diff --git a/src/plugins/legacy_export/tsconfig.json b/src/plugins/legacy_export/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ec006d492499ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/legacy_export/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "composite": true,
+    "outDir": "./target/types",
+    "emitDeclarationOnly": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "server/**/*",
+  ],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../../core/tsconfig.json" }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/test/tsconfig.json b/test/tsconfig.json
index c8e6e69586ca0e..4df74f526077ee 100644
--- a/test/tsconfig.json
+++ b/test/tsconfig.json
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@
     "incremental": false,
     "types": ["node", "flot"]
   },
-  "include": ["**/*", "../typings/elastic__node_crypto.d.ts", "typings/**/*", "../packages/kbn-test/types/ftr_globals/**/*"],
+  "include": [
+    "**/*",
+    "../typings/elastic__node_crypto.d.ts",
+    "typings/**/*",
+    "../packages/kbn-test/types/ftr_globals/**/*"
+  ],
   "exclude": ["plugin_functional/plugins/**/*", "interpreter_functional/plugins/**/*"],
   "references": [
     { "path": "../src/core/tsconfig.json" },
@@ -34,5 +39,6 @@
     { "path": "../src/plugins/ui_actions/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/url_forwarding/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../src/plugins/legacy_export/tsconfig.json" }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index d8fb2804242bc3..ee46e075f2df1e 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     "src/plugins/kibana_react/**/*",
     "src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/**/*",
     "src/plugins/kibana_utils/**/*",
+    "src/plugins/legacy_export/**/*",
     "src/plugins/management/**/*",
     "src/plugins/maps_legacy/**/*",
     "src/plugins/navigation/**/*",
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@
     { "path": "./src/plugins/kibana_react/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/kibana_utils/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./src/plugins/legacy_export/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/management/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/maps_legacy/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/navigation/tsconfig.json" },
diff --git a/tsconfig.refs.json b/tsconfig.refs.json
index 9a65b385b78202..16c5b6c1169987 100644
--- a/tsconfig.refs.json
+++ b/tsconfig.refs.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     { "path": "./src/plugins/kibana_react/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/kibana_utils/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./src/plugins/legacy_export/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/management/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/maps_legacy/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/navigation/tsconfig.json" },
@@ -51,6 +52,6 @@
     { "path": "./src/plugins/vis_type_vega/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/vis_type_xy/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/visualizations/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./src/plugins/visualize/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./src/plugins/visualize/tsconfig.json" }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
index 5232af0dd304b2..12cd2896faaa88 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     { "path": "../../src/plugins/kibana_react/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../../src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../../src/plugins/kibana_utils/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../src/plugins/legacy_export/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../../src/plugins/navigation/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../../src/plugins/newsfeed/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../../src/plugins/saved_objects/tsconfig.json" },
@@ -36,8 +37,8 @@
     { "path": "../../src/plugins/ui_actions/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../../src/plugins/url_forwarding/tsconfig.json" },
 
-    { "path": "../plugins/actions/tsconfig.json"},
-    { "path": "../plugins/alerts/tsconfig.json"},
+    { "path": "../plugins/actions/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../plugins/alerts/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../plugins/console_extensions/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../plugins/data_enhanced/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../plugins/enterprise_search/tsconfig.json" },
diff --git a/x-pack/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/tsconfig.json
index 1be6b5cf84cda3..85e285f3c83ace 100644
--- a/x-pack/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/tsconfig.json
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
     { "path": "../src/plugins/kibana_react/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/kibana_utils/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../src/plugins/legacy_export/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/management/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/navigation/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/newsfeed/tsconfig.json" },
@@ -82,8 +83,8 @@
     { "path": "../src/plugins/ui_actions/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/url_forwarding/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./plugins/actions/tsconfig.json"},
-    { "path": "./plugins/alerts/tsconfig.json"},
+    { "path": "./plugins/actions/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./plugins/alerts/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/beats_management/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/canvas/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/cloud/tsconfig.json" },
@@ -110,12 +111,12 @@
     { "path": "./plugins/searchprofiler/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/security/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/spaces/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./plugins/stack_alerts/tsconfig.json"},
+    { "path": "./plugins/stack_alerts/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/task_manager/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/telemetry_collection_xpack/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/translations/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./plugins/triggers_actions_ui/tsconfig.json"},
+    { "path": "./plugins/triggers_actions_ui/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/ui_actions_enhanced/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./plugins/watcher/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./plugins/watcher/tsconfig.json" }
   ]
 }