diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d5e6984087..20aedf3698 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
     "rollup-plugin-node-resolve": "^4.0.0",
     "rollup-plugin-replace": "^2.1.0",
     "sort-package-json": "^1.17.1",
+    "ts-loader": "^5.3.1",
     "typescript": "^3.2.2",
     "vue-jest": "^3.0.2",
     "vue-property-decorator": "^7.2.0"
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-app/package.json b/packages/babel-preset-app/package.json
index b84ad118f0..833a0a1c5d 100644
--- a/packages/babel-preset-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-app/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     "@babel/plugin-syntax-jsx": "^7.2.0",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-runtime": "^7.2.0",
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.2.0",
-    "@babel/preset-typescript": "^7.1.0",
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.2.0",
     "babel-helper-vue-jsx-merge-props": "^2.0.3",
     "babel-plugin-transform-vue-jsx": "^4.0.1"
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-app/src/index.js b/packages/babel-preset-app/src/index.js
index 84888046b7..79add0f622 100644
--- a/packages/babel-preset-app/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-app/src/index.js
@@ -92,11 +92,6 @@ module.exports = (context, options = {}) => {
     }
   ])
 
-  // TypeScript preset
-  if (options.typescript) {
-    presets.push(require('@babel/preset-typescript'))
-  }
-
   plugins.push(
     require('@babel/plugin-syntax-dynamic-import'),
     [require('@babel/plugin-proposal-decorators'), {
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/builder.js b/packages/builder/src/builder.js
index 08c8cc2954..9196229faa 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/builder.js
+++ b/packages/builder/src/builder.js
@@ -45,10 +45,7 @@ export default class Builder {
       restart: null
     }
 
-    this.supportedExtensions = ['vue', 'js']
-    if (this.options.build.typescript) {
-      this.supportedExtensions.push('ts', 'tsx')
-    }
+    this.supportedExtensions = ['vue', 'js', 'ts']
 
     // Helper to resolve build paths
     this.relativeToBuild = (...args) =>
@@ -326,8 +323,7 @@ export default class Builder {
       templateVars.router.routes = createRoutes(
         Object.values(files),
         this.options.srcDir,
-        this.options.dir.pages,
-        this.supportedExtensions
+        this.options.dir.pages
       )
     } else { // If user defined a custom method to create routes
       templateVars.router.routes = this.options.build.createRoutes(
diff --git a/packages/common/src/utils.js b/packages/common/src/utils.js
index d02d72145d..939a7287c3 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/utils.js
+++ b/packages/common/src/utils.js
@@ -316,7 +316,8 @@ const sortRoutes = function sortRoutes(routes) {
   return routes
 }
 
-export const createRoutes = function createRoutes(files, srcDir, pagesDir, supportedExtensions = ['vue', 'js']) {
+export const createRoutes = function createRoutes(files, srcDir, pagesDir) {
+  const supportedExtensions = ['vue', 'js', 'ts']
   const routes = []
   files.forEach((file) => {
     const keys = file
diff --git a/packages/config/src/config/build.js b/packages/config/src/config/build.js
index bf1b57891a..12381d7079 100644
--- a/packages/config/src/config/build.js
+++ b/packages/config/src/config/build.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ export default () => ({
   analyze: false,
   profile: process.argv.includes('--profile'),
   extractCSS: false,
-  typescript: false,
   crossorigin: undefined,
   cssSourceMap: undefined,
   ssr: undefined,
diff --git a/packages/config/src/options.js b/packages/config/src/options.js
index 05b8ca1274..bc7cb96c1d 100644
--- a/packages/config/src/options.js
+++ b/packages/config/src/options.js
@@ -118,10 +118,7 @@ export function getNuxtConfig(_options) {
     )
   )
 
