diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 73af503547..8b2ece0cf5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@
     "superagent": "^3.5.0",
     "webpack": "^2.2.1",
     "webpack-dev-middleware": "^1.10.1",
-    "webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.17.1"
+    "webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.17.1",
+    "typescript": "4.0.2"
   },
   "husky": {
     "hooks": {
@@ -130,8 +131,8 @@
     "lint:flow": "flow status",
     "storybook": "start-storybook -p 6006 -s ./stories/public",
     "test": "mocha --compilers @babel/register --require testHelper.js \"./*/src/**/__test__/*.js\"",
-    "test:watch": "yarn test -- --watch",
-    "test:jest": "jest --passWithNoTests"
+    "test:jest": "jest --passWithNoTests",
+    "test:watch": "yarn test -- --watch"
   },
   "workspaces": [
     "draft-js-alignment-plugin",
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..546260d651
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+//    "incremental": true,
+    /* Basic Options */
+    "target": "esnext",                          /* Specify ECMAScript target version: 'ES3' (default), 'ES5', 'ES2015', 'ES2016', 'ES2017','ES2018' or 'ESNEXT'. */
+    "module": "esnext",                     /* Specify module code generation: 'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es2015', or 'ESNext'. */
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+     "lib": [                                 /* Specify library files to be included in the compilation. */
+       "esnext",
+       "dom",
+       "dom.iterable",
+       "es2020.intl"
+     ],
+//     "allowJs": true,                       /* Allow javascript files to be compiled. */
+//     "checkJs": true,                       /* Report errors in .js files. */
+     "jsx": "react",                     /* Specify JSX code generation: 'preserve', 'react-native', or 'react'. */
+    // "declaration": true,                   /* Generates corresponding '.d.ts' file. */
+    // "declarationMap": true,                /* Generates a sourcemap for each corresponding '.d.ts' file. */
+    // "sourceMap": true,                     /* Generates corresponding '.map' file. */
+    // "outFile": "./",                       /* Concatenate and emit output to single file. */
+     "outDir": "./distTs",                        /* Redirect output structure to the directory. */
+    // "rootDir": "./",                       /* Specify the root directory of input files. Use to control the output directory structure with --outDir. */
+    // "composite": true,                     /* Enable project compilation */
+    // "removeComments": true,                /* Do not emit comments to output. */
+     "noEmit": true,                        /* Do not emit outputs. */
+    // "importHelpers": true,                 /* Import emit helpers from 'tslib'. */
+    // "downlevelIteration": true,            /* Provide full support for iterables in 'for-of', spread, and destructuring when targeting 'ES5' or 'ES3'. */
+    // "isolatedModules": true,               /* Transpile each file as a separate module (similar to 'ts.transpileModule'). */
+
+    /* Strict Type-Checking Options */
+    "strict": true,                           /* Enable all strict type-checking options. */
+    // "noImplicitAny": true,                 /* Raise error on expressions and declarations with an implied 'any' type. */
+    // "strictNullChecks": true,              /* Enable strict null checks. */
+    // "strictFunctionTypes": true,           /* Enable strict checking of function types. */
+    // "strictPropertyInitialization": true,  /* Enable strict checking of property initialization in classes. */
+    // "noImplicitThis": true,                /* Raise error on 'this' expressions with an implied 'any' type. */
+    // "alwaysStrict": true,                  /* Parse in strict mode and emit "use strict" for each source file. */
+
+    /* Additional Checks */
+    // "noUnusedLocals": true,                /* Report errors on unused locals. */
+    // "noUnusedParameters": true,            /* Report errors on unused parameters. */
+    // "noImplicitReturns": true,             /* Report error when not all code paths in function return a value. */
+    // "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,    /* Report errors for fallthrough cases in switch statement. */
+
+    /* Module Resolution Options */
+    // "moduleResolution": "node",            /* Specify module resolution strategy: 'node' (Node.js) or 'classic' (TypeScript pre-1.6). */
+    "baseUrl": ".",                       /* Base directory to resolve non-absolute module names. */
+     "paths": { /* A series of entries which re-map imports to lookup locations relative to the 'baseUrl'. */
+     },
+    // "rootDirs": [],                        /* List of root folders whose combined content represents the structure of the project at runtime. */
+    // "typeRoots": [],                       /* List of folders to include type definitions from. */
+    // "types": [],                           /* Type declaration files to be included in compilation. */
+    // "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,  /* Allow default imports from modules with no default export. This does not affect code emit, just typechecking. */
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,                   /* Enables emit interoperability between CommonJS and ES Modules via creation of namespace objects for all imports. Implies 'allowSyntheticDefaultImports'. */
+    // "preserveSymlinks": true,              /* Do not resolve the real path of symlinks. */
+
+    /* Source Map Options */
+    // "sourceRoot": "",                      /* Specify the location where debugger should locate TypeScript files instead of source locations. */
+    // "mapRoot": "",                         /* Specify the location where debugger should locate map files instead of generated locations. */
+    // "inlineSourceMap": true,               /* Emit a single file with source maps instead of having a separate file. */
+    // "inlineSources": true,                 /* Emit the source alongside the sourcemaps within a single file; requires '--inlineSourceMap' or '--sourceMap' to be set. */
+
+    /* Experimental Options */
+    // "experimentalDecorators": true,        /* Enables experimental support for ES7 decorators. */
+    // "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,         /* Enables experimental support for emitting type metadata for decorators. */
+    "skipLibCheck": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 9597242876..99131bcfe3 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -13964,6 +13964,11 @@ typedarray@^0.0.6:
   version "0.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typedarray/-/typedarray-0.0.6.tgz#867ac74e3864187b1d3d47d996a78ec5c8830777"
 
+typescript@4.0.2:
+  version "4.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-4.0.2.tgz#7ea7c88777c723c681e33bf7988be5d008d05ac2"
+  integrity sha512-e4ERvRV2wb+rRZ/IQeb3jm2VxBsirQLpQhdxplZ2MEzGvDkkMmPglecnNDfSUBivMjP93vRbngYYDQqQ/78bcQ==
+
 ua-parser-js@^0.7.18:
   version "0.7.20"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ua-parser-js/-/ua-parser-js-0.7.20.tgz#7527178b82f6a62a0f243d1f94fd30e3e3c21098"