diff --git a/packages/nuxi/src/utils/prepare.ts b/packages/nuxi/src/utils/prepare.ts
index 93a542838f1..b7a9f52889a 100644
--- a/packages/nuxi/src/utils/prepare.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxi/src/utils/prepare.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export const writeTypes = async (nuxt: Nuxt) => {
       './nuxt.d.ts',
       join(relative(nuxt.options.buildDir, nuxt.options.rootDir), '**/*'),
       ...nuxt.options.srcDir !== nuxt.options.rootDir ? [join(relative(nuxt.options.buildDir, nuxt.options.srcDir), '**/*')] : [],
-      ...nuxt.options.workspaceDir !== nuxt.options.rootDir ? [join(relative(nuxt.options.buildDir, nuxt.options.workspaceDir), '**/*')] : []
+      ...nuxt.options.typescript.includeWorkspace && nuxt.options.workspaceDir !== nuxt.options.rootDir ? [join(relative(nuxt.options.buildDir, nuxt.options.workspaceDir), '**/*')] : []
     ]
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/config/typescript.ts b/packages/schema/src/config/typescript.ts
index 7b3c7d185e9..4d0e0021461 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/config/typescript.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/config/typescript.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ export default defineUntypedSchema({
      */
     strict: false,
 
+    /**
+     * Include parent workspace in the Nuxt project. Mostly useful for themes and module authors.
+     */
+    includeWorkspace: false,
+
     /**
      * Enable build-time type checking.
      *