diff --git a/tsconfig.base.json b/tsconfig.base.json
index 8ee1f8b3d415ba..e17cd0ff564d80 100644
--- a/tsconfig.base.json
+++ b/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
 
 		/* This needs to be false so our types are possible to consume without setting this */
 		"esModuleInterop": false,
-		"resolveJsonModule": true
+		"resolveJsonModule": true,
+
+		"typeRoots": [ "./node_modules/@types" ]
 	},
 	"exclude": [ "**/benchmark", "**/test/**", "**/build/**", "**/build-*/**" ]
 }