diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index a2389381423bfc..225dd3a402d521 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ apps/recipes-react-components @microsoft/cxe-red @microsoft/cxe-coastal @microso
 #### Packages
 packages/azure-themes @Jacqueline-ms @robtaft-ms
 packages/bundle-size @microsoft/teams-prg
+packages/react-conformance @microsoft/fluentui-react-build
 packages/date-time-utilities @microsoft/cxe-red
 packages/eslint-plugin @microsoft/fluentui-react-build
 packages/foundation-legacy @microsoft/cxe-red @khmakoto
diff --git a/change/@fluentui-react-conformance-9b875b33-ced4-434a-9690-448766658f08.json b/change/@fluentui-react-conformance-9b875b33-ced4-434a-9690-448766658f08.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..26d48b6da4a784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/@fluentui-react-conformance-9b875b33-ced4-434a-9690-448766658f08.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "minor",
+  "comment": "feat: add new TS config api to be able to specify configName and configDir",
+  "packageName": "@fluentui/react-conformance",
+  "email": "martinhochel@microsoft.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-conformance/src/isConformant.ts b/packages/react-conformance/src/isConformant.ts
index 734e1cb0090828..2711019ebf321a 100644
--- a/packages/react-conformance/src/isConformant.ts
+++ b/packages/react-conformance/src/isConformant.ts
@@ -8,14 +8,28 @@ import { getComponentDoc } from './utils/getComponentDoc';
 
 export function isConformant<TProps = {}>(...testInfo: Partial<IsConformantOptions<TProps>>[]) {
   const mergedOptions = merge<IsConformantOptions>(...testInfo);
-  const { componentPath, displayName, disabledTests = [], extraTests, tsconfigDir } = mergedOptions;
+
+  const {
+    componentPath,
+    displayName,
+    disabledTests = [],
+    extraTests,
+    tsConfig,
+    // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
+    tsconfigDir,
+  } = mergedOptions;
+
+  const mergedTsConfig = {
+    configDir: tsConfig?.configDir ?? tsconfigDir,
+    configName: tsConfig?.configName,
+  };
 
   describe('isConformant', () => {
     if (!fs.existsSync(componentPath)) {
       throw new Error(`Path ${componentPath} does not exist`);
     }
 
-    const tsProgram = createTsProgram(componentPath, tsconfigDir);
+    const tsProgram = createTsProgram(componentPath, mergedTsConfig);
 
     const components = getComponentDoc(componentPath, tsProgram);
     const mainComponents = components.filter(comp => comp.displayName === displayName);
diff --git a/packages/react-conformance/src/types.ts b/packages/react-conformance/src/types.ts
index 0abb94ea054c5c..5e950e4e3af70e 100644
--- a/packages/react-conformance/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/react-conformance/src/types.ts
@@ -92,10 +92,16 @@ export interface IsConformantOptions<TProps = {}> {
   primarySlot?: keyof TProps | 'root';
 
   /**
+   * @deprecated - use `tsConfig` property
+   *
    * Test will load the first tsconfig.json file working upwards from `tsconfigDir`.
    * @defaultvalue the directory of the component being tested
    */
   tsconfigDir?: string;
+  /**
+   * replaces tsconfigDir
+   */
+  tsConfig?: Partial<{ configName: string; configDir: string }>;
 }
 
 export type ConformanceTest<TProps = {}> = (
diff --git a/packages/react-conformance/src/utils/createTsProgram.ts b/packages/react-conformance/src/utils/createTsProgram.ts
index c2fb35a59d1d4a..9c35cf10473929 100644
--- a/packages/react-conformance/src/utils/createTsProgram.ts
+++ b/packages/react-conformance/src/utils/createTsProgram.ts
@@ -5,18 +5,23 @@ import * as ts from 'typescript';
 let program: ts.Program;
 
 /**
- * Creates a cached TS Program.
+ * Creates a ~cached~ TS Program.
+ * @remarks this will be never cached with current use/setup as jest creates this for every it/describe() block 🐌
  */
-export function createTsProgram(componentPath: string, tsconfigDir?: string): ts.Program {
+export function createTsProgram(
+  sourcePath: string,
+  options: Partial<{ configDir: string; configName: string }> = {},
+): ts.Program {
+  const { configName, configDir } = options;
   if (!program) {
     // Calling parse() from react-docgen-typescript would create a new ts.Program for every component,
     // which can take multiple seconds in a large project. For better performance, we create a single
     // ts.Program per package and pass it to parseWithProgramProvider().
 
-    const tsconfigPath = ts.findConfigFile(tsconfigDir ?? componentPath, fs.existsSync);
+    const tsconfigPath = ts.findConfigFile(configDir ?? sourcePath, fs.existsSync, configName);
 
     if (!tsconfigPath) {
-      throw new Error('Cannot find tsconfig.json');
+      throw new Error(`Cannot find ${configName}`);
     }
 
     const compilerOptions = getCompilerOptions(tsconfigPath);
@@ -33,9 +38,9 @@ export function createTsProgram(componentPath: string, tsconfigDir?: string): ts
     program = ts.createProgram([rootFile], compilerOptions);
   }
 
-  if (!program.getSourceFile(componentPath)) {
+  if (!program.getSourceFile(sourcePath)) {
     // See earlier comment for why it's handled this way (can reconsider if it becomes a problem)
-    throw new Error(`Component file "${componentPath}" does not appear to be referenced from the project index file`);
+    throw new Error(`Component file "${sourcePath}" does not appear to be referenced from the project index file`);
   }
 
   return program;