diff --git a/.pyre_configuration b/.pyre_configuration
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index 0000000000..42304c219b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pyre_configuration
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "source_directories": ["."],
+  "taint_models_path": [
+      "stubs/taint",
+      "zulip-py3-venv/lib/pyre_check/taint/"
+  ],
+  "search_path": [
+      "stubs/",
+      "zulip-py3-venv/lib/pyre_check/stubs/"
+  ],
+  "exclude": [
+      "/srv/zulip/zulip-py3-venv/.*"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/stubs/taint/taint.config b/stubs/taint/taint.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6daefa82d6
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+++ b/stubs/taint/taint.config
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+{
+  sources: [],
+  sinks: [],
+  features: [],
+  rules: []
+}