diff --git a/packages/tsconfig/base.json b/packages/tsconfig/base.json
index f3e404842ed..11a65a5d04c 100644
--- a/packages/tsconfig/base.json
+++ b/packages/tsconfig/base.json
@@ -23,6 +23,4 @@
 
     "paths": {}
   },
-  "include": ["src"],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules", "build", "public", "coverage"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/volto/news/7966.internal b/packages/volto/news/7966.internal
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e2e83990e24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/volto/news/7966.internal
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix tsconfig root. @wesleybl
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 6b7962de037..937460b9b03 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "tsconfig/base.json"
+  "extends": "tsconfig/base.json",
+  "include": ["packages/*/src"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules"]
 }