diff --git a/changelog.d/431.misc b/changelog.d/431.misc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82a912bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/431.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Make `sydent.config` pass `mypy --strict`.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d63901ff..cf09d7ae 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ strict = true
 files = [
     # Find files that pass with
     #     find sydent tests -type d -not -name __pycache__ -exec bash -c "mypy --strict '{}' > /dev/null"  \; -print
+    "sydent/config",
     "sydent/db",
     "sydent/users",
     "sydent/util",
diff --git a/sydent/config/__init__.py b/sydent/config/__init__.py
index 27e532fd..d2c375c1 100644
--- a/sydent/config/__init__.py
+++ b/sydent/config/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import copy
-import logging
 import logging.handlers
 import os
 from configparser import DEFAULTSECT, ConfigParser
@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ class SydentConfig:
     Sydent object that uses it.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
         self.general = GeneralConfig()
         self.database = DatabaseConfig()
         self.crypto = CryptoConfig()
@@ -243,7 +242,7 @@ def parse_config_file(self, config_file: str) -> None:
             cfg.write(fp)
             fp.close()
 
-    def parse_config_dict(self, config_dict: Dict) -> None:
+    def parse_config_dict(self, config_dict: Dict[str, Dict[str, str]]) -> None:
         """
         Parse the given config from a dictionary, populating missing items and sections
 
diff --git a/sydent/config/general.py b/sydent/config/general.py
index 1dd25ad7..6ed305c7 100644
--- a/sydent/config/general.py
+++ b/sydent/config/general.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def list_from_comma_sep_string(rawstr: str) -> List[str]:
     return [x.strip() for x in rawstr.split(",")]
 
 
-def parse_cfg_bool(value: str):
+def parse_cfg_bool(value: str) -> bool:
     """
     Parse a string config option into a boolean
     This method ignores capitalisation