diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2ePerformanceTests.yml b/.github/workflows/e2ePerformanceTests.yml
index ad0f60bf4018..338cb8313465 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2ePerformanceTests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2ePerformanceTests.yml
@@ -178,6 +178,21 @@ jobs:
       - name: Copy e2e code into zip folder
         run: cp -r tests/e2e zip
 
+      # Note: we can't reuse the apps tsconfig, as it depends on modules that aren't available in the AWS Device Farm environment
+      - name: Write tsconfig.json to zip folder
+        run: |
+          echo '{
+            "compilerOptions": {
+              "target": "ESNext",
+              "module": "commonjs",
+              "strict": true,
+              "esModuleInterop": true,
+              "skipLibCheck": true,
+              "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+              "allowJs": true,
+            }
+          }' > zip/tsconfig.json
+
       - name: Zip everything in the zip directory up
         run: zip -qr App.zip ./zip
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/TestSpec.yml b/tests/e2e/TestSpec.yml
index a234ef67b8a6..acc5926e93a5 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/TestSpec.yml
+++ b/tests/e2e/TestSpec.yml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ phases:
   test:
     commands:
       - cd zip
-      - npm install underscore
-      - node e2e/testRunner.js -- --skipInstallDeps --buildMode "skip" --skipCheckout --mainAppPath app-e2eRelease.apk --deltaAppPath app-e2edeltaRelease.apk
+      - npm install underscore ts-node typescript
+      - npx ts-node e2e/testRunner.js -- --skipInstallDeps --buildMode "skip" --skipCheckout --mainAppPath app-e2eRelease.apk --deltaAppPath app-e2edeltaRelease.apk
 
 artifacts:
   - $WORKING_DIRECTORY