diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/mssql/project.json b/public/app/plugins/datasource/mssql/project.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4247352791d
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+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/mssql/project.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "../../../../../node_modules/nx/schemas/project-schema.json",
+  "projectType": "library",
+  "tags": ["scope:plugin", "type:datasource"],
+  "targets": {
+    "build": {},
+    "dev": {}
+  }
+}