-  const mandatoryExtensions = ['js', 'mjs']
-  if (options.build.typescript) {
-    mandatoryExtensions.push('ts')
-  }
+  const mandatoryExtensions = ['js', 'mjs', 'ts']
 
   options.extensions = mandatoryExtensions
     .filter(ext => !options.extensions.includes(ext))
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/config/base.js b/packages/webpack/src/config/base.js
index 3a4d6f3b46..8c1e735b49 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/src/config/base.js
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/config/base.js
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ export default class WebpackBaseConfig {
         [
           require.resolve('@nuxt/babel-preset-app'),
           {
-            buildTarget: this.isServer ? 'server' : 'client',
-            typescript: this.options.build.typescript
+            buildTarget: this.isServer ? 'server' : 'client'
           }
         ]
       ]
@@ -216,7 +215,7 @@ export default class WebpackBaseConfig {
         ]
       },
       {
-        test: this.options.build.typescript ? /\.(j|t)sx?$/ : /\.jsx?$/,
+        test: /\.jsx?$/,
         exclude: (file) => {
           // not exclude files outside node_modules
           if (!/node_modules/.test(file)) {
@@ -231,6 +230,14 @@ export default class WebpackBaseConfig {
           options: this.getBabelOptions()
         })
       },
+      {
+        test: /\.ts$/,
+        loader: 'ts-loader',
+        options: {
+          transpileOnly: true,
+          appendTsSuffixTo: [/\.vue$/]
+        }
+      },
       {
         test: /\.css$/,
         oneOf: styleLoader.apply('css')
@@ -377,10 +384,6 @@ export default class WebpackBaseConfig {
   config() {
     // Prioritize nested node_modules in webpack search path (#2558)
     const webpackModulesDir = ['node_modules'].concat(this.options.modulesDir)
-    let extensionsToResolve = ['.wasm', '.mjs', '.js', '.json', '.vue', '.jsx']
-    if (this.options.build.typescript) {
-      extensionsToResolve = extensionsToResolve.concat(['.ts', '.tsx'])
-    }
 
     const config = {
       name: this.name,
@@ -393,7 +396,7 @@ export default class WebpackBaseConfig {
         hints: this.options.dev ? false : 'warning'
       },
       resolve: {
-        extensions: extensionsToResolve,
+        extensions: ['.wasm', '.mjs', '.js', '.json', '.vue', '.jsx', '.ts'],
         alias: this.alias(),
         modules: webpackModulesDir
       },
diff --git a/test/fixtures/typescript-custom/layouts/default.vue b/test/fixtures/typescript-custom/layouts/default.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ad56798b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/typescript-custom/layouts/default.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<template>
+  <Nuxt />
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts">
+import { Component, Vue } from 'vue-property-decorator'
+
+@Component
+export default class DefaultLayout extends Vue {}
+</script>
diff --git a/test/fixtures/typescript-custom/modules/typescript.js b/test/fixtures/typescript-custom/modules/typescript.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb20cbfe53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/typescript-custom/modules/typescript.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+export default function typeScriptModule() {
+  // Add .ts extension for store, middleware and more
+  this.nuxt.options.extensions.push('ts')
+
+  // Extend build
+  this.extendBuild((config) => {
+    // Add TypeScript loader
+    config.module.rules.push({
+      test: /\.ts$/,
+      loader: 'ts-loader',
+      options: {
+        transpileOnly: true,
+        appendTsSuffixTo: ['\\.vue$']
+      }
+    })
+    // Add .ts extension in webpack resolve
+    config.resolve.extensions.push('.ts')
+  })
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/typescript-custom/nuxt.config.js b/test/fixtures/typescript-custom/nuxt.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee6e904831
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/typescript-custom/nuxt.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export default {
+  modules: ['~/modules/typescript']
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/typescript-custom/pages/about.ts b/test/fixtures/typescript-custom/pages/about.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1218ba9b58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/typescript-custom/pages/about.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import Vue from 'vue'
+
+export default Vue.extend({
+  name: 'About',
+  render (h) {
+    return h('div', 'About Page')
+  }
+})
diff --git a/test/fixtures/typescript-custom/pages/index.vue b/test/fixtures/typescript-custom/pages/index.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d29cf5e56e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/typescript-custom/pages/index.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<template>
+  <div>{{ message }}</div>
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts">
+import { Component, Vue } from 'vue-property-decorator'
+
+@Component
+export default class Index extends Vue {
+  message: string = 'Index Page'
+}
+</script>
diff --git a/test/fixtures/typescript-custom/tsconfig.json b/test/fixtures/typescript-custom/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43021bdaf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/typescript-custom/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "es5",
+    "module": "esnext",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "lib": ["esnext", "esnext.asynciterable", "dom"],
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "allowJs": true,
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "noEmit": true,
+    "noUnusedLocals": true,
+    "noUnusedParameters": true,
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "paths": {
+      "~/*": ["./*"]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/typescript-custom/typescript-custom.test.js b/test/fixtures/typescript-custom/typescript-custom.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7390f19b05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/typescript-custom/typescript-custom.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { buildFixture } from '../../utils/build'
+
+buildFixture('typescript-custom')
diff --git a/test/fixtures/typescript/@types/process.d.ts b/test/fixtures/typescript/@types/process.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 648fe143b2..0000000000
--- a/test/fixtures/typescript/@types/process.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-declare namespace NodeJS {
-  interface Process {
-    browser: boolean
-    client: boolean
-    server: boolean
-    static: boolean
-  }
-}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/typescript/@types/shims-tsx.d.ts b/test/fixtures/typescript/@types/shims-tsx.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 22d8ef98a9..0000000000
--- a/test/fixtures/typescript/@types/shims-tsx.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-import Vue, { VNode } from 'vue'
-
-declare global {
-  namespace JSX {
-    interface Element extends VNode {}
-    interface ElementClass extends Vue {}
-    interface IntrinsicElements {
-      [elemName: string]: any
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/typescript/layouts/default.vue b/test/fixtures/typescript/layouts/default.vue
index 0526cdec9f..c0e0ef391d 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/typescript/layouts/default.vue
+++ b/test/fixtures/typescript/layouts/default.vue
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 import { Component, Vue } from 'vue-property-decorator'
 
