diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index d7c13f8e..96a662ab 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -77,9 +77,11 @@ export const tsExtensions = new Set(['ts', 'tsx', 'cts', 'mts'])
 
 export const DEFAULT_TS_CONFIG = {
   compilerOptions: {
+    target: 'ES2022',
     module: 'ESNext',
     moduleResolution: 'bundler',
   },
+  include: ['src'],
 }
 
 export const BINARY_TAG = '$binary'
diff --git a/test/integration/prepare-ts/index.test.ts b/test/integration/prepare-ts/index.test.ts
index bcb306f0..b21c9f22 100644
--- a/test/integration/prepare-ts/index.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/prepare-ts/index.test.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,22 @@ describe('integration prepare-ts', () => {
   it('should contain files', async () => {
     const { stdout } = job
     await assertContainFiles(dir, ['package.json', 'tsconfig.json'])
+
+    const tsconfig = await fsp.readFile(join(dir, './tsconfig.json'), 'utf-8')
+
+    expect(tsconfig).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      "{
+        "compilerOptions": {
+          "target": "ES2022",
+          "module": "ESNext",
+          "moduleResolution": "bundler"
+        },
+        "include": [
+          "src"
+        ]
+      }"
+    `)
+
     const pkgJson = JSON.parse(
       await fsp.readFile(join(dir, './package.json'), 'utf-8'),
     )