diff --git a/packages/typescript/internal/ts_config.bzl b/packages/typescript/internal/ts_config.bzl
index 2fc4f8e690..a54d5c9d99 100644
--- a/packages/typescript/internal/ts_config.bzl
+++ b/packages/typescript/internal/ts_config.bzl
@@ -14,7 +14,14 @@
 
 "tsconfig.json files using extends"
 
-TsConfigInfo = provider()
+TsConfigInfo = provider(
+    doc = """Provides TypeScript configuration, in the form of a tsconfig.json file
+        along with any transitively referenced tsconfig.json files chained by the
+        "extends" feature""",
+    fields = {
+        "deps": "all tsconfig.json files needed to configure TypeScript",
+    },
+)
 
 def _ts_config_impl(ctx):
     files = depset([ctx.file.src])
@@ -22,7 +29,10 @@ def _ts_config_impl(ctx):
     for dep in ctx.attr.deps:
         if TsConfigInfo in dep:
             transitive_deps.extend(dep[TsConfigInfo].deps)
-    return [DefaultInfo(files = files), TsConfigInfo(deps = ctx.files.deps + transitive_deps)]
+    return [
+        DefaultInfo(files = files),
+        TsConfigInfo(deps = [ctx.file.src] + ctx.files.deps + transitive_deps),
+    ]
 
 ts_config = rule(
     implementation = _ts_config_impl,
@@ -30,7 +40,6 @@ ts_config = rule(
         "deps": attr.label_list(
             doc = """Additional tsconfig.json files referenced via extends""",
             allow_files = True,
-            mandatory = True,
         ),
         "src": attr.label(
             doc = """The tsconfig.json file passed to the TypeScript compiler""",
@@ -41,7 +50,7 @@ ts_config = rule(
     doc = """Allows a tsconfig.json file to extend another file.
 
 Normally, you just give a single `tsconfig.json` file as the tsconfig attribute
-of a `ts_library` rule. However, if your `tsconfig.json` uses the `extends`
+of a `ts_library` or `ts_project` rule. However, if your `tsconfig.json` uses the `extends`
 feature from TypeScript, then the Bazel implementation needs to know about that
 extended configuration file as well, to pass them both to the TypeScript compiler.
 """,
diff --git a/packages/typescript/internal/ts_project.bzl b/packages/typescript/internal/ts_project.bzl
index 26f5ed10e5..7530f7bff5 100644
--- a/packages/typescript/internal/ts_project.bzl
+++ b/packages/typescript/internal/ts_project.bzl
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:providers.bzl", "DeclarationInfo", "NpmPackageInfo", "declaration_info", "js_module_info", "run_node")
 load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//internal/linker:link_node_modules.bzl", "module_mappings_aspect")
+load(":ts_config.bzl", "TsConfigInfo")
 
 _DEFAULT_TSC = (
     # BEGIN-INTERNAL
@@ -37,14 +38,6 @@ _OUTPUTS = {
     "typings_outs": attr.output_list(),
 }
 
-_TsConfigInfo = provider(
-    doc = """Passes tsconfig.json files to downstream compilations so that TypeScript can read them.
-        This is needed to support Project References""",
-    fields = {
-        "tsconfigs": "depset of tsconfig.json files",
-    },
-)
-
 def _join(*elements):
     return "/".join([f for f in elements if f])
 
@@ -87,8 +80,8 @@ def _ts_project_impl(ctx):
 
     deps_depsets = []
     for dep in ctx.attr.deps:
-        if _TsConfigInfo in dep:
-            deps_depsets.append(dep[_TsConfigInfo].tsconfigs)
+        if TsConfigInfo in dep:
+            deps_depsets.append(dep[TsConfigInfo].deps)
         if NpmPackageInfo in dep:
             # TODO: we could maybe filter these to be tsconfig.json or *.d.ts only
             # we don't expect tsc wants to read any other files from npm packages.
@@ -96,7 +89,11 @@ def _ts_project_impl(ctx):
         if DeclarationInfo in dep:
             deps_depsets.append(dep[DeclarationInfo].transitive_declarations)
 
-    inputs = ctx.files.srcs + depset(transitive = deps_depsets).to_list() + [ctx.file.tsconfig]
+    inputs = ctx.files.srcs + depset(transitive = deps_depsets).to_list()
+    if TsConfigInfo in ctx.attr.tsconfig:
+        inputs.extend(ctx.attr.tsconfig[TsConfigInfo].deps)
+    else:
+        inputs.append(ctx.file.tsconfig)
     if ctx.attr.extends:
         inputs.extend(ctx.files.extends)
 
