diff --git a/services/web/Makefile b/services/web/Makefile
index ed826ec736..2f47929429 100644
--- a/services/web/Makefile
+++ b/services/web/Makefile
@@ -470,6 +470,10 @@ lint: typecheck_frontend
 typecheck_frontend:
 	npx -p typescript tsc --noEmit
 
+lint: typecheck_backend
+typecheck_backend:
+	npx -p typescript tsc -p tsconfig.backend.json --noEmit
+
 lint_in_docker:
 	$(RUN_LINT_FORMAT) make lint -j2 --output-sync
 
diff --git a/services/web/app/src/tsconfig.json b/services/web/app/src/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..126da92c92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/app/src/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "extends": "../../tsconfig.backend.json" }
diff --git a/services/web/modules/history-v1/test/acceptance/tsconfig.json b/services/web/modules/history-v1/test/acceptance/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ddee721c50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/modules/history-v1/test/acceptance/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "extends": "../../../../tsconfig.backend.json" }
diff --git a/services/web/modules/launchpad/app/src/tsconfig.json b/services/web/modules/launchpad/app/src/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ddee721c50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/modules/launchpad/app/src/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "extends": "../../../../tsconfig.backend.json" }
diff --git a/services/web/modules/launchpad/test/acceptance/tsconfig.json b/services/web/modules/launchpad/test/acceptance/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ddee721c50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/modules/launchpad/test/acceptance/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "extends": "../../../../tsconfig.backend.json" }
diff --git a/services/web/modules/launchpad/test/unit/tsconfig.json b/services/web/modules/launchpad/test/unit/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ddee721c50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/modules/launchpad/test/unit/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "extends": "../../../../tsconfig.backend.json" }
diff --git a/services/web/modules/server-ce-scripts/test/acceptance/tsconfig.json b/services/web/modules/server-ce-scripts/test/acceptance/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ddee721c50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/modules/server-ce-scripts/test/acceptance/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "extends": "../../../../tsconfig.backend.json" }
diff --git a/services/web/modules/user-activate/app/src/tsconfig.json b/services/web/modules/user-activate/app/src/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ddee721c50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/modules/user-activate/app/src/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "extends": "../../../../tsconfig.backend.json" }
diff --git a/services/web/modules/user-activate/test/unit/tsconfig.json b/services/web/modules/user-activate/test/unit/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ddee721c50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/modules/user-activate/test/unit/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "extends": "../../../../tsconfig.backend.json" }
diff --git a/services/web/scripts/tsconfig.json b/services/web/scripts/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ed7343e08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/scripts/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "extends": "../tsconfig.backend.json" }
diff --git a/services/web/test/acceptance/tsconfig.json b/services/web/test/acceptance/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..126da92c92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/test/acceptance/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "extends": "../../tsconfig.backend.json" }
diff --git a/services/web/test/smoke/tsconfig.json b/services/web/test/smoke/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..126da92c92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/test/smoke/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "extends": "../../tsconfig.backend.json" }
diff --git a/services/web/test/unit/tsconfig.json b/services/web/test/unit/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..126da92c92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/test/unit/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "extends": "../../tsconfig.backend.json" }
diff --git a/services/web/tsconfig.backend.json b/services/web/tsconfig.backend.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2bb50e130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/tsconfig.backend.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "allowJs": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "noEmit": true,
+    "noImplicitAny": false,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "strict": true
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "app/src/**/*",
+    "modules/*/app/src/**/*",
+    "modules/*/test/acceptance/**/*",
+    "modules/*/test/smoke/**/*",
+    "modules/*/test/unit/**/*",
+    "scripts/**/*",
+    "test/acceptance/**/*",
+    "test/smoke/**/*",
+    "test/unit/**/*"
+  ]
+}