diff --git a/plug.vim b/plug.vim
index 930b3d7..3f6acff 100644
--- a/plug.vim
+++ b/plug.vim
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ Plug 'roxma/nvim-completion-manager'
 " Plug cannot actually install this colorscheme, clone and link autoload and
 " colors manually
 "Plug 'fneu/breezy'
+" run npm i -g typescript tslint so that these plugins have the tools they need
+" typescript syntax support and other settings
+Plug 'leafgarland/typescript-vim'
+" plug into tsserver
+Plug 'Quramy/tsuquyomi'
 
 " All of your Plugins must be added before the following line
 call plug#end()            " required
diff --git a/syntastic.vim b/syntastic.vim
index 3547123..5324a38 100644
--- a/syntastic.vim
+++ b/syntastic.vim
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ let g:syntastic_check_on_open = 1
 let g:syntastic_check_on_wq = 0
 " explicitly set the js checker to my preferred one
 let g:syntastic_javascript_checkers = ['eslint']
+" configur the ts checkers
+let g:syntastic_typescript_checkers = ['tsuquyomi', 'tslint']
+" force tsc to search harder for config
+let g:syntastic_typescript_tsc_fname = ''