diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b531c2a515..04c6112d47 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ lint: FORCE
 	ruff check .
 	black --check *.py pyro examples tests scripts profiler
 	python scripts/update_headers.py --check
-	mypy --install-types --non-interactive pyro scripts
+	mypy --install-types --non-interactive pyro scripts tests
 
 license: FORCE
 	python scripts/update_headers.py
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ff6d3042d8..8e36d8aff2 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -82,3 +82,43 @@ warn_unused_ignores = True
 [mypy-pyro.util.*]
 ignore_errors = True
 warn_unused_ignores = True
+
+[mypy-tests.test_primitives]
+ignore_errors = True
+warn_unused_ignores = True
+
+[mypy-tests.test_generic]
+ignore_errors = True
+warn_unused_ignores = True
+
+[mypy-tests.poutine.*]
+ignore_errors = True
+warn_unused_ignores = True
+
+[mypy-tests.ops.*]
+ignore_errors = True
+warn_unused_ignores = True
+
+[mypy-tests.optim.*]
+ignore_errors = True
+warn_unused_ignores = True
+
+[mypy-tests.perf.*]
+ignore_errors = True
+warn_unused_ignores = True
+
+[mypy-tests.nn.*]
+ignore_errors = True
+warn_unused_ignores = True
+
+[mypy-tests.infer.*]
+ignore_errors = True
+warn_unused_ignores = True
+
+[mypy-tests.distributions.*]
+ignore_errors = True
+warn_unused_ignores = True
+
+[mypy-tests.contrib.*]
+ignore_errors = True
+warn_unused_ignores = True