diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d28514220d56..1cd7d922e944 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -91,3 +91,5 @@ packages/babel-standalone/babel.min.js
 /test/runtime-integration/*/absolute-output.js
 
 .module-type
+
+*.tsbuildinfo
diff --git a/tsconfig.base.json b/tsconfig.base.json
index 0bff34869815..e3c525846cac 100644
--- a/tsconfig.base.json
+++ b/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "resolveJsonModule": true,
     "noImplicitThis": true,
     "noImplicitAny": true,
-    "strictBindCallApply": true
+    "strictBindCallApply": true,
+    "incremental": true
   }
 }