diff --git a/experimental/packages/exporter-logs-otlp-http/tsconfig.esm.json b/experimental/packages/exporter-logs-otlp-http/tsconfig.esm.json
index f7353a3e87..0edcb89fa7 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/exporter-logs-otlp-http/tsconfig.esm.json
+++ b/experimental/packages/exporter-logs-otlp-http/tsconfig.esm.json
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
     "src/**/*.ts"
   ],
   "references": [
+    {
+      "path": "../../../api"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../../../packages/opentelemetry-core"
     },
diff --git a/experimental/packages/exporter-logs-otlp-http/tsconfig.esnext.json b/experimental/packages/exporter-logs-otlp-http/tsconfig.esnext.json
index 7a3b4e394e..0c19aa0aaf 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/exporter-logs-otlp-http/tsconfig.esnext.json
+++ b/experimental/packages/exporter-logs-otlp-http/tsconfig.esnext.json
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
     "src/**/*.ts"
   ],
   "references": [
+    {
+      "path": "../../../api"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../../../packages/opentelemetry-core"
     },
diff --git a/experimental/packages/exporter-logs-otlp-http/tsconfig.json b/experimental/packages/exporter-logs-otlp-http/tsconfig.json
index e347a2eef9..96f229bb8e 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/exporter-logs-otlp-http/tsconfig.json
+++ b/experimental/packages/exporter-logs-otlp-http/tsconfig.json
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
     "test/**/*.ts"
   ],
   "references": [
+    {
+      "path": "../../../api"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../../../packages/opentelemetry-core"
     },