diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.json b/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.json
index 8eb4a71a13d..13846bdca18 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.json
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.json
@@ -1210,6 +1210,18 @@
           "tags": [
             "experimental"
           ]
+        },
+        "typescript.preferGoToSourceDefinition": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": false,
+          "description": "%configuration.preferGoToSourceDefinition%",
+          "scope": "window"
+        },
+				"javascript.preferGoToSourceDefinition": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": false,
+          "description": "%configuration.preferGoToSourceDefinition%",
+          "scope": "window"
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.nls.json b/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.nls.json
index d489483363d..b3a3b267982 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.nls.json
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.nls.json
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 	"configuration.implicitProjectConfig.strictFunctionTypes": "Enable/disable [strict function types](https://www.typescriptlang.org/tsconfig#strictFunctionTypes) in JavaScript and TypeScript files that are not part of a project. Existing `jsconfig.json` or `tsconfig.json` files override this setting.",
 	"configuration.suggest.jsdoc.generateReturns": "Enable/disable generating `@returns` annotations for JSDoc templates.",
 	"configuration.suggest.autoImports": "Enable/disable auto import suggestions.",
+	"configuration.preferGoToSourceDefinition": "Makes Go to Definition avoid type declaration files when possible by triggering Go to Source Definition instead. This allows Go to Source Definition to be triggered with the mouse gesture. Requires using TypeScript 4.7+ in the workspace.",
 	"inlayHints.parameterNames.none": "Disable parameter name hints.",
 	"inlayHints.parameterNames.literals": "Enable parameter name hints only for literal arguments.",
 	"inlayHints.parameterNames.all": "Enable parameter name hints for literal and non-literal arguments.",
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageFeatures/definitions.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageFeatures/definitions.ts
index d7de10b1add..76c5818be6c 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageFeatures/definitions.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageFeatures/definitions.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { DocumentSelector } from '../configuration/documentSelector';
+import { API } from '../tsServer/api';
 import * as typeConverters from '../typeConverters';
 import { ClientCapability, ITypeScriptServiceClient } from '../typescriptService';
 import DefinitionProviderBase from './definitionProviderBase';
@@ -29,7 +30,16 @@ export default class TypeScriptDefinitionProvider extends DefinitionProviderBase
 		}
 
 		const span = response.body.textSpan ? typeConverters.Range.fromTextSpan(response.body.textSpan) : undefined;
-		return response.body.definitions
+		let definitions = response.body.definitions;
+
+		if (vscode.workspace.getConfiguration(document.languageId).get('preferGoToSourceDefinition', false) && this.client.apiVersion.gte(API.v470)) {
+			const sourceDefinitionsResponse = await this.client.execute('findSourceDefinition', args, token);
+			if (sourceDefinitionsResponse.type === 'response' && sourceDefinitionsResponse.body?.length) {
+				definitions = sourceDefinitionsResponse.body;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return definitions
 			.map((location): vscode.DefinitionLink => {
 				const target = typeConverters.Location.fromTextSpan(this.client.toResource(location.file), location);
 				if (location.contextStart && location.contextEnd) {