diff --git a/.fernignore b/.fernignore
index ea0a89a2f..1ccf15d29 100644
--- a/.fernignore
+++ b/.fernignore
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ src/cohere/manually_maintained
 src/cohere/bedrock_client.py
 src/cohere/aws_client.py
 src/cohere/sagemaker_client.py
-src/cohere/client_v2.py
\ No newline at end of file
+src/cohere/client_v2.py
+mypy.ini
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1330b2c18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[mypy]
+exclude = src/cohere/manually_maintained/cohere_aws