diff --git a/contributors.yml b/contributors.yml
index 4c632d504ae..4164fec2abb 100644
--- a/contributors.yml
+++ b/contributors.yml
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@
 - juwiragiye
 - jveldridge
 - jvnm-dev
+- jwnx
 - kalch
 - kanermichael
 - karimsan
diff --git a/packages/remix-dev/__tests__/readConfig-test.ts b/packages/remix-dev/__tests__/readConfig-test.ts
index ddfed1ba54c..1b101f88624 100644
--- a/packages/remix-dev/__tests__/readConfig-test.ts
+++ b/packages/remix-dev/__tests__/readConfig-test.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ describe("readConfig", () => {
         serverBuildPath: expect.any(String),
         assetsBuildDirectory: expect.any(String),
         relativeAssetsBuildDirectory: expect.any(String),
+        tsconfigPath: expect.any(String)
       },
       `
       Object {
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ describe("readConfig", () => {
         "serverMode": "production",
         "serverModuleFormat": "cjs",
         "serverPlatform": "node",
+        "tsconfigPath": Any<String>,
         "watchPaths": Array [],
       }
     `
diff --git a/packages/remix-dev/compiler.ts b/packages/remix-dev/compiler.ts
index a2425c7ca82..b677af3ca97 100644
--- a/packages/remix-dev/compiler.ts
+++ b/packages/remix-dev/compiler.ts
@@ -368,6 +368,10 @@ async function createBrowserBuild(
     sourcemap: options.sourcemap,
     metafile: true,
     incremental: options.incremental,
+    // As pointed out by https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/issues/2440, when tsconfig is set to
+    // `undefined`, esbuild will keep looking for a tsconfig.json recursively up. This unwanted
+    // behavior can only be avoided by creating an empty tsconfig file in the root directory.
+    tsconfig: config.tsconfigPath,
     mainFields: ["browser", "module", "main"],
     treeShaking: true,
     minify: options.mode === BuildMode.Production,
@@ -458,6 +462,10 @@ function createServerBuild(
       loader: loaders,
       bundle: true,
       logLevel: "silent",
+      // As pointed out by https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/issues/2440, when tsconfig is set to
+      // `undefined`, esbuild will keep looking for a tsconfig.json recursively up. This unwanted
+      // behavior can only be avoided by creating an empty tsconfig file in the root directory.
+      tsconfig: config.tsconfigPath,
       incremental: options.incremental,
       sourcemap: options.sourcemap, // use linked (true) to fix up .map file
       // The server build needs to know how to generate asset URLs for imports
diff --git a/packages/remix-dev/compiler/plugins/mdx.ts b/packages/remix-dev/compiler/plugins/mdx.ts
index 4ff210ec9f4..49e137b8a1a 100644
--- a/packages/remix-dev/compiler/plugins/mdx.ts
+++ b/packages/remix-dev/compiler/plugins/mdx.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export function mdxPlugin(config: RemixConfig): esbuild.Plugin {
       ]);
 
       build.onResolve({ filter: /\.mdx?$/ }, (args) => {
-        let matchPath = createMatchPath();
+        let matchPath = createMatchPath(config.tsconfigPath);
         // Resolve paths according to tsconfig paths property
         function resolvePath(id: string) {
           if (!matchPath) {
diff --git a/packages/remix-dev/compiler/plugins/serverBareModulesPlugin.ts b/packages/remix-dev/compiler/plugins/serverBareModulesPlugin.ts
index 4e9fcffe17f..d5124b0a7df 100644
--- a/packages/remix-dev/compiler/plugins/serverBareModulesPlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/remix-dev/compiler/plugins/serverBareModulesPlugin.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export function serverBareModulesPlugin(
   let isDenoRuntime = remixConfig.serverBuildTarget === "deno";
 
   // Resolve paths according to tsconfig paths property
-  let matchPath = isDenoRuntime ? undefined : createMatchPath();
+  let matchPath = isDenoRuntime ? undefined : createMatchPath(remixConfig.tsconfigPath);
   function resolvePath(id: string) {
     if (!matchPath) {
       return id;
diff --git a/packages/remix-dev/compiler/utils/tsconfig/index.ts b/packages/remix-dev/compiler/utils/tsconfig/index.ts
index 8836e7a472f..559a34e8800 100644
--- a/packages/remix-dev/compiler/utils/tsconfig/index.ts
+++ b/packages/remix-dev/compiler/utils/tsconfig/index.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,17 @@ import tsConfigPaths from "tsconfig-paths";
 
 import { writeConfigDefaults } from "./write-config-defaults";
 
-export function createMatchPath() {
-  let configLoaderResult = tsConfigPaths.loadConfig();
+export function createMatchPath(tsconfigPath: string | undefined) {
+  // There is no tsconfig to match paths against.
+  if (!tsconfigPath) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  // When passing a absolute path, loadConfig assumes that the path contains
+  // a tsconfig file.
+  // Ref.: https://github.com/dividab/tsconfig-paths/blob/v4.0.0/src/__tests__/config-loader.test.ts#L74
+  let configLoaderResult = tsConfigPaths.loadConfig(tsconfigPath);
+
   if (configLoaderResult.resultType === "failed") {
     if (configLoaderResult.message === "Missing baseUrl in compilerOptions") {
       throw new Error(
diff --git a/packages/remix-dev/config.ts b/packages/remix-dev/config.ts
index 6c2a110ed7f..39d87a89f29 100644
--- a/packages/remix-dev/config.ts
+++ b/packages/remix-dev/config.ts
@@ -269,6 +269,11 @@ export interface RemixConfig {
    * A list of directories to watch.
    */
   watchPaths: string[];
+
+  /**
+   * The path for the tsconfig file, if present on the root directory.
+   */
+  tsconfigPath: string | undefined;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -450,6 +455,18 @@ export async function readConfig(
 
   let serverDependenciesToBundle = appConfig.serverDependenciesToBundle || [];
 
+  // When tsconfigPath is undefined, the default "tsconfig.json" is not
+  // found in the root directory.
+  let tsconfigPath: string | undefined;
+  let rootTsconfig = path.resolve(rootDirectory, "tsconfig.json");
+  let rootJsConfig = path.resolve(rootDirectory, "jsconfig.json");
+
+  if (fse.existsSync(rootTsconfig)) {
+    tsconfigPath = rootTsconfig;
+  } else if (fse.existsSync(rootJsConfig)) {
+    tsconfigPath = rootJsConfig;
+  }
+
   return {
     appDirectory,
     cacheDirectory,
@@ -472,6 +489,7 @@ export async function readConfig(
     serverDependenciesToBundle,
     mdx,
     watchPaths,
+    tsconfigPath,
   };
 }