diff --git a/src/plugins/share/tsconfig.json b/src/plugins/share/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a6318af602b4de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/share/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "composite": true,
+    "outDir": "./target/types",
+    "emitDeclarationOnly": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true
+  },
+  "include": ["common/**/*", "public/**/*", "server/**/*"],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../../core/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../plugins/kibana_utils/tsconfig.json" }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 30b38d0fc2dd3c..2e4d5730d93208 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     "src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/**/*",
     "src/plugins/kibana_utils/**/*",
     "src/plugins/newsfeed/**/*",
+    "src/plugins/share/**/*",
     "src/plugins/telemetry_collection_manager/**/*",
     "src/plugins/telemetry/**/*",
     "src/plugins/url_forwarding/**/*",
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
     { "path": "./src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/kibana_utils/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/newsfeed/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./src/plugins/share/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/telemetry_collection_manager/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/telemetry/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
diff --git a/tsconfig.refs.json b/tsconfig.refs.json
index c16e7a5e1b0f19..a37aa7b5b57fbd 100644
--- a/tsconfig.refs.json
+++ b/tsconfig.refs.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     { "path": "./src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/kibana_utils/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/newsfeed/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./src/plugins/share/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/telemetry_collection_manager/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/telemetry/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/url_forwarding/tsconfig.json" },
diff --git a/x-pack/examples/ui_actions_enhanced_examples/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/examples/ui_actions_enhanced_examples/tsconfig.json
index f8c1a6b53dac5d..05e5f39d4d628f 100644
--- a/x-pack/examples/ui_actions_enhanced_examples/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/examples/ui_actions_enhanced_examples/tsconfig.json
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@
     { "path": "../../../src/core/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../../../src/plugins/kibana_utils/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../../../src/plugins/kibana_react/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/share/tsconfig.json" }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
index 7bd38ea4afab78..e041292ebf3c9d 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,30 +3,22 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     // overhead is too significant
     "incremental": false,
-    "types": [
-      "mocha",
-      "node",
-      "flot"
-    ]
+    "types": ["mocha", "node", "flot"]
   },
-  "include": [
-    "**/*",
-    "../typings/**/*"
-  ],
-  "exclude": [
-    "../typings/jest.d.ts"
-  ],
+  "include": ["**/*", "../typings/**/*"],
+  "exclude": ["../typings/jest.d.ts"],
   "references": [
     { "path": "../../src/core/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "../../src/plugins/kibana_utils/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../../src/plugins/kibana_react/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "../plugins/licensing/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "../plugins/global_search/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "../../src/plugins/usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../src/plugins/kibana_utils/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../src/plugins/newsfeed/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../src/plugins/share/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../../src/plugins/telemetry_collection_manager/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../../src/plugins/telemetry/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "../../src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "../plugins/telemetry_collection_xpack/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "../../src/plugins/newsfeed/tsconfig.json" }
+    { "path": "../../src/plugins/usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../plugins/global_search/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../plugins/licensing/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../plugins/telemetry_collection_xpack/tsconfig.json" }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/tsconfig.json
index 5c76a11315a56b..804268fbf5dac2 100644
--- a/x-pack/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/tsconfig.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     { "path": "../src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/kibana_utils/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/newsfeed/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../src/plugins/share/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/telemetry_collection_manager/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/telemetry/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/url_forwarding/tsconfig.json" },