diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index af039c135f..b48f2ebdd1 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ ignore_missing_imports = True
 
 [mypy-zulip]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
+# This isn't the right solution (we should tell mypy where to find
+# them), but it's necessary to avoid warnings like this:
+#     note: Import of 'zulip' ignored
+# I'm not sure how to tell mypy where to find these without having it
+# also process everything else in the Zulip virtualenv...
+follow_imports = skip
 
 [mypy-zulip_bots.lib]
 ignore_missing_imports = True