diff --git a/changes/1614-PrettyWood.md b/changes/1614-PrettyWood.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b7d06f68105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/1614-PrettyWood.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Ensure `SchemaExtraCallable` is always defined to get type
+hints on BaseConfig.
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diff --git a/pydantic/main.py b/pydantic/main.py
index bb01d2e3cc4..e47f7af3221 100644
--- a/pydantic/main.py
+++ b/pydantic/main.py
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ def __call__(self, schema: Dict[str, Any], model_class: Type['Model']) -> None:
             pass
 
 
+else:
+    SchemaExtraCallable = Callable[..., None]
+
+
 try:
     import cython  # type: ignore
 except ImportError:
diff --git a/tests/test_main.py b/tests/test_main.py
index 76e05b70ad1..ed28a5ec4f3 100644
--- a/tests/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import sys
 from enum import Enum
-from typing import Any, Callable, ClassVar, Dict, List, Mapping, Optional, Type
+from typing import Any, Callable, ClassVar, Dict, List, Mapping, Optional, Type, get_type_hints
 from uuid import UUID, uuid4
 
 import pytest
@@ -1119,3 +1119,10 @@ class Model2(BaseModel):
         Model1.parse_obj({})
     with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
         Model2.parse_obj({})
+
+
+def test_base_config_type_hinting():
+    class M(BaseModel):
+        a: int
+
+    get_type_hints(M.__config__)