diff --git a/test/plugin_functional/plugins/kbn_tp_embeddable_explorer/tsconfig.json b/test/plugin_functional/plugins/kbn_tp_embeddable_explorer/tsconfig.json
index d8096d9aab27ab..544c27241f5cb6 100644
--- a/test/plugin_functional/plugins/kbn_tp_embeddable_explorer/tsconfig.json
+++ b/test/plugin_functional/plugins/kbn_tp_embeddable_explorer/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
     "types": [
       "node",
       "jest",
-      "react"
+      "react",
+      "flot"
     ]
   },
   "include": [
@@ -16,4 +17,4 @@
     "../../../../typings/**/*",
   ],
   "exclude": []
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/test/tsconfig.json b/test/tsconfig.json
index 285d3db64a874c..5a3716e620fed8 100644
--- a/test/tsconfig.json
+++ b/test/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "types": [
       "node",
-      "mocha"
+      "mocha",
+      "flot"
     ],
     "lib": [
       "esnext",
diff --git a/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
index e9aab9b47535ff..df1d7e789507b3 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "types": [
       "mocha",
-      "node"
+      "node",
+      "flot"
     ]
   },
   "include": [
diff --git a/x-pack/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/tsconfig.json
index a6c94ff74620ed..55f697fb4f5ec0 100644
--- a/x-pack/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/tsconfig.json
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
     },
     "types": [
       "node",
-      "jest"
+      "jest",
+      "flot"
     ]
   }
 }