diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/painless_lab/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/plugins/painless_lab/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a869b21e06d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/painless_lab/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "composite": true,
+    "outDir": "./target/types",
+    "emitDeclarationOnly": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "common/**/*",
+    "public/**/*",
+    "server/**/*",
+  ],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../../../src/core/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/dev_tools/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/home/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/kibana_react/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/es_ui_shared/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../licensing/tsconfig.json" }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
index cc36a2c93b1a..461ebfe15b10 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
     { "path": "../plugins/saved_objects_tagging/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../plugins/global_search_bar/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../plugins/license_management/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../plugins/painless_lab/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../plugins/watcher/tsconfig.json" }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/tsconfig.json
index 956bd409f979..d64b17813f66 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/painless_lab/**/*",
     "plugins/watcher/**/*",
     "test/**/*"
   ],
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@
     { "path": "./plugins/triggers_actions_ui/tsconfig.json"},
     { "path": "./plugins/stack_alerts/tsconfig.json"},
     { "path": "./plugins/license_management/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./plugins/painless_lab/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/watcher/tsconfig.json" },
   ]
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json b/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json
index 1724cb2afbff..694d359b6a05 100644
--- a/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json
+++ b/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     { "path": "./plugins/saved_objects_tagging/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/global_search_bar/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/license_management/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./plugins/painless_lab/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/watcher/tsconfig.json" }
   ]
 }