diff --git a/backend/tsconfig.build.json b/backend/tsconfig.build.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6af876fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig",
+  "exclude": ["**/*.test.*", "**/__mocks__/*", "**/__tests__/*"]
+}