 @Component({
-  name: 'DefaultLayout',
   middleware: 'test'
 })
-export default class extends Vue {}
+export default class DefaultLayout extends Vue {}
 </script>
diff --git a/test/fixtures/typescript/nuxt.config.js b/test/fixtures/typescript/nuxt.config.js
index ed451654a6..d85bef0d04 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/typescript/nuxt.config.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/typescript/nuxt.config.js
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
 export default {
-  plugins: [
-    '~/plugins/plugin.ts'
-  ],
-  build: {
-    typescript: true
-  }
+  plugins: ['~/plugins/plugin']
 }
diff --git a/test/fixtures/typescript/pages/contact.tsx b/test/fixtures/typescript/pages/contact.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index b6d3cab018..0000000000
--- a/test/fixtures/typescript/pages/contact.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-import Vue from 'vue'
-
-export default Vue.extend({
-  name: 'Contact',
-  data () {
-    return {
-      message: 'Contact Page'
-    }
-  },
-  render () {
-    return <div>{this.message}</div>
-  }
-})
diff --git a/test/fixtures/typescript/pages/index.vue b/test/fixtures/typescript/pages/index.vue
index f4cd80a770..d29cf5e56e 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/typescript/pages/index.vue
+++ b/test/fixtures/typescript/pages/index.vue
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 import { Component, Vue } from 'vue-property-decorator'
 
