diff --git a/superset-frontend/webpack.config.js b/superset-frontend/webpack.config.js
index f315c11451e..21ca09bfaa0 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/webpack.config.js
+++ b/superset-frontend/webpack.config.js
@@ -157,7 +157,22 @@ if (!isDevMode) {
   );
 
   // Runs type checking on a separate process to speed up the build
-  plugins.push(new ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin());
+  plugins.push(
+    new ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin({
+      typescript: {
+        memoryLimit: 4096,
+        build: true,
+        exclude: [
+          '**/node_modules/**',
+          '**/dist/**',
+          '**/coverage/**',
+          '**/storybook/**',
+          '**/*.stories.{ts,tsx,js,jsx}',
+          '**/*.{test,spec}.{ts,tsx,js,jsx}',
+        ],
+      },
+    }),
+  );
 }
 
 const PREAMBLE = [path.join(APP_DIR, '/src/preamble.ts')];