diff --git a/.yarn/versions/dca3f277.yml b/.yarn/versions/dca3f277.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..04499aa94f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.yarn/versions/dca3f277.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+releases:
+  "@yarnpkg/cli": minor
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-typescript": minor
+
+declined:
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-compat"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-constraints"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-dlx"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-essentials"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-init"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-interactive-tools"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-nm"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-npm-cli"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-pack"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-patch"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-pnp"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-pnpm"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-stage"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-version"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-workspace-tools"
+  - "@yarnpkg/builder"
+  - "@yarnpkg/core"
+  - "@yarnpkg/doctor"
diff --git a/packages/acceptance-tests/pkg-tests-specs/sources/plugins/plugin-typescript.test.ts b/packages/acceptance-tests/pkg-tests-specs/sources/plugins/plugin-typescript.test.ts
index e247fdb7c54..ff5e9ffe61d 100644
--- a/packages/acceptance-tests/pkg-tests-specs/sources/plugins/plugin-typescript.test.ts
+++ b/packages/acceptance-tests/pkg-tests-specs/sources/plugins/plugin-typescript.test.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe(`Plugins`, () => {
       );
 
       test(
-        `it should automatically enable automatic @types insertion when a tsconfig is detected`,
+        `it should automatically enable automatic @types insertion when a tsconfig is detected at the root of the project`,
         makeTemporaryEnv({}, async ({path, run, source}) => {
           await xfs.writeFilePromise(ppath.join(path, `tsconfig.json`), ``);
 
@@ -44,6 +44,91 @@ describe(`Plugins`, () => {
         }),
       );
 
