diff --git a/src/codecs/processor-worker.ts b/src/codecs/processor-worker/index.ts
similarity index 74%
rename from src/codecs/processor-worker.ts
rename to src/codecs/processor-worker/index.ts
index d2a50019..fb3e27e8 100644
--- a/src/codecs/processor-worker.ts
+++ b/src/codecs/processor-worker/index.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 import { expose } from 'comlink';
-import { EncodeOptions as MozJPEGEncoderOptions } from './mozjpeg/encoder-meta';
-import { QuantizeOptions } from './imagequant/processor-meta';
-import { EncodeOptions as OptiPNGEncoderOptions } from './optipng/encoder-meta';
-import { EncodeOptions as WebPEncoderOptions } from './webp/encoder-meta';
+import { EncodeOptions as MozJPEGEncoderOptions } from '../mozjpeg/encoder-meta';
+import { QuantizeOptions } from '../imagequant/processor-meta';
+import { EncodeOptions as OptiPNGEncoderOptions } from '../optipng/encoder-meta';
+import { EncodeOptions as WebPEncoderOptions } from '../webp/encoder-meta';
 
 async function mozjpegEncode(
   data: ImageData, options: MozJPEGEncoderOptions,
 ): Promise<ArrayBuffer> {
   const { encode } = await import(
     /* webpackChunkName: "process-mozjpeg-enc" */
-    './mozjpeg/encoder',
+    '../mozjpeg/encoder',
   );
   return encode(data, options);
 }
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ async function mozjpegEncode(
 async function quantize(data: ImageData, opts: QuantizeOptions): Promise<ImageData> {
   const { process } = await import(
     /* webpackChunkName: "process-imagequant" */
-    './imagequant/processor',
+    '../imagequant/processor',
   );
   return process(data, opts);
 }
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ async function optiPngEncode(
 ): Promise<ArrayBuffer> {
   const { compress } = await import(
     /* webpackChunkName: "process-optipng" */
-    './optipng/encoder',
+    '../optipng/encoder',
   );
   return compress(data, options);
 }
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ async function webpEncode(
 ): Promise<ArrayBuffer> {
   const { encode } = await import(
     /* webpackChunkName: "process-webp-enc" */
-    './webp/encoder',
+    '../webp/encoder',
   );
   return encode(data, options);
 }
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ async function webpEncode(
 async function webpDecode(data: ArrayBuffer): Promise<ImageData> {
   const { decode } = await import(
     /* webpackChunkName: "process-webp-dec" */
-    './webp/decoder',
+    '../webp/decoder',
   );
   return decode(data);
 }
diff --git a/src/codecs/processor-worker/tsconfig.json b/src/codecs/processor-worker/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..efb9ce2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/codecs/processor-worker/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "compileOnSave": false,
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "strict": true,
+    "target": "esnext",
+    "module": "esnext",
+    "lib": [
+      "webworker",
+      "esnext"
+    ],
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "noUnusedLocals": true,
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "allowJs": false,
+    "baseUrl": "."
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/codecs/processor.ts b/src/codecs/processor.ts
index 499af8a6..45cccc63 100644
--- a/src/codecs/processor.ts
+++ b/src/codecs/processor.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { proxy } from 'comlink';
 import { QuantizeOptions } from './imagequant/processor-meta';
-import { ProcessorWorkerApi } from './processor-worker';
 import { canvasEncode, blobToArrayBuffer } from '../lib/util';
 import { EncodeOptions as MozJPEGEncoderOptions } from './mozjpeg/encoder-meta';
 import { EncodeOptions as OptiPNGEncoderOptions } from './optipng/encoder-meta';
@@ -18,6 +17,8 @@ import * as browserTIFF from './browser-tiff/encoder';
 import * as browserJP2 from './browser-jp2/encoder';
 import * as browserPDF from './browser-pdf/encoder';
 
+type ProcessorWorkerApi = import('./processor-worker').ProcessorWorkerApi;
+
 /** How long the worker should be idle before terminating. */
 const workerTimeout = 1000;
 
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ export default class Processor {
           // @ts-ignore - Typescript doesn't know about the 2nd param to new Worker, and the
           // definition can't be overwritten.
           this._worker = new Worker(
-            './processor-worker.ts',
+            './processor-worker',
             { name: 'processor-worker', type: 'module' },
           ) as Worker;
           // Need to do some TypeScript trickery to make the type match.
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 835a1240..9b77b843 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -13,5 +13,8 @@
     "allowJs": false,
     "baseUrl": "."
   },
-  "exclude": ["src/sw/**/*"]
+  "exclude": [
+    "src/sw/**/*",
+    "src/codecs/processor-worker/**/*"
+  ]
 }