diff --git a/eve/flaskapp.py b/eve/flaskapp.py
index 5cb8791d5..630ca7bec 100644
--- a/eve/flaskapp.py
+++ b/eve/flaskapp.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import warnings
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from events import Events
 from flask import Flask
@@ -1102,3 +1103,6 @@ def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
                 "HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE", environ["REQUEST_METHOD"]
             ).upper()
         return super().__call__(environ, start_response)
+
+    if TYPE_CHECKING:
+        def __setattr__(self, name, value): ...