+      test(
+        `it should automatically enable automatic @types insertion when a tsconfig is detected in the current workspace`,
+        makeTemporaryMonorepoEnv({
+          workspaces: [`packages/*`],
+        }, {[`packages/foo`]: {}}, async ({path, run, source}) => {
+          await xfs.writeFilePromise(ppath.join(path, `packages/foo/tsconfig.json`), ``);
+
+          await run(`add`, `is-number`, {
+            cwd: `${path}/packages/foo` as PortablePath,
+          });
+
+          await expect(readManifest(`${path}/packages/foo` as PortablePath)).resolves.toMatchObject({
+            dependencies: {
+              [`is-number`]: `^2.0.0`,
+            },
+            devDependencies: {
+              [`@types/is-number`]: `^2`,
+            },
+          });
+        }),
+      );
+
+      test(
+        `it should automatically enable automatic @types insertion in the current workspace when tsEnableAutoTypes is set to true`,
+        makeTemporaryMonorepoEnv({
+          workspaces: [`packages/*`],
+        }, {[`packages/foo`]: {}}, async ({path, run, source}) => {
+          await run(`config`, `set`, `tsEnableAutoTypes`, `true`);
+
+          await run(`add`, `is-number`, {
+            cwd: `${path}/packages/foo` as PortablePath,
+          });
+
+          await expect(readManifest(`${path}/packages/foo` as PortablePath)).resolves.toMatchObject({
+            dependencies: {
+              [`is-number`]: `^2.0.0`,
+            },
+            devDependencies: {
+              [`@types/is-number`]: `^2`,
+            },
+          });
+        }),
+      );
+
+      test(
+        `it should not automatically enable automatic @types insertion when a tsconfig is present in a sibling workspace`,
+        makeTemporaryMonorepoEnv({
+          workspaces: [`packages/*`],
+        }, {[`packages/foo`]: {}, [`packages/bar`]: {}}, async ({path, run, source}) => {
+          await xfs.writeFilePromise(ppath.join(path, `packages/foo/tsconfig.json`), ``);
+
+          await run(`add`, `is-number`, {
+            cwd: `${path}/packages/bar` as PortablePath,
+          });
+
+          await expect(readManifest(`${path}/packages/bar` as PortablePath)).resolves.toMatchObject({
+            dependencies: {
+              [`is-number`]: `^2.0.0`,
+            },
+          });
+        }),
+      );
+
+      test(
+        `it should automatically enable automatic @types insertion when a tsconfig is detected in the root project of the current workspace`,
+        makeTemporaryMonorepoEnv({
+          workspaces: [`packages/*`],
+        }, {[`packages/foo`]: {}}, async ({path, run, source}) => {
+          await xfs.writeFilePromise(ppath.join(path, `tsconfig.json`), ``);
+
+          await run(`add`, `is-number`, {
+            cwd: `${path}/packages/foo` as PortablePath,
+          });
+
+          await expect(readManifest(`${path}/packages/foo` as PortablePath)).resolves.toMatchObject({
+            dependencies: {
+              [`is-number`]: `^2.0.0`,
+            },
+            devDependencies: {
+              [`@types/is-number`]: `^2`,
+            },
+          });
+        }),
+      );
+
       test(
         `it should automatically add @types to devDependencies when package doesn't provide types`,
         makeTemporaryEnv({}, {
@@ -297,7 +382,24 @@ describe(`Plugins`, () => {
     describe(`Removing types`, () => {
       for (const type of Manifest.allDependencies) {
         test(
-          `it should automatically remove @types from ${type}`,
+          `it should not automatically remove @types from ${type} without tsconfig or tsEnableAutoTypes`,
+          makeTemporaryEnv(merge({
+            dependencies: {
+              [`is-number`]: `^1.0.0`,
+            },
+          }, {
+            [type]: {
+              [`@types/is-number`]: `1.0.0`,
+            },
+          }), {}, async ({path, run, source}) => {
+            await run(`remove`, `is-number`);
+
+            await expect(readManifest(path)).resolves.toHaveProperty(`${type}.@types/is-number`);
+          }),
+        );
+
+        test(
+          `it should automatically remove @types from ${type} with tsEnableAutoTypes set to true`,
           makeTemporaryEnv(merge({
             dependencies: {
               [`is-number`]: `^1.0.0`,
@@ -314,6 +416,102 @@ describe(`Plugins`, () => {
             await expect(readManifest(path)).resolves.not.toHaveProperty(`${type}.@types/is-number`);
           }),
         );
+
+        test(
+          `it should automatically remove @types from ${type} with tsconfig.json present`,
+          makeTemporaryEnv(merge({
+            dependencies: {
+              [`is-number`]: `^1.0.0`,
+            },
+          }, {
+            [type]: {
+              [`@types/is-number`]: `1.0.0`,
+            },
+          }), {}, async ({path, run, source}) => {
+            await xfs.writeFilePromise(ppath.join(path, `tsconfig.json`), ``);
+
+            await run(`remove`, `is-number`);
+
+            await expect(readManifest(path)).resolves.not.toHaveProperty(`${type}.@types/is-number`);
+          }),
+        );
+
+        test(
+          `it should not automatically remove @types ${type} from the current workspace without tsconfig.json present or tsEnableAutoTypes`,
+          makeTemporaryMonorepoEnv({
+            workspaces: [`packages/*`],
+          },
+          merge(
+            {[`packages/foo`]: {dependencies: {[`is-number`]: `^1.0.0`}}},
+            {[`packages/foo`]: {[type]: {[`@types/is-number`]: `1.0.0`}}},
+          ),
+          async ({path, run, source}) => {
+            await run(`remove`, `is-number`, {
+              cwd: `${path}/packages/foo` as PortablePath,
+            });
+
+            await expect(readManifest(`${path}/packages/foo` as PortablePath)).resolves.toHaveProperty(`${type}.@types/is-number`);
+          }),
+        );
+
+        test(
+          `it should automatically remove @types ${type} from the current workspace when a tsconfig is detected in the root project of the current workspace`,
+          makeTemporaryMonorepoEnv({
+            workspaces: [`packages/*`],
+          },
+          merge(
+            {[`packages/foo`]: {dependencies: {[`is-number`]: `^1.0.0`}}},
+            {[`packages/foo`]: {[type]: {[`@types/is-number`]: `1.0.0`}}},
+          ),
+          async ({path, run, source}) => {
+            await xfs.writeFilePromise(ppath.join(path, `tsconfig.json`), ``);
+
+            await run(`remove`, `is-number`, {
+              cwd: `${path}/packages/foo` as PortablePath,
+            });
+
+            await expect(readManifest(`${path}/packages/foo` as PortablePath)).resolves.not.toHaveProperty(`${type}.@types/is-number`);
+          }),
+        );
+
+        test(
+          `it should automatically remove @types ${type} from the current workspace with tsEnableAutoTypes set to true`,
+          makeTemporaryMonorepoEnv({
+            workspaces: [`packages/*`],
+          },
+          merge(
+            {[`packages/foo`]: {dependencies: {[`is-number`]: `^1.0.0`}}},
+            {[`packages/foo`]: {[type]: {[`@types/is-number`]: `1.0.0`}}},
+          ),
+          async ({path, run, source}) => {
+            await run(`config`, `set`, `tsEnableAutoTypes`, `true`);
+            await run(`remove`, `is-number`, {
+              cwd: `${path}/packages/foo` as PortablePath,
+            });
+
+            await expect(readManifest(`${path}/packages/foo` as PortablePath)).resolves.not.toHaveProperty(`${type}.@types/is-number`);
+          }),
+        );
+
+        test(
+          `it should automatically remove @types ${type} from the current workspace with tsconfig.json present`,
+          makeTemporaryMonorepoEnv({
+            workspaces: [`packages/*`],
+          },
+          merge(
+            {[`packages/foo`]: {dependencies: {[`is-number`]: `^1.0.0`}}},
+            {[`packages/foo`]: {[type]: {[`@types/is-number`]: `1.0.0`}}},
+          ),
+          async ({path, run, source}) => {
+            await xfs.writeFilePromise(ppath.join(path, `packages/foo/tsconfig.json`), ``);
+
+            await run(`remove`, `is-number`, {
+              cwd: `${path}/packages/foo` as PortablePath,
+            });
+
+            await expect(readManifest(`${path}/packages/foo` as PortablePath)).resolves.not.toHaveProperty(`${type}.@types/is-number`);
+          }),
+        );
       }
 
