diff --git a/src/testRunner/tsconfig.json b/src/testRunner/tsconfig.json
index 27a7712a2b1..79ddfc36a65 100644
--- a/src/testRunner/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/testRunner/tsconfig.json
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
         "unittests/tsbuild/demo.ts",
         "unittests/tsbuild/emitDeclarationOnly.ts",
         "unittests/tsbuild/emptyFiles.ts",
+        "unittests/tsbuild/exitCodeOnBogusFile.ts",
         "unittests/tsbuild/graphOrdering.ts",
         "unittests/tsbuild/inferredTypeFromTransitiveModule.ts",
         "unittests/tsbuild/javascriptProjectEmit.ts",
diff --git a/src/testRunner/unittests/tsbuild/demo.ts b/src/testRunner/unittests/tsbuild/demo.ts
index 3b1d6d548cf..c6055549485 100644
--- a/src/testRunner/unittests/tsbuild/demo.ts
+++ b/src/testRunner/unittests/tsbuild/demo.ts
@@ -39,19 +39,17 @@ namespace ts {
 
         interface VerifyBuild {
             modifyDiskLayout: (fs: vfs.FileSystem) => void;
-            tsconfigs?: readonly string[];
             expectedExitStatus: ExitStatus;
             expectedDiagnostics: (fs: vfs.FileSystem) => fakes.ExpectedDiagnostic[];
             expectedOutputs: readonly string[];
             notExpectedOutputs: readonly string[];
         }
 
-        function verifyBuild({ modifyDiskLayout, tsconfigs = ["/src/tsconfig.json"],
-                               expectedExitStatus, expectedDiagnostics, expectedOutputs, notExpectedOutputs }: VerifyBuild) {
+        function verifyBuild({ modifyDiskLayout, expectedExitStatus, expectedDiagnostics, expectedOutputs, notExpectedOutputs }: VerifyBuild) {
             const fs = projFs.shadow();
             const host = fakes.SolutionBuilderHost.create(fs);
             modifyDiskLayout(fs);
-            const builder = createSolutionBuilder(host, tsconfigs, { verbose: true });
+            const builder = createSolutionBuilder(host, ["/src/tsconfig.json"], { verbose: true });
             const exitStatus = builder.build();
             assert.equal(exitStatus, expectedExitStatus);
             host.assertDiagnosticMessages(...expectedDiagnostics(fs));
@@ -158,19 +156,5 @@ namespace ts {
                 notExpectedOutputs: [...coreOutputs(), ...animalOutputs(), ...zooOutputs()]
             });
         });
-
-        it("returns an error exit in case of a bogus file", () => {
-            verifyBuild({
-                modifyDiskLayout: noop,
-                tsconfigs: ["bogus.json"],
-                expectedExitStatus: ExitStatus.DiagnosticsPresent_OutputsSkipped,
-                expectedDiagnostics: _ => [
-                    getExpectedDiagnosticForProjectsInBuild("bogus.json"),
-                    errorDiagnostic([Diagnostics.File_0_not_found, "/bogus.json"]),
-                ],
-                expectedOutputs: emptyArray,
-                notExpectedOutputs: [...coreOutputs(), ...animalOutputs(), ...zooOutputs()]
-            });
-        });
     });
 }
diff --git a/src/testRunner/unittests/tsbuild/exitCodeOnBogusFile.ts b/src/testRunner/unittests/tsbuild/exitCodeOnBogusFile.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..09821d76e5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testRunner/unittests/tsbuild/exitCodeOnBogusFile.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+namespace ts {
+    // https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/33849
+    describe("unittests:: tsbuild:: exitCodeOnBogusFile:: test exit code", () => {
+        verifyTsc({
+            scenario: "exitCodeOnBogusFile",
+            subScenario: `test exit code`,
+            fs: () => loadProjectFromFiles({}, symbolLibContent),
+            commandLineArgs: ["-b", "bogus.json"]
+        });
+    });
+}
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/tsbuild/exitCodeOnBogusFile/initial-build/test-exit-code.js b/tests/baselines/reference/tsbuild/exitCodeOnBogusFile/initial-build/test-exit-code.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5009763f757
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/tsbuild/exitCodeOnBogusFile/initial-build/test-exit-code.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+//// [/lib/initial-buildOutput.txt]
+/lib/tsc -b bogus.json
+error TS6053: File '/bogus.json' not found.
+exitCode:: 1
+
+