diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c173f49..fc6a033 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "clean": "rm -rf dist/ && rm -f *.tgz",
     "clean:build": "npm run clean && npm run build",
     "build": "concurrently -n rollup,tsc \"npm run build:rollup\" \"npm run build:types\"",
-    "build:rollup": "rollup -c rollup.config.ts --configPlugin rollup-plugin-typescript2",
+    "build:rollup": "rollup -c rollup.config.ts --configPlugin \"rollup-plugin-typescript2={ tsconfig: 'tsconfig.rollup.json' } \" ",
     "build:types": "tsc -p tsconfig.build.json",
     "build:watch": "concurrently -n rollup,tsc \"npm run build:rollup -- -w\" \"npm run build:types -- -w\"",
     "tsc": "tsc",
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 1d7d016..a008b62 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
     "outDir": "dist/",
     // output .d.ts declaration files for consumers
     "declaration": true,
+    // output .d.ts.map declaration map files for consumers
+    "declarationMap": true,
     // output .js.map sourcemap files for consumers
     "sourceMap": true,
     // use Node's module resolution algorithm, instead of the legacy TS one
diff --git a/tsconfig.rollup.json b/tsconfig.rollup.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d834bfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.rollup.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  // tsconfig.json is used for type-checking _all_ files, tsconfig.rollup.json is just used for parsing rollup.config.ts
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+  // allowlist of files to build -- this is just an optimization
+  "files": ["rollup.config.ts"],
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    // this is currently erroring when used for configPlugins: https://github.com/ezolenko/rollup-plugin-typescript2/issues/310
+    "declarationMap": false,
+  },
+  // read this file as a tsconfig even though it's named slightly differently
+  "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/tsconfig",
+}