diff --git a/src/language/typescript/monaco.contribution.ts b/src/language/typescript/monaco.contribution.ts
index 4220bcfb..5de24b2e 100644
--- a/src/language/typescript/monaco.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/language/typescript/monaco.contribution.ts
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ export interface DiagnosticsOptions {
 }
 
 export interface WorkerOptions {
+	/** A full HTTP path to a typescript.js file that will define a global `ts` which the worker will use */
+	customTypeScriptPath?: string;
 	/** A full HTTP path to a JavaScript file which adds a function `customTSWorkerFactory` to the self inside a web-worker */
 	customWorkerPath?: string;
 }
diff --git a/src/language/typescript/tsWorker.ts b/src/language/typescript/tsWorker.ts
index 51882423..43e78573 100644
--- a/src/language/typescript/tsWorker.ts
+++ b/src/language/typescript/tsWorker.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import {
 } from './monaco.contribution';
 import { Uri, worker } from '../../fillers/monaco-editor-core';
 
+let tsImpl: typeof ts = ts;
+
 /**
  * Loading a default lib as a source file will mess up TS completely.
  * So our strategy is to hide such a text model from TS.
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ export class TypeScriptWorker implements ts.LanguageServiceHost, ITypeScriptWork
 
 	private _ctx: worker.IWorkerContext;
 	private _extraLibs: IExtraLibs = Object.create(null);
-	private _languageService = ts.createLanguageService(this);
+	private _languageService = tsImpl.createLanguageService(this);
 	private _compilerOptions: ts.CompilerOptions;
 	private _inlayHintsOptions?: ts.InlayHintsOptions;
 
@@ -462,6 +464,7 @@ export class TypeScriptWorker implements ts.LanguageServiceHost, ITypeScriptWork
 export interface ICreateData {
 	compilerOptions: ts.CompilerOptions;
 	extraLibs: IExtraLibs;
+	customTypeScriptPath?: string;
 	customWorkerPath?: string;
 	inlayHintsOptions?: ts.InlayHintsOptions;
 }
@@ -482,6 +485,23 @@ declare global {
 
 export function create(ctx: worker.IWorkerContext, createData: ICreateData): TypeScriptWorker {
 	let TSWorkerClass = TypeScriptWorker;
+	if (createData.customTypeScriptPath) {
+		if (typeof importScripts === 'undefined') {
+			console.warn(
+				'Monaco is not using webworkers for background tasks, and that is needed to support the customTypeScriptPath flag'
+			);
+		} else {
+			(<any>globalThis).ts = undefined;
+			self.importScripts(createData.customTypeScriptPath);
+			if (!(<any>globalThis).ts) {
+				console.warn(
+					'No global `ts` defined after importing custom TypeScript, using builtin TypeScript!'
+				);
+			} else {
+				tsImpl = (<any>globalThis).ts;
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	if (createData.customWorkerPath) {
 		if (typeof importScripts === 'undefined') {
 			console.warn(
@@ -497,7 +517,7 @@ export function create(ctx: worker.IWorkerContext, createData: ICreateData): Typ
 				);
 			}
 
-			TSWorkerClass = workerFactoryFunc(TypeScriptWorker, ts, libFileMap);
+			TSWorkerClass = workerFactoryFunc(TypeScriptWorker, tsImpl, libFileMap);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/language/typescript/workerManager.ts b/src/language/typescript/workerManager.ts
index 8ae5a78f..7f7cd2a6 100644
--- a/src/language/typescript/workerManager.ts
+++ b/src/language/typescript/workerManager.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ export class WorkerManager {
 					createData: {
 						compilerOptions: this._defaults.getCompilerOptions(),
 						extraLibs: this._defaults.getExtraLibs(),
+						customTypeScriptPath: this._defaults.workerOptions.customTypeScriptPath,
 						customWorkerPath: this._defaults.workerOptions.customWorkerPath,
 						inlayHintsOptions: this._defaults.inlayHintsOptions
 					}