diff --git a/docs/generated/packages/rollup/executors/rollup.json b/docs/generated/packages/rollup/executors/rollup.json
index 35183f237417d7..2e0c5501f0f0e2 100644
--- a/docs/generated/packages/rollup/executors/rollup.json
+++ b/docs/generated/packages/rollup/executors/rollup.json
@@ -169,6 +169,11 @@
         "type": "boolean",
         "description": "Whether to skip TypeScript type checking.",
         "default": false
+      },
+      "skipTypeField": {
+        "type": "boolean",
+        "description": "Prevent type field from being added to package json. Use this if you have an esm library with common js imports.",
+        "default": false
       }
     },
     "required": ["tsConfig", "main", "outputPath"],
diff --git a/packages/rollup/src/executors/rollup/lib/update-package-json.ts b/packages/rollup/src/executors/rollup/lib/update-package-json.ts
index 992749df0d3213..79843aa988085a 100644
--- a/packages/rollup/src/executors/rollup/lib/update-package-json.ts
+++ b/packages/rollup/src/executors/rollup/lib/update-package-json.ts
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ export function updatePackageJson(
     packageJson.main = './index.cjs';
     exports['.']['require'] = './index.cjs';
   }
-
-  packageJson.type = options.format.includes('esm') ? 'module' : 'commonjs';
+  if (!options.skipTypeField) {
+    packageJson.type = options.format.includes('esm') ? 'module' : 'commonjs';
+  }
 
   // Support for older TS versions < 4.5
   packageJson.types = types;
diff --git a/packages/rollup/src/executors/rollup/schema.d.ts b/packages/rollup/src/executors/rollup/schema.d.ts
index ffef9aa4be9a3c..750d186e3abf16 100644
--- a/packages/rollup/src/executors/rollup/schema.d.ts
+++ b/packages/rollup/src/executors/rollup/schema.d.ts
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ export interface RollupExecutorOptions {
   generateExportsField?: boolean;
   skipTypeCheck?: boolean;
   babelUpwardRootMode?: boolean;
+  skipTypeField?: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/packages/rollup/src/executors/rollup/schema.json b/packages/rollup/src/executors/rollup/schema.json
index 6510c4c224152e..acdb038fb9e0c5 100644
--- a/packages/rollup/src/executors/rollup/schema.json
+++ b/packages/rollup/src/executors/rollup/schema.json
@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@
       "type": "boolean",
       "description": "Whether to skip TypeScript type checking.",
       "default": false
+    },
+    "skipTypeField": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "description": "Prevent type field from being added to package json. Use this if you have an esm library with common js imports.",
+      "default": false
     }
   },
   "required": ["tsConfig", "main", "outputPath"],