diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index d5429ac3ffb..b349d3c8902 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -772,6 +772,7 @@ i18next.config.ts @grafana/grafana-frontend-platform
 
 # root files, mostly frontend
 /.browserslistrc @grafana/frontend-ops
+/.madgerc @grafana/frontend-ops
 /package.json @grafana/frontend-ops
 /nx.json @grafana/frontend-ops
 /project.json @grafana/frontend-ops
diff --git a/.madgerc b/.madgerc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..53edaacb267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.madgerc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "detectiveOptions": {
+    "ts": {
+      "skipTypeImports": true
+    },
+    "tsx": {
+      "skipTypeImports": true
+    }
+  }
+}