       test(
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/static/configuration/yarnrc.json b/packages/docusaurus/static/configuration/yarnrc.json
index 3d9e96827df..78755d5735c 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/static/configuration/yarnrc.json
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/static/configuration/yarnrc.json
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@
     "tsEnableAutoTypes": {
       "_package": "@yarnpkg/plugin-typescript",
       "title": "Define whether to automatically install @types dependencies.",
-      "description": "If true, Yarn will automatically add `@types` dependencies when running `yarn add` with packages that don't provide their own typings (as reported by the Algolia npm database). This behavior is enabled by default if you have a tsconfig file at the root of your project.",
+      "description": "If true, Yarn will automatically add `@types` dependencies when running `yarn add` with packages that don't provide their own typings (as reported by the Algolia npm database). This behavior is enabled by default if you have a tsconfig.json file at the root of your project, or in your current workspace.",
       "type": "boolean",
       "examples": [true]
     },
diff --git a/packages/plugin-typescript/README.md b/packages/plugin-typescript/README.md
index 2ad9172c568..b3f2ed7f774 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-typescript/README.md
+++ b/packages/plugin-typescript/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 
 This plugin is included by default starting from Yarn 4.
 
+## Configuration
+
+This plugin is enabled by default if you have a `tsconfig.json` file at the root of your project, or in your current workspace. See [`tsEnableAutoTypes`](https://yarnpkg.com/configuration/yarnrc#tsEnableAutoTypes) for more information.
+
 ## Example
 
 ```
diff --git a/packages/plugin-typescript/sources/index.ts b/packages/plugin-typescript/sources/index.ts
index e9f21c14c40..d3b38802389 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-typescript/sources/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-typescript/sources/index.ts
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ const afterWorkspaceDependencyAddition = async (
   const {project} = workspace;
   const {configuration} = project;
 
-  const tsEnableAutoTypes = configuration.get(`tsEnableAutoTypes`)
-    ?? xfs.existsSync(ppath.join(project.cwd, `tsconfig.json`));
+  const tsEnableAutoTypes = configuration.get(`tsEnableAutoTypes`) ?? (
+    xfs.existsSync(ppath.join(workspace.cwd, `tsconfig.json`))
+      || xfs.existsSync(ppath.join(project.cwd, `tsconfig.json`))
+  );
 
   if (!tsEnableAutoTypes)
     return;
@@ -118,8 +120,10 @@ const afterWorkspaceDependencyRemoval = async (
   const {project} = workspace;
   const {configuration} = project;
 
-  const tsEnableAutoTypes = configuration.get(`tsEnableAutoTypes`)
-    ?? xfs.existsSync(ppath.join(project.cwd, `tsconfig.json`));
+  const tsEnableAutoTypes = configuration.get(`tsEnableAutoTypes`) ?? (
+    xfs.existsSync(ppath.join(workspace.cwd, `tsconfig.json`))
+      || xfs.existsSync(ppath.join(project.cwd, `tsconfig.json`))
+  );
 
   if (!tsEnableAutoTypes)
     return;