diff --git a/create-snowpack-app/app-template-preact-typescript/package.json b/create-snowpack-app/app-template-preact-typescript/package.json
index 867822b399..2e3cd83b7c 100644
--- a/create-snowpack-app/app-template-preact-typescript/package.json
+++ b/create-snowpack-app/app-template-preact-typescript/package.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "@snowpack/app-scripts-preact": "^1.9.3",
     "@snowpack/plugin-babel": "^2.1.3",
     "@snowpack/plugin-dotenv": "^2.0.3",
+    "@snowpack/plugin-typescript": "^1.0.1",
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.5.0",
     "@testing-library/preact": "^1.0.2",
     "jest": "^26.2.2",
diff --git a/create-snowpack-app/app-template-preact-typescript/snowpack.config.js b/create-snowpack-app/app-template-preact-typescript/snowpack.config.js
index c647fb9fab..92450b9b50 100644
--- a/create-snowpack-app/app-template-preact-typescript/snowpack.config.js
+++ b/create-snowpack-app/app-template-preact-typescript/snowpack.config.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ module.exports = {
   plugins: [
     '@snowpack/plugin-dotenv',
     '@snowpack/plugin-babel',
-    '@prefresh/snowpack',
+    '@snowpack/plugin-typescript',
+    '@prefresh/snowpack'
   ],
   installOptions: {
     installTypes: true,