diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dfb06bc6d..c47bccb06 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /*.ts
+!/ts-json-schema-generator.ts
 coverage/
 dist/
 node_modules/
diff --git a/src/SchemaGenerator.ts b/src/SchemaGenerator.ts
index 00f4d5802..ba4787659 100644
--- a/src/SchemaGenerator.ts
+++ b/src/SchemaGenerator.ts
@@ -12,30 +12,38 @@ import { removeUnreachable } from "./Utils/removeUnreachable";
 import { Config } from "./Config";
 import { hasJsDocTag } from "./Utils/hasJsDocTag";
 
+export interface TypeMap {
+    fileName: string;
+    typeNames: string[];
+    exports?: string[];
+}
+
 export class SchemaGenerator {
     public constructor(
         protected readonly program: ts.Program,
         protected readonly nodeParser: NodeParser,
         protected readonly typeFormatter: TypeFormatter,
         protected readonly config?: Config
-    ) {}
+    ) { }
 
-    public createSchema(fullName?: string): Schema {
+    public createSchema(fullName?: string, typeMapResult?: TypeMap[]): Schema {
         const rootNodes = this.getRootNodes(fullName);
-        return this.createSchemaFromNodes(rootNodes);
+        return this.createSchemaFromNodes(rootNodes, typeMapResult);
     }
 
-    public createSchemaFromNodes(rootNodes: ts.Node[]): Schema {
+    public createSchemaFromNodes(rootNodes: ts.Node[], typeMapResult?: TypeMap[]): Schema {
         const rootTypes = rootNodes.map((rootNode) => {
             return this.nodeParser.createType(rootNode, new Context());
         });
 
         const rootTypeDefinition = rootTypes.length === 1 ? this.getRootTypeDefinition(rootTypes[0]) : undefined;
         const definitions: StringMap<Definition> = {};
-        rootTypes.forEach((rootType) => this.appendRootChildDefinitions(rootType, definitions));
+        const rootTypeNames = rootTypes.map((rootType) => this.appendRootChildDefinitions(rootType, definitions));
 
         const reachableDefinitions = removeUnreachable(rootTypeDefinition, definitions);
 
+        typeMapResult?.splice(0, Infinity, ...this.createTypeMaps(rootNodes, rootTypeNames, reachableDefinitions));
+
         return {
             ...(this.config?.schemaId ? { $id: this.config.schemaId } : {}),
             $schema: "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
@@ -44,6 +52,40 @@ export class SchemaGenerator {
         };
     }
 
+    protected createTypeMaps(
+        rootNodes: ts.Node[],
+        rootTypeNames: string[][],
+        reachableDefinitions: StringMap<Definition>
+    ): TypeMap[] {
+        const typeMaps: Record<string, TypeMap> = {};
+        const typeSeen = new Set<string>();
+        const nameSeen = new Set<string>();
+
+        rootNodes.forEach((rootNode, i) => {
+            const sourceFile = rootNode.getSourceFile();
+            const fileName = sourceFile.fileName;
+            const typeMap = (typeMaps[fileName] ??= {
+                fileName,
+                typeNames: [],
+                exports: ts.isExternalModule(sourceFile) ? [] : undefined,
+            });
+
+            const typeNames = rootTypeNames[i].filter(
+                (typeName) => !!reachableDefinitions[typeName] && !typeName.startsWith("NamedParameters<typeof ")
+            );
+
+            const exports = typeNames
+                .map((typeName) => typeName.replace(/[<.].*/g, ""))
+                .filter((type) => symbolAtNode(sourceFile)?.exports?.has(ts.escapeLeadingUnderscores(type)))
+                .filter((type) => !typeSeen.has(type) && typeSeen.add(type));
+
+            typeMap.typeNames.push(...typeNames.filter((name) => !nameSeen.has(name) && nameSeen.add(name)));
+            typeMap.exports?.push(...exports);
+        });
+
+        return Object.values(typeMaps).filter((tm) => !tm.exports || tm.exports.length || tm.typeNames.length);
+    }
+
     protected getRootNodes(fullName: string | undefined): ts.Node[] {
         if (fullName && fullName !== "*") {
             return [this.findNamedNode(fullName)];
@@ -79,7 +121,7 @@ export class SchemaGenerator {
     protected getRootTypeDefinition(rootType: BaseType): Definition {
         return this.typeFormatter.getDefinition(rootType);
     }
-    protected appendRootChildDefinitions(rootType: BaseType, childDefinitions: StringMap<Definition>): void {
+    protected appendRootChildDefinitions(rootType: BaseType, childDefinitions: StringMap<Definition>): string[] {
         const seen = new Set<string>();
 