-@Component({
-  name: 'Index'
-})
-export default class extends Vue {
-  message = 'Index Page'
+@Component
+export default class Index extends Vue {
+  message: string = 'Index Page'
 }
 </script>
diff --git a/test/fixtures/typescript/pages/interface.vue b/test/fixtures/typescript/pages/interface.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e21446eda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/typescript/pages/interface.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<template>
+  <div>{{ test.attributes.message }}</div>
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts">
+import { Component, Vue } from 'vue-property-decorator'
+
+interface Test {
+  attributes: {
+    message: string
+  }
+}
+
+@Component
+export default class Interface extends Vue {
+  test: Test = {
+    attributes: {
+      message: 'Interface Page'
+    }
+  }
+}
+</script>
diff --git a/test/fixtures/typescript/tsconfig.json b/test/fixtures/typescript/tsconfig.json
index 31bd6e2208..43021bdaf1 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/typescript/tsconfig.json
+++ b/test/fixtures/typescript/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "target": "esnext",
+    "target": "es5",
     "module": "esnext",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "lib": ["esnext", "esnext.asynciterable", "dom"],
     "esModuleInterop": true,
     "experimentalDecorators": true,
     "allowJs": true,
-    "jsx": "preserve",
     "sourceMap": true,
     "strict": true,
     "noImplicitAny": true,
diff --git a/test/unit/typescript-custom.test.js b/test/unit/typescript-custom.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e67c9d329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/typescript-custom.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { loadFixture, getPort, Nuxt } from '../utils'
+
+let nuxt = null
+
+describe('typescript-custom', () => {
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    const options = await loadFixture('typescript-custom')
+    nuxt = new Nuxt(options)
+    const port = await getPort()
+    await nuxt.server.listen(port, '0.0.0.0')
+  })
+
+  test('/', async () => {
+    const { html } = await nuxt.server.renderRoute('/')
+    expect(html).toContain('<div>Index Page</div>')
+  })
+
+  test('/about', async () => {
+    const { html } = await nuxt.server.renderRoute('/about')
+    expect(html).toContain('<div>About Page</div>')
+  })
+
+  // Close server and ask nuxt to stop listening to file changes
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await nuxt.close()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/unit/typescript.test.js b/test/unit/typescript.test.js
index f86e20ca59..3c5428c338 100644
--- a/test/unit/typescript.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/typescript.test.js
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ describe('typescript', () => {
     expect(html).toContain('<div>About Page</div>')
   })
 
-  test('/contact', async () => {
-    const { html } = await nuxt.server.renderRoute('/contact')
-    expect(html).toContain('<div>Contact Page</div>')
+  test('/interface', async () => {
+    const { html } = await nuxt.server.renderRoute('/interface')
+    expect(html).toContain('<div>Interface Page</div>')
   })
 
   // Close server and ask nuxt to stop listening to file changes
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0384e8efc2..f92b1152cb 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -364,13 +364,6 @@
   dependencies:
     "@babel/helper-plugin-utils" "^7.0.0"
 
-"@babel/plugin-syntax-typescript@^7.2.0":
-  version "7.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@babel/plugin-syntax-typescript/-/plugin-syntax-typescript-7.2.0.tgz#55d240536bd314dcbbec70fd949c5cabaed1de29"
-  integrity sha512-WhKr6yu6yGpGcNMVgIBuI9MkredpVc7Y3YR4UzEZmDztHoL6wV56YBHLhWnjO1EvId1B32HrD3DRFc+zSoKI1g==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/helper-plugin-utils" "^7.0.0"
-
 "@babel/plugin-transform-arrow-functions@^7.2.0":
   version "7.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@babel/plugin-transform-arrow-functions/-/plugin-transform-arrow-functions-7.2.0.tgz#9aeafbe4d6ffc6563bf8f8372091628f00779550"
@@ -587,14 +580,6 @@
   dependencies:
     "@babel/helper-plugin-utils" "^7.0.0"
 
-"@babel/plugin-transform-typescript@^7.1.0":
-  version "7.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@babel/plugin-transform-typescript/-/plugin-transform-typescript-7.2.0.tgz#bce7c06300434de6a860ae8acf6a442ef74a99d1"
-  integrity sha512-EnI7i2/gJ7ZNr2MuyvN2Hu+BHJENlxWte5XygPvfj/MbvtOkWor9zcnHpMMQL2YYaaCcqtIvJUyJ7QVfoGs7ew==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/helper-plugin-utils" "^7.0.0"
-    "@babel/plugin-syntax-typescript" "^7.2.0"
-
 "@babel/plugin-transform-unicode-regex@^7.2.0":
   version "7.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@babel/plugin-transform-unicode-regex/-/plugin-transform-unicode-regex-7.2.0.tgz#4eb8db16f972f8abb5062c161b8b115546ade08b"
@@ -659,14 +644,6 @@
     js-levenshtein "^1.1.3"
     semver "^5.3.0"
 
