diff --git a/lib/constants.js b/lib/constants.js
index 06d9caf1..f03d6ad6 100644
--- a/lib/constants.js
+++ b/lib/constants.js
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ const TSCONFIG_DEFFAULTS = {
 	}
 };
 
+const CACHE_DIR_NAME = 'xo-linter';
+
 module.exports = {
 	DEFAULT_IGNORES,
 	DEFAULT_EXTENSION,
@@ -143,5 +145,6 @@ module.exports = {
 	MODULE_NAME,
 	CONFIG_FILES,
 	MERGE_OPTIONS_CONCAT,
-	TSCONFIG_DEFFAULTS
+	TSCONFIG_DEFFAULTS,
+	CACHE_DIR_NAME
 };
diff --git a/lib/options-manager.js b/lib/options-manager.js
index 99d4ce7f..e183fbd8 100644
--- a/lib/options-manager.js
+++ b/lib/options-manager.js
@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@ const {
 	MODULE_NAME,
 	CONFIG_FILES,
 	MERGE_OPTIONS_CONCAT,
-	TSCONFIG_DEFFAULTS
+	TSCONFIG_DEFFAULTS,
+	CACHE_DIR_NAME
 } = require('./constants');
 
 const nodeVersion = process && process.version;
-const cacheLocation = findCacheDir({name: 'xo-linter'}) || path.join(os.homedir() || os.tmpdir(), '.xo-cache/');
+const cacheLocation = findCacheDir({name: CACHE_DIR_NAME}) || path.join(os.homedir() || os.tmpdir(), '.xo-cache/');
 
 const DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
 	useEslintrc: false,
@@ -419,7 +420,11 @@ const buildTSConfig = options => config => {
 		config.baseConfig.parserOptions = {
 			warnOnUnsupportedTypeScriptVersion: false,
 			ecmaFeatures: {jsx: true},
-			project: options.tsConfigPath
+			project: options.tsConfigPath,
+			projectFolderIgnoreList:
+				options.parserOptions && options.parserOptions.projectFolderIgnoreList ?
+					options.parserOptions.projectFolderIgnoreList :
+					[new RegExp(`/node_modules/(?!.*\\.cache/${CACHE_DIR_NAME})`)]
 		};
 
 		if (options.prettier) {
diff --git a/test/options-manager.js b/test/options-manager.js
index 81ecc2fc..e0fb7f77 100644
--- a/test/options-manager.js
+++ b/test/options-manager.js
@@ -439,7 +439,20 @@ test('buildConfig: typescript', t => {
 	t.deepEqual(config.baseConfig.parserOptions, {
 		warnOnUnsupportedTypeScriptVersion: false,
 		ecmaFeatures: {jsx: true},
-		project: './tsconfig.json'
+		project: './tsconfig.json',
+		projectFolderIgnoreList: [/\/node_modules\/(?!.*\.cache\/xo-linter)/]
+	});
+});
+
+test('buildConfig: typescript with parserOption', t => {
+	const config = manager.buildConfig({ts: true, parserOptions: {projectFolderIgnoreList: []}, tsConfigPath: 'path/to/tmp-tsconfig.json'}, {});
+
+	t.is(config.baseConfig.parser, require.resolve('@typescript-eslint/parser'));
+	t.deepEqual(config.baseConfig.parserOptions, {
+		warnOnUnsupportedTypeScriptVersion: false,
+		ecmaFeatures: {jsx: true},
+		projectFolderIgnoreList: [],
+		project: 'path/to/tmp-tsconfig.json'
 	});
 });