diff --git a/types/linkifyjs/tsconfig.json b/types/linkifyjs/tsconfig.json
index 7a19e25d0d..16becbcf0a 100644
--- a/types/linkifyjs/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/linkifyjs/tsconfig.json
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
         "typeRoots": ["../"],
         "types": [],
         "noEmit": true,
-        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+        "jsx": "preserve"
     },
     "files": ["index.d.ts", "html.d.ts", "react.d.ts", "linkifyjs-tests.tsx"]
 }