diff --git a/gh-pages/content/user-guides/lib-author/configuration/index.md b/gh-pages/content/user-guides/lib-author/configuration/index.md
index 32c77a84fc..34515cc1b8 100644
--- a/gh-pages/content/user-guides/lib-author/configuration/index.md
+++ b/gh-pages/content/user-guides/lib-author/configuration/index.md
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ are set in the `jsii.tsc` section of the `package.json` file, but use the same n
   default, all visible `@types/*` packages will be loaded, which can be undesirable (in particular in monorepos, where
   some type libraries are not compatible with the TypeScript compiler version that `jsii` uses). The value specified
   here will be forwarded as-is to the TypeScript compiler.
+- `baseUrl` and `paths` can be used to configure TypeScript path mappings, and are copied verbatim to `tsconfig.json`.
 
 Refer to the [TypeScript compiler options reference][ts-options] for more information about those options.
 
diff --git a/packages/jsii/lib/project-info.ts b/packages/jsii/lib/project-info.ts
index 713d32a9f6..2de0ae3f13 100644
--- a/packages/jsii/lib/project-info.ts
+++ b/packages/jsii/lib/project-info.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ export type TSCompilerOptions = Partial<
     // Directory preferences
     | 'outDir'
     | 'rootDir'
+    // TypeScript path mapping
+    | 'baseUrl'
+    | 'paths'
     // Style preferences
     | 'forceConsistentCasingInFileNames'
     // Source map preferences
@@ -220,6 +223,8 @@ export function loadProjectInfo(projectRoot: string): ProjectInfoResult {
     tsc: {
       outDir: pkg.jsii?.tsc?.outDir,
       rootDir: pkg.jsii?.tsc?.rootDir,
+      baseUrl: pkg.jsii?.tsc?.baseUrl,
+      paths: pkg.jsii?.tsc?.paths,
       forceConsistentCasingInFileNames:
         pkg.jsii?.tsc?.forceConsistentCasingInFileNames,
       ..._sourceMapPreferences(pkg.jsii?.tsc),