diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f62f570e7480..fa6ce59fa300 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ benchmark/dist
 .sandbox
 packages/cli/generators/datasource/connectors.json
 docs/site/readmes
+**/tsconfig.build.tsbuildinfo
 
 # Exclude all files under sandbox except README.md and example
 /sandbox/*
diff --git a/packages/build/config/tsconfig.common.json b/packages/build/config/tsconfig.common.json
index 5aa85c2b0b3b..a3791d4ccf47 100644
--- a/packages/build/config/tsconfig.common.json
+++ b/packages/build/config/tsconfig.common.json
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
     // FIXME(bajtos) LB4 is not compatible with this setting yet
     "strictPropertyInitialization": false,
 
+    "incremental": true,
+
     "lib": ["es2018", "esnext.asynciterable"],
     "module": "commonjs",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
diff --git a/packages/cli/generators/project/templates/tsconfig.json.ejs b/packages/cli/generators/project/templates/tsconfig.json.ejs
index 8ffddb55b332..18efabbcecf0 100644
--- a/packages/cli/generators/project/templates/tsconfig.json.ejs
+++ b/packages/cli/generators/project/templates/tsconfig.json.ejs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
     "resolveJsonModule": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true,
 
+    "incremental": true,
+
     "lib": ["es2018", "esnext.asynciterable"],
     "module": "commonjs",
     "moduleResolution": "node",