diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3a37b14410424c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "composite": true,
+    "outDir": "./target/types",
+    "emitDeclarationOnly": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true
+  },
+  "include": [
+    // add all the folders containg files to be compiled
+    "common/**/*",
+    "public/**/*",
+    "server/**/*",
+    "scripts/**/*"
+  ],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../../../src/core/tsconfig.json" },
+    // add references to other TypeScript projects the plugin depends on
+
+    // requiredPlugins from ./kibana.json
+    { "path": "../licensing/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/data/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../encrypted_saved_objects/tsconfig.json" },
+
+    // optionalPlugins from ./kibana.json
+    { "path": "../security/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../features/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../cloud/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/home/tsconfig.json" },
+
+    // requiredBundles from ./kibana.json
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/kibana_react/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/es_ui_shared/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../infra/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/kibana_utils/tsconfig.json" },
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
index 0a7a30f373e07f..468b6fb47781ed 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
     { "path": "../plugins/code/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../plugins/console_extensions/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../plugins/dashboard_mode/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../plugins/enterprise_search/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../plugins/fleet/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../plugins/global_search/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../plugins/global_search_providers/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../plugins/features/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../plugins/data_enhanced/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../plugins/embeddable_enhanced/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../plugins/encrypted_saved_objects/tsconfig.json" },
diff --git a/x-pack/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/tsconfig.json
index 5d51c2923abd02..cc95d72d29441b 100644
--- a/x-pack/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/tsconfig.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "plugins/discover_enhanced/**/*",
     "plugins/dashboard_mode/**/*",
     "plugins/dashboard_enhanced/**/*",
+    "plugins/fleet/**/*",
     "plugins/global_search/**/*",
     "plugins/global_search_providers/**/*",
     "plugins/graph/**/*",
diff --git a/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json b/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json
index ae88ab6486e64c..447b7f5222991b 100644
--- a/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json
+++ b/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     { "path": "./plugins/event_log/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/features/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/file_upload/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./plugins/fleet/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/global_search_bar/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/global_search_providers/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/global_search/tsconfig.json" },