diff --git a/.changeset/soft-lies-watch.md b/.changeset/soft-lies-watch.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e38e0f1fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/soft-lies-watch.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/repo-tools': patch
+---
+
+Include asset-types.d.ts while running the api report command
diff --git a/packages/repo-tools/src/commands/api-reports/api-extractor.ts b/packages/repo-tools/src/commands/api-reports/api-extractor.ts
index 46f4ea984b..e6f1ffb101 100644
--- a/packages/repo-tools/src/commands/api-reports/api-extractor.ts
+++ b/packages/repo-tools/src/commands/api-reports/api-extractor.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 /* eslint-disable import/no-extraneous-dependencies */
 /* eslint-disable no-restricted-imports */
-
 import {
   resolve as resolvePath,
   relative as relativePath,
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@ import {
 import { IMarkdownEmitterContext } from '@microsoft/api-documenter/lib/markdown/MarkdownEmitter';
 import { AstDeclaration } from '@microsoft/api-extractor/lib/analyzer/AstDeclaration';
 import { paths as cliPaths } from '../../lib/paths';
-
 import minimatch from 'minimatch';
 
 const tmpDir = cliPaths.resolveTargetRoot(
@@ -228,13 +226,25 @@ export async function createTemporaryTsConfig(includedPackageDirs: string[]) {
     fs.removeSync(path);
   });
 
+  let assetTypeFile: string[] = [];
+
+  try {
+    assetTypeFile = [
+      require.resolve('@backstage/cli/asset-types/asset-types.d.ts'),
+    ];
+  } catch {
+    /** ignore */
+  }
+
   await fs.writeJson(path, {
     extends: './tsconfig.json',
     include: [
       // These two contain global definitions that are needed for stable API report generation
-      'packages/cli/asset-types/asset-types.d.ts',
+      ...assetTypeFile,
       ...includedPackageDirs.map(dir => join(dir, 'src')),
     ],
+    // we don't exclude node_modules so that we can use the asset-types.d.ts file
+    exclude: [],
   });
 
   return path;