diff --git a/src/config/ts-path.ts b/src/config/ts-path.ts
index 45d358f1a..029a0af4b 100644
--- a/src/config/ts-path.ts
+++ b/src/config/ts-path.ts
@@ -239,15 +239,17 @@ export async function tsPath(root: string, orig: string | undefined, plugin?: Pl
 
   // NOTE: The order of these checks matter!
 
-  if (settings.tsnodeEnabled === false) {
-    debug(`Skipping typescript path lookup for ${root} because tsNodeEnabled is explicitly set to false`)
+  const enableAutoTranspile = settings.enableAutoTranspile ?? settings.tsnodeEnabled
+
+  if (enableAutoTranspile === false) {
+    debug(`Skipping typescript path lookup for ${root} because enableAutoTranspile is explicitly set to false`)
     return orig
   }
 
   const isProduction = isProd()
 
   // Do not skip ts-node registration if the plugin is linked
-  if (settings.tsnodeEnabled === undefined && isProduction && plugin?.type !== 'link') {
+  if (enableAutoTranspile === undefined && isProduction && plugin?.type !== 'link') {
     debug(`Skipping typescript path lookup for ${root} because NODE_ENV is NOT "test" or "development"`)
     return orig
   }
diff --git a/src/settings.ts b/src/settings.ts
index c932553ed..6ee729cd3 100644
--- a/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export type Settings = {
   /**
    * Show additional debug output without DEBUG. Mainly shows stackstraces.
    *
-   * Useful to set in the ./bin/dev script.
+   * Useful to set in the ./bin/dev.js script.
    * oclif.settings.debug = true;
    */
   debug?: boolean
@@ -29,8 +29,15 @@ export type Settings = {
    * Defaults to true in development and test environments (e.g. using bin/dev.js or
    * NODE_ENV=development or NODE_ENV=test).
    *
+   * @deprecated use enableAutoTranspile instead.
    */
   tsnodeEnabled?: boolean
+  /**
+   * Enable automatic transpilation of TypeScript files to JavaScript.
+   *
+   * Defaults to true in development and test environments (e.g. using bin/dev.js or NODE_ENV=development or NODE_ENV=test).
+   */
+  enableAutoTranspile?: boolean
 }
 
 // Set global.oclif to the new object if it wasn't set before
diff --git a/test/config/ts-path.test.ts b/test/config/ts-path.test.ts
index 0f6dba137..c7c9e16ad 100644
--- a/test/config/ts-path.test.ts
+++ b/test/config/ts-path.test.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ describe('tsPath', () => {
 
   it('should resolve to .ts file if enabled and prod', async () => {
     sandbox.stub(util, 'readTSConfig').resolves(DEFAULT_TS_CONFIG)
-    settings.tsnodeEnabled = true
+    settings.enableAutoTranspile = true
     const originalNodeEnv = process.env.NODE_ENV
     delete process.env.NODE_ENV
 
@@ -92,15 +92,15 @@ describe('tsPath', () => {
     expect(result).to.equal(join(root, tsModule))
 
     process.env.NODE_ENV = originalNodeEnv
-    delete settings.tsnodeEnabled
+    delete settings.enableAutoTranspile
   })
 
   it('should resolve to js if disabled', async () => {
     sandbox.stub(util, 'readTSConfig').resolves(DEFAULT_TS_CONFIG)
-    settings.tsnodeEnabled = false
+    settings.enableAutoTranspile = false
     const result = await configTsNode.tsPath(root, jsCompiled)
     expect(result).to.equal(join(root, jsCompiled))
 
-    delete settings.tsnodeEnabled
+    delete settings.enableAutoTranspile
   })
 })