diff --git a/cypress/jsconfig.json b/cypress/jsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e8cd1f1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress/jsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../jsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    // be explicit about types included
+    // to avoid clashing with Jest types
+    "types": ["cypress"]
+  },
+  "include": ["../node_modules/cypress", "./**/*.js"]
+}
diff --git a/jsconfig.json b/jsconfig.json
index 8a8f1d58f..443548fd5 100644
--- a/jsconfig.json
+++ b/jsconfig.json
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "baseUrl": "./src"
   },
-  "include": ["src", "node_modules/cypress", "./cypress/**/*.js"]
+  "include": ["src"]
 }