diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/c2000.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/c2000.py
index 65a2ceae4..eb66003aa 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/c2000.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/c2000.py
@@ -47,7 +47,12 @@ c2000_debug_args = {
 
 
 class C2000Compiler:
-    def __init__(self):
+
+    if T.TYPE_CHECKING:
+        is_cross = True
+        can_compile_suffixes = set()  # type: T.Set[str]
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
         if not self.is_cross:
             raise EnvironmentException('c2000 supports only cross-compilation.')
         self.id = 'c2000'
diff --git a/run_mypy.py b/run_mypy.py
index 4c83fe234..1005e9c4c 100755
--- a/run_mypy.py
+++ b/run_mypy.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ modules = [
   'mesonbuild/arglist.py',
   'mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py',
   'mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/arm.py',
+  'mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/c2000.py',
   # 'mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/intel.py',
   # 'mesonbuild/coredata.py',
   'mesonbuild/dependencies/boost.py',