diff --git a/.checkpatch.conf b/.checkpatch.conf
index 1ab743e2c..c6e4bbef0 100644
--- a/.checkpatch.conf
+++ b/.checkpatch.conf
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 --show-types
 --strict
 
+--typedefsfile tools/scripts/typedefs.txt
+
 --ignore AVOID_EXTERNS
 --ignore BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE
 --ignore CAMELCASE
diff --git a/tools/scripts/typedefs.txt b/tools/scripts/typedefs.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97f330d9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/scripts/typedefs.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+fd_set
+Jim_Cmd
+Jim_CmdProc
+Jim_DelCmdProc
+Jim_Interp
+Jim_Obj