diff --git a/packages/esbuild/src/executors/esbuild/lib/build-esbuild-options.ts b/packages/esbuild/src/executors/esbuild/lib/build-esbuild-options.ts
index 063a8bd30d7c94..beacfa222de8a2 100644
--- a/packages/esbuild/src/executors/esbuild/lib/build-esbuild-options.ts
+++ b/packages/esbuild/src/executors/esbuild/lib/build-esbuild-options.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ export function buildEsbuildOptions(
       context.projectName,
       context,
       {
+        initialTsConfigFileName: options.tsConfig,
         initialEntryPoints: entryPoints,
         recursive: true,
       }
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ export function buildEsbuildOptions(
   } else {
     // Otherwise, just transpile the project source files. Any workspace lib will need to be published separately.
     esbuildOptions.entryPoints = getEntryPoints(context.projectName, context, {
+      initialTsConfigFileName: options.tsConfig,
       initialEntryPoints: entryPoints,
       recursive: false,
     });
diff --git a/packages/esbuild/src/utils/get-entry-points.ts b/packages/esbuild/src/utils/get-entry-points.ts
index 3604ff226ef267..211f3ac5b57e4c 100644
--- a/packages/esbuild/src/utils/get-entry-points.ts
+++ b/packages/esbuild/src/utils/get-entry-points.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import * as glob from 'fast-glob';
 export interface GetEntryPointsOptions {
   recursive?: boolean;
   initialEntryPoints?: string[];
+  initialTsConfigFileName?: string;
   onProjectFilesMatched?: (projectName: string, files: string[]) => void;
 }
 
@@ -14,35 +15,39 @@ export function getEntryPoints(
   context: ExecutorContext,
   options: GetEntryPointsOptions = {}
 ): string[] {
+  // Known files we generate from our generators. Only one of these should be used to build the project.
   const tsconfigCandidates = [
     'tsconfig.app.json',
     'tsconfig.lib.json',
     'tsconfig.json',
-    'tsconfig.base.json',
   ];
   const entryPoints = options.initialEntryPoints
     ? new Set(options.initialEntryPoints)
     : new Set<string>();
   const seenProjects = new Set<string>();
 
-  const findEntryPoints = (projectName: string): void => {
+  const findEntryPoints = (
+    projectName: string,
+    tsConfigFileName?: string
+  ): void => {
     if (seenProjects.has(projectName)) return;
     seenProjects.add(projectName);
 
     const project = context.projectGraph?.nodes[projectName];
     if (!project) return;
 
-    const tsconfigFileName = tsconfigCandidates.find((f) => {
+    tsConfigFileName ??= tsconfigCandidates.find((f) => {
       try {
         return fs.statSync(path.join(project.data.root, f)).isFile();
       } catch {
         return false;
       }
     });
+
     // Workspace projects may not be a TS project, so skip reading source files if tsconfig is not found.
-    if (tsconfigFileName) {
+    if (tsConfigFileName) {
       const tsconfig = readJsonFile(
-        path.join(project.data.root, tsconfigFileName)
+        path.join(project.data.root, tsConfigFileName)
       );
       const projectFiles = glob
         .sync(tsconfig.include ?? [], {
@@ -65,7 +70,7 @@ export function getEntryPoints(
     }
   };
 
-  findEntryPoints(projectName);
+  findEntryPoints(projectName, options.initialTsConfigFileName);
 
   return Array.from(entryPoints);
 }