diff --git a/cli/global_state.rs b/cli/global_state.rs
index 129ab276a8..c9383bd881 100644
--- a/cli/global_state.rs
+++ b/cli/global_state.rs
@@ -138,6 +138,18 @@ impl GlobalState {
             .compile(state1.clone(), &out, target_lib)
             .await
         } else {
+          if let Some(types_url) = out.types_url.clone() {
+            let types_specifier = ModuleSpecifier::from(types_url);
+            state1
+              .file_fetcher
+              .fetch_source_file(
+                &types_specifier,
+                Some(module_specifier.clone()),
+              )
+              .await
+              .ok();
+          };
+
           state1.js_compiler.compile(out).await
         }
       }
diff --git a/cli/tests/integration_tests.rs b/cli/tests/integration_tests.rs
index 227566432e..bef4c8d566 100644
--- a/cli/tests/integration_tests.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/integration_tests.rs
@@ -1415,6 +1415,13 @@ itest!(type_directives_02 {
   output: "type_directives_02.ts.out",
 });
 
+itest!(type_directives_js_main {
+  args: "run --reload -L debug type_directives_js_main.js",
+  output: "type_directives_js_main.js.out",
+  check_stderr: true,
+  exit_code: 0,
+});
+
 itest!(types {
   args: "types",
   output: "types.out",
diff --git a/cli/tests/type_directives_js_main.js b/cli/tests/type_directives_js_main.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7274bf26d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/type_directives_js_main.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import * as foo from "./subdir/type_reference.js";
+
+console.log(foo.foo);
diff --git a/cli/tests/type_directives_js_main.js.out b/cli/tests/type_directives_js_main.js.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..714dbd0b77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/type_directives_js_main.js.out
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[WILDCARD]
+fetch_source_file specifier: file:[WILDCARD]cli/tests/subdir/type_reference.d.ts 
+[WILDCARD]
\ No newline at end of file