diff --git a/.changeset/witty-pugs-drum.md b/.changeset/witty-pugs-drum.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85c86b4af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/witty-pugs-drum.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Enable `skipLibCheck` by default
diff --git a/packages/astro/tsconfigs/base.json b/packages/astro/tsconfigs/base.json
index 389712b23..8581d0d1b 100644
--- a/packages/astro/tsconfigs/base.json
+++ b/packages/astro/tsconfigs/base.json
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
     // Report an error when importing a file using a casing different from the casing on disk.
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
     // Properly support importing CJS modules in ESM
-    "esModuleInterop": true
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    // Skip typechecking libraries and .d.ts files
+    "skipLibCheck": true
   }
 }