diff --git a/pkg/codegen/nodejs/gen.go b/pkg/codegen/nodejs/gen.go
index be726aca09c7..5f434c3ba491 100644
--- a/pkg/codegen/nodejs/gen.go
+++ b/pkg/codegen/nodejs/gen.go
@@ -2591,9 +2591,9 @@ func genTypeScriptProjectFile(info NodePackageInfo, files codegen.Fs) string {
         "experimentalDecorators": true,
         "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
         "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
-		"paths": {
+        "paths": {
             "@/*": ["*"]
-		},
+        },
         "strict": true
     },
     "files": [
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/sdk_driver.go b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/sdk_driver.go
index a105126bb887..259cd3e4d5b9 100644
--- a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/sdk_driver.go
+++ b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/sdk_driver.go
@@ -164,6 +164,12 @@ var PulumiPulumiSDKTests = []*SDKTest{
 		Description:      "A resource with the same name as its property",
 		SkipCompileCheck: codegen.NewStringSet(dotnet, nodejs),
 	},
+	{
+		Directory:   "type-references-resource",
+		Description: "An instance where a type references a resource",
+		Skip:        allLanguages.Except("nodejs/any"),
+		// SkipCompileCheck: codegen.NewStringSet(dotnet, golang, python),
+	},
 	{
 		Directory:   "hyphen-url",
 		Description: "A resource url with a hyphen in its path",
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/README.md b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/codegen-manifest.json b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/codegen-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b4e5513101a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/codegen-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "emittedFiles": [
+    "README.md",
+    "index.ts",
+    "my_mod/index.ts",
+    "my_mod/triceratops.ts",
+    "package.json",
+    "provider.ts",
+    "scripts/install-pulumi-plugin.js",
+    "tsconfig.json",
+    "types/index.ts",
+    "types/input.ts",
+    "types/my_mod/index.ts",
+    "types/my_mod/input.ts",
+    "types/my_mod/output.ts",
+    "types/output.ts",
+    "utilities.ts"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/index.ts b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..49de88cb48a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// *** WARNING: this file was generated by test. ***
+// *** Do not edit by hand unless you're certain you know what you are doing! ***
+
+import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
+import * as utilities from "./utilities";
+
+// Export members:
+export { ProviderArgs } from "./provider";
+export type Provider = import("./provider").Provider;
+export const Provider: typeof import("./provider").Provider = null as any;
+utilities.lazyLoad(exports, ["Provider"], () => require("./provider"));
+
+
+// Export sub-modules:
+import * as my_mod from "./my_mod";
+import * as types from "./types";
+
+export {
+    my_mod,
+    types,
+};
+pulumi.runtime.registerResourcePackage("dinosaurs", {
+    version: utilities.getVersion(),
+    constructProvider: (name: string, type: string, urn: string): pulumi.ProviderResource => {
+        if (type !== "pulumi:providers:dinosaurs") {
+            throw new Error(`unknown provider type ${type}`);
+        }
+        return new Provider(name, <any>undefined, { urn });
+    },
+});
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/my_mod/index.ts b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/my_mod/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1af01116c275
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/my_mod/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// *** WARNING: this file was generated by test. ***
+// *** Do not edit by hand unless you're certain you know what you are doing! ***
+
+import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
+import * as utilities from "../utilities";
+
+// Export members:
+export { TriceratopsArgs } from "./triceratops";
+export type Triceratops = import("./triceratops").Triceratops;
+export const Triceratops: typeof import("./triceratops").Triceratops = null as any;
+utilities.lazyLoad(exports, ["Triceratops"], () => require("./triceratops"));
+
+
+const _module = {
+    version: utilities.getVersion(),
+    construct: (name: string, type: string, urn: string): pulumi.Resource => {
+        switch (type) {
+            case "dinosaurs:my_mod:Triceratops":
+                return new Triceratops(name, <any>undefined, { urn })
+            default:
+                throw new Error(`unknown resource type ${type}`);
+        }
+    },
+};
+pulumi.runtime.registerResourceModule("dinosaurs", "my_mod", _module)
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/my_mod/triceratops.ts b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/my_mod/triceratops.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2f889b43dfb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/my_mod/triceratops.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// *** WARNING: this file was generated by test. ***
+// *** Do not edit by hand unless you're certain you know what you are doing! ***
+
+import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
+import * as utilities from "../utilities";
+
+/**
+ * My favorite dino
+ */
+export class Triceratops extends pulumi.CustomResource {
+    /**
+     * Get an existing Triceratops resource's state with the given name, ID, and optional extra
+     * properties used to qualify the lookup.
