diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 57ab21b8ff..36701f7ea2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
     "@types/mocha": "^2.2.39",
     "@types/request-promise": "^4.1.42",
     "@types/sinon": "^4.3.1",
+    "@types/webpack": "^4.4.24",
     "awesome-typescript-loader": "^3.4.1",
     "chai": "^3.5.0",
     "glob": "^7.1.2",
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 59d86f2400..a2d4c199ef 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
         "tests",
         "**/_*",
         "demo",
-        "scripts"
+        "scripts",
+        "webpack.config.ts"
     ],
     "typedocOptions": {
         "mode": "file",
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.ts
similarity index 83%
rename from webpack.config.js
rename to webpack.config.ts
index 40ec0b0d23..e048202003 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-const path = require("path");
+// tslint:disable:no-object-literal-type-assertion
+import * as path from "path";
+import { Configuration } from "webpack";
 
 module.exports = {
     entry: "./src/index.ts",
@@ -27,10 +29,10 @@ module.exports = {
                 loader: "istanbul-instrumenter-loader",
                 enforce: "post",
                 exclude: [/node_modules/],
-            }
+            },
         ],
     },
 
     // Because docx is now targetting web
     // target: 'node',
-};
+} as Configuration;