diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 96baadc5..646075bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ jobs:
         npm ci
     - name: Lint
       run: npm run lint
+    - name: Typecheck
+      run: npm run typecheck
     - name: Test
       run: npm run test
     - name: Build Test Site
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1f532b4e..b6e87747 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     "pack": "mkdir -p pack && npm pack --silent --pack-destination pack >/dev/null && mv \"$(ls -t pack/*.tgz | head -n 1)\" pack/openedx-frontend-base.tgz",
     "prepack": "npm run build",
     "test": "jest",
+    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.json && tsc --noEmit -p tools/tsconfig.json",
     "watch:build": "nodemon --exec 'npm run build'",
     "watch:docs": "nodemon --watch docs/template --watch README.md --exec npm run docs",
     "watch:pack": "nodemon --exec 'npm run pack'",
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index f0748c68..9abb32fc 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tools/typescript/tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "outDir": "dist"
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "rootDir": "."
   },
   "include": [
     "runtime/**/*",