diff --git a/scripts/build/tsconfig-core.json b/scripts/build/tsconfig-core.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b2ca8879
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build/tsconfig-core.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "declaration": true,
+    "stripInternal": true,
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "module": "es2015",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "outDir": "../../dist/packages-dist/core",
+    "rootDir": ".",
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "inlineSources": true,
+    "target": "es5",
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "lib": ["es2015", "dom"]
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "index.ts"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/scripts/build/plugin-tsconfig.json b/scripts/build/tsconfig-plugin.json
similarity index 88%
rename from scripts/build/plugin-tsconfig.json
rename to scripts/build/tsconfig-plugin.json
index f6d471166..43741c895 100644
--- a/scripts/build/plugin-tsconfig.json
+++ b/scripts/build/tsconfig-plugin.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "experimentalDecorators": true,
     "module": "es2015",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
-    "outDir": "../../dist/packages-dist/{{PLUGIN}}",
+    "outDir": "../../dist/packages-dist/plugins/{{PLUGIN}}",
     "paths": {
       "@ionic-native/core": ["../../dist/packages-dist/core"]
     },