diff --git a/.changeset/silver-guests-brake.md b/.changeset/silver-guests-brake.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c36939e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/silver-guests-brake.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'microbundle': minor
+---
+
+Use user's typescript first, fallback to bundled
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 29ff7d3c..e193485a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "microbundle",
-  "version": "0.12.3",
+  "version": "0.12.4",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
@@ -9228,6 +9228,13 @@
       "requires": {
         "parent-module": "^1.0.0",
         "resolve-from": "^4.0.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "resolve-from": {
+          "version": "4.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/resolve-from/-/resolve-from-4.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-pb/MYmXstAkysRFx8piNI1tGFNQIFA3vkE3Gq4EuA1dF6gHp/+vgZqsCGJapvy8N3Q+4o7FwvquPJcnZ7RYy4g=="
+        }
       }
     },
     "import-from": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5d4abf3b..1030c659 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
 		"lodash.merge": "^4.6.2",
 		"module-details-from-path": "^1.0.3",
 		"pretty-bytes": "^5.3.0",
+		"resolve-from": "^4.0.0",
 		"rollup": "^1.32.1",
 		"rollup-plugin-bundle-size": "^1.0.1",
 		"rollup-plugin-es3": "^1.1.0",
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 765bd0eb..599e2a06 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import autoprefixer from 'autoprefixer';
 import cssnano from 'cssnano';
 import { rollup, watch } from 'rollup';
 import builtinModules from 'builtin-modules';
+import resolveFrom from 'resolve-from';
 import commonjs from '@rollup/plugin-commonjs';
 import babel from '@rollup/plugin-babel';
 import customBabel from './lib/babel-custom';
@@ -486,7 +487,10 @@ function createConfig(options, entry, format, writeMeta) {
 					},
 					useTypescript &&
 						typescript({
-							typescript: require('typescript'),
+							typescript: require(resolveFrom.silent(
+								options.cwd,
+								'typescript',
+							) || 'typescript'),
 							cacheRoot: `./node_modules/.cache/.rts2_cache_${format}`,
 							useTsconfigDeclarationDir: true,
 							tsconfigDefaults: {