diff --git a/e2e/expo/src/expo.test.ts b/e2e/expo/src/expo.test.ts
index e46ed9ccfc..1946dc3e28 100644
--- a/e2e/expo/src/expo.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/expo/src/expo.test.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import {
   runCLIAsync,
   runE2ETests,
   killPorts,
+  createFile,
+  removeFile,
 } from 'e2e/utils';
 import { join } from 'path';
 
@@ -159,4 +161,18 @@ describe('@nx/expo', () => {
       `${appName}/src/app/App.stories.tsx`
     );
   });
+
+  it('should work with app.config.ts', () => {
+    const appJson = join(appName, `app.json`);
+    const appJsonContent = readJson(appJson);
+    removeFile(appJson);
+    createFile(
+      join(appName, 'app.config.ts'),
+      `export default { expo: { name: 'my-app', slug: 'my-app' } };`
+    );
+    const result = runCLI(`show project ${appName} --json false`);
+    expect(result).toContain('start:');
+    expect(result).toContain('serve:');
+    createFile(appJson, JSON.stringify(appJsonContent));
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/expo/plugins/plugin.ts b/packages/expo/plugins/plugin.ts
index e0ea1f4c41..fa64d46dcf 100644
--- a/packages/expo/plugins/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/expo/plugins/plugin.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export const createDependencies: CreateDependencies = () => {
 };
 
 export const createNodes: CreateNodes<ExpoPluginOptions> = [
-  '**/app.{json,config.js}',
+  '**/app.{json,config.js,config.ts}',
   async (configFilePath, options, context) => {
     options = normalizeOptions(options);
     const projectRoot = dirname(configFilePath);