diff --git a/packages/vite/package.json b/packages/vite/package.json
index ad44427d28a67..f760edf98cf9c 100644
--- a/packages/vite/package.json
+++ b/packages/vite/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
     "@swc/helpers": "~0.5.0",
     "enquirer": "~2.3.6",
     "@nx/js": "file:../js",
-    "tsconfig-paths": "^4.1.2"
+    "tsconfig-paths": "^4.1.2",
+    "minimatch": "9.0.3"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "vite": "^5.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/generators/convert-to-inferred/convert-to-inferred.spec.ts b/packages/vite/src/generators/convert-to-inferred/convert-to-inferred.spec.ts
index 5f8845e41288e..6c42d4d1cb285 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/generators/convert-to-inferred/convert-to-inferred.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/generators/convert-to-inferred/convert-to-inferred.spec.ts
@@ -531,6 +531,20 @@ describe('Vite - Convert Executors To Plugin', () => {
             },
             "plugin": "@nx/vite/plugin",
           },
+          {
+            "include": [
+              "existing/**/*",
+            ],
+            "options": {
+              "buildTargetName": "build",
+              "previewTargetName": "preview",
+              "serveStaticTargetName": "serve-static",
+              "serveTargetName": "serve",
+              "testTargetName": "test",
+              "typecheckTargetName": "typecheck",
+            },
+            "plugin": "@nx/vite/plugin",
+          },
           {
             "include": [
               "myapp/**/*",
@@ -542,6 +556,7 @@ describe('Vite - Convert Executors To Plugin', () => {
               "serveStaticTargetName": "serve-static",
               "serveTargetName": "serve",
               "testTargetName": "test",
+              "typecheckTargetName": "typecheck",
             },
             "plugin": "@nx/vite/plugin",
           },
@@ -555,6 +570,7 @@ describe('Vite - Convert Executors To Plugin', () => {
               "serveStaticTargetName": "serve-static",
               "serveTargetName": "serve",
               "testTargetName": "test",
+              "typecheckTargetName": "typecheck",
             },
             "plugin": "@nx/vite/plugin",
           },
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/plugins/__snapshots__/plugin-vitest.spec.ts.snap b/packages/vite/src/plugins/__snapshots__/plugin-vitest.spec.ts.snap
index 5a4b9f8ebe6e6..5c65c5dbb0d49 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/plugins/__snapshots__/plugin-vitest.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/vite/src/plugins/__snapshots__/plugin-vitest.spec.ts.snap
@@ -47,6 +47,28 @@ exports[`@nx/vite/plugin root project should create nodes 1`] = `
                 "{projectRoot}/coverage",
               ],
             },
+            "typecheck": {
+              "cache": true,
+              "command": "tsc --noEmit",
+              "inputs": [
+                "production",
+                "^production",
+              ],
+              "metadata": {
+                "description": "Run Typechecking",
+                "help": {
+                  "command": "npx tsc --help -p tsconfig.lib.json",
+                  "example": {
+                    "options": {
+                      "noEmit": true,
+                    },
+                  },
+                },
+              },
+              "options": {
+                "cwd": ".",
+              },
+            },
           },
         },
       },
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/plugins/__snapshots__/plugin-with-test.spec.ts.snap b/packages/vite/src/plugins/__snapshots__/plugin-with-test.spec.ts.snap
index a46944aba01a8..ad8da91a728b4 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/plugins/__snapshots__/plugin-with-test.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/vite/src/plugins/__snapshots__/plugin-with-test.spec.ts.snap
@@ -47,6 +47,28 @@ exports[`@nx/vite/plugin with test node root project should create nodes - with
                 "{projectRoot}/coverage",
               ],
             },
+            "typecheck": {
+              "cache": true,
+              "command": "tsc --noEmit",
+              "inputs": [
+                "production",
+                "^production",
+              ],
+              "metadata": {
+                "description": "Run Typechecking",
+                "help": {
+                  "command": "npx tsc --help -p tsconfig.lib.json",
+                  "example": {
+                    "options": {
+                      "noEmit": true,
+                    },
+                  },
+                },
+              },
+              "options": {
+                "cwd": ".",
+              },
+            },
           },
         },
       },
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/plugins/plugin.ts b/packages/vite/src/plugins/plugin.ts
index ae11ebe9ff6a7..03cc61d914a87 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/plugins/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/plugins/plugin.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { workspaceDataDirectory } from 'nx/src/utils/cache-directory';
 import { getLockFileName } from '@nx/js';
 import { loadViteDynamicImport } from '../utils/executor-utils';
 import { hashObject } from 'nx/src/hasher/file-hasher';
+import { minimatch } from 'minimatch';
 
 const pmc = getPackageManagerCommand();
 
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ export interface VitePluginOptions {
   serveTargetName?: string;
   previewTargetName?: string;
   serveStaticTargetName?: string;
+  typecheckTargetName?: string;
 }
 
 type ViteTargets = Pick<ProjectConfiguration, 'targets' | 'metadata'>;
@@ -97,6 +99,9 @@ async function createNodesInternal(
     return {};
   }
 
+  const tsConfigFiles =
+    siblingFiles.filter((p) => minimatch(p, 'tsconfig*{.json,.*.json}')) ?? [];
+
   const normalizedOptions = normalizeOptions(options);
 
   // We do not want to alter how the hash is calculated, so appending the config file path to the hash
@@ -113,6 +118,7 @@ async function createNodesInternal(
     configFilePath,
     projectRoot,
     normalizedOptions,
+    tsConfigFiles,
     context
   );
   targetsCache[hash] ??= viteTargets;
@@ -141,6 +147,7 @@ async function buildViteTargets(
   configFilePath: string,
   projectRoot: string,
   options: VitePluginOptions,
+  tsConfigFiles: string[],
   context: CreateNodesContext
 ): Promise<ViteTargets & { isLibrary: boolean }> {
   const absoluteConfigFilePath = joinPathFragments(
@@ -198,6 +205,29 @@ async function buildViteTargets(
     }
   }
 
+  if (tsConfigFiles.length) {
+    const tsconfigToUse = tsConfigFiles.includes('tsconfig.lib.json')
+      ? 'tsconfig.lib.json'
+      : tsConfigFiles[0];
+    targets[options.typecheckTargetName] = {
+      cache: true,
+      inputs: ['production', '^production'],
+      command: 'tsc --noEmit',
+      options: { cwd: joinPathFragments(projectRoot) },
+      metadata: {
+        description: `Run Typechecking`,
+        help: {
+          command: `${pmc.exec} tsc --help -p ${tsconfigToUse}`,
+          example: {
+            options: {
+              noEmit: true,
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+  }
+
   // if file is vitest.config or vite.config has definition for test, create target for test
   if (configFilePath.includes('vitest.config') || hasTest) {
     targets[options.testTargetName] = await testTarget(
@@ -420,5 +450,6 @@ function normalizeOptions(options: VitePluginOptions): VitePluginOptions {
   options.previewTargetName ??= 'preview';
   options.testTargetName ??= 'test';
   options.serveStaticTargetName ??= 'serve-static';
+  options.typecheckTargetName ??= 'typecheck';
   return options;
 }