+     *
+     * @param name The _unique_ name of the resulting resource.
+     * @param id The _unique_ provider ID of the resource to lookup.
+     * @param opts Optional settings to control the behavior of the CustomResource.
+     */
+    public static get(name: string, id: pulumi.Input<pulumi.ID>, opts?: pulumi.CustomResourceOptions): Triceratops {
+        return new Triceratops(name, undefined as any, { ...opts, id: id });
+    }
+
+    /** @internal */
+    public static readonly __pulumiType = 'dinosaurs:my_mod:Triceratops';
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if the given object is an instance of Triceratops.  This is designed to work even
+     * when multiple copies of the Pulumi SDK have been loaded into the same process.
+     */
+    public static isInstance(obj: any): obj is Triceratops {
+        if (obj === undefined || obj === null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return obj['__pulumiType'] === Triceratops.__pulumiType;
+    }
+
+    public /*out*/ readonly size!: pulumi.Output<number | undefined>;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a Triceratops resource with the given unique name, arguments, and options.
+     *
+     * @param name The _unique_ name of the resource.
+     * @param args The arguments to use to populate this resource's properties.
+     * @param opts A bag of options that control this resource's behavior.
+     */
+    constructor(name: string, args?: TriceratopsArgs, opts?: pulumi.CustomResourceOptions) {
+        let resourceInputs: pulumi.Inputs = {};
+        opts = opts || {};
+        if (!opts.id) {
+            resourceInputs["size"] = undefined /*out*/;
+        } else {
+            resourceInputs["size"] = undefined /*out*/;
+        }
+        opts = pulumi.mergeOptions(utilities.resourceOptsDefaults(), opts);
+        super(Triceratops.__pulumiType, name, resourceInputs, opts);
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * The set of arguments for constructing a Triceratops resource.
+ */
+export interface TriceratopsArgs {
+}
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/package.json b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..80cb461cb338
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+    "name": "@pulumi/dinosaurs",
+    "version": "${VERSION}",
+    "scripts": {
+        "build": "tsc",
+        "install": "node scripts/install-pulumi-plugin.js resource dinosaurs ${VERSION}"
+    },
+    "dependencies": {
+        "@pulumi/pulumi": "^3.12"
+    },
+    "devDependencies": {
+        "typescript": "^3.7.0"
+    },
+    "pulumi": {
+        "resource": true,
+        "name": "dinosaurs"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/provider.ts b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/provider.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8ec4b88027a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/provider.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// *** WARNING: this file was generated by test. ***
+// *** Do not edit by hand unless you're certain you know what you are doing! ***
+
+import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
+import * as utilities from "./utilities";
+
+export class Provider extends pulumi.ProviderResource {
+    /** @internal */
+    public static readonly __pulumiType = 'dinosaurs';
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if the given object is an instance of Provider.  This is designed to work even
+     * when multiple copies of the Pulumi SDK have been loaded into the same process.
+     */
+    public static isInstance(obj: any): obj is Provider {
+        if (obj === undefined || obj === null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return obj['__pulumiType'] === Provider.__pulumiType;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Create a Provider resource with the given unique name, arguments, and options.
+     *
+     * @param name The _unique_ name of the resource.
+     * @param args The arguments to use to populate this resource's properties.
