diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/global_search/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/plugins/global_search/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2d05328f445d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/global_search/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "composite": true,
+    "outDir": "./target/types",
+    "emitDeclarationOnly": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "public/**/*",
+    "server/**/*",
+    "common/**/*",
+    "../../../typings/**/*"
+  ],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../../../src/core/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../licensing/tsconfig.json" }
+  ]
+}
+
diff --git a/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
index 628f2edefb07..8e378ff1f4a6 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     { "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/licensing/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../plugins/global_search/tsconfig.json" },
   ]
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/tsconfig.json
index 9a52aca381e8..f751aac1806d 100644
--- a/x-pack/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/tsconfig.json
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
     "plugins/security_solution/cypress/**/*",
     "plugins/apm/e2e/cypress/**/*",
     "plugins/apm/scripts/**/*",
-    "plugins/licensing/**/*"
+    "plugins/licensing/**/*",
+    "plugins/global_search/**/*",
   ],
   "compilerOptions": {
     "paths": {
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
     { "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/licensing/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./plugins/global_search/tsconfig.json" },
   ]
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json b/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json
index 0b4c46b893aa..a389bbcf0272 100644
--- a/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json
+++ b/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "include": [],
   "references": [
-    { "path": "./plugins/licensing/tsconfig.json" }
+    { "path": "./plugins/licensing/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./plugins/global_search/tsconfig.json" },
   ]
 }