diff --git a/packages/@sanity/base/.babelrc b/packages/@sanity/base/.babelrc
index cc79e6f4435..7e81a5c974c 100644
--- a/packages/@sanity/base/.babelrc
+++ b/packages/@sanity/base/.babelrc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../../.babelrc",
-  "presets": ["@babel/react"]
+  "presets": ["@babel/react", "@babel/typescript"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/@sanity/base/.eslintrc b/packages/@sanity/base/.eslintrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8d8c6c7c916
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@sanity/base/.eslintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "extends": ["../../../.eslintrc-ts.js"]
+}
diff --git a/packages/@sanity/base/.jest.config.js b/packages/@sanity/base/.jest.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..758fa1330e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@sanity/base/.jest.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+module.exports = {
+  preset: 'ts-jest',
+  testEnvironment: 'node'
+}
diff --git a/packages/@sanity/base/src/@types/parts.d.ts b/packages/@sanity/base/src/@types/parts.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..388d03668fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@sanity/base/src/@types/parts.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+declare module 'part:*'
+declare module 'all:part:*'
diff --git a/packages/@sanity/base/tsconfig.json b/packages/@sanity/base/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9b3939181b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@sanity/base/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../tsconfig",
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "src/**/*.test.ts"],
+  "exclude": ["src/**/*.test.ts", "test/**/*"],
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "./lib",
+    "strictNullChecks": false,
+    "jsx": "react"
+  }
+}