support a custom list of first
 # party packages. We want to consider "darkgraylib" and "graylint" as first party.
 disable = ["wrong-import-order"]
+per-file-ignores = [
+  "/stubs/:missing-class-docstring,missing-function-docstring,unused-argument",
+]
 
 [tool.ruff]
 target-version = "py38"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 16dac6576..8c80b1836 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ test =
     pydocstyle
     pygments
     pylint<=3.2.7  # pylint 3.3.0 dropped Python 3.8 support
+    pylint-per-file-ignores
     pytest>=6.2.0
     pytest-kwparametrize>=0.0.3
     pyupgrade>=2.31.0
diff --git a/stubs/pyupgrade/__init__.pyi b/stubs/pyupgrade/__init__.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/stubs/pyupgrade/_data.pyi b/stubs/pyupgrade/_data.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9837d99b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/pyupgrade/_data.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+"""Type stubs for bits used from `pyupgrade._data`.
+
+Can be removed if https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade/issues/977 is resolved.
+
+"""
+
+from typing import NamedTuple
+
+Version = tuple[int, ...]
+
+class Settings(NamedTuple):
+    min_version: Version = ...
+    keep_percent_format: bool = ...
+    keep_mock: bool = ...
+    keep_runtime_typing: bool = ...
diff --git a/stubs/pyupgrade/_main.pyi b/stubs/pyupgrade/_main.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6b7734a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/pyupgrade/_main.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+"""Type stubs for bits used from `pyupgrade._main`.
+
+Can be removed if https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade/issues/977 is resolved.
+
+"""
+
+from typing import Sequence
+
+from pyupgrade._data import Settings
+
+def _fix_plugins(contents_text: str, settings: Settings) -> str: ...
+def _fix_tokens(contents_text: str) -> str: ...
+def main(argv: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> int: ...