diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index 9c1f61a0a..151e50ed8 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ node_modules
 .github
 include/generated
 devhub-scraper-master
+scripts
diff --git a/include/tsconfig.json b/include/tsconfig.json
index e93f36a52..78ecfa3bd 100644
--- a/include/tsconfig.json
+++ b/include/tsconfig.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 		"rootDir": ".",
 		"outDir": "out",
 		// optional
-		"baseUrl": "src",
+		"baseUrl": ".",
 		"declaration": false,
 		"forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
 		"sourceMap": true,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index de612251b..45442638e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 	"publishConfig": {
 		"access": "public"
 	},
+	"type": "module",
 	"description": "TypeScript typings for the Roblox platform. Partially handwritten and partially automatically generated.",
 	"scripts": {
 		"build": "tsc && node out/index.js",
-		"check": "tsc include/**/*.d.ts --noEmit --skipLibCheck",
+		"precheck": "node ./scripts/link-self.js",
+		"check": "tsc -p include/tsconfig.json --noEmit",
 		"eslint-src": "npx eslint \"src/**/*.ts\" --max-warnings 0",
 		"eslint-include": "npx eslint \"include/*.ts\" --max-warnings 0",
 		"eslint": "npm run eslint-src && npm run eslint-include"
diff --git a/scripts/link-self.js b/scripts/link-self.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c02a90323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/link-self.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+"use strict";
+
+import fs from "fs";
+import path from "path";
+
+// ensure @rbxts/compiler-types can resolve @rbxts/types when running local checks
+const repoRoot = path.resolve(import.meta.dirname, "..");
+const scopeDir = path.join(repoRoot, "node_modules", "@rbxts");
+const linkPath = path.join(scopeDir, "types");
+
+fs.mkdirSync(scopeDir, { recursive: true });
+
+const existing = fs.existsSync(linkPath) ? fs.realpathSync(linkPath) : undefined;
+
+if (existing !== repoRoot) {
+	// replace any stale install with a symlink to the working copy
+	fs.rmSync(linkPath, { recursive: true, force: true });
+	fs.symlinkSync(repoRoot, linkPath, "junction");
+}