diff --git a/freqtrade/data/btanalysis.py b/freqtrade/data/btanalysis.py
index 9adab706f..8630b4d75 100644
--- a/freqtrade/data/btanalysis.py
+++ b/freqtrade/data/btanalysis.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from freqtrade.exceptions import OperationalException
 from freqtrade.misc import json_load
 from freqtrade.optimize.backtest_caching import get_backtest_metadata_filename
 from freqtrade.persistence import LocalTrade, Trade, init_db
-from freqtrade.types import BacktestResultType
+from freqtrade.types import BacktestHistoryEntryType, BacktestResultType
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def _get_backtest_files(dirname: Path) -> List[Path]:
     return list(reversed(sorted(dirname.glob('backtest-result-*-[0-9][0-9].json'))))
 
 
-def get_backtest_resultlist(dirname: Path):
+def get_backtest_resultlist(dirname: Path) -> List[BacktestHistoryEntryType]:
     """
     Get list of backtest results read from metadata files
     """
diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/api_schemas.py b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/api_schemas.py
index 04769b119..bd405d22b 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/api_schemas.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/api_schemas.py
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ class BacktestResponse(BaseModel):
     backtest_result: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]
 
 
+# TODO: This is a copy of BacktestHistoryEntryType
 class BacktestHistoryEntry(BaseModel):
     filename: str
     strategy: str
diff --git a/freqtrade/types/backtest_result_type.py b/freqtrade/types/backtest_result_type.py
index 2ddafa303..bc53097ab 100644
--- a/freqtrade/types/backtest_result_type.py
+++ b/freqtrade/types/backtest_result_type.py
@@ -20,3 +20,8 @@ def get_BacktestResultType_default() -> BacktestResultType:
         'strategy': {},
         'strategy_comparison': [],
     }
+
+
+class BacktestHistoryEntryType(BacktestMetadataType):
+    filename: str
+    strategy: str