diff --git a/apps/react-18-tests-v8/package.json b/apps/react-18-tests-v8/package.json
index 867000b0dd44d..92f66dff81ce7 100644
--- a/apps/react-18-tests-v8/package.json
+++ b/apps/react-18-tests-v8/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
     "lint": "just-scripts lint",
     "test": "just-scripts test",
     "just": "just-scripts",
-    "start": "webpack-dev-server --mode=development --config=webpack.config.js"
+    "start": "webpack-dev-server --mode=development --config=webpack.config.js",
+    "type-check": "tsc -b tsconfig.json"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@fluentui/eslint-plugin": "*",
diff --git a/lage.config.js b/lage.config.js
index 2a31b2db5b9f0..2d5386a57041b 100644
--- a/lage.config.js
+++ b/lage.config.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ module.exports = {
     'code-style': [],
     'update-snapshots': ['^update-snapshots'],
     '@fluentui/docs#build': ['@fluentui/react-northstar#build:info'],
+    '@fluentui/react-18-tests-v8#type-check': ['@fluentui/react#build'],
   },
 
   // Adds some ADO-specific logging commands for reporting failures