diff --git a/packages/kbn-pm/dist/index.js b/packages/kbn-pm/dist/index.js
index 1b8bd4784e5833f..7f98f26be94fff1 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-pm/dist/index.js
+++ b/packages/kbn-pm/dist/index.js
@@ -8984,6 +8984,10 @@ const BootstrapCommand = {
         _utils_log__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_2__["log"].success(`[${project.name}] bootstrap complete`);
       }
     });
+
+    if (!process.env.BUILD_TS_REFS_ON_BOOTSTRAP) {
+      _utils_log__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_2__["log"].info('For IDE TypeScript support run `node scripts/build_ts_refs` or set BUILD_TS_REFS_ON_BOOTSTRAP=true');
+    }
   }
 
 };
diff --git a/packages/kbn-pm/src/commands/bootstrap.ts b/packages/kbn-pm/src/commands/bootstrap.ts
index 98fcd71c3ac3880..10dbe37b1cff3ab 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-pm/src/commands/bootstrap.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-pm/src/commands/bootstrap.ts
@@ -111,5 +111,11 @@ export const BootstrapCommand: ICommand = {
         log.success(`[${project.name}] bootstrap complete`);
       }
     });
+
+    if (!process.env.BUILD_TS_REFS_ON_BOOTSTRAP) {
+      log.info(
+        'For IDE TypeScript support run `node scripts/build_ts_refs` or set BUILD_TS_REFS_ON_BOOTSTRAP=true'
+      );
+    }
   },
 };
diff --git a/scripts/build_ts_refs.js b/scripts/build_ts_refs.js
index a4ee6ec491ef157..bf14f11be5d36a6 100644
--- a/scripts/build_ts_refs.js
+++ b/scripts/build_ts_refs.js
@@ -7,4 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 require('../src/setup_node_env');
-require('../src/dev/typescript').runBuildRefsCli();
+
+if (!process.env.npm_lifecycle_event || process.env.BUILD_TS_REFS_ON_BOOTSTRAP === 'true') {
+  require('../src/dev/typescript').runBuildRefsCli();
+}
diff --git a/test/scripts/jenkins_build_ts_refs.sh b/test/scripts/jenkins_build_ts_refs.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..dc192e8492c9142
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/scripts/jenkins_build_ts_refs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+source src/dev/ci_setup/setup_env.sh
+
+echo " -> building Typescript References"
+node scripts/build_ts_refs.js
diff --git a/vars/kibanaPipeline.groovy b/vars/kibanaPipeline.groovy
index 7adf755bfc58344..99e8197d77665f4 100644
--- a/vars/kibanaPipeline.groovy
+++ b/vars/kibanaPipeline.groovy
@@ -425,6 +425,10 @@ def buildXpackPlugins() {
   runbld('./test/scripts/jenkins_xpack_build_plugins.sh', 'Build X-Pack Plugins')
 }
 
+def buildTypescriptRefs() {
+  runbld('./test/scripts/jenkins_build_ts_refs.sh', 'Build Typescript References')
+}
+
 def withTasks(Map params = [worker: [:]], Closure closure) {
   catchErrors {
     def config = [name: 'ci-worker', size: 'xxl', ramDisk: true] + (params.worker ?: [:])
@@ -441,6 +445,7 @@ def withTasks(Map params = [worker: [:]], Closure closure) {
           // There are integration tests etc that require the plugins to be built first, so let's go ahead and build them before set up the parallel workspaces
           ossPlugins: { buildOssPlugins() },
           xpackPlugins: { buildXpackPlugins() },
+          buildTSRefs: { buildTypescriptRefs() },
         ])
 
         catchErrors {