diff --git a/cli/tests/fix_tsc_file_exists.out b/cli/tests/fix_tsc_file_exists.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ce013625030ba8dba906f756967f9e9ca394464a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/fix_tsc_file_exists.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello
diff --git a/cli/tests/integration_tests.rs b/cli/tests/integration_tests.rs
index 7e0e020d62e67cbc2843a1d352665a68324a77e5..4ec816c4f0916a360ea6806da465f64e2d626493 100644
--- a/cli/tests/integration_tests.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/integration_tests.rs
@@ -2378,6 +2378,11 @@ itest!(fix_js_imports {
   output: "fix_js_imports.ts.out",
 });
 
+itest!(fix_tsc_file_exists {
+  args: "run --quiet --reload tsc/test.js",
+  output: "fix_tsc_file_exists.out",
+});
+
 itest!(es_private_fields {
   args: "run --quiet --reload es_private_fields.js",
   output: "es_private_fields.js.out",
diff --git a/cli/tests/tsc/a.js b/cli/tests/tsc/a.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5a7b3ff93ccc5742207a55e46e3a6784d8cf3e97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/tsc/a.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import { v4 } from "./d.ts";
+export function a() {}
diff --git a/cli/tests/tsc/d.ts b/cli/tests/tsc/d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3c74b8c83633a2432fdae4e53fd95a8d2e858b40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/tsc/d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export function v4() {
+  return "hello";
+}
diff --git a/cli/tests/tsc/node_modules/b.js b/cli/tests/tsc/node_modules/b.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..19166093551fa9f8270d3c1d094c1d7ca632a766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/tsc/node_modules/b.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import c from "./c.js";
+export { c };
diff --git a/cli/tests/tsc/node_modules/c.js b/cli/tests/tsc/node_modules/c.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cff71c44a07b100f0a5200f93c42b508a8a9efb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/tsc/node_modules/c.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export default function c() {}
diff --git a/cli/tests/tsc/test.js b/cli/tests/tsc/test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b7f46b351fb0dd02e5e5f1864de3212de64e8b1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/tsc/test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import { a } from "./a.js";
+import { c } from "./node_modules/b.js";
+
+console.log("hello");
diff --git a/cli/tsc/99_main_compiler.js b/cli/tsc/99_main_compiler.js
index 63a5d1f5beaa0131f05e381e6abc049f548511e2..94a08e6aba1878974062f5d92d237c2435552d8c 100644
--- a/cli/tsc/99_main_compiler.js
+++ b/cli/tsc/99_main_compiler.js
@@ -278,8 +278,9 @@ delete Object.prototype.__proto__;
 
     /* TypeScript CompilerHost APIs */
 
-    fileExists(_fileName) {
-      return notImplemented();
+    fileExists(fileName) {
+      log(`compiler::host.fileExists("${fileName}")`);
+      return false;
     }
 
     getCanonicalFileName(fileName) {
diff --git a/tools/lint.py b/tools/lint.py
index e7f967140db34530d2197345fcc6d738e54ea5b8..76f51404deaf9ee0b79d13390f11cffcb38430eb 100755
--- a/tools/lint.py
+++ b/tools/lint.py
@@ -66,13 +66,14 @@ def eslint():
         ":!:cli/tests/swc_syntax_error.ts",
         ":!:std/**/testdata/*",
         ":!:std/**/node_modules/*",
+        ":!:cli/bench/node*.js",
         ":!:cli/compilers/wasm_wrap.js",
+        ":!:cli/dts/**",
+        ":!:cli/tests/encoding/**",
         ":!:cli/tests/error_syntax.js",
         ":!:cli/tests/lint/**",
-        ":!:cli/tests/encoding/**",
-        ":!:cli/dts/**",
+        ":!:cli/tests/tsc/**",
         ":!:cli/tsc/*typescript.js",
-        ":!:cli/bench/node*.js",
     ])
     if source_files:
         max_command_len = 30000