-"@babel/preset-typescript@^7.1.0":
-  version "7.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@babel/preset-typescript/-/preset-typescript-7.1.0.tgz#49ad6e2084ff0bfb5f1f7fb3b5e76c434d442c7f"
-  integrity sha512-LYveByuF9AOM8WrsNne5+N79k1YxjNB6gmpCQsnuSBAcV8QUeB+ZUxQzL7Rz7HksPbahymKkq2qBR+o36ggFZA==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/helper-plugin-utils" "^7.0.0"
-    "@babel/plugin-transform-typescript" "^7.1.0"
-
 "@babel/register@^7.0.0":
   version "7.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@babel/register/-/register-7.0.0.tgz#fa634bae1bfa429f60615b754fc1f1d745edd827"
@@ -4028,7 +4005,7 @@ enhanced-resolve@^3.4.1:
     object-assign "^4.0.1"
     tapable "^0.2.7"
 
-enhanced-resolve@^4.1.0:
+enhanced-resolve@^4.0.0, enhanced-resolve@^4.1.0:
   version "4.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/enhanced-resolve/-/enhanced-resolve-4.1.0.tgz#41c7e0bfdfe74ac1ffe1e57ad6a5c6c9f3742a7f"
   integrity sha512-F/7vkyTtyc/llOIn8oWclcB25KdRaiPBpZYDgJHgh/UHtpgT2p2eldQgtQnLtUvfMKPKxbRaQM/hHkvLHt1Vng==
@@ -9915,7 +9892,7 @@ schema-utils@^1.0.0:
     ajv-errors "^1.0.0"
     ajv-keywords "^3.1.0"
 
-"semver@2 || 3 || 4 || 5", "semver@2.x || 3.x || 4 || 5", semver@^5.3.0, semver@^5.4.1, semver@^5.5.0, semver@^5.5.1, semver@^5.6.0:
+"semver@2 || 3 || 4 || 5", "semver@2.x || 3.x || 4 || 5", semver@^5.0.1, semver@^5.3.0, semver@^5.4.1, semver@^5.5.0, semver@^5.5.1, semver@^5.6.0:
   version "5.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.6.0.tgz#7e74256fbaa49c75aa7c7a205cc22799cac80004"
   integrity sha512-RS9R6R35NYgQn++fkDWaOmqGoj4Ek9gGs+DPxNUZKuwE183xjJroKvyo1IzVFeXvUrvmALy6FWD5xrdJT25gMg==
@@ -10818,6 +10795,17 @@ tryer@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/tryer/-/tryer-1.0.1.tgz#f2c85406800b9b0f74c9f7465b81eaad241252f8"
   integrity sha512-c3zayb8/kWWpycWYg87P71E1S1ZL6b6IJxfb5fvsUgsf0S2MVGaDhDXXjDMpdCpfWXqptc+4mXwmiy1ypXqRAA==
 
+ts-loader@^5.3.1:
+  version "5.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/ts-loader/-/ts-loader-5.3.1.tgz#70614c8ec4354a9c8b89c9f97b2becb7a98a3980"
+  integrity sha512-fDDgpBH3SR8xlt2MasLdz3Yy611PQ/UY/KGyo7TgXhTRU/6sS8uGG0nJYnU1OdFBNKcoYbId1UTNaAOUn+i41g==
+  dependencies:
+    chalk "^2.3.0"
+    enhanced-resolve "^4.0.0"
+    loader-utils "^1.0.2"
+    micromatch "^3.1.4"
+    semver "^5.0.1"
+
 tsconfig@^7.0.0:
   version "7.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/tsconfig/-/tsconfig-7.0.0.tgz#84538875a4dc216e5c4a5432b3a4dec3d54e91b7"