diff --git a/packages/nx/src/utils/typescript.ts b/packages/nx/src/utils/typescript.ts
index 9a49c1cf47038..8f0b40b17677f 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/utils/typescript.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/utils/typescript.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ function readTsConfigOptions(tsConfigPath: string) {
   // we don't need to scan the files, we only care about options
   const host = {
     readDirectory: () => [],
+    readFile: () => '',
     fileExists: tsModule.sys.fileExists,
   };
   return tsModule.parseJsonConfigFileContent(
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/utilities/typescript.ts b/packages/workspace/src/utilities/typescript.ts
index 98a6cbfffa3e0..9b3f7485b8eab 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/utilities/typescript.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/utilities/typescript.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ function readTsConfigOptions(tsConfigPath: string) {
   // we don't need to scan the files, we only care about options
   const host: Partial<ts.ParseConfigHost> = {
     readDirectory: () => [],
+    readFile: () => '',
     fileExists: tsModule.sys.fileExists,
   };