diff --git a/eslint.config.js b/eslint.config.js
index 87c23523e..964728774 100644
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ export default tseslint.config(
   {
     languageOptions: {
       parserOptions: {
-        project: ['./tsconfig.eslint.json', './packages/*/tsconfig.json'],
+        project: [
+          './tsconfig.eslint.json',
+          './packages/*/tsconfig.json',
+          './packages/*/tsconfig.eslint.json',
+          './packages/mermaid/src/docs/tsconfig.json',
+        ],
         tsconfigRootDir: import.meta.dirname,
       },
       globals: {
diff --git a/packages/mermaid-example-diagram/tsconfig.eslint.json b/packages/mermaid-example-diagram/tsconfig.eslint.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5269794ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mermaid-example-diagram/tsconfig.eslint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/tsconfig",
+  "extends": ["./tsconfig.json"],
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "noEmit": true
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "./src/**/*.spec.js",
+    "./src/**/*.spec.ts" // test files
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/scripts/docs.mts b/packages/mermaid/scripts/docs.mts
index 1bc944ee8..4c13c61d4 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/scripts/docs.mts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/scripts/docs.mts
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ export const getGlobs = (globs: string[]): string[] => {
     globs.push(
       '!**/.vitepress/**',
       '!**/vite.config.ts',
+      '!**/tsconfig.json',
       '!src/docs/index.md',
       '!**/package.json',
       '!**/user-avatars/**'
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/docs/tsconfig.json b/packages/mermaid/src/docs/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8225d4f96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/docs/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/tsconfig",
+  "extends": ["../../../../tsconfig.json"],
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "noEmit": true
+  },
+  "include": ["./**/*.ts", "./.vitepress/**/*.ts"]
+}
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/tsconfig.eslint.json b/packages/mermaid/tsconfig.eslint.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eae6ca79f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mermaid/tsconfig.eslint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/tsconfig",
+  "extends": ["./tsconfig.json"],
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "noEmit": true
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "./src/**/*.spec.js",
+    "./src/**/*.spec.ts", // test files
+    "./scripts",
+    "./.lintstagedrc.mjs",
+    // These seem to be orphaned files
+    // Can we delete them?
+    "./src/dagre-wrapper/intersect.js",
+    "./src/dagre-wrapper/patterns.js",
+    "./src/diagrams/git/gitGraphRenderer-old.js",
+    "./src/diagrams/git/layout.js",
+    "./src/diagrams/git/mockDb.js"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.eslint.json b/tsconfig.eslint.json
index 463c79f5d..6a35da55d 100644
--- a/tsconfig.eslint.json
+++ b/tsconfig.eslint.json
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
     "noEmit": true,
     "allowJs": true
   },
-  "include": [".build", "tests", "scripts", "cypress", "__mocks__", "demos/dev", "eslint.config.js"]
+  "include": ["./.build/*.ts", "./.esbuild/*.ts", "./.vite/*.ts", "./cypress.config.ts", "./tests", "./scripts", "./cypress", "./__mocks__", "./demos/dev",       "./vite.config.ts",
+      "./vitest.workspace.js", "eslint.config.js"]
 }