diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..62b6d2a04262ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "composite": true,
+    "outDir": "./target/types",
+    "emitDeclarationOnly": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "server/**/*.ts",
+    "server/**/*.json",
+    "../../../typings/index.d.ts"
+  ],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../../../src/core/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/kibana_utils/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../apm/tsconfig.json" }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
index 7bd38ea4afab78..a00cf5222e512d 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
     { "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" },
     { "path": "../plugins/telemetry_collection_xpack/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "../../src/plugins/newsfeed/tsconfig.json" }
+    { "path": "../plugins/task_manager/tsconfig.json"}
   ]
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/tsconfig.json
index 382d4c073d41e4..8247b57a7a0973 100644
--- a/x-pack/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/tsconfig.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "plugins/apm/scripts/**/*",
     "plugins/licensing/**/*",
     "plugins/global_search/**/*",
+    "plugins/task_manager/**/*",
     "plugins/telemetry_collection_xpack/**/*"
   ],
   "compilerOptions": {
@@ -38,5 +39,6 @@
     { "path": "../src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/telemetry_collection_xpack/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/newsfeed/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./plugins/task_manager/tsconfig.json"}
   ]
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json b/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json
index a4dfa15a3d8ab5..c2531354c39430 100644
--- a/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json
+++ b/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
     { "path": "./plugins/licensing/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/global_search/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/telemetry_collection_xpack/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./plugins/task_manager/tsconfig.json"},
   ]
 }