diff --git a/packages/apollo-cache-control/tsconfig.json b/packages/apollo-cache-control/tsconfig.json
index 7da8a617..bbc3f270 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-cache-control/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-cache-control/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig",
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "outDir": "./dist"
diff --git a/packages/apollo-datasource-rest/tsconfig.json b/packages/apollo-datasource-rest/tsconfig.json
index 18794733..188183e0 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-datasource-rest/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-datasource-rest/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig",
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "outDir": "./dist"
diff --git a/packages/apollo-datasource/tsconfig.json b/packages/apollo-datasource/tsconfig.json
index 690669b1..8c9231dc 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-datasource/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-datasource/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig",
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "outDir": "./dist"
diff --git a/packages/apollo-engine-reporting-protobuf/tsconfig.json b/packages/apollo-engine-reporting-protobuf/tsconfig.json
index b8b81721..15916a62 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-engine-reporting-protobuf/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-engine-reporting-protobuf/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig",
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "outDir": "./dist"
diff --git a/packages/apollo-engine-reporting/tsconfig.json b/packages/apollo-engine-reporting/tsconfig.json
index b9e1cc8c..38bc5da4 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-engine-reporting/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-engine-reporting/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig",
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "outDir": "./dist"
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-cache-memcached/tsconfig.json b/packages/apollo-server-cache-memcached/tsconfig.json
index 84a98c59..15bd3cd1 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-cache-memcached/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-cache-memcached/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig",
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "outDir": "./dist"
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-cache-redis/tsconfig.json b/packages/apollo-server-cache-redis/tsconfig.json
index 690669b1..8c9231dc 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-cache-redis/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-cache-redis/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig",
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "outDir": "./dist"
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-caching/tsconfig.json b/packages/apollo-server-caching/tsconfig.json
index b8b81721..15916a62 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-caching/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-caching/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig",
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "outDir": "./dist"
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-cloud-function/tsconfig.json b/packages/apollo-server-cloud-function/tsconfig.json
index cd1c039b..7832aa9c 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-cloud-function/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-cloud-function/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig",
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "outDir": "./dist"
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-cloudflare/tsconfig.json b/packages/apollo-server-cloudflare/tsconfig.json
index cd1c039b..7832aa9c 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-cloudflare/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-cloudflare/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig",
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "outDir": "./dist"
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-core/tsconfig.json b/packages/apollo-server-core/tsconfig.json
index 43cba3fe..3a10b898 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-core/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-core/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig",
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "outDir": "./dist"
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-env/tsconfig.json b/packages/apollo-server-env/tsconfig.json
index 122400dc..f4d7c2e2 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-env/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-env/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig",
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "composite": false,
     "rootDir": "./src",
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-errors/tsconfig.json b/packages/apollo-server-errors/tsconfig.json
index fbed8c00..0d67d389 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-errors/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-errors/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig",
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "outDir": "./dist",
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-express/tsconfig.json b/packages/apollo-server-express/tsconfig.json
index 6a1326bd..419db544 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-express/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-express/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig",
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "outDir": "./dist",
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-hapi/tsconfig.json b/packages/apollo-server-hapi/tsconfig.json
index 7e8b87ad..eed02c57 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-hapi/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-hapi/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig",
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "outDir": "./dist",
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-integration-testsuite/tsconfig.json b/packages/apollo-server-integration-testsuite/tsconfig.json
index 5d56146e..869ca3af 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-integration-testsuite/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-integration-testsuite/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig",
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "outDir": "./dist",
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-koa/tsconfig.json b/packages/apollo-server-koa/tsconfig.json
index c00c5fb7..058b0d0c 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-koa/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-koa/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig",
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "outDir": "./dist",
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-lambda/tsconfig.json b/packages/apollo-server-lambda/tsconfig.json
index cd1c039b..7832aa9c 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-lambda/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-lambda/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig",
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "outDir": "./dist"
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-micro/tsconfig.json b/packages/apollo-server-micro/tsconfig.json
index 6a1326bd..419db544 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-micro/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-micro/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig",
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "outDir": "./dist",
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server/tsconfig.json b/packages/apollo-server/tsconfig.json
index dd6694cb..dd82131e 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig",
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "outDir": "./dist"
diff --git a/packages/apollo-tracing/tsconfig.json b/packages/apollo-tracing/tsconfig.json
index 7da8a617..bbc3f270 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-tracing/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-tracing/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig",
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "outDir": "./dist"
diff --git a/packages/graphql-extensions/tsconfig.json b/packages/graphql-extensions/tsconfig.json
index f123c1dc..6373ce22 100644
--- a/packages/graphql-extensions/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/graphql-extensions/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig",
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "outDir": "./dist"
diff --git a/tsconfig.base.json b/tsconfig.base.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d70e94eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "composite": true,
+    "target": "es2016",
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true,
+    "removeComments": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "noImplicitReturns": true,
+    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
+    "noUnusedParameters": true,
+    "noUnusedLocals": true,
+    "lib": ["es2017", "esnext.asynciterable"],
+    "types": ["node", "jest"]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index d70e94eb..8f8cbd31 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,21 +1,25 @@
 {
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "composite": true,
-    "target": "es2016",
-    "module": "commonjs",
-    "moduleResolution": "node",
-    "esModuleInterop": true,
-    "sourceMap": true,
-    "declaration": true,
-    "declarationMap": true,
-    "removeComments": true,
-    "strict": true,
-    "noImplicitAny": true,
-    "noImplicitReturns": true,
-    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
-    "noUnusedParameters": true,
-    "noUnusedLocals": true,
-    "lib": ["es2017", "esnext.asynciterable"],
-    "types": ["node", "jest"]
-  }
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "./packages/apollo-cache-control" },
+    { "path": "./packages/apollo-datasource" },
+    { "path": "./packages/apollo-datasource-rest" },
+    { "path": "./packages/apollo-engine-reporting" },
+    { "path": "./packages/apollo-engine-reporting-protobuf" },
+    { "path": "./packages/apollo-server" },
+    { "path": "./packages/apollo-server-cache-memcached" },
+    { "path": "./packages/apollo-server-cache-redis" },
+    { "path": "./packages/apollo-server-caching" },
+    { "path": "./packages/apollo-server-cloudflare" },
+    { "path": "./packages/apollo-server-core" },
+    { "path": "./packages/apollo-server-env" },
+    { "path": "./packages/apollo-server-errors" },
+    { "path": "./packages/apollo-server-express" },
+    { "path": "./packages/apollo-server-hapi" },
+    { "path": "./packages/apollo-server-integration-testsuite" },
+    { "path": "./packages/apollo-server-koa" },
+    { "path": "./packages/apollo-server-lambda" },
+    { "path": "./packages/apollo-server-micro" },
+    { "path": "./packages/apollo-tracing" },
+    { "path": "./packages/graphql-extensions" }
+  ]
 }