diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 53d9e1ac15dba..84bd703dba4ef 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -551,6 +551,7 @@
     "@types/jsdom": "^16.2.3",
     "@types/json-stable-stringify": "^1.0.32",
     "@types/json5": "^0.0.30",
+    "@types/kbn__ace": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-ace/npm_module_types",
     "@types/license-checker": "15.0.0",
     "@types/listr": "^0.14.0",
     "@types/loader-utils": "^1.1.3",
diff --git a/packages/BUILD.bazel b/packages/BUILD.bazel
index 74c28790ae06e..893216f060b9c 100644
--- a/packages/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/BUILD.bazel
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ filegroup(
   srcs = [
       "//packages/elastic-apm-synthtrace:build_types",
       "//packages/elastic-datemath:build_types",
+      "//packages/kbn-ace:build_types",
   ],
 )
 
diff --git a/packages/kbn-ace/BUILD.bazel b/packages/kbn-ace/BUILD.bazel
index a13863b765d35..c674f9ae8e00f 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-ace/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/kbn-ace/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-load("@npm//@bazel/typescript:index.bzl", "ts_config", "ts_project")
-load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:index.bzl", "js_library", "pkg_npm")
-load("//src/dev/bazel:index.bzl", "jsts_transpiler")
+load("@npm//@bazel/typescript:index.bzl", "ts_config")
+load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:index.bzl", "js_library")
+load("//src/dev/bazel:index.bzl", "jsts_transpiler", "pkg_npm", "pkg_npm_types", "ts_project")
 
 PKG_BASE_NAME = "kbn-ace"
 PKG_REQUIRE_NAME = "@kbn/ace"
+TYPES_PKG_REQUIRE_NAME = "@types/kbn__ace"
 
 SOURCE_FILES = glob(
   [
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ ts_project(
 js_library(
   name = PKG_BASE_NAME,
   srcs = NPM_MODULE_EXTRA_FILES,
-  deps = RUNTIME_DEPS + [":target_node", ":tsc_types"],
+  deps = RUNTIME_DEPS + [":target_node"],
   package_name = PKG_REQUIRE_NAME,
   visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
@@ -97,3 +98,20 @@ filegroup(
   ],
   visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
+
+pkg_npm_types(
+  name = "npm_module_types",
+  srcs = SRCS,
+  deps = [":tsc_types"],
+  package_name = TYPES_PKG_REQUIRE_NAME,
+  tsconfig = ":tsconfig",
+  visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
+
+filegroup(
+  name = "build_types",
+  srcs = [
+    ":npm_module_types",
+  ],
+  visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
diff --git a/packages/kbn-ace/package.json b/packages/kbn-ace/package.json
index dfc440812e747..f5775c3b34596 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-ace/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-ace/package.json
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "private": true,
   "main": "./target_node/index.js",
-  "types": "./target_types/index.d.ts",
   "license": "SSPL-1.0 OR Elastic License 2.0"
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2f3d3865b54ee..9ae9d163a0463 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5783,6 +5783,10 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/json5/-/json5-0.0.30.tgz#44cb52f32a809734ca562e685c6473b5754a7818"
   integrity sha512-sqm9g7mHlPY/43fcSNrCYfOeX9zkTTK+euO5E6+CVijSMm5tTjkVdwdqRkY3ljjIAf8679vps5jKUoJBCLsMDA==
 
+"@types/kbn__ace@link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-ace/npm_module_types":
+  version "0.0.0"
+  uid ""
+
 "@types/keyv@*":
   version "3.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/keyv/-/keyv-3.1.1.tgz#e45a45324fca9dab716ab1230ee249c9fb52cfa7"