diff --git a/packages/@uppy/svelte/package.json b/packages/@uppy/svelte/package.json
index 076ab7d032..b0b7366c39 100644
--- a/packages/@uppy/svelte/package.json
+++ b/packages/@uppy/svelte/package.json
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
   ],
   "files": [
     "src",
-    "lib"
+    "lib",
+    "typings"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/@uppy/svelte/src/index.js b/packages/@uppy/svelte/src/index.ts
similarity index 75%
rename from packages/@uppy/svelte/src/index.js
rename to packages/@uppy/svelte/src/index.ts
index 9987023a26..866ce3517e 100644
--- a/packages/@uppy/svelte/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/@uppy/svelte/src/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/triple-slash-reference
+/// <reference path="../typings/index.d.ts"/>
 export { default as Dashboard } from './components/Dashboard.svelte'
 export { default as DashboardModal } from './components/DashboardModal.svelte'
 export { default as DragDrop } from './components/DragDrop.svelte'
diff --git a/packages/@uppy/svelte/tsconfig.json b/packages/@uppy/svelte/tsconfig.json
index 7721dbeea3..47ac2958aa 100644
--- a/packages/@uppy/svelte/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/@uppy/svelte/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,41 +1,13 @@
 {
-  "extends": "@tsconfig/svelte/tsconfig.json",
+  "extends": [
+    "../../../tsconfig.shared.json",
+    "@tsconfig/svelte/tsconfig.json",
+  ],
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "allowImportingTsExtensions": true,
-    "jsx": "react-jsx",
-    "jsxImportSource": "preact",
-    "emitDeclarationOnly": false,
-    "noEmit": true,
-    "paths": {
-      "@uppy/core": ["../core/src/index.js"],
-      "@uppy/core/lib/*": ["../core/src/*"],
-      "@uppy/dashboard": ["../dashboard/src/index.js"],
-      "@uppy/dashboard/lib/*": ["../dashboard/src/*"],
-      "@uppy/drag-drop": ["../drag-drop/src/index.js"],
-      "@uppy/drag-drop/lib/*": ["../drag-drop/src/*"],
-      "@uppy/progress-bar": ["../progress-bar/src/index.js"],
-      "@uppy/progress-bar/lib/*": ["../progress-bar/src/*"],
-      "@uppy/status-bar": ["../status-bar/src/index.js"],
-      "@uppy/status-bar/lib/*": ["../status-bar/src/*"],
-    },
+    "emitDeclarationOnly": true,
+    "rootDir": "./src",
+    "outDir": "./lib",
   },
-  "include": ["./package.json", "./src/**/*.*"],
+  "include": ["./src/**/*.*", "src/**/*.svelte"],
   "exclude": ["node_modules/*"],
-  "references": [
-    {
-      "path": "../core/tsconfig.build.json",
-    },
-    {
-      "path": "../dashboard/tsconfig.build.json",
-    },
-    {
-      "path": "../drag-drop/tsconfig.build.json",
-    },
-    {
-      "path": "../progress-bar/tsconfig.build.json",
-    },
-    {
-      "path": "../status-bar/tsconfig.build.json",
-    },
-  ],
 }
diff --git a/packages/@uppy/svelte/typings/index.d.ts b/packages/@uppy/svelte/typings/index.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0cce06400e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@uppy/svelte/typings/index.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+declare module '*.svelte' {
+  import { SvelteComponent } from 'svelte'
+
+  export default class extends SvelteComponent<any> {}
+}