diff --git a/packages/cdktf-cli/templates/typescript/tsconfig.json b/packages/cdktf-cli/templates/typescript/tsconfig.json
index 785e09884b..c170d7a1a5 100644
--- a/packages/cdktf-cli/templates/typescript/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/cdktf-cli/templates/typescript/tsconfig.json
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
     "inlineSourceMap": true,
     "inlineSources": true,
     "lib": [
-      "es2018"
+      "es2018",
+      "DOM"
     ],
     "module": "CommonJS",
     "noEmitOnError": true,