@@ -155,10 +152,10 @@ def _ts_project_impl(ctx):
             sources = depset(runtime_outputs),
             deps = ctx.attr.deps,
         ),
-        _TsConfigInfo(tsconfigs = depset([ctx.file.tsconfig] + ctx.files.extends, transitive = [
-            dep[_TsConfigInfo].tsconfigs
+        TsConfigInfo(deps = depset([ctx.file.tsconfig] + ctx.files.extends, transitive = [
+            dep[TsConfigInfo].deps
             for dep in ctx.attr.deps
-            if _TsConfigInfo in dep
+            if TsConfigInfo in dep
         ])),
     ]
 
@@ -191,9 +188,15 @@ def _validate_options_impl(ctx):
         ts_build_info_file = ctx.attr.ts_build_info_file,
     ).to_json()])
 
+    inputs = ctx.files.extends[:]
+    if TsConfigInfo in ctx.attr.tsconfig:
+        inputs.extend(ctx.attr.tsconfig[TsConfigInfo].deps)
+    else:
+        inputs.append(ctx.file.tsconfig)
+
     run_node(
         ctx,
-        inputs = [ctx.file.tsconfig] + ctx.files.extends,
+        inputs = inputs,
         outputs = [marker],
         arguments = [arguments],
         executable = "validator",
@@ -356,13 +359,14 @@ def ts_project_macro(
 
         deps: List of labels of other rules that produce TypeScript typings (.d.ts files)
 
-        tsconfig: Label of the tsconfig.json file to use for the compilation.
+        tsconfig: Label of the tsconfig.json file to use for the compilation, or a target that provides TsConfigInfo.
 
-            By default, we add `.json` to the `name` attribute.
+            By default, we assume the tsconfig file is named by adding `.json` to the `name` attribute.
 
         extends: List of labels of tsconfig file(s) referenced in `extends` section of tsconfig.
 
-            Must include any tsconfig files "chained" by extends clauses.
+            Any tsconfig files "chained" by extends clauses must either be transitive deps of the TsConfigInfo
+            provided to the `tsconfig` attribute, or must be explicitly listed here.
 
         args: List of strings of additional command-line arguments to pass to tsc.
 
@@ -432,7 +436,7 @@ def ts_project_macro(
         extra_deps.append("_validate_%s_options" % name)
 
     typings_out_dir = declaration_dir if declaration_dir else out_dir
-    tsbuildinfo_path = ts_build_info_file if ts_build_info_file else tsconfig[:-5] + ".tsbuildinfo"
+    tsbuildinfo_path = ts_build_info_file if ts_build_info_file else name + ".tsbuildinfo"
 
     ts_project(
         name = name,
diff --git a/packages/typescript/test/ts_project/BUILD b/packages/typescript/test/ts_project/BUILD
index 96b6172fd3..c41a53b812 100644
--- a/packages/typescript/test/ts_project/BUILD
+++ b/packages/typescript/test/ts_project/BUILD
@@ -1 +1,9 @@
+load("//packages/typescript:index.bzl", "ts_config")
+
 exports_files(["tsconfig-base.json"])
+
+ts_config(
+    name = "tsconfig",
+    src = "tsconfig-base.json",
+    visibility = ["//packages/typescript/test/ts_project:__subpackages__"],
+)
diff --git a/packages/typescript/test/ts_project/ts_config/BUILD.bazel b/packages/typescript/test/ts_project/ts_config/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e16b566eaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/typescript/test/ts_project/ts_config/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""
+Test a tree of tsconfig.json files
+"""
+
+load("//packages/typescript:index.bzl", "ts_config", "ts_project")
+
+ts_config(
+    name = "tsconfig",
+    src = "tsconfig.json",
+    deps = [
+        "tsconfig-extended.json",
+        "//packages/typescript/test/ts_project:tsconfig",
+    ],
+)
+
+ts_project(
+    name = "compile_ts",
+    composite = True,
+    declaration = True,
+    tsconfig = "tsconfig",
+)
diff --git a/packages/typescript/test/ts_project/ts_config/a.ts b/packages/typescript/test/ts_project/ts_config/a.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f32045c3a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/typescript/test/ts_project/ts_config/a.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const a: string = 'hello world';
diff --git a/packages/typescript/test/ts_project/ts_config/tsconfig-extended.json b/packages/typescript/test/ts_project/ts_config/tsconfig-extended.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83df99288c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/typescript/test/ts_project/ts_config/tsconfig-extended.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "extends": "../tsconfig-base",
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "declaration": true
+    },
+}
diff --git a/packages/typescript/test/ts_project/ts_config/tsconfig.json b/packages/typescript/test/ts_project/ts_config/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f14391a0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/typescript/test/ts_project/ts_config/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "extends": "./tsconfig-extended.json",
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "types": []
+    }
+}