diff --git a/CHANGES/1214.bugfix b/CHANGES/1214.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb970adca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/1214.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix typing on evalsha keys_and_args argument
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
index ffa53e370..2316774f2 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Dmitry Vasilishin <dmvass>
 Evgenii Morozov <emorozov>
 Federico Jaite <fedej>
 Hugo <hugovk>
+Ian Good
 Ihor Gorobets
 Ihor Liubymov
 Ilya Samartsev
diff --git a/aioredis/client.py b/aioredis/client.py
index 13fd7c87f..aa8fbd727 100644
--- a/aioredis/client.py
+++ b/aioredis/client.py
@@ -3576,7 +3576,7 @@ def eval(
         """
         return self.execute_command("EVAL", script, numkeys, *keys_and_args)
 
-    def evalsha(self, sha: str, numkeys: int, *keys_and_args: str) -> Awaitable:
+    def evalsha(self, sha: str, numkeys: int, *keys_and_args: EncodableT) -> Awaitable:
         """
         Use the ``sha`` to execute a Lua script already registered via EVAL
         or SCRIPT LOAD. Specify the ``numkeys`` the script will touch and the