         const children = this.typeFormatter
@@ -107,13 +149,16 @@ export class SchemaGenerator {
             ids.set(name, childId);
         }
 
+        const names: string[] = [];
         children.reduce((definitions, child) => {
             const name = child.getName();
             if (!(name in definitions)) {
                 definitions[name] = this.typeFormatter.getDefinition(child.getType());
             }
+            names.push(name);
             return definitions;
         }, childDefinitions);
+        return names;
     }
     protected partitionFiles(): {
         projectFiles: ts.SourceFile[];
diff --git a/ts-json-schema-generator.ts b/ts-json-schema-generator.ts
index 2511c73f3..0e9fb7dc8 100644
--- a/ts-json-schema-generator.ts
+++ b/ts-json-schema-generator.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ import stableStringify from "safe-stable-stringify";
 import { createGenerator } from "./factory/generator";
 import { Config, DEFAULT_CONFIG } from "./src/Config";
 import { BaseError } from "./src/Error/BaseError";
+import { TypeMap } from "./src/SchemaGenerator";
 import { formatError } from "./src/Utils/formatError";
 import * as pkg from "./package.json";
-import { dirname } from "path";
+import { dirname, relative } from "path";
 import { mkdirSync, writeFileSync } from "fs";
 
 const args = new Command()
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ const args = new Command()
     .option("--no-type-check", "Skip type checks to improve performance")
     .option("--no-ref-encode", "Do not encode references")
     .option("-o, --out <file>", "Set the output file (default: stdout)")
+    .option("-m, --typemap <file>", "Generate a TypeScript type map file")
     .option(
         "--validation-keywords [value]",
         "Provide additional validation keywords to include",
@@ -62,7 +64,8 @@ const config: Config = {
 };
 
 try {
-    const schema = createGenerator(config).createSchema(args.type);
+    const typeMaps: TypeMap[] = [];
+    const schema = createGenerator(config).createSchema(args.type, typeMaps);
 
     const stringify = config.sortProps ? stableStringify : JSON.stringify;
     // need as string since TS can't figure out that the string | undefined case doesn't happen
@@ -77,6 +80,10 @@ try {
         // write to stdout
         process.stdout.write(`${schemaString}\n`);
     }
+
+    if (args.typemap) {
+        writeTypeMapFile(typeMaps, args.typemap);
+    }
 } catch (error) {
     if (error instanceof BaseError) {
         process.stderr.write(formatError(error));
@@ -85,3 +92,31 @@ try {
         throw error;
     }
 }
+
+function writeTypeMapFile(typeMaps: TypeMap[], typeMapeFile: string) {
+    const typeMapDir = dirname(typeMapeFile);
+    let code = "";
+
+    typeMaps.forEach((typeMap) => {
+        const fileName = relative(typeMapDir, typeMap.fileName);
+
+        if (typeMap.exports) {
+            code += `import type { ${typeMap.exports.join(", ")} } from "./${fileName}";\n`;
+        } else {
+            code += `import "./${fileName}";\n`;
+        }
+    });
+
+    code += "\nexport default interface Definitions {\n";
+
+    typeMaps.forEach((typeMap) =>
+        typeMap.typeNames.forEach((typeName) => {
+            code += `    [\`${typeName}\`]: ${typeName};\n`;
+        })
+    );
+
+    code += `}\n`;
+
+    mkdirSync(typeMapDir, { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(typeMapeFile, code);
+}