diff --git a/docs/generated/packages/web/generators/application.json b/docs/generated/packages/web/generators/application.json
index 7ddf805e10833..94d166cd45a83 100644
--- a/docs/generated/packages/web/generators/application.json
+++ b/docs/generated/packages/web/generators/application.json
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@
         "description": "Whether or not to configure the ESLint `parserOptions.project` option. We do not do this by default for lint performance reasons.",
         "default": false
       },
+      "strict": {
+        "type": "boolean",
+        "description": "Creates an application with strict mode and strict type checking.",
+        "default": true
+      },
       "standaloneConfig": {
         "description": "Split the project configuration into `<projectRoot>/project.json` rather than including it inside workspace.json",
         "type": "boolean",
diff --git a/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts b/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
index 9ae8f3f2b54d2..7c46f607846b0 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
@@ -546,6 +546,18 @@ describe('app', () => {
       expect(tree.exists('my-app/.babelrc')).toBeFalsy();
       expect(tree.exists('my-app/.swcrc')).toBeTruthy();
     });
+
+    it('should be strict by default', async () => {
+      await applicationGenerator(tree, {
+        name: 'my-app',
+        compiler: 'swc',
+        projectNameAndRootFormat: 'as-provided',
+        addPlugin: true,
+      } as Schema);
+
+      const tsconfig = readJson(tree, 'my-app/tsconfig.json');
+      expect(tsconfig.compilerOptions.strict).toBeTruthy();
+    });
   });
 
   describe('setup web app with --bundler=vite', () => {
diff --git a/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.ts b/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.ts
index 74884c63e3ebc..8547f4c899d64 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   runTasksInSerial,
   TargetConfiguration,
   Tree,
+  updateJson,
   updateNxJson,
   updateProjectConfiguration,
   writeJson,
@@ -109,6 +110,19 @@ function createApplicationFiles(tree: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
       );
     }
   }
+  updateJson(
+    tree,
+    joinPathFragments(options.appProjectRoot, 'tsconfig.json'),
+    (json) => {
+      return {
+        ...json,
+        compilerOptions: {
+          ...(json.compilerOptions || {}),
+          strict: options.strict,
+        },
+      };
+    }
+  );
 }
 
 async function setupBundler(tree: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
@@ -534,6 +548,7 @@ async function normalizeOptions(
     compiler: options.compiler ?? 'babel',
     bundler: options.bundler ?? 'webpack',
     projectName: appProjectName,
+    strict: options.strict ?? true,
     appProjectRoot,
     e2eProjectRoot,
     e2eProjectName,
diff --git a/packages/web/src/generators/application/schema.d.ts b/packages/web/src/generators/application/schema.d.ts
index 8b67cced74891..e89949410127c 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/generators/application/schema.d.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/generators/application/schema.d.ts
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ export interface Schema {
   linter?: Linter;
   standaloneConfig?: boolean;
   setParserOptionsProject?: boolean;
+  strict?: boolean;
   addPlugin?: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/packages/web/src/generators/application/schema.json b/packages/web/src/generators/application/schema.json
index 28e29cac5109d..a4b8798bf551c 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/generators/application/schema.json
+++ b/packages/web/src/generators/application/schema.json
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@
       "description": "Whether or not to configure the ESLint `parserOptions.project` option. We do not do this by default for lint performance reasons.",
       "default": false
     },
+    "strict": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "description": "Creates an application with strict mode and strict type checking.",
+      "default": true
+    },
     "standaloneConfig": {
       "description": "Split the project configuration into `<projectRoot>/project.json` rather than including it inside workspace.json",
       "type": "boolean",