diff --git a/packages/core/index.ts b/packages/core/index.ts
index 97cc706ef..071675fb6 100644
--- a/packages/core/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/index.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export interface Options {
   keepClassNames?: boolean
   externalHelpers?: boolean
   react?: Partial<ReactConfig>
+  baseUrl?: string
   paths?: {
     [from: string]: [string]
   }
diff --git a/packages/register/__test__/ts-compiler-options-to-swc-config.spec.ts b/packages/register/__test__/ts-compiler-options-to-swc-config.spec.ts
index a13ea7ef2..fea7b875e 100644
--- a/packages/register/__test__/ts-compiler-options-to-swc-config.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/register/__test__/ts-compiler-options-to-swc-config.spec.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ test('default values', (t) => {
   const filename = 'some-file.tsx'
   const swcConfig = tsCompilerOptionsToSwcConfig(options, filename)
   const expected = {
+    baseUrl: process.cwd(),
     module: 'es6',
     sourcemap: false,
     experimentalDecorators: false,
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ test('should set all values', (t) => {
   const filename = 'some-file.tsx'
   const swcConfig = tsCompilerOptionsToSwcConfig(options, filename)
   const expected = {
+    baseUrl: join(process.cwd(), options.baseUrl!),
     module: 'commonjs',
     sourcemap: 'inline',
     target: 'es5',
diff --git a/packages/register/read-default-tsconfig.ts b/packages/register/read-default-tsconfig.ts
index 3c41e41b1..9f98cf1b8 100644
--- a/packages/register/read-default-tsconfig.ts
+++ b/packages/register/read-default-tsconfig.ts
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ export function tsCompilerOptionsToSwcConfig(options: ts.CompilerOptions, filena
             useBuiltins: true,
           }
         : undefined,
+    baseUrl: resolve(options.baseUrl ?? './'),
     paths: Object.fromEntries(
       Object.entries(options.paths ?? {}).map(([aliasKey, aliasPaths]) => [
         aliasKey,