diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index c4b24c4afb..7f8d0adb9c 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ module.exports = {
     extends: ["plugin:matrix-org/babel", "plugin:matrix-org/react", "plugin:matrix-org/a11y"],
     parserOptions: {
         project: ["./tsconfig.json"],
+        tsconfigRootDir: __dirname,
     },
     env: {
         browser: true,
diff --git a/packages/shared-components/.eslintrc.js b/packages/shared-components/.eslintrc.js
index 15871e1bac..3cff936e9c 100644
--- a/packages/shared-components/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/packages/shared-components/.eslintrc.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ module.exports = {
     ],
     parserOptions: {
         project: ["./tsconfig.json"],
+        tsconfigRootDir: __dirname,
     },
     env: {
         browser: true,