diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c7b4ec359..aba9124fd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ dist/
 .stack-work/
 dist-newstyle/
 cabal.project.local
+hie.yaml
 *~
 *.lock
diff --git a/hie.yaml b/hie.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f9f2f0d7..000000000
--- a/hie.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-cradle: {stack: {component: "ghcide:lib"}}
diff --git a/hie.yaml.cbl b/hie.yaml.cbl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf36cf6c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hie.yaml.cbl
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# This is a sample hie.yaml file for opening ghcide in
+# ghcide/hie/ide, using cabal as the build system.
+# To use is, copy it to a file called 'hie.yaml'
+
+cradle:
+  cabal:
+
+    - path: "./test"
+      component: "ghcide:ghcide-test"
+
+    - path: "./exe"
+      component: "ghcide:exe:ghcide"
+
+    - path: "./src"
+      component: "lib:ghcide"
diff --git a/hie.yaml.stack b/hie.yaml.stack
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b44424924
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hie.yaml.stack
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# This is a sample hie.yaml file for opening ghcide in
+# ghcide/hie/ide, using stack as the build system.
+# To use is, copy it to a file called 'hie.yaml'
+
+cradle:
+  stack:
+    - path: "./test"
+      component: "ghcide:ghcide-tests"
+
+    - path: "./exe"
+      component: "ghcide:exe:ghcide"
+
+    - path: "./src"
+      component: "ghcide:lib"