diff --git a/packages/kbn-legacy-logging/tsconfig.json b/packages/kbn-legacy-logging/tsconfig.json
index 6270699956a2d..e3bcedd3de014 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-legacy-logging/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-legacy-logging/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "stripInternal": false,
     "declaration": true,
     "declarationMap": true,
+    "rootDir": "src",
     "sourceMap": true,
     "sourceRoot": "../../../../packages/kbn-legacy-logging/src",
     "types": ["jest", "node"]