diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/watcher/tests_client_integration/helpers/jest_constants.ts b/x-pack/plugins/watcher/tests_client_integration/helpers/jest_constants.ts
index 6f243e130c23..7b4876f54229 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/watcher/tests_client_integration/helpers/jest_constants.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/watcher/tests_client_integration/helpers/jest_constants.ts
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ import { getWatch } from '../../__fixtures__';
 
 export const WATCH_ID = 'my-test-watch';
 
-export const WATCH = { watch: getWatch({ id: WATCH_ID }) };
+export const WATCH: any = { watch: getWatch({ id: WATCH_ID }) };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/watcher/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/plugins/watcher/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4680847ba486
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/watcher/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "composite": true,
+    "outDir": "./target/types",
+    "emitDeclarationOnly": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "server/**/*",
+    "public/**/*",
+    "common/**/*",
+    "tests_client_integration/**/*",
+    "__fixtures__/*",
+    "../../typings/**/*"
+  ],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../../../src/core/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/home/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/management/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/charts/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/data/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/kibana_react/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/es_ui_shared/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../licensing/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../features/tsconfig.json" },
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
index 6a75f0c7e02d..cc36a2c93b1a 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
     { "path": "../plugins/cloud/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../plugins/saved_objects_tagging/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../plugins/global_search_bar/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "../plugins/license_management/tsconfig.json" }
+    { "path": "../plugins/license_management/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../plugins/watcher/tsconfig.json" }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/tsconfig.json
index 7ed53ca0abb6..956bd409f979 100644
--- a/x-pack/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/tsconfig.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     "plugins/saved_objects_tagging/**/*",
     "plugins/global_search_bar/**/*",
     "plugins/license_management/**/*",
+    "plugins/watcher/**/*",
     "test/**/*"
   ],
   "compilerOptions": {
@@ -109,5 +110,6 @@
     { "path": "./plugins/triggers_actions_ui/tsconfig.json"},
     { "path": "./plugins/stack_alerts/tsconfig.json"},
     { "path": "./plugins/license_management/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./plugins/watcher/tsconfig.json" },
   ]
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json b/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json
index eeba8dd770da..1724cb2afbff 100644
--- a/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json
+++ b/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     { "path": "./plugins/cloud/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/saved_objects_tagging/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/global_search_bar/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./plugins/license_management/tsconfig.json" }
+    { "path": "./plugins/license_management/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./plugins/watcher/tsconfig.json" }
   ]
 }