diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9192ae2..64b7908 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ export default defineConfig(
       },
       server: {
         // server settings
+        tsconfigFileName: 'custom-tsconfig.json',
       },
     };
   },
@@ -143,6 +144,8 @@ All server settings are used only in dev mode:
 - `watchThrottle` (`number`) — use to add an extra throttle, or delay restarting.
 - `inspect/inspectBrk` (`number | true`) — listen for a debugging client on specified port.
   If specified `true`, try to listen on `9229`.
+- `tsconfig` (`string`) — name of the tsconfig file for server build.
+  Default: `tsconfig.json`.
 
 ### Client
 
diff --git a/src/commands/build/build-service/server.ts b/src/commands/build/build-service/server.ts
index ae52add..7163bd3 100644
--- a/src/commands/build/build-service/server.ts
+++ b/src/commands/build/build-service/server.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ export function buildServer(config: NormalizedServiceConfig): Promise<void> {
     createRunFolder();
 
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        const tsconfigFileName = config.server.tsconfigFileName || 'tsconfig.json';
+
         const build = new ControllableScript(
             `
         let ts;
@@ -27,7 +29,11 @@ export function buildServer(config: NormalizedServiceConfig): Promise<void> {
         )});
 
         const logger = new Logger('server', ${config.verbose});
-        compile(ts, {logger, projectPath: ${JSON.stringify(paths.appServer)}});
+        compile(ts, {
+            logger,
+            projectPath: ${JSON.stringify(paths.appServer)},
+            configFileName: ${JSON.stringify(tsconfigFileName)}
+        });
     `,
             null,
         );
diff --git a/src/commands/dev/server.ts b/src/commands/dev/server.ts
index b7c6a62..5b77e12 100644
--- a/src/commands/dev/server.ts
+++ b/src/commands/dev/server.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ export async function watchServerCompilation(config: NormalizedServiceConfig) {
 
     createRunFolder();
 
+    const tsconfigFileName = config.server.tsconfigFileName || 'tsconfig.json';
+
     const build = new ControllableScript(
         `
         let ts;
@@ -38,7 +40,8 @@ export async function watchServerCompilation(config: NormalizedServiceConfig) {
                 onAfterFilesEmitted: () => {
                     process.send({type: 'Emitted'});
                 },
-                enableSourceMap: true
+                enableSourceMap: true,
+                tsconfigFileName: ${JSON.stringify(tsconfigFileName)}
             }
         );
         `,
diff --git a/src/common/models/index.ts b/src/common/models/index.ts
index af994c3..d9579b2 100644
--- a/src/common/models/index.ts
+++ b/src/common/models/index.ts
@@ -285,6 +285,11 @@ export interface ServerConfig {
     watchThrottle?: number;
     inspect?: number | true;
     inspectBrk?: number | true;
+    /**
+     * Name of the tsconfig file for server build
+     * Default: 'tsconfig.json'
+     */
+    tsconfigFileName?: string;
 }
 export interface ServiceConfig {
     target?: 'client' | 'server';
diff --git a/src/common/typescript/watch.ts b/src/common/typescript/watch.ts
index 5e6d97b..e4288af 100644
--- a/src/common/typescript/watch.ts
+++ b/src/common/typescript/watch.ts
@@ -11,11 +11,17 @@ export function watch(
         logger,
         onAfterFilesEmitted,
         enableSourceMap,
-    }: {logger: Logger; onAfterFilesEmitted?: () => void; enableSourceMap?: boolean},
+        tsconfigFileName,
+    }: {
+        logger: Logger;
+        onAfterFilesEmitted?: () => void;
+        enableSourceMap?: boolean;
+        tsconfigFileName: string;
+    },
 ) {
     logger.message('Start compilation in watch mode');
     logger.message(`Typescript v${ts.version}`);
-    const configPath = getTsProjectConfigPath(ts, projectPath);
+    const configPath = getTsProjectConfigPath(ts, projectPath, tsconfigFileName);
 
     const createProgram = ts.createEmitAndSemanticDiagnosticsBuilderProgram;