diff --git a/packages/BUILD.bazel b/packages/BUILD.bazel
index 19740997a1..e418573b1a 100644
--- a/packages/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/BUILD.bazel
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
 exports_files([
     "tsconfig-build.json",
-    "tsconfig-test.json",
     "tsconfig.json",
 ])
 
+load("@build_bazel_rules_typescript//:defs.bzl", "ts_config")
 load("//tools:defaults.bzl", "ts_library")
 
 ts_library(
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ ts_library(
     ],
 )
 
+ts_config(
+    name = "tsconfig-test",
+    src = "tsconfig-test.json",
+    deps = [":tsconfig-build.json"],
+)
+
 exports_files([
     "license-banner.txt",
     "README.md",
diff --git a/packages/examples/testing/BUILD.bazel b/packages/examples/testing/BUILD.bazel
index c8c586c77d..00d2cae68d 100644
--- a/packages/examples/testing/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/examples/testing/BUILD.bazel
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ load("//tools:defaults.bzl", "ts_library")
 ts_library(
     name = "testing_examples",
     srcs = glob(["**/*.ts"]),
-    tsconfig = "//packages:tsconfig-test.json",
+    tsconfig = "//packages:tsconfig-test",
     deps = [
         "@ngdeps//@types/jasmine",
         "@ngdeps//@types/node",
diff --git a/tools/defaults.bzl b/tools/defaults.bzl
index 377c7057a1..514484d7ce 100644
--- a/tools/defaults.bzl
+++ b/tools/defaults.bzl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ load("//packages/bazel:index.bzl", _ng_module = "ng_module", _ng_package = "ng_p
 load("//packages/bazel/src:ng_rollup_bundle.bzl", _ng_rollup_bundle = "ng_rollup_bundle")
 
 _DEFAULT_TSCONFIG_BUILD = "//packages:tsconfig-build.json"
-_DEFAULT_TSCONFIG_TEST = "//packages:tsconfig-test.json"
+_DEFAULT_TSCONFIG_TEST = "//packages:tsconfig-test"
 _DEFAULT_TS_TYPINGS = "@ngdeps//typescript:typescript__typings"
 _DEFAULT_KARMA_BIN = "@ngdeps//@bazel/karma/bin:karma"
 _INTERNAL_NG_MODULE_COMPILER = "//packages/bazel/src/ngc-wrapped"