diff --git a/pandas-stubs/core/frame.pyi b/pandas-stubs/core/frame.pyi
index 6264a0637..6cd3fff6c 100644
--- a/pandas-stubs/core/frame.pyi
+++ b/pandas-stubs/core/frame.pyi
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ from pandas._typing import (
     FilePathOrBuffer,
     FilePathOrBytesBuffer,
     GroupByObjectNonScalar,
+    HashableT,
     IgnoreRaise,
     IndexingInt,
     IndexLabel,
@@ -587,7 +588,7 @@ class DataFrame(NDFrame, OpsMixin):
     def set_index(
         self,
         keys: Union[
-            Label, Series, Index, np.ndarray, Iterator[Hashable], List[Hashable]
+            Label, Series, Index, np.ndarray, Iterator[HashableT], List[HashableT]
         ],
         drop: _bool = ...,
         append: _bool = ...,
@@ -599,7 +600,7 @@ class DataFrame(NDFrame, OpsMixin):
     def set_index(
         self,
         keys: Union[
-            Label, Series, Index, np.ndarray, Iterator[Hashable], List[Hashable]
+            Label, Series, Index, np.ndarray, Iterator[HashableT], List[HashableT]
         ],
         drop: _bool = ...,
         append: _bool = ...,
@@ -611,7 +612,7 @@ class DataFrame(NDFrame, OpsMixin):
     def set_index(
         self,
         keys: Union[
-            Label, Series, Index, np.ndarray, Iterator[Hashable], List[Hashable]
+            Label, Series, Index, np.ndarray, Iterator[HashableT], List[HashableT]
         ],
         drop: _bool = ...,
         append: _bool = ...,
@@ -622,7 +623,7 @@ class DataFrame(NDFrame, OpsMixin):
     def set_index(
         self,
         keys: Union[
-            Label, Series, Index, np.ndarray, Iterator[Hashable], List[Hashable]
+            Label, Series, Index, np.ndarray, Iterator[HashableT], List[HashableT]
         ],
         drop: _bool = ...,
         append: _bool = ...,
diff --git a/tests/test_frame.py b/tests/test_frame.py
index 523bb7c1e..bf3a87fed 100644
--- a/tests/test_frame.py
+++ b/tests/test_frame.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # flake8: noqa: F841
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import datetime
 import io
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -1305,3 +1307,43 @@ def test_groupby_result() -> None:
 
     for kk, g in df.groupby("a"):
         pass
+
+
+def test_setitem_list():
+    # GH 153
+    lst1: list[str] = ["a", "b", "c"]
+    lst2: list[int] = [1, 2, 3]
+    lst3: list[float] = [4.0, 5.0, 6.0]
+    lst4: list[tuple[str, int]] = [("a", 1), ("b", 2), ("c", 3)]
+    lst5: list[complex] = [0 + 1j, 0 + 2j, 0 + 3j]
+
+    columns: list[Hashable] = [
+        "a",
+        "b",
+        "c",
+        1,
+        2,
+        3,
+        4.0,
+        5.0,
+        6.0,
+        ("a", 1),
+        ("b", 2),
+        ("c", 3),
+        0 + 1j,
+        0 + 2j,
+        0 + 3j,
+    ]
+
+    df = pd.DataFrame(np.empty((3, 15)), columns=columns)
+
+    check(assert_type(df.set_index(lst1), pd.DataFrame), pd.DataFrame)
+    check(assert_type(df.set_index(lst2), pd.DataFrame), pd.DataFrame)
+    check(assert_type(df.set_index(lst3), pd.DataFrame), pd.DataFrame)
+    check(assert_type(df.set_index(lst4), pd.DataFrame), pd.DataFrame)
+    check(assert_type(df.set_index(lst5), pd.DataFrame), pd.DataFrame)
+
+    iter1: Iterator[str] = (v for v in lst1)
+    iter2: Iterator[tuple[str, int]] = (v for v in lst4)
+    check(assert_type(df.set_index(iter1), pd.DataFrame), pd.DataFrame)
+    check(assert_type(df.set_index(iter2), pd.DataFrame), pd.DataFrame)