diff --git a/eclipse/ts.eclipse.ide.core/src/ts/eclipse/ide/internal/core/resources/IDETypeScriptProject.java b/eclipse/ts.eclipse.ide.core/src/ts/eclipse/ide/internal/core/resources/IDETypeScriptProject.java
index 183ae0ce..effc762b 100644
--- a/eclipse/ts.eclipse.ide.core/src/ts/eclipse/ide/internal/core/resources/IDETypeScriptProject.java
+++ b/eclipse/ts.eclipse.ide.core/src/ts/eclipse/ide/internal/core/resources/IDETypeScriptProject.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.concurrent.CancellationException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
@@ -476,7 +475,12 @@ private void collectTsFilesToCompile(String filename, ITypeScriptServiceClient c
 					List<String> affectedTsFilenames = affectedProject.getFileNames();
 					for (String affectedFilename : affectedTsFilenames) {
 						if (!tsFilesToCompile.contains(affectedFilename)) {
-							tsFilesToCompile.add(affectedFilename);
+							// In some case, tsserver returns *.d.ts files (see
+							// https://github.com/angelozerr/typescript.java/issues/190#issuecomment-317876026)
+							// those *.d.ts files must be ignored for compilation.
+							if (!TypeScriptResourceUtil.isDefinitionTsFile(affectedFilename)) {
+								tsFilesToCompile.add(affectedFilename);
+							}
 						}
 					}
 				}