diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/tsconfig.json b/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d664d936f666
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "composite": true,
+    "outDir": "./target/types",
+    "emitDeclarationOnly": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "common/*",
+    "server/**/**/*",
+    "../../../typings/*"
+  ],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../../core/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../plugins/usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/test/tsconfig.json b/test/tsconfig.json
index bd678c66db7c..a6cc2d34639b 100644
--- a/test/tsconfig.json
+++ b/test/tsconfig.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     { "path": "../src/plugins/usage_collection/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": "../src/plugins/newsfeed/tsconfig.json" }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index a1ec9363ca11..4af3a97d32d9 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     "src/plugins/usage_collection/**/*",
     "src/plugins/telemetry_collection_manager/**/*",
     "src/plugins/telemetry/**/*",
+    "src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/**/*",
     "src/plugins/newsfeed/**/*"
     // In the build we actually exclude **/public/**/* from this config so that
     // we can run the TSC on both this and the .browser version of this config
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
     { "path": "./src/plugins/usage_collection/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": "./src/plugins/newsfeed/tsconfig.json" }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/tsconfig.refs.json b/tsconfig.refs.json
index 7f40b8e18723..bb1bdc08cafd 100644
--- a/tsconfig.refs.json
+++ b/tsconfig.refs.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     { "path": "./src/plugins/usage_collection/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": "./src/plugins/newsfeed/tsconfig.json" },
   ]
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
index fd69bb32ae28..297eb2e9b454 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     { "path": "../../src/plugins/usage_collection/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": "../../src/plugins/newsfeed/tsconfig.json" }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/tsconfig.json
index e0a0b63d3c6a..79309369386c 100644
--- a/x-pack/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/tsconfig.json
@@ -13,10 +13,7 @@
     "plugins/apm/e2e/cypress/**/*",
     "plugins/apm/scripts/**/*",
     "plugins/licensing/**/*",
-    "plugins/global_search/**/*",
-    "../src/plugins/usage_collection/**/*",
-    "../src/plugins/telemetry_collection_manager/**/*",
-    "../src/plugins/telemetry/**/*"
+    "plugins/global_search/**/*"
   ],
   "compilerOptions": {
     "paths": {
@@ -37,6 +34,7 @@
     { "path": "../src/plugins/usage_collection/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": "../src/plugins/newsfeed/tsconfig.json" },
   ]
 }