diff --git a/js/node/tsconfig.json b/js/node/tsconfig.json
index c154c3e148ed0..0401fb9609ad6 100644
--- a/js/node/tsconfig.json
+++ b/js/node/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
   "extends": "../tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "outDir": "dist"
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "declaration": true
   },
   "include": ["lib"]
 }