diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/tsconfig.json b/packages/nuxt/src/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1a34cc4af0a5
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@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../tsconfig.json",
+
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    // nuxt-module-build uses the closest `tsconfig.json` to build the Nuxt module declarations
+    "declaration": true,
+  }
+}