+     * @param opts A bag of options that control this resource's behavior.
+     */
+    constructor(name: string, args?: ProviderArgs, opts?: pulumi.ResourceOptions) {
+        let resourceInputs: pulumi.Inputs = {};
+        opts = opts || {};
+        {
+        }
+        opts = pulumi.mergeOptions(utilities.resourceOptsDefaults(), opts);
+        super(Provider.__pulumiType, name, resourceInputs, opts);
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * The set of arguments for constructing a Provider resource.
+ */
+export interface ProviderArgs {
+}
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/scripts/install-pulumi-plugin.js b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/scripts/install-pulumi-plugin.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fefc6e0eb097
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/scripts/install-pulumi-plugin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+"use strict";
+var childProcess = require("child_process");
+
+var args = process.argv.slice(2);
+
+if (args.indexOf("${VERSION}") !== -1) {
+	process.exit(0);
+}
+
+var res = childProcess.spawnSync("pulumi", ["plugin", "install"].concat(args), {
+    stdio: ["ignore", "inherit", "inherit"]
+});
+
+if (res.error && res.error.code === "ENOENT") {
+    console.error("\nThere was an error installing the resource provider plugin. " +
+            "It looks like `pulumi` is not installed on your system. " +
+            "Please visit https://pulumi.com/ to install the Pulumi CLI.\n" +
+            "You may try manually installing the plugin by running " +
+            "`pulumi plugin install " + args.join(" ") + "`");
+} else if (res.error || res.status !== 0) {
+    console.error("\nThere was an error installing the resource provider plugin. " +
+            "You may try to manually installing the plugin by running " +
+            "`pulumi plugin install " + args.join(" ") + "`");
+}
+
+process.exit(0);
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/tsconfig.json b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ee2af7b52fa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "baseUrl": ".",
+        "outDir": "bin",
+        "target": "es2016",
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "moduleResolution": "node",
+        "declaration": true,
+        "sourceMap": true,
+        "stripInternal": true,
+        "experimentalDecorators": true,
+        "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+		"paths": {
+            "@/*": ["*"]
+		},
+        "strict": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.ts",
+        "my_mod/index.ts",
+        "my_mod/triceratops.ts",
+        "provider.ts",
+        "types/index.ts",
+        "types/input.ts",
+        "types/my_mod/index.ts",
+        "types/my_mod/input.ts",
+        "types/my_mod/output.ts",
+        "types/output.ts",
+        "utilities.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/types/index.ts b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/types/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d1f303f60379
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/types/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// *** WARNING: this file was generated by test. ***
+// *** Do not edit by hand unless you're certain you know what you are doing! ***
+
+import * as utilities from "../utilities";
+
+// Export sub-modules:
+import * as input from "./input";
+import * as output from "./output";
+
+export {
+    input,
+    output,
+};
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/types/input.ts b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/types/input.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..48d0c42e5692
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/types/input.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// *** WARNING: this file was generated by test. ***
+// *** Do not edit by hand unless you're certain you know what you are doing! ***
+
+import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
+import * as inputs from "../types/input";
+import * as outputs from "../types/output";
+import * as utilities from "../utilities";
+
+import {Triceratops} from "@/my_mod";
+
+export * as my_mod from "./my_mod/input";
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/types/my_mod/index.ts b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/types/my_mod/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b7b2ea440d9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/types/my_mod/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// *** WARNING: this file was generated by test. ***
+// *** Do not edit by hand unless you're certain you know what you are doing! ***
+
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/types/my_mod/input.ts b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/types/my_mod/input.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..79d8d682639c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/types/my_mod/input.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// *** WARNING: this file was generated by test. ***
+// *** Do not edit by hand unless you're certain you know what you are doing! ***
+
+import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
