diff --git a/.changeset/thin-chairs-compare.md b/.changeset/thin-chairs-compare.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d76a5ab99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/thin-chairs-compare.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@latticexyz/cli": patch
+"@latticexyz/common": patch
+"@latticexyz/store": major
+---
+
+Changed the `userTypes` property to accept `{ filePath: string, internalType: SchemaAbiType }` to enable strong type inference from the config.
diff --git a/packages/cli/scripts/generate-test-tables.ts b/packages/cli/scripts/generate-test-tables.ts
index 1d14474bd2..450dda72fc 100644
--- a/packages/cli/scripts/generate-test-tables.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/scripts/generate-test-tables.ts
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ try {
     },
 
     userTypes: {
-      TestTypeAddress: "./contracts/src/types.sol",
-      TestTypeInt64: "./contracts/src/types.sol",
-      TestTypeBool: "./contracts/src/types.sol",
-      TestTypeUint128: "./contracts/src/types.sol",
-      ResourceId: "@latticexyz/store/src/ResourceId.sol",
+      TestTypeAddress: { filePath: "./contracts/src/types.sol", internalType: "address" },
+      TestTypeInt64: { filePath: "./contracts/src/types.sol", internalType: "int64" },
+      TestTypeBool: { filePath: "./contracts/src/types.sol", internalType: "bool" },
+      TestTypeUint128: { filePath: "./contracts/src/types.sol", internalType: "uint128" },
+      ResourceId: { filePath: "@latticexyz/store/src/ResourceId.sol", internalType: "bytes32" },
     },
   });
 } catch (error: unknown) {
diff --git a/packages/common/src/codegen/utils/loadUserTypesFile.ts b/packages/common/src/codegen/utils/loadUserTypesFile.ts
index 8573e8c165..699575da6d 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/codegen/utils/loadUserTypesFile.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/codegen/utils/loadUserTypesFile.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 import { readFileSync } from "fs";
 import path from "path";
 import { SolidityUserDefinedType, extractUserTypes } from "./extractUserTypes";
+import { MUDError } from "../../errors";
+
+export type UserType = {
+  filePath: string;
+  internalType: string;
+};
 
 export function loadAndExtractUserTypes(
-  userTypes: Record<string, string>,
+  userTypes: Record<string, UserType>,
   outputBaseDirectory: string,
   remappings: [string, string][]
 ): Record<string, SolidityUserDefinedType> {
   const userTypesPerFile: Record<string, string[]> = {};
-  for (const [userTypeName, unresolvedFilePath] of Object.entries(userTypes)) {
+  for (const [userTypeName, { filePath: unresolvedFilePath }] of Object.entries(userTypes)) {
     if (!(unresolvedFilePath in userTypesPerFile)) {
       userTypesPerFile[unresolvedFilePath] = [];
     }
@@ -17,7 +23,18 @@ export function loadAndExtractUserTypes(
   let extractedUserTypes: Record<string, SolidityUserDefinedType> = {};
   for (const [unresolvedFilePath, userTypeNames] of Object.entries(userTypesPerFile)) {
     const { filePath, data } = loadUserTypesFile(outputBaseDirectory, unresolvedFilePath, remappings);
-    extractedUserTypes = Object.assign(userTypes, extractUserTypes(data, userTypeNames, filePath));
+    const userTypesInFile = extractUserTypes(data, userTypeNames, filePath);
+
+    // Verify the actual user type matches the internalType specified in the config
+    for (const [userTypeName, userType] of Object.entries(userTypesInFile)) {
+      if (userType.internalTypeId !== userTypes[userTypeName].internalType) {
+        throw new MUDError(
+          `User type "${userTypeName}" has internal type "${userType.internalTypeId}" but config specifies "${userTypes[userTypeName].internalType}"`
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
+    extractedUserTypes = Object.assign(extractedUserTypes, userTypesInFile);
   }
   return extractedUserTypes;
 }
diff --git a/packages/store/ts/config/storeConfig.ts b/packages/store/ts/config/storeConfig.ts
index b7df302df9..cd8959311f 100644
--- a/packages/store/ts/config/storeConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/store/ts/config/storeConfig.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   zName,
 } from "@latticexyz/config";
 import { DEFAULTS, PATH_DEFAULTS, TABLE_DEFAULTS } from "./defaults";
+import { UserType } from "@latticexyz/common/codegen";
 
 const zTableName = zObjectName;
 const zKeyName = zValueName;
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ export const zEnumsConfig = z.object({
  *
  ************************************************************************/
 
-export type UserTypesConfig<UserTypeNames extends StringForUnion> = never extends UserTypeNames
+export type UserTypesConfig<UserTypeNames extends StringForUnion = StringForUnion> = never extends UserTypeNames
   ? {
       /**
        * User types mapped to file paths from which to import them.
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ export type UserTypesConfig<UserTypeNames extends StringForUnion> = never extend
        *
        * (user types are inferred to be absent)
        */
-      userTypes?: Record<UserTypeNames, string>;
+      userTypes?: Record<UserTypeNames, UserType>;
     }
   : StringForUnion extends UserTypeNames
   ? {
@@ -261,7 +262,7 @@ export type UserTypesConfig<UserTypeNames extends StringForUnion> = never extend
        *
        * (user types aren't inferred - use `mudConfig` or `storeConfig` helper, and `as const` for variables)
        */
-      userTypes?: Record<UserTypeNames, string>;
+      userTypes?: Record<UserTypeNames, UserType>;
     }
   : {
       /**
@@ -271,15 +272,20 @@ export type UserTypesConfig<UserTypeNames extends StringForUnion> = never extend
        *
        * User types defined here can be used as types in table schemas/keys
        */
-      userTypes: Record<UserTypeNames, string>;
+      userTypes: Record<UserTypeNames, UserType>;
     };
 
 export type FullUserTypesConfig<UserTypeNames extends StringForUnion> = {
   userTypes: Record<UserTypeNames, string>;
 };
 
+const zUserTypeConfig = z.object({
+  filePath: z.string(),
+  internalType: z.string(),
+});
+
 export const zUserTypesConfig = z.object({
-  userTypes: z.record(zUserTypeName, z.string()).default(DEFAULTS.userTypes),
+  userTypes: z.record(zUserTypeName, zUserTypeConfig).default(DEFAULTS.userTypes),
 });
 
 /************************************************************************