diff --git a/starters/apps/base/package.json b/starters/apps/base/package.json
index 937ec8c596d..7ba639eac33 100644
--- a/starters/apps/base/package.json
+++ b/starters/apps/base/package.json
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     "globals": "latest",
     "prettier": "latest",
     "typescript": "latest",
+    "typescript-plugin-css-modules": "latest",
     "undici": "latest",
     "vite": "^4.5.2",
     "vite-tsconfig-paths": "^4.2.1"
diff --git a/starters/apps/base/tsconfig.json b/starters/apps/base/tsconfig.json
index 2a2bc9fcce5..bc92b469fbd 100644
--- a/starters/apps/base/tsconfig.json
+++ b/starters/apps/base/tsconfig.json
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
     "noEmit": true,
     "paths": {
       "~/*": ["./src/*"]
-    }
+    },
+    /* if you do not use CSS modules, remove this line and delete the typescript-plugin-css-modules module from package.json */
+    "plugins": [{ "name": "typescript-plugin-css-modules" }]
   },
   "include": ["src", "./*.d.ts", "./*.config.ts"]
 }