+import * as inputs from "../../types/input";
+import * as outputs from "../../types/output";
+import * as utilities from "../../utilities";
+
+import {Triceratops} from "@/my_mod";
+
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/types/my_mod/output.ts b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/types/my_mod/output.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..79d8d682639c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/types/my_mod/output.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// *** WARNING: this file was generated by test. ***
+// *** Do not edit by hand unless you're certain you know what you are doing! ***
+
+import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
+import * as inputs from "../../types/input";
+import * as outputs from "../../types/output";
+import * as utilities from "../../utilities";
+
+import {Triceratops} from "@/my_mod";
+
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/types/output.ts b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/types/output.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e1a0a5d08f58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/types/output.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// *** WARNING: this file was generated by test. ***
+// *** Do not edit by hand unless you're certain you know what you are doing! ***
+
+import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
+import * as inputs from "../types/input";
+import * as outputs from "../types/output";
+import * as utilities from "../utilities";
+
+import {Triceratops} from "@/my_mod";
+
+export * as my_mod from "./my_mod/output";
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/utilities.ts b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/utilities.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fae1054b6bab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/nodejs/utilities.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+// *** WARNING: this file was generated by test. ***
+// *** Do not edit by hand unless you're certain you know what you are doing! ***
+
+
+export function getEnv(...vars: string[]): string | undefined {
+    for (const v of vars) {
+        const value = process.env[v];
+        if (value) {
+            return value;
+        }
+    }
+    return undefined;
+}
+
+export function getEnvBoolean(...vars: string[]): boolean | undefined {
+    const s = getEnv(...vars);
+    if (s !== undefined) {
+        // NOTE: these values are taken from https://golang.org/src/strconv/atob.go?s=351:391#L1, which is what
+        // Terraform uses internally when parsing boolean values.
+        if (["1", "t", "T", "true", "TRUE", "True"].find(v => v === s) !== undefined) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (["0", "f", "F", "false", "FALSE", "False"].find(v => v === s) !== undefined) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    return undefined;
+}
+
+export function getEnvNumber(...vars: string[]): number | undefined {
+    const s = getEnv(...vars);
+    if (s !== undefined) {
+        const f = parseFloat(s);
+        if (!isNaN(f)) {
+            return f;
+        }
+    }
+    return undefined;
+}
+
+export function getVersion(): string {
+    let version = require('./package.json').version;
+    // Node allows for the version to be prefixed by a "v", while semver doesn't.
+    // If there is a v, strip it off.
+    if (version.indexOf('v') === 0) {
+        version = version.slice(1);
+    }
+    return version;
+}
+
+/** @internal */
+export function resourceOptsDefaults(): any {
+    return { version: getVersion() };
+}
+
+/** @internal */
+export function lazyLoad(exports: any, props: string[], loadModule: any) {
+    for (let property of props) {
+        Object.defineProperty(exports, property, {
+            enumerable: true,
+            get: function() {
+                return loadModule()[property];
+            },
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/schema.json b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..546954669410
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "name": "dinosaurs",
+  "types": {
+    "dinosaurs:my_mod:BigDino": {
+      "description": "A big dinosaur",
+      "properties": {
+        "kind": {
+          "$ref": "#/types/dinosaurs:my_mod:Triceratops"
+        }
+      },
+      "type": "object"
+    }
+  },
+  "resources": {
+    "dinosaurs:my_mod:Triceratops": {
+      "description": "My favorite dino",
+      "properties": {
+        "size": {
+          "type": "integer"
+        }
+      },
+      "type": "object"
+    }
+  },
+  "functions": {},
+  "language": {
+    "csharp": {
+      "projectReferences": [
+        "..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\sdk\\dotnet\\Pulumi\\Pulumi.csproj"
+      ]
+    },
+    "go": {
+      "importBasePath": "github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pkg/v3/codegen/testing/test/testdata/type-references-resource/go/example",
+      "generateExtraInputTypes": true
+    },
+    "nodejs": {
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@pulumi/pulumi": "^3.12"
+      },
+      "devDependencies": {
+        "typescript": "^3.7.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "python": {}
+  }
+}